At the first program meeting of the season, Members flooded Union Congregational Church with well over 160 horticulture entries in 26 classes divided between six different sections. Three of our annual awards are pictured here with their new ribbons, and below.
Deborah Hirsch was awarded the Barbara Meyer Rose Award for her delicate and fragrant "Desdemona" roses. The judges couldn't help but give these beauties "Best in Show."
Celia Radek won not one but two awards: the Amy Hatrack Herb Award for her collection of five herbs, and the Estelle Liebrecht Horticulture Award for her perfect, perky, pink zinnia, grown from seed distributed this spring.
See also the winners of firsts in all the classes below and, below those, a selection of photos showing the wide variety of beautiful plants and flowers exhibited with such pride and enthusiasm by our Members.
SECTION A: Flowering Annuals
Class 1: Dahlia - Celia Radek
Class 2: Salvia-Sue Straten
Class 3: Tagetes (Marigold) - Cynthia Corhan-Aitken
Class 4: Zinnia elegans 'Pumila Bordeaux'- *Eligible for the Estelle Liebrecht Horticulture Award - Celia Radek
Class 5: Any other worthy named specimen - Sarah Olson: Ageratum; Sarah Olson: Ping-Pong Purple; Celia Radek: Cleome; Sue Straten: Impatient Daisy; Michele Trevenen: Lantana
SECTION B: Annuals Grown for Foliage
Class 6: Caladium - Terry Breen; Michele Trevenen-Miss Muffet
Class 7: Plectranthus scutellarioides (Coleus) -Karen Whitehaus, Terri Breen
Class 8: Strobilanthes (Persian Shield) N/A
Class 9: Any other worthy named specimen - Michele Trevenen - Elephant Ear
SECTION C: Flowering Perennial
Class 10: Aster - Debbie Moran
Class 11: Rosa - *Eligible for the Barbara Meyer Rose Award -Deb Hirsch-David Austin Rose "Desdemona"
Class12: Sedum - Debbie Moran-Sedum cauticom; Sue Straten- Stonecrop
Class 13: Any other worthy named specimen - Cynthia Corhan-Aitken- Turtlehead, Rose of Sharon and Hydrangea; Sarah Olson - I, Jacoba Coes - Goldenrod and Veronica. Cheryl Sutzsky -
SECTION D: Perennials Grown for Foliage
Class 14: Fern - Debbie Moran
Class 15: Heuchera - Debbie Moran
Class 16: Hosta - Maria Matesanz
Class 17: Any other worthy named specimen - Asparagus Fern, Sarah Olson
SECTION E: Herbs. Eligible for the Amy Hatrack Herb Award*
Class 18: Ocimum (basil) N/A
Class 19: Rosemarinus (rosemary) Debbie Moran Class 20: Salvia (sage) Kathy Bachman
Class 21: Thymus (thyme) Debbie Moran
Class 22: Collection of 5 herbs,- Kathy Bachman
Amy Hatrack Herb Award- Celia Radek
SECTION F: Vegetables
Class 23: Capsicum (pepper) - Sarah Olson; Celia Radek
Class 24: Cucurbita (squash) - N/A
Class 25: Solanum lycopersicum (tomato) - Kathy Bachman
Class 26: Any other worthy named specimen: Genie Temmler - carrot
