Hosted by The Garden Club of Kent
480 Ravenna Rd. in Streetsboro
THURSDAY, AUG. 8, 2024 AT 6:30 PM
COST: $45
OPEN TO ALL
RESERVE YOUR SPOT: backyardpest@gmail.com
We all love gorgeous flowers, and what better way to appreciate them than by creating a stunning arrangement? Put your creative garden gloves on for a hands-on workshop on floral arranging. This 90-minute workshop is open to our members, garden plot renters and the community. Light refreshments will be provided.
The floral design inspiration for this workshop is Summer Rustic Charm. Participants will create their arrangements in a rustic tin vase using a chicken wire mechanic (reusable and sustainable) to hold our flowers in place. We will be designing with daisy poms, sunflowers, gomphrena, carnations, eryngium, eucalyptus and roses. There may be a few surprises depending on Mother Nature's mood.
Feel free to bring flowers or foliage from your own gardens. Flowers that would work great with this design are zinnias, hydrangea, dahlias, rudbeckia, yarrow and grasses. Some fun foliages you might want to bring are smokebush, ninebark, hosta leaves, baptista greenery or boxwood.
Linda, owner of Acorn & Evergreen Floral Studio in Kent, is our instructor. She'll walk you through step-by-step in the principles of good floral arranging. You'll take home a beautiful arrangement and the know-how for your next creation!
Hosted by The Garden Club of Kent
SATURDAY, AUG. 17, 2024
Entry is free and open to the community
480 Ravenna Rd. in Streetsboro
Entry materials available at https://gardenclubofkent.org/horticulture-%26-photo-show
Each August, The Garden Club of Kent invites gardeners — club and community members, including gardeners on our property — to present the best of their growing season by entering their vegetables, fruits, flowers and herbs in the Horticulture & Photography Show.
Seven certified show judges view all the entries and award ribbons for best in category, section and show. The public is then invited to view all the entries, meet the winners and enjoy refreshments in the afternoon.
DAY-OF-SHOW SCHEDULE:
HORTICULTURE ENTRIES
Accepted 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
PHOTOGRAPHY ENTRIES
Accepted 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
JUDGING
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
AWARDS & PUBLIC VIEWING
1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Youth Section (Y): The show invites children ages 16 and under to participate. The categories (“classes”) are the same as the adult ones. Youth can enter any division/section/class by addng a Y to the entry. Youth entries must meet all requirements and will be presented and judged separately from adult entries. Youth entries will each receive a ribbon.
FREE WORKSHOP WILL HELP YOU PREPARE
SATURDAY, JULY 27 AT 10:00 a.m.
THE GARDEN CLUB OF KENT
The Horticulture & Photography Show committee will host a free workshop to share tips and tricks to entering your fruits, vegetables and flowers in the show. Certified judges Lynn Hoffman (Youngstown Men’s Garden Club) and Rick Strebler and Bonnie Zuchniak (The Garden Club of Kent) will share important insights and know-how about fashioning your entries into prize-winning displays and compositions. Don’t be disqualified by a silly, avoidable oversight!
TIPS ON ENTERING
Help is available every step of the way as you prepare your entries. Here are some tips to help you:
• Read and follow the rules. Arrive early for registration.
• Use name and address labels for easy entry. An entry is the quantity noted in the class. Each entry goes on a separate paper plate.
• Success in horticulture display depends on the quality of your specimen and exhibiting your specimen in its best state.
Fruits and Vegetables
• Enter exactly what the schedule calls for in number and trim of specimens.
• Select specimens that are uniform in size, shape, color and maturity, clean, free from insect or other damage; aim for market size and quality.
• Uniformity is key in showmanship: six green beans, nearly identical in length, shape and color are more attractive than 6 beans of the same variety with obvious differences in appearance.
Flowers
• Enter exactly what the schedule calls for in number and trim of specimens.
• Select a flower that is true to the variety and near its peak of beauty.
• Choose a container pleasing in shape and size in relation to the flower’s size and stem length.
• Avoid crowding the foliage in the container and do not have leaves in the water.
• You may use wedges (pieces of Styrofoam) in the neck of the container to help hold the flower in position – face to the judges. Wire or tape is NOT permitted.
Photography
• Read and follow the rules carefully.
• Show the judges something they haven’t seen before.
• Remove distractions. Aim for simplicity.
• Pay attention to framing the subject. For instance, consider using techniques such as the “rule of thirds” in composing your photographs.
• Step outside your comfort zone. Try photgraphing from angles you don’t usually use.
• Seek inspiration outside the usual places.
The Garden Club of Kent
Grounds located at 480 Ravenna Rd., Streetsboro, Ohio 44241
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