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Blue Ribbon Flower Designs
Exhibits from recent Standard Flower Shows
(Many photographs are taken before judging. Photographs shown are of exhibits which received either a Blue Ribbon (first place) or a 90+, indicating worthy of Blue Ribbon.)
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Newport Flower Show
Newport, Rhode Island
Glorious Green: The Natural Path
June 26-28, 2009 
Class 2.
greenPOWER
A dual design
done by two designers
Each side judged in separate classes
This Side:
The Power of Evil
Anne Bucher
First Place
National Capital Daylily Club
June 18, 2009
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD 
Class 701
Bold Color
Cathy Hallmark
First Place
TriColor Award 
Class 702
Simple But Elegant Charmane Truesdell
First Place
Class 703
Bare Essence Dolores Felch
First Place 
Class 704
Seeing Through It All
Barbara Shea
First Place 
Class 705
Summer Solstice
Ellen Dutka
First Place
Class 706
High Rise
Babs McClendon
First Place
Designer's Choice Award
Tanta-Cove Garden Club
"Flights of Fancy"
May 9, 2009 
Class 1.
The Backyard Birds begin to sing.
An Alfresco Type I Exhibition Table for a luncheon
First Place: Poss Tarpley
Table Artistry Award
Class 2.
Up with the Lark!
a functional breakfast tray First Place:
Connie Taylor
Tanta-Cove Novice Award
(Ceramic Bluebird) 
Class 3.
"Birds of a feather will gather together."
a capsule-functional table for one person First Place:
Norma Merritt
Class 4.
Birds along the Potomac Shore: "The world of waters is our home."
A Creative design First Place:
Virginia Corum
Class 5.
"Somewhere over the Rainbow, Bluebirds fly." A free-standing Creative design First Place:
Shirley Nicolai
Designer's Choice Award
Award of Design Excellence 
Class 6.
"Sir, we are a nest of singing birds." A Creative design Type I Hanging Design
First Place:
Norma Merritt  Special Exhibits
"Educational Exhibits "Go Native"
The advantages of planting native plants First Place:
Carolyn LeCrone
Educational Award
Centennial Garden Club
"Awakening"
March 14, 2009
This Small Standard Flower Show was staged in a pottery shop, Manassas Clay. Designers were allowed to choose their containers from the many ceramic containers available for sale. 
Class 1.
An Irish Spring
A Creative Design staged in a shop window
First Place: Arlene Stewart
TriColor Award
Class 2.
Spring Forth
A Creative Horizontal Design
First Place: Arlene Desmarais
Class 3.
Spring Fever
A Traditional Design
First Place: Marie Barrett
 Class 4.
Novice Class
The Blarney Stone
A Small Design
First Place: Linda Montgomery
The Dorothy Dennison Novice Award
Invitational Design
by
Heather Goode,
Age 5
Floralia
"Through the Artist's Eye"
November 17, 2008 
Class 1.
Essence of the Artist
A design depicting an artist of the exhibitor's choice First Place: Susan Sikorski Designer's Choice 
Class 2.
Harmonies in Movement A multirhythmic design staged on the floor First Place: Mary Corley  Class 3.
Manipulations of the Imagination
A Creative design incoporating Floral Craft techniques
First Place: Becki Pendell
Potomac Lily Society
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD
"July Madness"
July 12, 2008
All Designs must feature lilies. 
Class 1. Going In Circles
A Creative Design
First Place: Babs McClendon 
Class 2. Summer Frolic Mono-Botanic Design First Place: Cathy Hallmark 
Class 3. Tall and Tropical Creative Design First Place: M'Ellen Alden
Best in Show  Class 4. Color Celebration A Creative Design First Place: Bonnie Mirmak 
Class 5. Oh What Fun! A Creative Design First Place: Bonnie Mirmak
Fairfax Ferns Garden Club
Vienna, Virginia
Small Standard Flower Show: "Showing Off My Garden's Gifts"
October 15, 2007 
Class 1. Indian Summer Lunch on the Patio
Alfresco Functional Table
First Place: Barbara Shea 
Class 1. Indian Summer Lunch on the Patio
Alfresco Functional Table
90+ Red: Susan Moore 
Class 2. Nature's Little Gems
Small Design
First Place: Justine Harris 
Class 2. Nature's Little Gems
Small Design
90+: Mary Anne Barton 
Class 3. Fall Rhythms
Synergistic Design
First Place: Christine Buchanan 
Class 3. Fall Rhythms
Synergistic Design
90+: Hildie Carney
Haymarket Town & Country Garden Club
Haymarket, Virginia
Small Standard Flower Show: "Haymarket: The Early Years"
September 15, 2007 
Class: Market Day
Marie Domingues 
Class: Red House Tavern
Jane Doolittle 
Class: Remembering St. Paul's Episcopal Church, founded 1830
Ronnie Levay
Class: Iroquois Hunting Path
Mary LeKander 
Class: The Racecourse
Rosemary Schulz
Prince William County Fair Flower Show
Centennial Garden Club (Second Show)
August 14, 2007
Class: The Manassas Museum
(subclass 1) A Creative Design
Arlene Stewart (First Place)
Class: The Manassas Museum(subclass 2) A Creative Design
Trudy Perkins (First Place)
Class: The Manassas Train Station (Novice Class) A Creative Design
Kelly Demas (First Place) 
Class: The Candy Factory A Creative Design
Rebecca Pendell (First Place) 
Class: Prince Williams Fabulous Fair A Creative Design
Evalee Ciuca(First Place)
Best in Show
Prince William County Fair Flower Show
Centennial Garden Club (First Show)
August 9, 2007 
Class: The Manassas Museum A Creative Design
Karen Lucas (First Place)
Best in Show
Class: The Candy Factory Evalee Ciuca (First Place) 
Class: Prince William's Fabulous Fairgrounds
Becki Pendell (First Place)
Potomac Lily Show
Merrifield Garden Center, Fair Oaks, VA
June 23-24, 2007
 Class: Colorful Contrast
Creative Design
Dolores Felch (First Place)
Best in Show
Class: Color Contrast
A Creative Design
Millie Rever (90+)
Class: Textures
A Creative Design
Muriel Turner (First Place) 
Class: Spring Rhythm
A Creative Design
Barbara Shea (First Place)  Class: Sculptural Line
A Sculptural Form design
using wood, placed on a pedestal
Babs McClendon (First Place)  Class: Circles
A Creative Design
Charmane Truesdell (First Place)
Five Hills Garden Club
Vienna, Virginia
"June is Busting Out All Over"
Standard Flower Show
June 5 - 6, 2007 
Flag Day A Traditional Mass Arrangement
Kathy Welsh
(First Place)
Five Hills Anniversary Bowl 
Father's Day
A Design Interpreting
the Class Title
M'Ellen Alden
(First Place)
(Designer's Choice Award)
(Lee Sherman Award)  Graduation Day
A Design Interpreting
the Class Title
Sally Recinos
(First Place) 
Happy Birthday Gemini
A Design Interpreting
the Class Title
Bonnie Mirmak
(First Place)  Happy Birthday Gemini
A Design Interpreting
the Class Titles
Muriel Turner
(90+)
Here Comes Summer!
(Open to Novices Only)
A Small Design
(no more than 8"
in height, depth, width)
Bridgitte Hartke
(First Place)
(Novice Award)
Educational Exhibits 
An Educational Display of mini-roses
Linda Knerr
(First Place)
(Educational Award)
 An Educational Display of Hosta
Karen O'Meara
(90+)
Washington Daffodil Society
Annual Show
April 14 - 15, 2007
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland
Class: Gardener's Art
Wanda Ragland
(First Place)
 Class: Gardener's Art
Babs McClendon
(2nd Place, 90+)  Class: Gardener's Art Dolores Felch
(3rd Place, 90+)  Class: Changing Rhythm
M'Ellen Alden
(First Place)
(Cahill Award) 
Class: Small & Sassy
Linda Knerr
(First Place) 
Class: Small & Sassy
Bonnie Mirmak
(2nd Place, 90+) 
Class: Natural Beauty
Dolores Felch
(First Place)
(Gates Award)
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