SPADE AND TROWEL CLUB
ANNUAL PARTICIPANT IN
PHILADELPHIA INTERNATIONAL FLOWER SHOW
Last week many in our area enjoyed ‘Springtime in Paris’ at the 2011 Philadelphia International Flower Show. Several Spade and Trowel Garden Club members played an active organizational role in the world’s largest indoor flower show. Alice Bucher and Tala Graham of Kennett Square were chair and assistant respectively of ‘Judges and Awards’; Beverly Schmitt of Thornton was vice-chair of ‘Store Windows’; Diane Mateson of Chadds Ford chaired ‘Documents’; and Kris Qualls of Wilmington, DE chaired ‘Front Porches’. Courtney Peterson of Lincoln University was on the show’s executive board and was a vendor at the show.
Several members entered individual competitions. Alice Bucher took home an Honorable Mention for her streptocarpus, a challenge plant in a horticulture division, and she entered a miniature in a design class. Kris Qualls’ miniature ‘Bric-a-Brac’ took a Blue Ribbon while Tala Graham’s design won an Honorable Mention in the same division. In the jewelry category first time entrant Caryn Hetherston teamed up with her daughter Tyler Ruth to win an Honorable Mention by producing a brooch and earrings made from plant material. Beverly Schmitt’s ‘Champagne’ entry in small niches won an Honorable Mention.
For the flower show to run smoothly, volunteers are needed on many levels. Besides the members who volunteer year-round on the organizational level, last week Jackie Blake worked the Horticulture Court and Margaret Hennes and Stefi Jackson were Judges’ Clerks.
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