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October Garden Club Meeting – Thursday 20th

Our October meeting will be held next Thursday the 20th at 7:30.

The speaker is Matthew Dressing, and his topic will be “Putting our Gardens to Bed”.

FLOWER SHOW CATEGORIES

Division I – Horticultural

Class:

  1. Chrysanthemum – 1 spray, any cultivar.
  2. Dahlia – 1 bloom, any cultivar.
  3. Hydrangea – 1 bloom, any cultivar.
  4. Perennial Ornamental Grass – 3 stems of 1 cultivar.
  5. Rose – 1 bloom or spray, any variety.
  6. Sedum – 1 stem.
  7. Any other flowering annual or perennial excluding above named) – 1 specimen / stem.
  8. Any shrub grown for colour – 1 specimen, 1 stem or branch not to exceed 24″.
  9. Seeded stem – 1 stem, max length 18″, in container with no water.

 Division II – DESIGN THEME: “Harvest Time”

Class:

  1. “Hallowe’en” – pumpkin design.
  2. “Feast for the Eyes” – harvest-themed centrepiece, using vegetables and fruits.
  3. “Trick or Treat” – design using orange.
  4. “Gone to Seed” – faded beauty from the garden.

Division III – CULINARY

Class:

  1. Anything made with apples.
  2. Anything made with pumpkin.

Special Class – PHOTOGRAPHY

Send in your favourite horticulture photographs from 2022. 

We will have a digital show of them at the meeting and these pictures will be considered for the 2023 Yearbook and/or Bookmark images.

Rules:

  1. Digital pictures (jpg format please).
  2. Maximum of 3 pictures per member.
  3. Image must have been photographed by the member.
  4. You may submit pictures previously submitted to our 2022 Virtual Show Offs.
  5. Send pictures to WebmasterAjaxGardenClub@gmail.com.