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FLOWER SHOW SCHOOL COURSE III
August 21 – 24, 2005
Holiday
Inn Select, Richmond, Virginia
Instructors: Julia Clevett and Dottie Howatt
Instructors: Julia Clevett and Dottie Howatt
Submitted by Ruth Moss, Flower
Show School Chairman
Come and learn more about Flower Show
procedures, design, and growing and showing horticulture. Mark
your calendar and make plans now to attend. Bring a friend and club
member with you. A small flower show will be presented by the
students. Everyone is invited to attend Flower Show School!
JUDGES NEED TO ATTEND FSS to keep up to date on what is
happening. Only active members of a VFGC Garden Club may become
Accredited Judges.
HOTEL INFORMATION: Holiday Inn Select, 1021 Koger Center Blvd, Richmond VA 23235-4756, 804-379-3800. Room Rate $80.00 (plus 12.5% tax) Please request VFGC Group Block when making your reservations.
Deadline for special rate: August 1, 2005.
DIRECTIONS:
- From Northern VA: Traveling I-95 S, take Exit 79 (Powhite Pkwy/I 195). See below.
- From Charlottesville and west: Traveling I-64E, take Exit 186 (Powhite Pkwy/I 195). See below.
- From Virginia Beach and east: Traveling I-64W, follow signs to I-95N. (DO NOT TAKE I-295). Stay on I-95N and take Exit 79 (Powhite Parkway). See below.
Come and learn more about Flower Show
procedures, design, and growing and showing horticulture. Mark
your calendar and make plans now to attend. Bring a friend and club
member with you. A small flower show will be presented by the
students. Everyone is invited to attend Flower Show School!
JUDGES NEED TO ATTEND FSS to keep up to date on what is
happening. Only active members of a VFGC Garden Club may become
Accredited Judges.HOTEL INFORMATION: Holiday Inn Select, 1021 Koger Center Blvd, Richmond VA 23235-4756, 804-379-3800. Room Rate $80.00 (plus 12.5% tax) Please request VFGC Group Block when making your reservations.
Deadline for special rate: August 1, 2005.
DIRECTIONS:
- From Northern VA: Traveling I-95 S, take Exit 79 (Powhite Pkwy/I 195). See below.
- From Charlottesville and west: Traveling I-64E, take Exit 186 (Powhite Pkwy/I 195). See below.
- From Virginia Beach and east: Traveling I-64W, follow signs to I-95N. (DO NOT TAKE I-295). Stay on I-95N and take Exit 79 (Powhite Parkway). See below.
Continued directions from all
points: Keep left and follow
Powhite Parkway to Midlothian Turnpike (Route 60W). Go 2 miles to
Koger Center Boulevard. Turn right to hotel.
NOTE: Powhite Parkway is also listed as Route 76S of the James River.
NOTE: Powhite Parkway is also listed as Route 76S of the James River.
| Sunday, August 21 |
|
| 5:00 - 7:00 pm |
Registration |
| 7:00-9:15 pm |
Flower Show Procedure |
| Monday, August 22 |
|
| 9:00 am - 3 :15 pm |
Julia Clevett, Design |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm |
Design Point Scoring Exam |
| Tuesday, August 23 |
|
| 9:00 am - 3 :15 pm | Dottie Howatt, Horticulture |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Horticulture Point Scoring Exam |
| Wednesday, August 24 |
|
| 9:00 am - 12 noon |
Written Examination |
REQUIRED
READING LIST
FLOWER SHOW SCHOOL COURSE III
The National Gardener
Handbook for Flower Shows,
2003 Edition
Chapters 2, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7,
10, 11, 12, 13, 14 plus those paragraphs in Chapter 8 pertaining to the
members of
Plant Group, studied in this course; Section VI – pp. 248-252.
Creative Flower Arranging -
Belcher
Chapters 3, 4, 8, 10.
Appendix and Glossary
Creative Floral Designs – Step by Step -
Hawkins & Row
Chapter 2, 4, 6, and
9.
Essence of Creativity . . . A Legacy
– Thomas
Chapters 2, 4, 5, 7
and 8
Hortulana, Revised, Garden
Club of Ohio, Inc.
Those paragraphs pertaining
to members of the Plant Group studied in this course
The New Flower Expert, Hessayon
Tree and Shrub Expert, Hessayon
The Houseplant Expert, Hessayon
Tree and Shrub Expert, Hessayon
The Houseplant Expert, Hessayon
Those plants or members of
the Plant Group studied in this course
Table Settings For All Seasons
– Wood and Smith
Chapter 7 & pages
showing design types
REGISTRATION
FORMS
Click here to download REGISTRATION
FORM as Word file.
Click here to download REGISTRATION FORM as PDF file.
Click here to download REGISTRATION FORM as PDF file.
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