Flower Shows
“Color Me Fall” NGC Standard Flower Show held at Frederik Meijer Gardens on September 11th & 12th, 2021. The show was viewed by over 1,000 people, and 106 children participated in the children’s activity and went home with a potted mum.
Blue Ribbon winner: Class 6 “Everything Apple”; S. Versendaal Holland Garden Club
Horticulture Division NGC Top winners: Award of Merit (4) given & Award of Horticultural Excellence.
Class 10 Coleus: S. Versendaal Holland Garden Club
Class 38d Asparagus Fern; K. Miller Kent Garden Club
Class 35e Dahlia ‘Amelia Joy’; Dr. R. Peters Muskegon County Garden Club
Class 32f Butterfly Bush; K. Wolverton Kent Garden Club
Top left: Botanical Arts Artistic Craft Award: Class 7 “O My Gourd”; S. Minuth Tri-city Garden Club
Top right: Collector’s Showcase Award: Class 49 Heuchera Collection; P. Bazany Tri-city Garden Club
Bottom left: Botanical Arts Photography Award: Liz Margulus Kent Garden Club
Bottom right: Children’s Activity
Award of Design Excellence & Designer’s Choice Award: Class 7 “Autumn Palette”; L. Miller Kent Garden Club
Table Artistry Award: Class 6 “Family Game Night”; D. Picciotti Holland Garden Club
Petite Award: Class 3 Button-Up”; A. Carter Kent Garden Club
Blue Ribbon Winner & Louise Budnick’s Award: Class 8 “Harvest Moon” ; M. Taylor Tri-City Garden Club
Southwood Elementary Youth Garden Educational Exhibit. It took a second place ribbon.
NGC Top Educational Award: Black Swallow Tail Butterfly; D. Drain Lowell Garden Club
Color Me Fall Flower Show 2021 Peoples Choice Winners
Division II Horticulture Class 35b Dahlia; Exhibitor #53 Dr. R Peters Muskegon Garden Club
Division IV Class 3 Fairy Gardens; Exhibitor #10 Carol Jean Locke Tri-City Garden Club
Division IV Botanical Arts Artistic Crafts Class 7 “O My Gourd” Exhibitor #23 Sandra Minuth Tri-City Garden Club
Division I Design Class 9 “Leafing Around”; Exhibitor #9 Jenny Bond, WMFAG
Division IV Botanical Arts Photography Class 4 a-1 Color photo of a landscape scene; exhibitor #52 Liz Margulus Kent Garden Club
NGC Symposium August 10, 2021
National Garden Club Standard Flower Show, District IV, Frederik Meijer Gardens, 2019
Magic of the Secret Garden, Peoples Choice Awards
Horticulture: Dahlia Decorative Form/ Entered by Richard Peters/ Muskegon County Garden Club
Design Class 9: Labyrinth/ Entered by Helen Mitchell/ Kent Garden Club/Peoples Choice Award
Artistic Craft: “Garden of Weedin”: Decorate a Garden Boot/ Entered by Sandy Minuth/ Tri-City Garden Club
Photography: Class 1 “Getting to the Root of It”: Entered by Michael Margulus/ Kent Garden Club/Peoples Choice Award
Fairy Gardens: Class 5 (6″-12″): Entered by Carole Jean Lock/ Tri-City Garden Club
Dahlia Decorative Form
Labyrinth
“Garden of Weedin”
Getting to the Root of It
Fairy Gardens, Class 5
NGC Educational Top Exhibitor Award: Impacting the Next Generation: L. Smith; Tri-City Garden Club (L)
Botanical Arts Photography Award: L. Smith; Tri-City Garden Club (R)
NGC Table Artistry Award: J. Wetters; Kent Garden Club (L)
NGC Award of Design Excellence & Designer’s Choice Award: A. Todd; Kent Garden Club (R)
Botanical Arts Artistic Crafts Award/ J. Hoffman: Muskegon County Garden Club (Top L)
Botanical Arts Horticulture Award: Fairy Garden/ M. Oczkowski: Holland Garden Club (Top R)
NGC Petite Award: P. Bazany: Tri-City Garden Club (Bottom L)
NGC Award of Horticultural Excellence; Grower’s Choice Award: P. Bazany: Tri-City Garden Club (Bottom R)
Children’s Activity: Discover the secrets through the flower show, and draw your secret.
Award of Merit for roses: P. Bazany: Tri-City Garden Club
Arboreal Award: E. Weber: Kent Garden Club
Award of Merit Annuals: J. Hoffman: Muskegon County Garden Club
Award of Merit Perennials: J. Hoffman: Muskegon County Garden Club
Award of Merit hosta: P. Bazany: Tri-City Garden Club