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Thursday, August 6, 2009

Kansaa: Club’s Flower Show celebrates 80 years of gardening

The Olathe Garden Club Flower Show for 2009 takes place Sept. 10-12 during the Old Settler’s Day festivities in downtown Olathe.

This year’s theme is favorite childhood memories and celebrates the clubs 80th Anniversary.
Call-in registration or flower arrangement entries are due by Aug. 27. Arrangements and horticulture can be checked in Thursday, 6-8 p.m. Sept. 10, and 7:30-9 a.m. Friday, Sept. 11. Judging will be 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Sept. 11.

For more information and a listing of more categories and information about the Garden Club, call Tressa Pitts, 913- 764-3980; Joan Shriver, 913-782-7205; or Sue Ercolani 913-764-3190. Guideline booklets also are available at both Olathe library locations.

More information on judging categories>

Tuesday, August 4, 2009

North Central Missouri Fair - Floral Competition

The Grand River Garden Club will host the floriculture department portion of the North Central Missouri Fair on Thursday, Aug. 6, beginning at 8:30 a.m.

Entries may be brought to the Rock Barn from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Judging divisions include container-grown plants, branches, herbs, shrubs, bulbs and tubers. Vases are available to display cut specimens in both the annual and perennial varieties. Roses of all types are also sought for the show and there is a separate category for arrangements in design.

For information, persons can contact contact garden club members, Dorothy Taul at 359-7088 or Vickie Pash at the Extension office, 359-5643, for entry information. Listings are also included on the NCM Fair website, www.ncmfair.com

Thursday, July 9, 2009

The Goochland Gazette - Hargroves named to national garden club post

By Ken Odor
news@goochlandgazette.com

Manakin-Sabot resident Nancy Hargroves grew up in Franklin, Va. where her father was a truck farmer and her grandmother owned a florist shop.

So it's easy to understand how she developed an interest in horticulture that has propelled her into prominence in the National Garden Clubs Inc. (NGC) organization.

In May she was installed as the group's fourth vice president at their annual convention in St. Louis.

Read more:
The Goochland Gazette - Serving Goochland County Since 1955
Source: goochlandgazette.com
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