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Blue Ribbon Flower Designs
Exhibits from recent Standard Flower Shows
(Many photographs are taken before judging. Photographs shown are of exhibits which received either a Blue Ribbon (first place) or a 90+, indicating worthy of Blue Ribbon.)
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Floralia
"Through the Artist's Eye"
November 17, 2008 
Class 1.
Essence of the Artist
A design depicting an artist of the exhibitor's choice First Place: Susan Sikorski Designer's Choice 
Class 2.
Harmonies in Movement A multirhythmic design staged on the floor First Place: Mary Corley  Class 3.
Manipulations of the Imagination
A Creative design incoporating Floral Craft techniques
First Place: Becki Pendell
Potomac Lily Society
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, MD
"July Madness"
July 12, 2008
All Designs must feature lilies. 
Class 1. Going In Circles
A Creative Design
First Place: Babs McClendon 
Class 2. Summer Frolic Mono-Botanic Design First Place: Cathy Hallmark 
Class 3. Tall and Tropical Creative Design First Place: M'Ellen Alden
Best in Show  Class 4. Color Celebration A Creative Design First Place: Bonnie Mirmak 
Class 5. Oh What Fun! A Creative Design First Place: Bonnie Mirmak
Fairfax Ferns Garden Club
Vienna, Virginia
Small Standard Flower Show: "Showing Off My Garden's Gifts"
October 15, 2007 
Class 1. Indian Summer Lunch on the Patio
Alfresco Functional Table
First Place: Barbara Shea 
Class 1. Indian Summer Lunch on the Patio
Alfresco Functional Table
90+ Red: Susan Moore 
Class 2. Nature's Little Gems
Small Design
First Place: Justine Harris 
Class 2. Nature's Little Gems
Small Design
90+: Mary Anne Barton 
Class 3. Fall Rhythms
Dynergistic Design
First Place: Christine Buchanan 
Class 3. Fall Rhythms
Synergistic Design
90+: Hildie Carney
Haymarket Town & Country Garden Club
Haymarket, Virginia
Small Standard Flower Show: "Haymarket: The Early Years"
September 15, 2007 
Class: Market Day
Marie Domingues 
Class: Red House Tavern
Jane Doolittle 
Class: Remembering St. Paul's Episcopal Church, founded 1830
Mary LeKander
Class: Iroquois Hunting Path
Ronnie Levay 
Class: The Racecourse
Rosemary Schulz
Prince William County Fair Flower Show
Centennial Garden Club (Second Show)
August 14, 2007
Class: The Manassas Museum
(subclass 1) A Creative Design
Arlene Stewart (First Place)
Class: The Manassas Museum(subclass 2) A Creative Design
Trudy Perkins (First Place)
Class: The Manassas Train Station (Novice Class) A Creative Design
Kelly Demas (First Place) 
Class: The Candy Factory A Creative Design
Rebecca Pendell (First Place) 
Class: Prince Williams Fabulous Fair A Creative Design
Evalee Ciuca(First Place)
Best in Show
Prince William County Fair Flower Show
Centennial Garden Club (First Show)
August 9, 2007 
Class: The Manassas Museum A Creative Design
Karen Lucas (First Place)
Best in Show
Class: The Candy Factory Evalee Ciuca (First Place) 
Class: Prince William's Fabulous Fairgrounds
Becki Pendell (First Place)
Potomac Lily Show
Merrifield Garden Center, Fair Oaks, VA
June 23-24, 2007
 Class: Colorful Contrast
Creative Design
Dolores Felch (First Place)
Best in Show
Class: Color Contrast
A Creative Design
Millie Rever (90+)
Class: Textures
A Creative Design
Muriel Turner (First Place) 
Class: Spring Rhythm
A Creative Design
Barbara Shea (First Place)  Class: Sculptural Line
A Sculptural Form design
using wood, placed on a pedestal
Babs McClendon (First Place)  Class: Circles
A Creative Design
Charmane Truesdell (First Place)
Five Hills Garden Club
Vienna, Virginia
"June is Busting Out All Over"
Standard Flower Show
June 5 - 6, 2007 
Flag Day A Traditional Mass Arrangement
Kathy Welsh
(First Place)
Five Hills Anniversary Bowl 
Father's Day
A Design Interpreting
the Class Title
M'Ellen Alden
(First Place)
(Designer's Choice Award)
(Lee Sherman Award)  Graduation Day
A Design Interpreting
the Class Title
Sally Recinos
(First Place) 
Happy Birthday Gemini
A Design Interpreting
the Class Title
Bonnie Mirmak
(First Place)  Happy Birthday Gemini
A Design Interpreting
the Class Titles
Muriel Turner
(90+)
Here Comes Summer!
(Open to Novices Only)
A Small Design
(no more than 8"
in height, depth, width)
Bridgitte Hartke
(First Place)
(Novice Award)
Educational Exhibits 
An Educational Display of mini-roses
Linda Knerr
(First Place)
(Educational Award)
 An Educational Display of Hosta
Karen O'Meara
(90+)
Washington Daffodil Society
Annual Show
April 14 - 15, 2007
Brookside Gardens, Wheaton, Maryland
Class: Gardener's Art
Wanda Ragland
(First Place)
 Class: Gardener's Art
Babs McClendon
(2nd Place, 90+)  Class: Gardener's Art Dolores Felch
(3rd Place, 90+)  Class: Changing Rhythm
M'Ellen Alden
(First Place)
(Cahill Award) 
Class: Small & Sassy
Linda Knerr
(First Place) 
Class: Small & Sassy
Bonnie Mirmak
(2nd Place, 90+) 
Class: Natural Beauty
Dolores Felch
(First Place)
(Gates Award)
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