Winner’s Circle
Congratulations to the winners of special awards, presented below.
We applaud all winners, including the first place “blues,” second and third place winners, and the honorable mentions. All awards are notated along side each entry within the show.
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DIVISION I | Floral Design
Special Awards:
Dorothy Vietor Munger Award, Harriet DeWaele Puckett Creativity Award, Sandra Baylor Novice Floral Design Award, Best in Show and Judges Commendation.
The Dorothy Vietor Munger Award
For an arrangement of outstanding beauty in a GCA flower show.
Presented to:
Marilee Ahalt
Seattle Garden Club
The Dorothy Vietor Munger Award may be awarded to members of The Garden Club of America clubs in competitive Floral Design classes at a GCA Flower Show. It is offered in recognition of creative work of outstanding beauty using predominantly fresh plant material. The design must have placed first, second, or third. Challenge class entries are not eligible. The award is not a substitute for Best in Show and will be given at the discretion of the judges.
“Exquisite and pristine plant material are the crowning ornaments in that garden.”
The Harriet DeWaele Puckett Creativity Award
In recognition of a uniquely skillful and creative response to an imaginative schedule.
Presented to:
Ginnie Tietjens
Huntingdon Valley Garden Club
The Harriet DeWaele Puckett Creativity Award may be awarded to members of GCA clubs or non-members in recognition of a uniquely skillful and creative response to an imaginative schedule in Floral Design. It will be given for an innovative and interpretive entry, which, although it abides by the principles of good design, goes beyond traditional period arrangement to whatever art form the exhibitor(s) chooses. The design must have placed first, second, or third in the Floral Design Division of a GCA Flower Show. An entry in any challenge class is not eligible to receive this award. The award is not a substitute for Best in Show and will be given at the discretion of the judges.
“Out of the frying fan and into the fire. This unique design draws us in.”
The Sandra Baylor Novice Floral Design Award
Awarded to a novice exhibitor for a unique and skillful response to the schedule.
Presented to:
K K Zutter
Lenox Garden Club
The Sandra Baylor Novice Floral Design Award may be awarded for a floral design that is a unique and skillful response to the schedule of a GCA or GCA Major Flower Show. Individual novice entries in any competitive Floral Design class are eligible for this award. Floral designs must have placed first, second, or third.
“Dynamic design from a ‘budding’ talent.”
Floral Design Best in Show
Selected from among the first place winners, may be awarded in each division.
Presented to:
Kathy Powell
Peachtree Garden Club
Best in Show, selected from among the first place winners, may be awarded in each division.
“Exciting, rhythmic action leads us down the summer path.”
Floral Design Judges Commendation
Awarded to all the exhibitors in a Floral Design class of extraordinary merit.
Presented to:
All exhibitors in
Floral Design Class 4: Waterfall
A design to be displayed on a pedestal 43” high with a 16” square grey top. To be viewed from all sides.
“Judges commend the exceptional creativity flowing through this class.”
