Garden of the Year winners are Doug and Lisa Granger; presenting the award are
garden club members: Vivian Devlin, Margaret
Rodwell, Cassandra Banning,
Em Rawlings
and Teri Eller
.
The Grangers beautiful garden was once a fish farm. Now one notices that there are beautiful old oak trees, japanese blueberry trees, knock out roses, gingers and many more plants that grace the gardens around their home. Camellias, azaleas surround the lovely old trees and wait patiently for the Caladiums to lift their pretty heads.
We kicked off the summer with a Pressed Flower workshop (Our Voicethread). Jan Griffin and Liz Miller were the instructors for the day sharing information on what flowers are the best to use and how to have beautiful pressed flowers even when you do not have a flower press. Everyone came away with pressed flower cards and bookmarks that they had made. Lunch, fellowship and sharing of our designs followed our creative endeavors.
The Fun with Flowers Workshops, where we learn about various flower arrangements to use in our homes will continue this fall and winter. Dates will be announced soon. You won't want to miss these events, where you learn about design and have a beautiful flower design for your home.
The Horticulture show is set for February 26 -March 8, 2009 at the Florida Strawberry Festival. There is no fee for entering but you must be an amateur grower and live in Hillsborough County. Plants will be accepted Fed. 24 between 6 and 9 P.M. and Feb. 25 between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the horticulture area of the Arthur Boring Building near gate 10 on West Reynolds.
Horticulture specimens must be grown by the exhibitor and in the exhibitor's possession for three months prior to opening day of the Festival.