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Photos: Briarcliff Manor's Green Thumb on Display

Briarcliff Manor Garden Club hosts Flower Show at Atria.

From blooming hydrangeas to fragrant herbs, the smells and sights of the Briarcliff Manor Garden Club "Hold Everything" Flower Show were hard to miss at on Friday.

Congratulations to all the participants!

The following ribbons were awarded to the following exhibitors (in alphabetical order):
Marion Cowles: The Designers Choice Award & The Award of Design Excellence

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Mary Moller: The Award of Merit

Maxine Olson: The Award of Merit, The Educational Top Exhibitor Award & The Sweepstakes Award

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Jean Marie Polak: The Arboreal Award

Barbara Reese: The Growers Choice Award

Lisa Ritell: The Wanda Callihan Design Award (aka: The Silver Tray Club Award)

Susan Zetkov-Lubin: The Award of Merit, The Award of Horticultural Excellence & The Growers Choice Award

Schedule of Awards
Division II Design: "It's In Your Hands"

Section A: Designers Choice Award

  • Class 1 "Aladdin's Lamp" First Award Marion Cowles: Designer Choice Award, Design Excellence Award
  • Class 2: "Picnic Basket" First Award: Barbara De Lassio
  • Class 3 "Glass Slipper" First Award: Elaine Nolan
  • Class 4: "Tea Cup" First Award: Lisa Ritell received the Wanda Callihan Design Award: (a Silver Tray Club Award)

Division I Horticulture

Section A: Trees & Shrubs

  • Class 1: Rhododendron Ericaceae First Award: Terry Marchica
  • Class 4: Needled Evergreen First Award: Dr. Mary Moller
  • Class 6: Any Flowering Shrub Hydrangea First Award: Jean Marie Polak (Received Ribbon: The Arboreal Award)

Section B Rosa

  • Class 7: Hybrid Tea First Award: Barbara Reese
  • Class 10: Any Other Rose Rosa Rugosa First Award: Dr. Mary Moller (Received The Award of Merit)

Section C Perennials

  • Class 11: Spike Form Hyacinthoides non-scripta First Award: Dr. Mary Moller
  • Class 11: Spike Form Astilbe "Park Lightning" First Award: Maxine Olson (Received Ribbon: The Award of Merit)
  • Class 12: Spray Form Senlcia ceneraria First Award: Lesley San Marco
  • Class 13: Flat Round or Sculptural Form Primula Primulaceae First Award: Terry Marchica
  • Class 14: Grown for Beauty of Foliage Hosta, Bressingham Blue First Award: Maxine Olson
  • Class 14: Shown for Beauty of Foliage Dusty Miller (Senecio bicolor) First Award: Marion Cowles
  • Class 14: Grown for Beauty of Foliage Hosta (Plantain Lily) First Award: Terry Marchica

Section D

  • Class 15: Flowering Container Grown Plants Saintpaulia ionantha (African Violet) 'Silverglade Dolls' First Award: Maxine Olson
  • Class 16: Orchids Phalaenopsis Orchid First Award: Barbara Reese (Received Ribbon: The Growers Choice Award)
  • Class 17: Any Other Flowering Plants in Bloom Pelargonium "Crispum Major" (Lemon-Scented Geranium) First Award: Susan Zetkov-Lubin
  • Class 17: Any Other Flowering Plant in Bloom Spathiphyllum Figaro First Award: Maxine Olson

Section E  Foliage Container Grown Plants

  • Class 18: Begonia Begonia Rex First Award: Maxine Olson
  • Class 19: Ferns Himalayan Maidenhair Fern First Award: Maxine Olson
  • Class 19: Ferns Asplenium antiquum Frist Award: Maxine Olson
  • Class 19: Ferns Davallia Fejeensis First Award: Maxine Olson
  • Class 20: Succulents Selenicereus First Award: Marion Cowles
  • Class 21: Any other Plant Grown for Foliage Gynura Aurantiaca (Passion Plant) First Award: Terry Marchica
  • Class 22: Any Other Plant Grown For Beauty of Foliage Mullenbeckia Complexa (Angel Vine) First Award: Susan Zetkov-Lubin (Received Two Ribbons: The Grower's Choice Award and The Horticultural Excellence Award)

Section F: Herbs

  • Class 22: Culinary Salvia Officinalis (Sage) First Award: Susan Zetkov-Lubin
  • Class 22 Culinary Peppermint (Mentha) First Award: Terry Marchica
  • Culinary Thymus Vulgaris (Common Thyme) First Award: Susan Zetkov-Lubin (Received ribbon: The Award of Merit)
  • Class 23 Fragrant Fragrant Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) First Award: Susan Zetkov-Lubin
  • Class 23 Nepeta Cataria (Catmint) First Award: Dr. Mary Moller
  • Class 23 Lavendula Augustifolia First Award: Maxine Olson
  • Class 24 Medicinal Stachys Byzantina (Lambs Ear) First Award: Susan Zetkov-Lubin
  • Class 24a Hypericum perforatum (St.John's Wort) First Award: Dr. Mary Moller

Division III Educational Exhibit

Section A

  • Class 2: What a Difference a Plant Makes First Award: Maxine Olson received ribbon: The Special Educational Exhibit Award 

Maxine Olson also received The Sweepstakes Award for the exhibitor who won the largest number of blue ribbon awards.


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