Published: Apr 26, 2017 12:00 AM
For just two more days, the Garden Club of Newtown is presenting "A Party In The Garden," a standard flower show, in the grand corridor of Newtown Municipal Center.The Newtown Bee.
Members began setting up displays and exhibits on Monday, April 24. Finishing touches and final entries were added Tuesday morning to the tables stretching the full length of the building at 3 Primrose Street, before the arrival certified judges from The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc.
By noon, the majority of the judging had been done. Horticulture entries were set up in the northern corridor, special exhibits filled tables in the central section of the hallway, and design entries filled the final section of the passageway. Garden club members, including show chair Deb Osborne, mingled with friends and other guests while judges made their final deliberations.
The public is invited to take in the collection - a beautiful presentation of designs, specimens, and much-needed color during this rainy stretch of spring - Wednesday and Thursday, April 26-27, from 9 am until 4:30 pm.
A full story about the show will appear in the May 5 print edition of
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Joyce DeWolfe's collection of Narcissus pseudonarcissus earned a Collectors Showcase Award and a blue ribbon. (Bee Photo, Hicks)
Dozens of horticulture entries have been placed on tables along the edge of the northern hallway at Newtown Municipal Center, where The Garden Club of Newtown is presenting a standard flower show through the late afternoon of April 27. (Bee Photo, Hicks)
"Beautiful texture and rhythm" caught the eye of the judges for this entry by Suburban Garden Club of Cheshire member Ginni Donovan. Her work with King Protea and Epiphyllum earned the guest gardener a blue ribbon and Tricolor Award. (Bee Photo, Hicks)
Judges gave Beth Caldwell a blue ribbon for her design division entry in the "Lunch Alfresco" class, noting "Relaxing color harmonies - choice and placement of components add to dining enjoyment." (Bee Photo, Hicks)
Marilynn Klepfer received multiple honors, including an Award of Horticultural Excellence, for this entry in the needled evergreen class of "A Party In The Garden." (Bee Photo, Hicks)
Garden Club of Newtown President Peggy Townsend was caught by surprise when she discovered a Designer's Choice Award had been added to the honors already given to one of her entries in The Garden Club of Newtown's standard flower show at Newtown Municipal Center. (Bee Photo, Hicks)
Judges make some of their final decisions late Tuesday morning, April 25, for The Garden Club of Newtown's Standard Flower Show, "A Party In The Garden." The special event was presented in the grand corridor of Newtown Municipal Center for three days last week. (Bee Photo, Hicks)
