Gardeners Go Green

January 12, 2009: The Gardeners of the Junior League of Washington presented a small standard flower show entitled "Gardeners Go Green" at the Sumner Village Community Center in Bethesda. Considering that it was the middle of the coldest winter in several decades, the horticulture was spectacular. The judges declared the show "wonderful."

Division I: Horticulture -- From Your Outdoor and Indoor Garden



















BEST OF SHOW: HORTICULTURE -- Oxalis (wood-sorrel or shamrock) by Joy Vigé:
















Division II: Design -- Using the Winter Bounty of the Garden to Decorate the Home.

Class 1 -- An arrangement of all fresh plant material dominated by fresh foliage and enhanced with flowers.



























Class 2. An arrangement of all fresh foliage enhanced by fresh fruit or vegetables or both.




























Class 3. A fresh foliage arrangement which may include some dried branches, staged on a pedestal and to be viewed from all sides.

BEST OF SHOW: DESIGN by Jane Battle:











Standby arrangements (just in case there were one or more holes in Division II):

Espalied Ivy

December 31, 2009: For those with extra time on their hands, the espalied ivy at Dumbarton Oaks:

For a look inside the museum, click here.

Holiday Floral Decoration at National Cathedral

December 29, 2009: Beyond the cathedral arrangements which greeted visitors at the west front, the floral decoration in the nave, transept, choir and high altar were strictly evergreen with full red poinsettias, carnations, winterberry and nandina. As one moved to the sides, there were red apples and then pink poinsettias.

Anthurium and winterberry provided the red on a side altar:

Floral decoration moved away from strict red and green on the side altars:









White was added in a "Children's Chapel":












A wreath with apples and pine cones greeted visitors to the Herb Cottage (l);












For more cathedral views click here.

Memorial Grove in Winter

December 27, 2009: The 22 plants comprising District I's memorial grove at Prospect Hill Cemetery appear to have thrived since their planting, September 19.