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Over the weekend the Conrad Garden Club held their annual Flower Show with a special theme, “A Garden’s Tapestry.”  SWEEPS WINNER-Donna Dunn of Brady won a first award for this Tropical Canvas. She also took first for a Petite Stitch In Time and a Woodland Wonder. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler The beauty of a floral tapestry inspired the theme of the show. As with a tapestry, a garden’s “hues” are rich and varied. Types of vegetation, changes in weather and scents, colors and textures all combine to create a deep, rich and satisfying experience. The tapestry idea was chosen with the thought that it would ignite imagination and provide motivation to explore the great variety of possibilities that gardening has to offer. The Flower Show Committee this year consisted of Catherine Kellogg, club VP. She also took care of entries and horticulture; Irene Stuart was the show chairman; Ann Morren did the scheduling; Dolores Kellogg oversaw the staging; Helen Baumann was in charge of classification, horticulture/design; Sue Pearson did entries/design; Bernice Johnson had placement and horticulture/design; Joann Hatton and Tammy Heatley were the clerks. Barbara DenBoer was in charge of hospitality and the guest book; Ora Bucher managed the tea table/refreshments and all the members helped in the set up and take down.
As with any organization, the community youth is the future of the Garden Club and with that in mind, there were three divisions for youngsters to express their imagination. JUNIOR GARDENER-Reese Spears, age seven, won a first award for his creative effort in the category of, ?We Are What We Eat,? at the Conrad Garden Club Flower Show over the weekend. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler One was in youth horticulture, youth artistic design, and education. Under artistic design, there were four classes, which included “We Are What We Eat,” in which a creation was made of fruits and vegetables. Then there was “Yes I Can,” where the student had to use a recycled can or cans in an imaginative design using fresh and dry material. ”Summer Fun” let the designer choose materials to come up with colorful and energetic design and “For the Birds” had to be an arrangement of dried plant material and stones. Overall, there were six divisions and 96 classes that gardeners could enter their creations. The purpose of the Garden Club is to bring instructive and informative material to its members regarding gardening and flowers and to further active interest in civic affairs. The Conrad Garden Club meets the second Friday of each month at 11:30 a.m. in the Lobby on Main St. for lunch and a program. For more information about the club, contact any of the members mentioned above.  NICE FLOWER-Larry Boettcher won an Award of Merit and a first award at the Conrad Garden Club Flower Show for this Begonia he grew. I-O Photo by Buck Traxler |
