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Trevose Horticultural Society hosts ‘ARTrageous’ Flower Show

September 7, 2012 By
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by June Portnoy

Area gardeners entered almost 450 horticultural and artistic design entries at the Trevose Horticultural Society’s (THS) annual flower show, “ARTrageous.” This free event open to the public was held Friday and Saturday, August 24th and 25th, in the Wood River Village auditorium in Bensalem.

The 2012 Standard Flower Show marked THS’s 89th annual show and its most ambitious endeavor of the year.

Karen Wychock, of Warrington, this year’s Flower Show Chair and a former art teacher at Central Bucks High School West (CB West), selected this year’s theme of “ARTrageous.”

“Gardeners and artists both deal with colors all the time, so it seemed a natural connection to combine these two art forms into this year’s theme,” said Karen.

Karen was responsible for this year’s unique staging, consisting of three large floral paintings created by Molly O’Brien, former CB West student.

Said Karen, “Molly’s images are huge and have been likened to the large format paintings of Georgia O’Keeffe.”

Karen, Staging Theme Chairperson, along with the Society’s membership, merited The Garden Club of Pennsylvania (GCFP) Staging Award for the show’s overall appearance. In addition, several local gardeners received special recognition for their outstanding horticultural specimens. 

A themed windowsill display of potted houseplants entered by Choony Choi from Bensalem was top winner in the horticultural division receiving the National Garden Club (NGC) Award of Horticultural Excellence and Grower’s Choice Award as well as the Society’s Joseph Caravan Award. 

NGC Award of Merits for Horticulture were won by Elmer Irons from Feasterville for his bloom of Penta lanceolata, Priscilla Whyte from Newtown for her perennial Phlox Drummondii, and Lynda Gene Rymond from Quakertown for her perfect specimens of Hardy German Red garlic. 

Nancy Orlando from Philadelphia won an Award of Merit for a potted plant of Thai Basil. An unusual specimen of ‘Black Star’ calla lily earned an Award of Merit for Betty Sykes from Warminster.

Nick Roman of Warminster received the Erich and Virginia Meitzner silver bowl for the most blue ribbon entries in the dahlia classes. An excellent bloom of ‘Limelight’ Hydrangea paniculata merited the NGC Arboreal Award for superior named variety of tree or shrub for Audrey Williams from Flourtown.

The Society’s Arnold Young Award for accumulating the most blue ribbons in the Container Grown Plants section was awarded to Karen who also received the Society’s Stella Matczak Award for her outstanding porch box entry. Mary Ann Wolf from Yardley merited the Society’s Sweepstakes trophy for Horticulture.

Visitors enjoyed, as well as personally critiqued, 32 artistic arrangements reflecting the show theme. 

Karen received both the NGC Award of Design Excellence and Designer’s Choice Award for her outstanding Exhibition Table featuring “Luncheon in the Garden” with Vincent van Gogh.  GCFP Award of Special Recognition was also awarded to Karen for her depiction of “Still Life with a Basket.” 

June Rymond of Feasterville won the Society’s Rachel Schwarz Award for her artistic entry in the special exhibits class “Art of the Frame” featuring a frame embellished with dried natural plant materials. Lenis Van Aken earned the Society’s Sweepstakes Design trophy.

Several informative exhibits focused on broadening the public’s environmental awareness. The NGC Educational Award was received by award winning artist and Bucks County Master Gardener Carol Ashton-Hergenhan of Bensalem, for her educational exhibit “The Art of Botanical Illustration,” that defined this specialized art form, its purpose and use. Carol, a botanical illustrator, was at the show Saturday demonstrating her craft.

Karen received the GCFP Educational and Conservation Silver Award for her informative display “The Gardener as Artist:  Choosing One’s Color Pallet” that featured an artful approach to designing a landscape canvas with color. 

The Society bestowed the THS Award of Appreciation to Bucks County Master Gardener Heidi Shiver of Doylestown for her exhibit, “Gardening for Pollinators,” that described how to recognize beneficial insects that accomplish nature’s goal of setting seed and the causes of their decline.

Proceeds generated from a variety of beautiful raffle baskets, along with a table of baked goods and a garden market selling plants will be used to support THS’s annual scholarship award. Every year, THS grants a deserving tri-state area student majoring in horticultural-related studies a $1,000 to $2,000 scholarship.

For more information about THS, call 215-357-8589 or 215-357-8789.

PHOTO CAP: Karen Wychock, Flower Show Chair, in the design room

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THS annual standard flower show is Aug. 24th-25th

August 13, 2012 By

The Trevose Horticultural Society (THS) invites you to their annual standard flower show, “ARTrageous,” to be staged on Friday, August 24th, from 4:00 to 8:00pm, and Saturday, August 25th from 10:00am to 5:00pm, at the Wood River Village Auditorium, 3200 Bensalem Boulevard, Bensalem.

The public is cordially invited; admission is free.

The art theme is artistically expressed throughout the Artistic Design Division. Staged on a pedestal “Fireworks” implies dynamic motion, while “Still Life with a Basket” suggests a more tranquil approach.

“Harlequin Carnivale” offers a lively interpretation of a festive jester-like theme.

“Composition,” a challenge class in the Abstract Style, requires three components provided by the committee.

An Exhibition Table Type II design, “Lunch in the Garden,” challenges the entrant to choose an artist for a mid-day rendezvous.

Color is emphasized in the eight-inch small design “Goldfish” using fresh plant materials; however, only dried is permitted in a three-inch miniature “Autumn Rhythm.”

A picture frame decorated with all pressed and dried natural plant materials is the pallet for the artistic craft class “Art of the Frame.” 

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Exploring Creative Design

July 12, 2012 By

“Exploring Creative Design” will be the featured program at the monthly meeting of the Trevose Horticultural Society on Monday, July 16, 2012 at 7:00PM at the Wood River Village Auditorium, 3200 Bensalem Boulevard, Bensalem, PA.

In anticipation of the Society’s annual flower show “ARTrageous” three guest speakers, Patricia Wolanski of Collegeville, Susan Irwin of Lower Gwynedd and Arlene Alderfer of Telford, will demonstrate three different styles of artistic design.  In addition to reviewing the basics of floral design they will create an Assemblage, a Still Life and an Exhibition Table Type II in accordance with National Garden Club (NGC) guidelines.  Novices as well as more experienced flower arrangers will learn some new artistic techniques from three accomplished, creative and talented designers.

A recently Accredited NGC Judge, Patricia Wolanski has been a member of the Norristown Garden Club for 31 years and has served as past President.  Her many design awards that include the Philadelphia International Flower Show can be attributed to her avid interest in flower arranging and her attendance in design workshops.  She has conducted floral workshops for hospital patients and floral jewelry design workshops for her garden club.  Wolanski holds degrees in both Health Science and Management and Registered Nursing.

A passionate floral designer with a degree in art, Susan Irwin is a recently Accredited NGC Judge and a member of the Norristown Garden Club since 1993.  She is a member of the Ikebana International Philadelphia Chapter and has completed the Longwood Certificate of Merit in Floral Design.  A competitor in many area shows, including the Philadelphia International Flower Show, Irwin also conducts workshops for her garden club.

Arlene Alderfer became interested in floral design while living near Toronto, Canada where she benefited from talented mentoring and classes in design.  She has competed in many flower shows including Canada Blooms in Toronto.  After returning to the area 8 years ago, Alderfer joined the Norristown Garden Club with a primary interest in floral design.

All meetings are open to the public; a donation of $3 is requested from non-members.  For further information, please contact 856/866-9163.

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COMMUNITY GUIDEBOOK PROFILE: Four Lanes End Garden Club

January 24, 2012 By

The Four Lanes End Garden Club (FLEGC) of Langhorne is a dynamic community association whose members are dedicated to celebrating and preserving the natural beauty of Langhorne and to challenging future generations to build on this heritage. Active in the community for over 50 years, this venerated institution continues to take a leadership role in the beautification and preservation of the wonderful natural assets of Langhorne and its surrounding areas.

FLEGC’s mission is to restore and preserve Langhorne’s historic gardens and landscapes; conserve and augment Langhorne’s natural resources; inspire a love of gardening; and provide education for members and the general public. To reach these ends, FLEGC presents a major local flower show annually, provides funding for college scholarships in environmental studies, stages many annual community events, and executes various community conservation and beautification projects throughout Langhorne.

Most notably, FLEGC manages one of the best-attended house tours in the country – Langhorne’s Annual Holiday House Tour and Tea. This annual event has become a cherished holiday tradition for groups of family and friends and continues to draw thousands of attendees year after year. The Holiday House Tour is traditionally held the Thursday before Thanksgiving and is scheduled to occur in 2012 on Thursday, November 15th from 11:00am to 8:30pm.

The Annual FLEGC Flower Show is scheduled to take place in 2012 in June. The show will continue to delight gardening enthusiasts and all members of the community are invited to participate. Other community events planned for 2012 include the FLEGC Annual Plant Sale, scheduled for May and the Annual Penny Party to be held in September and floral design and craft classes open to the general public (dates TBD).

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Trevose Horticultural Society holds 89th Annual Flower Show

October 4, 2011 By

by June Portnoy

In 1923, a Trevose resident decided he wanted to hold a flower show in the area. He gathered a group of his friends together to establish the Trevose Horticultural Society (THS) in order to organize this show. THS’ name was based on the Trevose Train Station that served as a means of travel for members who came from all over Bucks County, as well as from New Jersey and Philadelphia to attend its monthly meetings and plan its flower show.

Its first flower show took place in a building on Philmont Avenue in Trevose that was built exclusively for THS. Today, over eight decades later, the THS flower show lives on and remains its biggest event of the year, drawing people from the Bucks County area and beyond. This year, THS held its 89th consecutive annual flower show on Friday, August 26th and Saturday, August 27th at the Wood River Village auditorium in Bensalem.

“The show’s purpose is to bring in the general public to showcase what local gardeners are growing,” says co-president Sally Irons, of Feasterville, who co-chairs THS with Alice Szarek, also from Feasterville.

Approximately 10 dedicated committees work from January through August to bring this event to fruition.

“Everyone works hard and is exceptionally reliable and conscientious,” says Sally.

This is a judged show by horticultural experts, many of whom are judges at the Philadelphia International Flower Show. This year, both members and non-members entered almost 400 horticultural and artistic design entries at the show.

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Trevose Horticultural Society holds 89th Annual Flower Show

October 4, 2011 By
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by June Portnoy

In 1923, a Trevose resident decided he wanted to hold a flower show in the area. He gathered a group of his friends together to establish the Trevose Horticultural Society (THS) in order to organize this show. THS’ name was based on the Trevose Train Station that served as a means of travel for members who came from all over Bucks County, as well as from New Jersey and Philadelphia to attend its monthly meetings and plan its flower show.

Its first flower show took place in a building on Philmont Avenue in Trevose that was built exclusively for THS. Today, over eight decades later, the THS flower show lives on and remains its biggest event of the year, drawing people from the Bucks County area and beyond. This year, THS held its 89th consecutive annual flower show on Friday, August 26th and Saturday, August 27th at the Wood River Village auditorium in Bensalem.

“The show’s purpose is to bring in the general public to showcase what local gardeners are growing,” says co-president Sally Irons, of Feasterville, who co-chairs THS with Alice Szarek, also from Feasterville.

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THS’ annual standard flower show is Aug. 26th-27th

August 2, 2011 By

Trevose Horticultural Society (THS) invites you to their annual standard flower show, “Music My Way,” to be staged on Friday, August 26th from 4:00 to 9:00pm, and Saturday, August 27th from 10:00am to 5:00pm at the Wood River Village Auditorium, 3200 Bensalem Boulevard, Bensalem. The public is cordially invited; admission is free. Non-members are welcome to enter.

The sounds of ‘ole blue eyes’ is musically represented in the Artistic Design division. Staged on a pedestal, “Come Dance with Me” interprets the bossa nova, while “Days of Wine and Roses” suggests a romantic theme. Oscillating color patterns implying motion is required in the Op Art design “Send in the Clowns.” Arranged in the parallel style, florets and line material are transformed into “Polka Dots and Moonbeams.” An Exhibition Table Type II design, “My Kind of Town,” challenges the entrant to interpret a destination, such as “Chicago” or “Autumn in New York.” Trinkets are emphasized in the 8” small design “Baubles, Bangles and Beads,” using fresh plant materials; however, only dried is permitted in a 3” miniature “I’ve Got the World on a String.” A cup and saucer decorated with all pressed and dried natural plant materials is the pallet for the artistic craft class “Imagination.”

Pre-registration is required by August 5th. Contact 215-357-4088. The horticultural schedule offers a variety of competitive classes for area green-thumbs, including annuals, perennials, bulbs, roses, evergreen and flowering branches and a collection of cut specimens. The “Annual Introductions” classes must include recently marketed varieties of flowers and vegetables offered in 2011. “My Funny Valentine” is the theme of the special seed-grown challenge classes that include ‘Pied Piper Red’ Cosmo and a potted plant of ‘Graffiti Bright Red’ Penta, both from Pinetree, and the green bush bean ‘Black Valentine’ from Comstock, Ferre & Co. Children are encouraged to enter their seed-grown specimens of the Ferry Morse ‘Petite Yellow’ marigold in the “One for My Baby” category.

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