Philadelphia Flower Show- Shining Through

  I haven't shown you any of the miniature arrangement categories of the Standard Flower Show yet. This one was titled "ShiningThrough." Each is displayed in a lighted cubical niche that is about 8 inches on each side. The exhibitors provided their own background.

This was just about my favorite, but the judges didn't like it- giving it 4th place. They said the piece of pumpkin was strong and unusual but the poppy seed and the blade of grass were out of proportion.

Third place used only one plant, safflower. The judges liked the colors, but noted that only one plane within the niche was used. I thought that was a good point.

Second place also only used one plant, Stella guacamaya, the inirida flower. (I'd never heard of it) The judges said it had style and flair, but the background interfered with the design. Hmm.I would have said the background was part of the design. Very creative, I thought.

I can certainly see why this one took first place. I thought it was the best interpretation of the category. This uses three plants: shitake mushroom, midollino (which are simply dyed rattan sticks), and palm.

The judges said, "powerful gallactic concept." And it also took a special ribbon from the Philadelphia Horticultural Society.

There are other miniature categories, and I hope to show you those also. But the next couple of days have hikes! There's sure not much to see that's spring-like yet, but I'll try to find some interesting pictures to take.

I edited, I worked on projects, I went to the store. Ho hum.

See PFS 2012- Small Themes