Container Garden Contest:    (see also Container Workshop)

2006 Contest is 

August 1st - 6th.  

Surely you can come up with something better than this --->

Plants are: 

Salvia argentea, Iresine, Lysimachia 'Goldilocks', Dichondra 'Silver Falls', Dichondra 'Emerald Falls', Sedum 'Angelina', Helichrysum 'Silver Mist', Selaginella kraussiana 'Gold Tips'.

Enter your favorite container.  All entries receive a free plant.  Winners receive fancy clay pots.  

Congratulations to Heidi Moulton for winning Best of Show in the Container Garden Contest 2005.  

Other winning entries included Reiko Lemelin, Diane Rosewood and Sue Steston.

Each summer for the past five years we have hosted a container garden contest.  The idea is for the public to display and vote for their favorite container gardens.  The week long judging is slated for the first full week in August.  Anyone and everyone is welcome to submit an entry.  A container garden is any type of potted plant.  This can range from a flower growing in an old shoe to a wheelbarrow stuffed with zuchinni plants to a genuine Italian terra cotta pot with a rosemary topiary.  Anything goes. 

We number the contestants (the plants, that is...not you) so they are anonymous and we set up the pots on the benches in front of the farmstand.  We water and feed them all week as the public votes on their favorite containers.  The categories are "Most Unique", "Best Container", "Best Color Combination" and "Best of Show". 

Every contestant receives a gift certificate for a free fall mum plant and the winners receive gift certificates, free mums and clay pots of their choice. 

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Cut Flower Talks:

No matter when we plant the field cut flowers, we always seem to have a flush of blooms in mid-July.  And every year, we wish more people would come by just to walk through the cut flower garden while the blooms are so numerous.  This year, we plan on hosting two evenings in the cut flower garden to showcase the mass of blooms.  

The first date is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday July 26th, 2006 at 6:15 p.m.  The second date is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday, August 9th, 2006 again at 6:15 p.m. Both of these very informal get togethers are open to everyone and they are free.  

Flower guy Greg will show you around the cut flower garden and we can chat about the 233 varieties of cut flowers we grow for cutting.  Its a great place to find new varieties to try in your own garden.  You can check out their plant habit, flower color and height.  We will discuss some tips for long-lasting blooms and everyone can pick a complimentary bouquet of flowers.  

We will provide the plant listings, refreshments, buckets, scissors and flowers. 

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