Southern Humboldt Garden Club Hosting 68th Annual Flower Show on May 19th

One of the special events that happen each year is the Southern Humboldt Garden Club’s flower show. Adults and children look forward for a chance to win cash and prizes or to pick up some lovely plants.

The following press release from the Southern Humboldt Garden Club describes the event.

Jan Vaughn and the SHGC present items to Weott School to celebrate Earth Day.

Beautiful flower arrangements, sweet smelling cut flowers, and lovely potted plants take the spotlight at the 68th Annual Small Standard Flower Show.  The Southern Humboldt Garden Club proudly hosts this fun-filled floral extravaganza on Sunday, May 19th, 2019 at Agnes Johnson Elementary School in downtown Weott.  The theme this year is “In Praise of Pollinators.”

       The day starts off with the hustle and bustle of filling out entry forms and getting all of the entries in their right locations.  You can enter your cut flowers, potted plants and floral arrangements from 8:30-10:30 AM.  It is free to enter and any Southern Humboldt Garden Club member would gladly help you fill out your entry form.  Just bring your entries to the school between 8:30-10:00 AM.

       Adults can show floral arrangements, any type of fresh-cut flowers, and any type of potted plant.  All entries must be in good health and grown by the exhibitor.  If you want more information or a show book, call Shanna at (707)498-7217 or Barbara at (707)946-2248.

Garden show.

Garden show.

There is a separate room and categories for kids to show their flowers.  The juniors have 4 different grade divisions.  Youth can enter floral arrangements that show the theme, have a variety of flowers in a mixed arrangement, show a sports theme, are miniature (less than 5”), or even the unusual arrangements that have at least four types of greenery and no flowers.  Youth may enter a cut rose, a cut iris and one other cut flower.  Cut flowers should have at least an 8” stem with a leaf attached. Miniature gardens and potted plants may also be entered.   There is no entry free, however youth can win ribbons and cash prizes.

Entering a bouquet in the youth Flower Show at the Weott event.

Entering a bouquet in the youth Flower Show at the Weott event.

Both the youth and adult show rooms are closed to the public from 10:30AM until 1 PM for judging.  During this time you can check out the great vendors, tour the student garden or spend time in the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, including the nearby Visitors’ Center.   Agnes Johnson Elementary School is less than a half mile from the Avenue of the Giants.

       The vendor booths will be open from 10 AM until 5 PM.  If you are looking for rare exotic perennials, showy succulents, tasty vegetable starts, garden art or mushrooms, you can find it during the Flower Show.  This year’s vendors include Charlotte’s Perennials, Degrees of Green, Sunnyslope Farm, Moonshadow Farm, Summer’s Garden Art & Succulents,  Mystic Lion and others.  Plants for sale will range from delicious heirloom vegetable starts to pretty medicinal herbs, and from large landscaping trees to show stopping blooming plants with lush foliage.  You will be sure to find at least one plant to fill any empty space in your yard.

The winners of the Smokey the Bear poster contest. (From left to right/ Elianna Emery, Jezlynn Stokes, Kyra Moschetti, Nancy Mendez-Lugo, Mylie Mayhew)

Be sure to save time for a garden tour. The students of Agnes Johnson Elementary School, their teacher Dena Rovai, and some members of the Southern Humboldt Garden Club have been working in the school garden.  The garden looked really nice when the Southern Humboldt Garden Club members visited the garden to present donations and give awards for the Smokey the Bear coloring contest winners.  The garden will be open all day during the Flower Show, so be sure to take a tour.

The show rooms reopen at 1 PM.  Come get a delicious homemade cookie to munch while strolling through to check out the exhibits.  Check out the educational display on pollinators.  Take time to actually stop and smell the roses.  Tickets for the opportunity drawing are on sale 1 PM to 4 PM.  There are many wonderful prizes that have been generously donated by local businesses.  Genuine Redwood items, gift certificates, garden tools, and a beautiful locally hand-blown opalescent blue glass vase are just a few of the wonderful items.

This opportunity drawing is to benefit the Velma Childs Titus Scholarship fund.

Velma [Childs] Titus and friends at the hostess table.

Velma [Childs] Titus and friends at the hostess table previously.

This year the Southern Humboldt Garden Club is pleased to offer (2) $500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who live in the Southern Humboldt Unified School District.  South Fork High School and a few other local schools have applications available in their office.  The application is only one page and must be turned in to the South Fork High School office by Friday, May 17th.  Any local high school senior who lives in SHUSD and will be attending a university, community college or trade school in the fall, is encouraged to apply.

The Southern Humboldt Garden Club is a local organization of people who love gardening and serving our community.  The club is a member of the California Garden Club, Inc.  If you are interested in joining, we will be accepting new members at the Flower Show from 1-4 PM.  The annual membership dues are only $15.  We meet 10 times per a year and often have guest speakers.  Throughout the year, there are also lovely field trips and tours of different gardens in Humboldt County.

 

We hope to see you at the Flower Show in Weott on May 19th.  The show is open to public viewing from 1-5 PM, so come enjoy a delightful drive down the Avenue of the Giants and stop in to see the Flower Show. Just take Highway 101 to the Weott exit and follow the signs.

Flower show.

Flower show.

Note: Shanna Archibold who is president of the club and wrote this piece is a friend of Redheaded Blackbelt.

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Willie Caso-Mayhem
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4 years ago

🕯🌳I love going but I look weird going because I have allergies and have to wear a mask. It makes me feel creepy. But I love the variety of flowers and plants that people display.

SmallFry
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SmallFry
4 years ago

Beautiful! Wishing all a colorful summer!

Happy
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Happy
4 years ago

One of my very favorite Sohum events❤☺

Claudia Bryan Mcnabb
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Claudia Bryan Mcnabb
4 years ago

I have part of the article written by Velma Childs about the 100 year old school house that was restored . My Aunt Verna and Uncle Ray are in the picture ( great aunt and uncle). My grandpa was quoted in the article. He was Homer Bryan. I was wondering how I could find the entire article. Claudia Bryan Mcnabb