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Submitted By: Sara Wolf<\/strong><\/p>\n C<\/strong>alusa Garden Club of Marco Island \u2013 Publicity Chairperson<\/strong><\/p>\n Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island presented its standard flower show titled \u201cArt, Flowers and Anniversaries\u201d on Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8 at Marco Island Center for the Arts.\u00a0 Chairman of the show Connie Lowery chose the title of the flower show to honor Marco Island Center for the Arts\u2019 50<\/span>th<\/sup> anniversary year of 2020, and one of the categories of exhibits was an invitation to an anniversary celebration decorated with dried plant material.\u00a0 The flower show was presented according to standards set by National Garden Clubs, Inc., and featured floral designs; horticultural exhibits including potted plants, cuttings from garden plants, terrariums, and dish gardens; an educational exhibit on burrowing owls; a Junior Gardeners exhibit; photography; and botanical arts and crafts.<\/span><\/p>\n In addition to first, second and third place ribbons for each of the over 50 categories, the flower show judges awarded overall rosettes for excellence for groups of categories, including the Award of Horticultural Excellence award that was given to Dale DeFeo for her container-grown succulent display of echeveria varieties.\u00a0 First place winner in the floral design category called \u201cLight Them Up\u201d which featured miniature lights as part of the design was Kathleen Hawryluk, who also was awarded the Designer\u2019 Choice rosette and the Design Excellence Award (the \u201cbest in show\u201d among all the floral designs).\u00a0 Hawryluk is pictured with Connie Lowery, Chairperson of the Flower Show and her award-winning floral design.\u00a0 Janet Watson exhibited a beautiful fascinator in the Botanical Arts and Crafts division, and won both a first place ribbon and the Botanical Arts Artistic Crafts Award rosette.\u00a0 Janet is pictured with her fascinator that features live succulent plants.<\/span><\/p>\n Other first place ribbons for floral design were awarded to Connie Lowery, floor design; Jackie Purvis, reflective design; Anne Gary, traditional line mass design;\u00a0 Dale DeFeo, spatial thrust design; Sharon Lewis, creative design; Dale DeFeo, creative 5-inch design; Cynthia Swayze, miniature multi-rhythmic design; and Eva Kubinski, miniature cascade design.\u00a0 First place ribbons for photography were awarded to Joan Gracey, Charlette Roman, Juliette Flasche, and Rhea Brekke, with Joan Gracey\u2019s \u201cCake, Flowers and Candle\u201d receiving the overall botanical arts photography rosette.\u00a0 In the Botanical Arts division, first place ribbons went to Sara Wolf, invitation; Janet Watson, fascinator; and Bernadette Longo, boutonniere.<\/span><\/p>\n Calusa Garden Club is a member of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs and membership is open to those interested in horticulture, floral design and environmental matters residing 5 months or more in Collier County. <\/span><\/p>\n Calusa Garden Club meets the second Monday of the months of October and November, and January through March, at Wesley United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 350 S. Barfield Drive, Marco Island.\u00a0 Business meetings begin at 12:30 p.m. and programs begin at 1:15 p.m.\u00a0 Calusa Garden Club welcomes visitors interested in our educational programs and visitors interested in membership.\u00a0 Contact the Garden Club at <\/span>calusagardenclub@aol.com<\/a>, or on the Garden Club\u2019s website, <\/span>calusa.org<\/a>, or visit the Club\u2019s Facebook page Calusa Garden Club.<\/span><\/p>\n # # #<\/span><\/p>\n Photographer Sara Wolf took the photos attached.<\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default”][et_pb_column _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” type=”4_4″][et_pb_slider _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][et_pb_slide _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island” title_text=”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA” background_image=”https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FS5-scaled.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island” title_text=”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA” background_enable_image=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ background_image=”https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FS4-scaled.jpg”][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island” title_text=”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA” background_enable_image=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ background_image=”https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FS2-scaled.jpg”][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island” title_text=”FS3″ background_enable_image=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″ background_image=”https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FS3-scaled.jpg” background_size=”contain”][\/et_pb_slide][et_pb_slide _builder_version=”4.17.6″ _module_preset=”default” alt=”Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island” title_text=”OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA” background_image=”https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/FS1-scaled.jpg” background_enable_image=”on” hover_enabled=”0″ sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_slide][\/et_pb_slider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Calusa Garden Club Members Present, \u201cArt, Flowers and Anniversaries\u201d The flower show was presented according to standards set by National Garden Clubs, Inc., and featured floral designs; horticultural exhibits . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\n Submitted By: Sara Wolf<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island \u2013 Publicity Chairperson<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island presented its standard flower show titled \u201cArt, Flowers and Anniversaries\u201d on Saturday, March 7 and Sunday, March 8 at Marco Island Center for the Arts. Chairman of the show Connie Lowery chose the title of the flower show to honor Marco Island Center for the Arts\u2019 50th<\/sup> anniversary year of 2020, and one of the categories of exhibits was an invitation to an anniversary celebration decorated with dried plant material. The flower show was presented according to standards set by National Garden Clubs, Inc., and featured floral designs; horticultural exhibits including potted plants, cuttings from garden plants, terrariums, and dish gardens; an educational exhibit on burrowing owls; a Junior Gardeners exhibit; photography; and botanical arts and crafts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In addition to first, second and third place ribbons for each of the over 50 categories, the flower show judges awarded overall rosettes for excellence for groups of categories, including the Award of Horticultural Excellence award that was given to Dale DeFeo for her container-grown succulent display of echeveria varieties. First place winner in the floral design category called \u201cLight Them Up\u201d which featured miniature lights as part of the design was Kathleen Hawryluk, who also was awarded the Designer\u2019 Choice rosette and the Design Excellence Award (the \u201cbest in show\u201d among all the floral designs). Hawryluk is pictured with Connie Lowery, Chairperson of the Flower Show and her award-winning floral design. Janet Watson exhibited a beautiful fascinator in the Botanical Arts and Crafts division, and won both a first place ribbon and the Botanical Arts Artistic Crafts Award rosette. Janet is pictured with her fascinator that features live succulent plants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other first place ribbons for floral design were awarded to Connie Lowery, floor design; Jackie Purvis, reflective design; Anne Gary, traditional line mass design; Dale DeFeo, spatial thrust design; Sharon Lewis, creative design; Dale DeFeo, creative 5-inch design; Cynthia Swayze, miniature multi-rhythmic design; and Eva Kubinski, miniature cascade design. First place ribbons for photography were awarded to Joan Gracey, Charlette Roman, Juliette Flasche, and Rhea Brekke, with Joan Gracey\u2019s \u201cCake, Flowers and Candle\u201d receiving the overall botanical arts photography rosette. In the Botanical Arts division, first place ribbons went to Sara Wolf, invitation; Janet Watson, fascinator; and Bernadette Longo, boutonniere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Calusa Garden Club is a member of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs and membership is open to those interested in horticulture, floral design and environmental matters residing 5 months or more in Collier County. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Calusa Garden Club meets the second Monday of the months of October and November, and January through March, at Wesley United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 350 S. Barfield Drive, Marco Island. Business meetings begin at 12:30 p.m. and programs begin at 1:15 p.m. Calusa Garden Club welcomes visitors interested in our educational programs and visitors interested in membership. Contact the Garden Club at calusagardenclub@aol.com<\/a>, or on the Garden Club\u2019s website, calusa.org<\/a>, or visit the Club\u2019s Facebook page Calusa Garden Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n # # #<\/p>\n\n\n\n Photographer Sara Wolf took the photos attached.<\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-726","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=726"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":735,"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/726\/revisions\/735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=726"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=726"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=726"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}