(PHOTO PROVIDED / THE VILLAGE REPORTER)
GREEN THUMB AWARD WINNER … Joyce Mocherman, of Bryan, poses with her winning Dahlia.
“A Night at the Movies” was the theme for the 2024 Williams County Fair Floriculture Show. A total of 491 exhibits were shown with 410 individual specimens.
The Green Thumb Awards for both the first and second shows went to Joyce Mocherman of Bryan for her exhibits of three grasses and a gorgeous Dahlia. The Indoor Grower Award went to Rozetta Luke of Montpelier for her African Milk Plant.
Sixty plus youth and adults participated in the Kids Day flower arrangement class with the flower spec-imen exhibits. An educational exhibit entitled “Zany Zinnias” was designed by Carol Wheeler of Bryan.
In keeping with the theme of the flower shows, famous movie names were used as the titles of the 71 floral artistic designs. Winning Best of Show in the first show was a Vibratile Artistic Design entitled “The Sound of Music” created by Regina Partee of Bryan. Second place went to Rozetta Luke of Mont-pelier and Kay Beck of Bryan took third.
The “King Kong” Floor Design winners were Barb Deetz, Montpelier, first place; Kay Beck, Bryan, sec-ond place; and Cam Miller, Bryan, third place.
First place winner in the “Mission Impossible” Armature design category was Regina Partee, Bryan. Kay Beck, Bryan, won the Judge’s Distinction Award and second place. Cam Miller of Bryan won third place.
“Jungle Book”, a Foliage Design with Leaf Manipulation, first place was awarded to Kay Beck, Bryan; second place Rozetta Luke, Montpelier; and third place Regina Partee, Bryan.
“Chicken Little” was a Seed Picture design. Carol Wheeler of Bryan won first place, Rozetta Luke of Montpelier won second and Kay Beck of Bryan won third.
A mixed flower bouquet with seven flowers was entitled “Pretty Woman”. First place went to Jessica Tracy of Alvordton. Sue Goebel of Stryker won second place and Regina Partee of Bryan won third. There was no People’s Choice Award was presented at the first show.
The second flower show began on Wednesday. Best of Show was a Reverse Diagonal design entitled “Fast and Furious” by Kay Beck of Bryan. Second place went to Barb Deetz of Montpelier and Cam Mil-ler of Bryan won third place.
“Breakfast at Tiffany’s” was a Table Tray Setting. First place was awarded to Rozetta Luke, Bryan; sec-ond place went to Sue Goebel, Stryker; and third place went to Regina Partee, Bryan.
A Traditional Hogarth design was entitled “It’s a Wonderful Life”. Jessica Tracy of Alvordton won first place. Kay Beck, Bryan, won second place and Barb Deetz, Montpelier, won third.
“Pink Panther”, a Creative design incorporating the color pink, was won by Barb Deetz of Montpelier. Second place went to Jessica Tracy of Alvordton and Regina Partee of Bryan took third.
Miniature Designs, under five inches, were entitled “Honey, I Shrunk the Kids”. First place went to Ro-zetta Luke, Montpelier; second place to Sue Goebel, Stryker; and third place to Carol Wheeler, Bryan.
The People’s Choice Award for the second show went to Kay Beck of Bryan. Judge’s Distinction Award went to Jessica Tracy.
The Pulaski Garden Club meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm at the Pulaski United Methodist Church and is open to anyone interested in gardening. The program for the October meet-ing is “Plant Combinations” with Joyce Paepke as speaker.