VMIGC Flower Fair Voting Results In

At length and at last the waiting is over. After a tension-filled two days and an additional day to tally and collate the results, voting returns are in for the 2011 Vashon Maury Island Garden Club Flower Fair. No longer will we have to suffer the agony of not knowing.

Carol Ahlfors, the Flower Fair Chair for 2011 reported the following information to J.R. Crawford, the current VMIGC President.

There were 155 formal signatures within the guestbook, noting that this number does not represent the actual number of attendees since attendees are not required to sign the guestbook. The inside track is that there were many people that declined to sign the guestbook. Estimates for unsigned attendees fall somewhere less than 1 million.

We do know that there were 165 ballots turned in with over 1700 votes cast, bearing in mind that each voting attendee can cast a vote in many categories. Chads did not appear to have any effect on the tallying process.

220 specimens were submitted for judging.

And the winners in all the categories are:
 

ANNUALS:
1. Kay White, Nemesia
2. Kay White, Salpiglossis
3. Jaralene Spring, “Love in a Mist” (Nigella)

BULBS:
1. Susan Hedrick, Oriental Lily
2. Kay White, Oriental Lily
3. Judy Burwell, Freesia

DAHLIAS:
1. Cristel Stierle, Red Pom Pom Dahlia
2. Jane Rosen, “Sunrise”
3. Judy Burwell, Dahlia

ROSES:
1. Kay White
2. Kathy Bosler
3. Judy Burwell

PERENNIALS:
1. Sally Fox, Purple/pink dianthus
2. Marlyce Dixon, Gladiolus
3. Marlyce Dixon, Acanthus or “Bear’s Breech”

GRASSES:
1. Kay White, Unnamed
2. Kay White, “bunny tails”
3. JR Crawford, Black Mondo Grass

HERBS:
1. Jaralene spring, Bronze Fennel
2. tie for second place= Jaralene spring (lavender); Linda Campbell (sage); Jaralene Spring (oregano)
3. Jaralene Spring, Pineapple Mint

SHRUBS:
1. Cristel Stierle, Brugmansia
2. Kay White, Hydrangea
3. Jaralene Spring, Himalayan Honeysuckle

TREES:
1. Kay White, Pinus trobus tortosa, curly pine
2. Linda Campbell, Japanese maple
3. Kay White, Cotinus (Japanese Smoke Tree)

VEGETABLES:
1. Jean Andrus, Walking Onion
2. Marlyce Dixon, Elephant Garlic
3. Jet Wakeman, Artichokes

FERNS:
1. Joyce McClure, Black-stemmed Maidenhair fern
2. JR Crawford, Shield Fern
3. Joyce McClure, Japanese Painted Fern (Athyrium)

FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS:
1. Jet Wakeman, “Country Garden”
2. Jean Andrus, Succulents planted in driftwood
3. Jean Andrus, Garden style arrangement

HOUSE PLANTS:
1. Pat Nesland, purple clover
2. Helen Puz, Bouganvillea