January 15, 2026

10:00am Deadline for placement of entries
10:00am Roll call & business meeting
11:00am Program: “Gardening in a Jug” Libby Good
BHGC Member, Libby Good, will lead a hands-on workshop for you to create your own devices for a terrific gardening season. Soil involved; dress accordingly!
NOON Lunch
Lead Hostess: Higgins
Hostesses: Mitchell, Rinn, Reed, Roscoe Judge’s Clerks: Condon, Doyle
Set-Up/Break Down: Hunt, Schmidt

HORTICULTURE & FLOWER DESIGN SCHEDULE

DIVISION I: HORTICULTURE

Entries must be staged in green bottles of appropriate size, unless otherwise stated. If needed, wedging material must be bubble wrap and must not be visible above the top of the bottle.

Section A. Broadleaf Evergreen Tree or Shrub Branches: Flowering, fruiting, or foliage specimen (Unless otherwise noted: 10” minimum, 30” maximum. For dwarf varieties: 4”minimum, 12” maximum)

Class 1. Aucuba
Class 2. Buxus
Class 3. Camellia (in flower) (A branch or may display flower on 1-2” stem, preferably with two leaves, in a clear cup or bowl or on a plate)
Class 4. Camellia (not flowering)
Class 5. Ilex

Class 6. Sarcococca (Fragrant sweet box) Class 7. Skimmia
Class 8. Edgeworthia
Class 9. Hamamelis
Class 10. Jasminum
Class 11. Prunus
Class 12. Rhododendron
Class 13. Any other worthy named specimen

Section B. Coniferous Tree or Shrub Branches: Foliage specimen (10” minimum, 30” maximum. For dwarf varieties: 4”minimum, 12” maximum)

Class 14. Chamaecyparis (False cypress)
Class 15. Cryptomeria
Class 16. Juniperus
Class 17. Picea
Class 18. Any other worthy named specimen

Section C. Helleborus: Cut flower specimen (may have attached leaves)

Class 19. Single
Class 20. Double
Class 21. H. foetidus

Section D. Indoor Bulbs: May display cut flower specimen or plants staged in pots

Class 22. Crocus
Class 23. Hippeastrum
Class 24. Narcissus papyraceus
Class 25. Any other worthy named specimen

Section E. Container grown plants (Container may not exceed 12” in diameter)

Class 26. Saintpaulia (African violet)
Class 27. Flowering plants
Class 28. Foliage plants
Class 29. Combination plantings

DIVISION II: DESIGN

Section A. Open: “I’m Looking through You” Transparency Design

A Creative Design with see-through elements integral to the design and permitting some elements to be viewed through others. Space: 30” x 30”.

Design Tip: See-through elements may be translucent, diaphanous, grid-like, etc. See Handbook for Flower Shows, page 77, and Designing by Types, pages 170-172.

Section B: NJSAJ: “Tubing Anyone?” Tubular Design

A Creative Design having dominant cylindrical forms throughout. Space: 30” x 30”.

Design Tips: Tubular forms may be composed of any material. Plant material and other optional components complete the design. See Handbook for Flower Shows, page 75, and Designing by Types, pages 170-171.