November 20, 2025

10:00 am Deadline for placement of entries
10:00am. Roll call & business meeting
11:00 am. Program: “Holiday Tablescapes” Celia Laurent
Floral designer and owner of The House of Jeanne Flowers, Celia Laurent will demonstrate how to create two beautiful displays to make your holidays festive.
NOON Lunch
Lead Hostess: Droms
Hostesses: Booker, Carlson, Good, Gamble Judge’s Clerks: Hurlbut, Schwidde
Set-Up/Break Down: Griffith, Hall

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 (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. Ilex
Class 5. Osmanthus (Fragrant olive) **Note: Osmanthus heterophyllus (Holly Osmanthus) is on the City of Alexandria invasive plant list and should not be submitted
Class 6. 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 7. Chamaecyparis
Class 8. Cryptomeria
Class 9. Juniperus
Class 10. Any other worthy named specimen

Section C. Herbaceous Flowering Perennials: Cut flower specimen (one stem or spray)

Class 11. Anemone
Class 12. Aster
Class 13. Chrysanthemum
Class 14. Any other worthy named specimen

Section D. Herbaceous Foliage Perennials: Cut foliage specimen (one stem, unless otherwise noted)

Class 15. Asarum
Class 16. Ferns
Class 17. Herbs (3 stems required)
Class 18. Heuchera
Class 19. Hosta
Class 20. Ornamental grasses
Class 21. Any other worthy named specimen

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

Class 22. Flowering plants
Class 23. Foliage plants
Class 24. Combination plantings

DIVISION II: DESIGN
Section A. Open: “Paint Your Theme” Still Life Design

A traditional or creative non-abstract grouping of functional and realistic objects and plant material with a theme. Space: 30” x 30”.

Design Tips: Objects are more dominant and more important to the theme than the plant material. Plant material may or may not represent a floral design. See Handbook for Flower Shows, page 76, and Designing by Type, page 127.

Section B. NJSAJ: “Charging Ahead” Spatial Thrust Design

A creative design consisting of two parallel placements of similar components. Space: 30” x 30”.

Design Tips: Emphasis is on the two thrusting lines and the space between them. Plant material and/or other optional components may be added only to the outer edges of the thrusting lines. Thrust may be horizontal, vertical or diagonal. If thrusting lines occur on different planes, vacant space is not required until both lines appear on the same plane. See Handbook for Flower Shows, page 75, and Designing by Types, pages 120-122.