Flower Show Handbook

IMPORTANT CHANGE POINT SCORING SHEETS REVISED

Design

• Design Point Scoring
• Functional Tables, Exhibition Tables - Type I, and Vignettes

Horticulture

• Arboreal
• Collections Arboreal
• Collection Flowering Specimens and Specimens with Colorful Bracts
• Collections Foliage Plants
• Collections Fruits and Vegetables
• Combination Planting
• Displays
• Flowering Specimens and Specimens with Colorful Bracts
• Foliage Plants
• Fruits and Vegetables

CURRICULUM CHANGE - Effective July 1, 2011

The Flower Show School Committee feels that the more Point Scoring available, the better the judge, therefore, we propose to make Course I, the course the student will judge one class and not count; and Courses II through IV, to have two classes in Point Scoring Examination and count.  Status of student will remain as written the Handbook.

Download Course I and II Curriculum Changes to the Handbook

UPDATES TO HANDBOOK FOR FLOWER SHOWS 2007

Click here to download all of the changes and corrections for the 2007 Handbook for Flower Shows printed to date in The National Gardener (TNG)--download ALL of the changes in ONE file OR individually by date (all files are PDF):

• List of ALL changes-from Initial Corrections to 2011-CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER
• List of all Corrections-BY CHAPTER*
• Initial
• TNG Winter 2008, p 20-21
• TNG Spring 2008, p 33
• TNG Summer 2008, p 30-31
• TNG Fall 2008, p 25
• TNG Winter 2009
• TNG Spring 2009
• TNG Summer 2009, p 24
• TNG Winter 2010, p 19
• TNG Summer 2010 p 27-28
• TNG Fall 2010
• TNG Winter 2011
• Curriculum Change - July 2011
• TNG Spring and Fall 2011
• TNG Winter 2012
• TNG Fall 2012
• July 2013

* All additions concerning"troughs" were approved at the January 2011 Executive meeting and will be printed in the Spring 2011 TNG.

Plants and Their Respective Family

While most people are familiar with the binomial plant classification system that involves the Genus and species, the use of Plant Families is generally of less importance. Plants are grouped into Families based on similar flower structures.  In most cases, the need to know which plant belongs in which Family is rare. However, the introduction of the Mono-botanic Design created an interest in this level of plant classification.

To aid gardeners and designers alike, two listings are made available here. The first Plants and Their Respective Family, can be used to determine what Family a plant belongs to. With this information, one can go to the Plant Families Frequently Used in Flower Shows, and see what other plants are related. Depending on the source and who is doing the classification, some plants will be listed in more than one Family. Note that these listings are neither meant to all-inclusive. Also keep in mind that classification changes constantly including which Genera or which Family a plant is placed in.

Plant Family Listings to download PDF files as Full Page (8.5" x 11")

• Plants and Their Respective Family - Full Page
• Plant Families Frequently Used in Flower Shows - Full Page
• Plant Family List for Monobotanical Designs

If you have any questions regarding the 2007 Flower Show Handbook, please contact Jean Ohlmann.