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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1963)
I Hundreds of Americans are gardeners. They not only enjoy growing flowers and plants, but find added satisfac tion in arranging the produce of their gardens and in entering shows. Shady Cove Garden club held the annual fall show September 13, and one of the interesting entries was this missionary figure with euphorbia, rocks, moss and butterfly by a simulated pond. It was the work of Mrs. Leonard Orcharde, Shady Cove. fUt &' l;?,'- 3 Mrs. H. G. Bressler, president of Shady Cove Gaiden club, posed among a group of entries which featured material from meadow, roadside and forest. Theme of the show was "Nature's Paletlo " I ' Nature's Palette ' f Mrs. Charles Cushman, Trail, arrangements sweepstakes winner made this entry of while ruffled petunias with madrone leaves and a small branch of manzanita painted black. It was entitled "Midnight" and entered in the Shadow and Ghosts class. This arrangement of delphinium in two shades of dark blue and lavender combined with dusty miller in a deep blue vase won best of show award for Mrs. Gaston Floux, Route 1, Box SO, Central Point, Mrs. Floux, who wins many prizes in flower shows, entered this in the Smoky Haze class. B i UlllJ"iJni)ii.i il ' iMmmMit I ii ;;n7m l&'Zm,"WW'W?t 1W!I Mrs. C. L. Moore of Medford Garden club was one of the club presidents invited to pour. Pictured with Mrs. Moore are (center) Mrs. Verta Bradley, lea chair man, and Mrs. George Fields, one of the hoslesscs. A a - X-l 'A .' v j1 mI! . Ui ii i i , .inn i ll A conversation piece t the Shady Cove show was this entry made by Miss Gail Wunderlich, Shady Cove, in the show theme, "Nature's Palette." Miss Wunderlich used cattail stalks for the easel, the palette was completely covered with leaves of dusty miller and the color splotches were achieved with daisies, asters and other flowers. The brush on the palette was pampas grass stem. Mrs. Delbert Spain, general show chairman, posed with the entry. A white madonna combined with rubrum spociosium lilies and palm spathes won first prize tn the arrange ments for niches class for Mrs. H G. Bressler, president of the sponsoring club. tM Mrs. Oscar Hanson (at left), chairman of judges and awards. Is shown with her sister, Mrs. Kenneth lacy, both Elk Creek, who also served on this committee. Mn. William Shepherd was staging chairman for the show. Eighty-four exhibits wer entered in the Artistic arrangements class. Mrs. Clifford Green, Central Point, was sweepstakes winner of the horticulture class, in which there were 146 entries. J 4