Spring arrived early in Madison when the Madison District Garden Clubs’ members hosted Imagine, a Standard Flower Show, at PBS Wisconsin’s annual Garden & Landscape Expo. Viewers from across the Midwest strolled through the show, admiring the fantasy-inspired designs. The attendees entered a land of enchantment with themes including Fairy Tales, Journey to Atlantis, Enchanted Evening, Three Wishes, and Elves & Faeries & Imps. The two-sided duo design especially challenged the designers with separate themes of Which Witch Are You and Magic Spells all in one container. With the help of previously held workshops, more new designers jumped at the chance to enter the show. The unusually warm weather encouraged more members to transport their prized house plants and cut branches to the flower show, with a record number of entries. Flower shows educate the public, and this year’s show included winter interest branches to inspire great ideas to add to one’s garden for a winter landscape. The crafters in the group especially enjoyed showing their skills with fairy gardens and
Cinderella’s planted slippers. The Expo would not be complete without the exciting design challenge. The volunteer designers enthusiastically tackled the dreaded assemblage design of found objects and tropical flowers. The packed audience cheered them on as they attempted to defeat gravity. The Madison District’s Flower Show brought the world of the garden club to over 14,000 attendees; Imagine that! |
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The members of Milwaukee District invite you to attend the 96th Annual Business Meeting and Convention of the Wisconsin Garden Club Federation (WGCF) May 19 to 21, 2024 at the Milwaukee Marriott West, W231 N1600 Corporate Court, in Waukesha, WI. All efforts have been tuned to bring a serendipitous event to WGCF members featuring informative and interesting speakers and creative and fun workshops and breakout sessions.
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The Floral Designers of Wisconsin presented an NGC Standard Flower Show on Thursday, August 10-13, 2023 during the Wisconsin State Fair. The theme of the show was “Seasons of Life” and it was open to all WGCF members. It is a great opportunity to exhibit and showcase some of the beautiful plants you grow in your gardens. For example, some of the exhibits that received top awards were: Senecio cineraria ‘Silvery Velvet’ (Dusty Miller); Hydrangea paniculate ‘Lime Light’ and Thuga occidentalis (Arborvitae). This show had 113 horticulture exhibits ranging from annuals, perennials, bulbs, trees, shrubs, planters and houseplants. The Schedule for a flower show identifies what can be entered.
In addition to the horticulture division, there was a design division. There were 24 design exhibits. Gerianne Holzman received the Award of Design Excellence for her Exhibition Table for “School Days” with her interpretation as “A is for apples for the teacher”. More about the show in the upcoming Fall Wisconsin Gardens! |
Garden clubs exist to learn and serve together plus have fun while doing so. Recently Western Acres Garden Cub (of the Milwaukee District) put together "Cups of Cheer" to donate to a Brookfield nursing home. They used cups from Goodwill and fresh flowers to create some Easter floral arrangements. The residents of the nursing home were so appreciative of our efforts.
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The Wisconsin Garden Club Federation founded in 1928 is a charter member of the National Garden Club organization. As an organization, we are proud of our heritage of developing relationships with fellow gardeners, learning, and gardening for good in our communities.
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