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Flower Show Schedule

Tips for Grooming and Conditioning your Entries
 

We would like to encourage all our members to enter the flower shows. There is always something growing in our gardens. You should be proud to share with us.


At times mother nature is not in sync with our show schedule. We ask that you try your best.


If you have something growing in your garden, that is not on the show schedule, and would like to share,
by all means, bring it in.


Preparing your Entries

It is recommended to cut flowers the evening before or early in the morning. Remove any dead leaves or blooms. Clean any spots on leaves.


Conditioning your Flowers

Carefully remove lower foliage and place in a container with water overnight or a minimum of three hours. Store in a cool dark area.

 

  • May’s schedule ask for tulips to have foliage attached. You would make sure there is no dirt left between the leaves.

  • Spring bulbs like cold water. Other flowers like warm or room temperature water.

  • Recut stem ends before placing in show container with fresh water.

  • Containers should be clean, and clear if possible.

  • Where the schedule asks for 3 or more: the blooms, should all be around the same size and colour and cut to the same height.

 

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Flower Show Prizes

At each flower show the following will be awarded:

  • ï‚· ribbons for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place in each class

  •  one Judge’s Choice in Horticulture $15 

  • ï‚· one Judge’s Choice in Design $15

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Flower Show Rules

According to The Ontario Judging and Exhibiting Standards 2019 revised edition:

  1. Open to society members.

  2. Maximum of three entries per exhibitor will be accepted in each class, provided they are each different cultivar (named).

  3. All specimens must have been cared for by the exhibitor.

  4. All houseplants must have been in the possession of the exhibitor for at least three months.

  5. All entries must have a completed entry card, with specimen named if possible (NIP).

  6. Obtain design materials from any source. All material should be fresh unless otherwise stated.

  7. Please leave the show area until judging has been completed.

  8. “NIP” in the show schedule means named if possible.

 

Flower show entries must be submitted between 6:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Entry tags are available at the meeting. No entries may be placed after 7:00 p.m. because judging begins promptly at 7:00 p.m.

 

May 19, 2025 Flower Show and Competition


DIVISION I—HORTICULTURE Section A: Specimen Blooms NIP*
 

CLASS 1 Daffodil (Narcissus), yellow, 1 bloom
CLASS 2 Daffodil (Narcissus), any other colour, 1 bloom
CLASS 3 Daffodil (Narcissus), 3 blooms, one cultivar
CLASS 4 Tulip, single, 1 stem with foliage
CLASS 5 Tulip, double, 1 stem with foliage
CLASS 6 Tulip, 3 blooms, same cultivar

CLASS 7 Any other spring bulb, corm, or tuber, 1 stem
CLASS 8 Any flowering perennial, 1 stem
CLASS 9 Flowering shrubs in bloom, 1 branch, maximum 30′′
* NIP: named if possible

 

DIVISION II—DESIGN Section B:
THEME: Special Days in May

 

CLASS 10 May Day – a vertical design
CLASS 11 Mother’s Day – a design of choice
CLASS 12 Victoria Day – using an antique-looking container

 

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June 16, 2025 Flower Show and Competition

 

DIVISION I—HORTICULTURE Section A: Specimen Blooms NIP*

 

CLASS 1 Clematis, 1 stem with foliage
CLASS 2 Columbine (Aquilegia), any colour, 3 stems
CLASS 3 Iris, any variety, 1 stalk
CLASS 4 Poppy (Papaver), 1 bloom
CLASS 5 Peony (Paeonia), single, 1 bloom
CLASS 6 Peony (Paeonia), double, 1 bloom
CLASS 7 Hosta, small leaf (2′′ to 5′′ across), 3 stems, same cultivar
CLASS 8 Hosta, large leaf (over 5′′ across), 1 stem
CLASS 9 Any other perennial, 1 stem
CLASS 10 Any other perennial, 3 stems, same cultivar
CLASS 11 Any bulb or tuber, 1 bloom
CLASS 12 Any houseplant, correctly labelled if possible
CLASS 13 Any flowering or fruiting branch or vine, maximum 30′′
CLASS 14 A collection of garden-grown flowers in a clear vase, minimum 3 cultivars, must be
named
*NIP: named if possible

 

DIVISION II—DESIGN Section B:
THEME: Around Town

 

CLASS 15 Country Market – design in a basket
CLASS 16 Stouffville Creek – water design
CLASS 17 Strawberry Festival – miniature design using red

 

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September 15, 2025 Flower Show and Competition

 

DIVISION I—HORTICULTURE Section A: Specimen Blooms NIP*

 

CLASS 1 Aster, perennial, 1 spray
CLASS 2 Coleus, 1 stem
CLASS 3 Dahlia, 1 bloom
CLASS 4 Grasses, ornamental, 1 cultivar, NIP, 3 stems
CLASS 5 Rudbeckia, 3 stems
CLASS 6 Sedum, any variety, 1 stem
CLASS 7 Sunflower, 1 bloom
CLASS 8 Zinnia, NIP, 1 stem
CLASS 9 Any other annual, 1 bloom/stem
CLASS 10 Any other perennial/biennial, 1 bloom/stem
CLASS 11 Hydrangea, 1 branch
CLASS 12 Branch showing fruit, 1 branch, maximum 20′′
CLASS 13 Branch showing seed head/pods, 1 branch, maximum 20′′ *NIP: named if possible

 

DIVISION II—FRUIT AND VEGETABLE


CLASS 14 Beans, 1 cultivar (with calyx and portion of stem attached), 5 pods
CLASS 15 Beets, 1 cultivar (tops trimmed to 2.5 cm/1′′), 3 roots
CLASS 16 Carrots, 1 cultivar (topped to 2.5 cm/1′′), 3 roots
CLASS 17 Onions, 1 cultivar, 3 bulbs

 

DIVISION III—DESIGN
THEME: Romance Phrases

 

CLASS 18 The Light of My Life – a design
CLASS 19 Apple of One's Eye – a design
CLASS 20 Love You to the Moon and Back – a crescent design
CLASS 21 You Sweep Me Off My Feet – incorporate or use a piece of footwear


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