June 22, 2011

The 2011 Annual Flower and Vegetable Show Results

Our Summer Flower and Vegetable Show was held on June 4 and 5 in the Austin Area Garden Center. General Show Chairperson Savanna Feyereisen, all of her hard working committee members, and all of the 25 contributors that brought one or more of the 240 entries deserve a special thank you for making it such a great show.

The following special awards were given:

Horticulture
Queen of Show Joe Colwell Desert Rose
Princess of Show Joe Colwell Laotian Plumeria

Fruits and Vegetables
King of Show Norman Wagner Tomatoes

Club Cultivar, Division I
First Place Laura Joseph Vodka Begonia

Club Cultivar, Division II
First Place Russell Kohlert Phoenix Tomato

Sweepstakes Award
Sandi Schmidt

Horticultural Excellence Award
Sandi Schmidt

Section winners in Ornamental Horticulture:
Foliage Plant, Hanging ContainerDon & Pat Freeman
Flowering Plant in PotJoe Colwell
Foliage Plant in PotSandi Schmidt
Ornamental Club CultivarLaura Joseph
BromeliadsAnnie Hackebeil
Cacti and SucculentsAndrea Wakefield
Blooming Cut SpecimenSandi Schmidt
Misc: Aloe, sedum, echeveriaSandi Schmidt
Floor PlantJoe Colwell

Section winners in Fruits and Vegetables:
Root Crops Wilburn Hackebeil
Fruiting Vegetables Venkappa Gani
TomatoesNorman Wagner
Herbs (freshly cut) Johanna Dickhut
Container-Grown Herb (single) Barbara Wagner
Container Grown Herb (multiple) John Merculief
Vegetable Club Cultivar Russell Kohlert

Individual ribbon winners are listed below. The first three numbers following each name indicates the number of blue, red, and yellow ribbons, respectively. The next column gives the number of entries that were given a green thumb award. A green thumb award represents a score of 95% or better from the judges. The last column gives the number of Best of Section awards. Congratulations to you all.

BRY GT BoS
Colwell, Joe 3 0 0 3 2
Defoe, Joe 2 2 0 0 0
Dickhut, Johanna 24 7 1 5 1
Feyereisen, Savanna 0 2 0 0 0
Fox, John 4 0 0 0 0
Freeman, Don & Pat 15 1 0 10 1
Freeman, Rainee 2 0 0 0 0
Gani, Venkappa & Ratna 5 1 0 2 1
Hackebeil, Annie 7 3 2 5 1
Hackebeil, Wilburn 6 5 1 3 1
Joseph, Laura 10 3 0 4 1
Kohlert, Russell 4 1 0 1 1
Merculief, Alice 6 9 1 3 0
Merculief, John 10 5 0 3 1
Miller, Ron 11 1 0 3 2
Ott, Juli 1 0 0 1 0
Preble, Adam 3 0 0 2 0
Rombaugh, Joel 3 1 0 0 0
Rombaugh, Roxie 7 2 0 1 0
Schmidt, Sandi 37 12 2 14 3
Sullivan, Tara 1 0 0 0 1
Wagner, Barbara 3 0 0 3 1
Wagner, Norman 3 1 0 2 1
Wakefield, Andrea 6 2 0 1 1

This gives a total of 173 blue, 58 red and 8 yellow ribbons. There were also one entry that was judged, but not awarded a ribbon. Special congratulations go to the 19 entrants who shared 67 green thumb awards. Leading the pack was Sandi Schmidt with 12. Thank you to Annie Hackebeil and Alice Merculief of the Awards and Tabulation Committee for providing this information.

Norman


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