Monthly Designs 2022-23
February
DESIGN CLASSES: Consultants Liz Snowdon and Rachel Collins—Designs staged on a table 29” from the floor, covered with a beige cloth. Space allotted is 20”x 20”. Plant material list is required. Background and/or underlay optional except where required.
March
DESIGN CLASSES: Consultants Liz Snowdon and Rachel Collins—Designs staged on a table 29” from the floor, covered with a beige cloth. Space allotted is 20”x 20”. Plant material list is required. Background and/or underlay optional except where required.
1. “March Winds” – NOVICE CLASS: A Multi-Rhythmic Design. Designer’s choice of plant materials and components.
2. “Home Improvement” – A Creative Design that incorporate a tool from your tool box. Designer’s choice of plant material and components.
3. “Trash to Treasure” – Title and topic to be announced by GCFP. Winning entry will be entered at the District XI meeting in March.
Sample pictures in the Rules link below:
2024 GCFP CONVENTION-Trash to Treasure Rules
April
DESIGN CLASSES: Consultants Liz Snowdon and Rachel Collins—Designs staged on a table 29” from the floor, covered with a beige cloth. Space allotted is 20”x 20”. Plant material list is required. Background and/or underlay optional except where required.
1. “Peering Through the Rain” – A Creative Petite Design not to exceed 12” in height, width, or depth. Placed on a table 29” from the floor. Designer’s choice of plant material and components.
2. “Spring Has Sprung” – A Parallel Design consisting of three groupings of plant material and optional components with a strong parallel placement in a single container or base.
May
DESIGN CLASSES: Consultants Liz Snowdon and Rachel Collins—Designs staged on a table 29” from the floor, covered with a beige cloth. Space allotted is 20”x 20”. Plant material list is required. Background and/or underlay optional except where required.
1. “Looking Back at You” – NOVICE CLASS: A Reflective Design containing reflective materials giving back light to the viewer.
2. “23 and Me” – Mono-Botanic Design using multiple plant/s of the same family or genus.
To look up plant families see the resources below:
1 Wikipedia: Think of your plant of interest to put in your design. Look it up in Wikipedia and note its family. Then look up that family in Wikipedia and see what other members there are.
2.Other interesting sites:
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Plant_Families_Index.html
http://www.wildflowers-and-weeds.com/Plant_Families/Patterns_in_Plants.htm
Latin names are listed first followed by the common names of each family if you scroll way down.
Families of tree, shrubs and vines: http://trees.stanford.edu/family.htm
http://www.thewildclassroom.com/biodiversity/floweringplants/Araceae.h
June
DESIGN CLASSES: Consultants Liz Snowdon and Rachel Collins—Designs staged on a table 29” from the floor, covered with a beige cloth. Space allotted is 20”x 20”. Plant material list is required. Background and/or underlay optional except where required.
1. “Batter Up” – A Creative Line Design. Designer’s choice of plant materials and components.
2. “Found on the Shore” – A Creative Design featuring weathered wood. Designer’s choice of style and other materials.
