Ballantyne Gardens Part I

This is the chapel in the Ballantyne Gardens display. They had a remarkable array of forced selections, including flowering delphinium, which is a tough one.

Aspinall's Nursery - Best Small

Aspinall's Nursery won for best small garden. I really loved the rough, timber-frame-style carpentry of the pergola here. One thing the CNY group seems to be particularly skilled with is woodworking. I had a very interesting time meeting George, the owner of this company. He's a character. Up until this week I haven't spent much time getting to know the green industry people of CNY, and I was very pleasantly surprised by how nice, laid-back and helpful everyone was.

Landmasters - Best Large Garden

Here is the entry from Landmasters Group, which took grand prize. The carpentry was so outstanding I'm not sure you would even have noticed if there were no plants whatsoever. You can't make it out in these pictures, but the wood was accented by quite a lot of copper trim. The rest of the hardscape was also beautiful. My only complaint was that there was a hump in the middle of the path that I tripped over pretty much every time I walked through. But I'm not that coordinated.

ETTG Visits CNY Blooms

I've just returned from Syracuse, where the UGJ is set up at the new flower show, CNY Blooms. The show looks really good and I don't want to jinx them, but it appears to be running pretty smoothly too. Yesterday I had the fun and privilege of acting as one of the garden judges. I don't have the official list of winners yet, but I know who some were and will post those now. The show goes on for the rest of the weekend, so stop by, pick up a newly minted copy of the fabulous March-April issue, and say hi to Pat Haywood, who is our representative there. UGJ friends in attendance include Bakers' Acres (though Reenie took off for Africa today!), Dan from the Plantsmen, Barry from Heart of Franklinville (and he has great new designs, including an adorable Boston Terrier statue, which I've already ordered, of course, to pick up at GardenScape), Phoenix Flower Farm and Batavia Turf.

I want to get pictures up asap, so maybe I'll post them first and then come back and write about it all later.



This image is of a honeysuckle in the Watson Greenhouse retail booth. It smelled heavenly.

Spread the Love!

Here's a little promotional e-mail I received from The Flower Shop yesterday that I thought I would share as a public service.

When you buy your Valentine a gift from the Flower Shop, you are giving twice! Once to that special someone and once to the Youth of our
community!

We have all of your Holiday needs at The Flower Shop. Order online at www.theflowershoprochester.com or stop in and see us at 1110 Hudson
Avenue.

Feel free to share this with anyone and everyone.. Spread the Love and Spread the Word.

Thanks,
Your friends at Rochester LandscapeTechnicians Program and The Flower Shop

www.landscapetech.com

I Missed It

According to Angela Ingraham of Bristol's Garden Center in Victor, the Winter Study Weekend recently put on by the Genesee Valley Chapter of NARGS was absolutely fantastic. I find this particularly impressive because the chapter has only been in existence for a couple of years. I did know about it ahead of time, and the line-up of speakers and events was truly impressive, but...but...we had company that weekend, and my daughter had some stuff going on, and it was a little expensive. (Not too expensive for what it was, mind you—I think the price was very reasonable. Just expensive as compared to not going.)

Now, of course, I regret very much not having made the time and come up with the dough.

The above photograph, of the rock garden at Wisley, is from my trip in '03. It has nothing to do with the post except for the fact that it's a rock garden. I like pictures!

It's Cold

I know. Duh.

Usually I relish winter. I like to ski. When the end of March rolls around and the snow finally starts to melt, I get all panicky that I haven't gotten all my ski time in. And March is my favorite month to hit the slopes. I like the sun, and the slush, and everyone is in such high spirits...sigh...

But this year, things are different. I have a minor injury that is keeping me off skis, probably for the whole season. So I'm looking forward to spring a little more than usual, and of course, it's now THREE degrees outside. They've even closed school here at Cal-Mum, because it's just too cold. No end in sight, either.

But spring will come. And before that, the garden shows! Yay! We have a new one this year: CNYBlooms, and of course there is the Rochester show, GardenScape, and Buffalo's Plantasia, close on its heels. (By the way, I'll be speaking at the latter two.)

This image is from last year's GardenScape. It is one of William Valvanis's magnificent creations. Last year, in keeping with the theme, which I think was "reflections" (this year it's "drama"), he placed all of his trees atop black, square, still ponds. He actually had a name for these ponds, these boxes of water, and as I recall (and I don't recall the name itself) it was rather elegant. Bonsai Alley, Bill's domain for as many years as I've seen the show, is always fantastic. With the remodeling scheduled to go on at the dome, I wonder if he'll be displaced.

RCGC Symposium Set for March 3, 2007

Rosemary Alexander and Tim Boebel are the featured speakers at the Rochester Civic Garden Center's Spring Symposium, March 3. All of the details are here. The RCGC always does a very nice job with these events, so if you're on the fence, we recommend you go and check it out. It's always inspiring. Of special note to area gardeners: Boebel has some radical ideas about hydrangeas, getting them through the winter and making them bloom. It's exciting because he's still experimenting, testing theories and modifying techniques.

Joan Hildebrand Leaves RLTP

Paul Mastrodonato, President of the board, Rochester Landscape Technicians Program, announced in an e-mail last week that executive director Joan (Brandenburg) Hildebrand has vacated her post. I believe she is still working for the public market, handling their PR.

RLTP expects to name an new ED by the end of March.

ETTG wishes the very best to Joan!

Garden Walk Buffalo - The Book & DVD

The team that produces Buffalo's GardenWalk has come out with an illustrative book & DVD on the topic.

This large-format, soft-cover volume runs 120 pages and aims to capture the best of Garden Walk Buffalo with photographs of its 260-plus gardens and interviews with the gardeners responsible.

Frederick Law Olmsted's Delaware Park, community gardens, a list of selected plants grown in Western New York (zone 5), a history of Garden Walk Buffalo and its impact on local urban gardens and how it helps rejuvenate city streets, and even a brief bit on how to start your own garden walk are also addressed.

The DVD, making it all the more real, features an interactive map.

More from the publishers:

The book was photographed by Don Zinteck, of Photographics 2; written by Elizabeth Licata, editor of Buffalo Spree magazine; and designed by Jim Charlier, of JCharlier Communication design. The DVD was produced by Cheryl Jackson and Brian Milbrand. The book and DVD are published by Buffalo Heritage, Inc., the publisher, under the name of Canisius College Press, that published the coffee table book Classic Buffalo.

Garden Walk Buffalo is of the largest garden tours in the U.S. More than 260 private Buffalo gardens open to the public the last week of July each year. Participants in the Walk see some of Buffalo’s most beautiful and creative urban gardens. Garden Walk has become one of Western New York’s most anticipated summer events. Garden Walk Buffalo has also been a major force in neighborhood revitalization, encouraging residents to combat urban blight through grassroots beautification.

The book is $30 and the DVD $10 (plus tax and shipping/handling). Both can be ordered at: www.buffaloheritage.com

For more information on Garden Walk Buffalo, visit
www.gardenwalkbuffalo.com

Herbly Wonderful Makes it Big

Congratulations to Tracy Gaus and Herbly Wonderful. For the first year, the Batavia company has made the Today's Garden Center 100 Revolutionary Garden Centers List. Very cool.

What is Up with Extension and MCC?

We ran out of space in the magazine, so I have a lot to post here at ETTG. I'll do that as soon as I've put out some more of my little smoldering fires here. In the meantime, if anyone is reading this and wants to comment, what do you think is going on with the Monroe County Cornell Cooperative Extension and MCC?

Most people I have talked to about this are perplexed, to say the least. I have not seen a lot of coverage in the D&C (I haven't checked City) and I'm not sure whether or not it's an appropriate column topic for me. I have to discuss this with my editor.

In the meantime, I really want to hear what you, the gardener, thinks about what has gone on.

Here is some background, in case you need it:
Dec 14, 2006: Farm agency loses $175,000; new MCC institute to get funding instead

Dec 16, 2006:

Cornell's King goes to MCC;
County redirects funds to college's new agriculture program

January 13, 2007: Golden Pen: Agricultural Funds are wasted at MCC

January 16, 2007:

New ag center wants to help growth; Education, advocacy will be dual focus

If you follow the links to these pieces, you may find "story chat" areas following a couple of them. I've found the comments posted there to be interesting.

Rochester Resident Featured in National Magazine

Congratulations to Rochester's Mary Coupe! Her garden in spring is featured in the current issue of Garden Ideas & Outdoor Living. Mary has put a lot of effort into overcoming the difficulties caused by clay soil. Now, forget-me-nots and tulips get all the attention.

Working on it

Maria and I are working on getting the Directory out. I just realized I made a scheduling error that puts it a week later than last year...sorry. This crazy weather has made it harder for us to locate our customers, as well. Half the folks who are usually glued to their desks this time of year are out installing landscapes! Good for them. There sure isn't any plowing to be done.

Braggy Braggy

Hey, check out what Dean got me for Christmas...a new Canon 28-135mm zooooooom lens. With image stabilization (he knows me well). It's totally awesome. Not too many pictures of plants yet...













...lots of pictures of kids, and lots and lots of pictures of Trout Lily.

"Vacation" Fun - the Renegade Gardener

I'm technically working today and tomorrow, but with everyone else lazing about, playing Nintendo DS and helping the itunes store to crash, it's hard to keep a serious focus. So after I had worked for four or five minutes this morning, I took a much needed break and checked out renegadegardener.com. Don Engebretson is funny. Goofy and silly, but truly funny, and also he appears to know horticulture. Check out the 2006 Renegade Gardener High Spot/Black Spot Awards, where you can read Engebreston wax poetic about this favorite willow: "Growing ‘Hakuro Nishiki’ is like waking up and seeing Dakota Fanning standing silently in your garden. It’s just gorgeous, somehow emitting depth and meaning."
(I don't know why part of the above paragraph appears in semi-bold type. New Blogger thing I guess.)

Late November

These pictures were taken at one of my favorite spots in Caledonia—the shortest nature trail ever, which runs from Tennent Park back to one of the trestles that crosses Spring Brook. It is one of the two places I take Lily (see below) most mornings. OK, weekday mornings. When there's school. The other is the MacKay Wildlife Preserve trail, which is about a mile loop and is definitely her favorite place in Caledonia.

A Beautiful Flower

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Originally uploaded by Jane Milliman.

Since Trout Lily is truly a native American wildflower, I can put her on my blog, right?

Right?

Out & About: Aurora

On my way back up the east side of Cayuga, I passed through the darling village of Aurora. I had been making a bee line for the MacKenzie-Childs retail shop, but this gorgeous Ginkgo caught my eye, and so I turned around.

Out & About: Ithaca

I visited Ithaca on Monday and stopped, as always, at Cornell Plantations. The Winter Garden, while only a few years old, is looking very fine. My pictures don't do it justice.

At the bottom is a leaf from the bigleaf magnolia, referenced below, in the groundcover garden.

Seats Available for Philly Tour

(From the Nov-Dec '06 UGJ) — Want to see the Philadelphia Flower Show in style? Michael Warren Thomas takes a group each year, and the visit encompasses a lot more than just the show, which is worth a trip in itself. This year there will be stops at Longwood Gardens and Winterthur, and as always, some excellent dining.
Spots are available for March 7 – 8 and March 10 – 11, 2007. The price of the trip, $340 per person (double occupancy) includes transportation, hotel, two lunches, continental breakfast, and an “elegant” closing dinner at Radisson Lackawanna Station Hotel.
For details or to sign up, call 585/328-8300 or visit savorlife.com.

Naturally Green “First in Bloom” Contest

(From the Nov-Dec '06 UGJ) — Michael Warren Thomas’s “First in Bloom” contest has definitely expanded since the days when all you had to look for was the first snowdrop. For 2007 there are eight categories, from bulbs to perennials to vines, each with a prize of dinner for two. The first person to call Thomas after midnight on January 1, 2007, at 585/328-8300, with the first flowers blooming outdoors (not just in bud) in each of the categories, will win a dinner for two gift certificate. If you do happen to find the first snowdrop, your reward is dinner for two at Max of Eastman Place—pretty fancy.
Naturally Green airs Saturday mornings at 9 on WYSL am, 1040 in the Rochester area. Listen online and get full details about the contest at savorlife.com.

News from The Gardens—Photo Contest, Poinsettia Sale

(From the Nov-Dec '06 UGJ) — The Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens’ annual photo contest in underway, with entries due by November 27th. Each submission should fall into one of the following categories: Flora, Architecture, or Human Interest. Fess are $10 for the first entry and $5 for each additional one.
Here’s a way to get your holiday plants while helping The Gardens at the same time. Orders for poinsettias will be accepted through November 10, with pick-up December 4 – 10.
For details, call 716/827-1584 or visit buffalogardens.com.

CNY Blooms Debuts This Spring

(From the Nov-Dec '06 UGJ) — Good news for garden lovers! The Central New York State Nursery and Landscape Association is busily planning its first ever independent flower and garden show, CNY Blooms. The event will be held at the OnCenter, a facility with a decidedly “outdoor” feel, right in the middle of Syracuse. There will be competition gardens, participation from local colleges, and garden club representation, plus seminars and educational presentations. The opening night preview party will benefit the Food Bank of Central New York.
CNY Blooms will take place March 1 –4, 2007, dates that will not conflict the two existing shows in our area: GardenScape, in Henrietta, March 15 – 18, and Plantasia, in Hamburg, March 22 – 25.
For more information, visit cnyblooms.com.

Shrub Coat in Production Locally

(From the Nov-Dec '06 UGJ) — Beaver Landscaping, Clarence-based producers of the Shrub Coat, announce that they have contracted with Depew’s Southeast Works, a company employing and training handicapped individuals in the community with job skills. Southeast Works will assemble and package the locally-manufactured product, a “better than burlap,” reusable, alternative for protecting shrubs from the winter ravages of wind, snow, ice, salt and animals.
Shrub Coat, the invention of owner Steve Bakowski, is made of green, breathable fabric on a pyramidal frame, and comes in various sizes to conveniently protect shrubs and bushes up to nine feet tall. This design helps dormant plants emerge green and healthy in the spring. And, as Steve’s wife and business partner Joyce points out, it is easy to incorporate into your holiday decorating scheme—just add lights.
For more information on the Shrub Coat, call 716/583-7872 or visit shrubcoat.com.

Dangerous Beauty

(From the Nov-Dec '06 UGJ) — Our cover image this issue is beautiful. But the invasive plant it depicts, autumn olive, is a threat to plants—and even animals— in our native environment. This juxtaposition is the theme of Christine Sevilla’s new series of images, “Thanatopsis.”
“The dangerous beauty of invasive plant species has brought them to new, alien locations where a less handsome weed would be quickly eradicated,” Sevilla writes. She hopes her project will encourage citizens to grow native plants and varieties of non-natives that are proven not to be invasive.
The artist has made twelve of the Thanatopsis images into her 2007 calendar. Each month is printed on a separate five by seven-inch card that fits into a simple, clear, plastic standing frame, which can be reused from year to year. The calendars are available at the Memorial Art Gallery Store, 500 University Ave, Rochester, or by calling 585/586-6085 (this number is WRONG in the print version) or e-mailing Sevilla at cs@luminguild.com. They are $20 each, or $15 for just the cards.
Sevilla is also planning an exhibit in 2007, and to publish a brochure this spring. To see more of her work, visit luminguild.com.
For information on what you can do to help control invasive species, visit ipcnys.org.

Susan Latoski Exits RCGC

ETTG is sad to report that Susan Latoski, long time Executive Director of the Rochester Civic Garden Center, has left in order to take a position with the Landmark Society. She will be sorely missed.

Given the untold hours I have spent with Susan over the past ten years, often with camera in hand, it amuses - and frustrates - me to not be able to come up with a lot of images of Susan in the Garden. I have plenty of shots of Susan's garden, and many of Susan on a Bike and Susan on Skis, but of Susan in the garden, this is the best I can come up with...and she's not even in focus (the bigleaf magnolia flower is!). I took this slide in '02 at one of our frequent visits to one of our favorite spots, Cornell Plantations.

I know Susan will knock 'em dead in her new job, and I wish her the best of luck and send her off with lots of love.

A new way to find the UGJ

Looking to pick up a copy of the latest UGJ? Check out our new map of distribution locations, updated with each issue (keep in mind that some outlets are only open seasonally).
UGJ Distribution Locations

Brian Eshenaur's New Gig

Brian Eshenaur is the UGJ's esteemed, essential, beloved Technical Editor. And whew! Even though he has a great new job, he's going to STAY our T. E. For the past couple of issues he's been concentrating on getting used to being an IPM Ornamental Educator for the (statewide) Cornell Cooperative Extension, so Judy Hubbard, who is also great, filled in (she'd been filling in for Brian at his old job at Monroe Extension, Horticulture Program Leader, as well).

Congratulations to Brian.

It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year....

That's right, folks. It's apple harvest season! Nirvana.

I'd like to report on two new varieties I discovered this week. Out at Burnap's Farm Market in Sodus, I picked up a single Zestar, and I could kick myself for not buying out their stock. This apple was so sweet, so juicy and crunchy, it had me talking to myself in the car. According to Mark at Whittier Fruit Farm in Gates, who also grows Zestar, "the side of the fruit facing the sun develops a sweet spot that’s brighter red and wildly flavorful." (Read Mark’s Guide to Apple Varieties.)

What I did pick up a bag of, at Burnap's, was another new one, Sansa. Not quite as sinfully sweet at Zestar, it is nontheless very sweet and juicy, with a lovely texture (I hate mealyness in apples) and perhaps a little more complexity to it, a little tartness.

Also, I understand this summer's been good for the Honeycrisps, which is a relief after last year—they were done at the end of September, it seemed! At least the Crispins were in good supply.

It's HERE!

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Originally uploaded by Jane Milliman.

I've been waiting for ages to see this plant in the flesh. Terra Nova teased me with a slide and a press release a few years ago, but when I asked them please to send a plug, they were all out. Grrrr. So yesterday, I'm taking a quick trip around the back gardens at Sara's in Brockport (quick because it's raining and I'm cold), when this little guy leaps out at me.

Mukdenia rossii 'Crimson Fans' is a petite groundcover for shade (yes, it will grow under trees—I've seen the green version doing well there at Cornell Plantations). I won't describe the foliage as you can see it for yourself here, and I haven't seen flowers or pictures of flowers, but being that it's a close relative, I image they're similar to that of garden saxifrage.

I didn't see Kathy to ask her whether she had any in stock, but if it's in her display garden, it can only be a matter of time.

Bargains Abound

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Originally uploaded by Jane Milliman.

Ah, September. The air cools, the energy soars, and the prices drop. I went around this weekend delivering magazines and found that pretty much everywhere I stopped there were bargains to be had. At the Garden Factory in Gates, there is a whole section of shrubs and grasses that are five dollars and change—I saw some good-looking Panicum 'Heavy Metal' in what I think were #15's. Towards the front they were offering the chelone pictured here, 'Hot Lips', for eight bucks, in gallons. Not exactly cheap, but not too bad, and the plants were healthy and fresh. Up at Harris Gardens on 250 in Penfield, Rosy's having a "yard sale," getting rid of some of the leftover stuff from the previous owners. Some excellent deals there on hard goods.

More Fall Garden Faire News

I want to post this update because I'm getting a lot of hits here from people searching for the Fall Garden Faire. It IS still on, it's on Saturday, NOT SUNDAY, September 9, and it's at the Cooperative Extension, NOT Knox Farm or Hamlin Park, 21 Grove St. East Aurora.

I won't be there this year. I can't believe it! It conflicts with the Gathering of Gardeners. Waaa. But Maria will. Stop and see her at the entrance, and pick up the latest UGJ.

What's Blooming Now

I got this clematis, 'Mrs. Robert Brydon', from the great plantswoman Joan Hoeffel, probably ten years ago. I've never seen it for sale in person since. In fact, until I visited Bluegrass Lane at Cornell earlier this month, I hadn't seen it at all in person since. It interested me that they had it in the test plot there. Does that mean it's being evaluted for market? I hope so. This is an excellent plant.

Mrs. Brydon isn't a climbing clematis. She's more of a sprawler. I like to prop her up on things. In one of the above images, she's propped up on the heptacodium, whose bloom time overlaps hers. In my old garden I used to encourage her to laze about in the Hosta plantaginea. Verrry pretty.

OK. Enough with the anthromorphizing. What's really cool about Mrs. Robert Brydon is the color of the flowers. They are little bells, perfect little baby blue bells. Powder, baby-boy blue. And we all know how tough it is to find true blue for the garden.

It's not the toughest plant; it took a couple of years to recover from its move across the street, and it doesn't spontaneously root at the nodes the way I wish it would (like some ground creepers do). Also, it's brittle, so you have to be careful not to step on it. In the early spring I cut back the woody stem, leaving a few sets of nodes, to get rid of all the dead stuff and to try to encourage branching.

Oh yum

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Originally uploaded by Jane Milliman.

OK, these tomatoes don't look too purple. But they are, in fact, 'Cherokee Purple'. They were pretty tasty, but of the 5 heirlooms I grew this year, I hate to say it, but...'Brandywine' is the best tasting. I know, I know. Brandywine this Brandywine that. It's just a good tomato.

Cherokee Purple is prettier though.

Come with me to the Chelsea Flower Show & More!

May 19 - 27, 2007, Publisher Jane Milliman will accompany a group of Western New York garden lovers to England, to visit some great gardens (Sissinghurst and Great Dixter, for starters) and attend the Chelsea Flower Show.
If you are interested in joining the group, please e-mail jane AT janemilliman DOT com for more information.

Perfectly, Naturally Elusive

I wrote about this product, Perfectly Natural Weed Killer, in my D&C column a while back, and yes, it's very good and I do use it myself around the house. (The kids always think someone is making applesauce. Or pie. Or pickles!) My readers have had a really tough time finding it though. I am sorry about that! Wal-Mart did carry it in the spring but didn't re-order when (or should I say EVEN THOUGH) it sold out. Home Depot doesn't carry it in the East. And they don't quite have the independent garden centers lined up yet, either.
So. To buy it, for now, you have to order it at this Web site:
uniquenaturalandorganicproductsrus.com
Sorry for the inconvenience.

...And We Have a Few More!

I'm not worthy.

That's really how I felt on Tuesday, at Bluegrass Lane at Cornell University in Ithaca, judging the Kathy Pufal memorial container competition put on by the Cooperative Extension in conjunction with its annual Field Days. I mean, in comparison to the talent that was on display, my own home containers are pretty lame. Not to mention the two pros on my team: Donna Moramarco from martin Viette, and Cornell Plantations's Liz Brown (have you SEEN the containers at Plantations?), who knew exactly what they were doing. I learned a lot.

Our team judged the Unlimited category, which basically is anything other than a hanging basket or a 16 inch patio pot. I'm not sure how the images will stack up on this post, but the wagon was first place and the chest second, and they were both submitted by Wallkill View Farms in New Paltz. Third place was captured by first-time entrant Country Power Products out of Greenwich.

Here is the total line-up of winners as announced by Cornell:

Basket
3rd: (Tie) B1, Lockwood’s Greenhouses, Hamburg, NY, and
B4, Adams Fairacre Farms, Poughkeepsie, NY
2nd: B7, Mischler’s Florist, Williamsville, NY
1st: B9, Little York Plantation, Little York, NY

Unlimited:
3rd: N9, Country Power Products, Greenwich, NY
2nd: N1, Wallkill View Farms, New Paltz, NY
1st N2, Wallkill View Farms, New Paltz, NY

16-inch
3rd: P3, Wallkill View Farms, New Paltz, NY
2nd: P2, Wallkill View Farms, New Paltz, NY
1st: P12, Zema’s Nursery, Stephentown, NY

We Have a Winner!

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Originally uploaded by Jane Milliman.

Actually, we have quite a few.

Way back in July I was on a team that made the "Celebrity" (gotta love that) pick at the Monroe County Fair Flower Showw. We could choose among any of the entrants (except flower arrangements), and among them all (there seemed to be hundreds, but I don't know how many), interestingly, we all three had this charming lily stem in our top three. So it was a no-brainer. Turns out the entrant was a kid, which made me smile.

The actual, trained, certified judges chose something else entirely (shows how much WE know). The Fair's press release follows, edited:

Diane Magin of Irondequoit, NY was this year’s winner of the Julia Meister Memorial Trophy for Best of Showat the 2006 Monroe County Fair Flower & Vegetable Show. Ms. Magin‚s entry, an Annabell hydrangea, first won the Best of Section for Cut Flowers, then was selected Best of Show among the Best of Section winners by a panel of certified
judges.
This year the Fair had a Celebrity's Pick for Best of Show. This award was selected by the following panel of judges: Katrina Irwin (WROC/WUHF), Jane Milliman (D&C/Upstate Gardeners‚ Journal), & Joe Peters (Legends 990 AM). A lily submitted by Jake Futter of Hemlock, NY won the Celebrity's Pick for Best of Show. Jake’s lily also won Best of Section for Cut Flowers (Youth Division).

Dolores Sibs of Greece, NY won the Adult Gardener of the Year, with a total of 84 points. Ms. Sibs also won the Best of Section for Roses with her Double Delight Spray which also was selected as the People’s choice Award for Flowers & Roses by fairgoers.

In the 3rd Annual Florist Exhibition-People’s Choice Award, Kittelberger’s Florist of Webster, NY won First Place in the under $50 class and Schum‚s Florist of Rochester, NY won First Place in the unlimited class. These awards are also selected by the fairgoers.

For the second year in row Adam Goldsmith of Brighton, NY won Best of Section for Vegetables/Fruits with his
Green Beans entry.

In the Genesee Valley Hosta Society Show, Donna Lowry’s ‘Minuteman’ entry won Best of Show.

Other Winners were:

Libbie Rosati of Rochester, NY- Best of Section for dahlias with her ‘Duet’ entry; Judith Ledgerwood of Macedon, NY- Best of Section for African violets with her Violet in a Decorative Pot; Angie Centola of Irondequoit, NY- Best of Section for Container Plants with her crown of thorns; Theresa Madonna of Penfield, NY- Best of Section for Hanging Plants with her impatiens entry; John Futter of Hemlock, NY- Best of Section for Vegetables/Fruits (Youth) with his leaf lettuce; Rachel Yuhas of Henrietta, NY was named Junior Gardener of the Year with 51 points.

For further information please contact Sal Madonna (787-9153) or Mike Centola (467-3809).

Correction—The Show Will Go On

After we went to press I heard from Sally again. She caught wind that there will, in fact, be a FGF this year, "...apparently adopted by Roycroft Campus Corporation, and a combination of Knox Farm State Park and Cornell Cooperative Extension." So I guess we'll just wait and see on this one.