68th Annual Camellia Society Show

In the Garden

Story and Photography by Bill Perkins

followed with the winning blooms moved to the Champions Table. After their task for the UFO table. be reluctant to bring blooms if C across the planet, we members of Annual Camellia Show in Brookhaven, here in Brookhaven. All three shows were outstanding with strong attendance and so shows this 2020-2021 season. All other shows from California to the east coast were We began with a Judges Welcome Dinner at the home of members the night before the show. It

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with the winning blooms moved to the Champions Table. Gardeners, who deliver them to the assisted living and that was not allowed due to the strict lockdown of those centers. It would have been nice to cheer up those seniors with our glorious creations of nature, but it is what it is for W. Perkins, Sr. His brother Tom Perkins became quite a and China, the origins of the plant. He is thought to be the person who introduced the Higo varieties from Japan to the United States. He and his contemporaries in the much a team effort bringing hundreds of participants and Facebook page to follow our activities including the show. See bring

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Jim and Sally Seeds from the North Georgia Camellia Society with Alan McMillan from the Pensacola Camellia Society BCS members Marybeth Wheeler and Beverly Britt Dennis Hart, Pres. of the Gulf Coast Camellia Society Jason L. Dean, Pres. of the Ozone Camellia Society in Slidell, Louisiana Betty Ann Perkins, winner, Best of Lincoln County and Best Tom Perkins Judges Mary Charbonnet, Nick Piazza, and Sally Seeds BCS member Sherri Slusher, winner of the door prize, a camellia painting by BCS artist Kay Kaberlein Kim Henderson purchasing a camellia at the plant sale BCS 2021 Show Queen Ann Vidal Willett Tenille Nelson from Franklinton, Louisiana, and the Ozone Camellia Society of Slidell, Louisiana BCS members Francis Brady and James Minter Paul Bruno from the Pensacola Camellia Society