Horticulture Guidelines

A design that inspires happiness using container provided by the committee staged on 8’ x 36” tall rectangular tables draped with black cloth. Containers may be painted and/or embellished. Limited to and required of the provisional members of The Garden Club of Houston. Design may be brought to the show completed and must not exceed 12” in diameter and 18” in height. Judged from 3 sides.

Class 5 Silver Screen 4 Entries

A design inspired by a movie of your choice to be staged on a 40” high x 14” square acrylic pedestal. Dimensions of the design may not exceed 15” from the center of the pedestal. Judged from 3 sides.

Class 6 Cream of the Crop 4 Entries

A design interpreting the Mel Chin outdoor sculpture “Manila Palm: An Oasis Secret” . Design staged on a 40” high x 14” square acrylic pedestal. Dimensions of the design may not - exceed 13” from the center of the pedestal. Judged from 3 sides.

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1. Please carefully read and follow the GCA Rules, General Information and

Timetable for Exhibitors.

2. Entries must have been owned and grown by the exhibitor for a minimum of 6 months, unless otherwise stated in the schedule.

3. Entries eligible for the Catherine Beattie Medal and/or the Clarissa

Willemsen Horticulture Propagation Award must have been in the possession of the exhibitor for at least six months and will be identified on the entry card. A propagation card with dates and methods must accompany entries eligible for the Clarissa Willemsen Horticulture

Propagation Award. Up to 2 - 4” x 6” photos may accompany the propagation card. Propagation card available at GCAmerica.org.

4. An exhibitor may submit up to 3 entries per class, provided each is a different species or cultivar.

5. All entries propagated by the exhibitor must be so identified with details of the method and relevant date(s) of propagation on an accompanying propagation card. Up to 2 - 4” x 6” photos may accompany the propagation card. Propagation card available for download from GCAmerica.org.

6. Mats and stands are not allowed unless otherwise stated.

7. Saucers, stakes and ties are allowed. If an entry is to be staked (such as a forced bulb or orchid), the support and ties must be as unobtrusive as possible.

8. Leaf polish or other commercial foliage enhancers are not permitted.

9. To designate a preferred exhibiting side, exhibitors must mark the center back of the container with a white chalk mark “X” .

10. An entry card must accompany each entry. Entry cards and propagation cards are available for download from GCAmerica.org or from the division chairs at the show. Information on the entry card must be in pencil or completed online and printed on cardstock.

11. Classes may be subdivided, and entries moved and/or reclassified at the discretion of the show committee and/or the judges.

12. Plants trained as bonsai are not meant to be judged and therefore not to be entered in competition.

13. Containers are measured at the diameter or the diagonal of the widest point on the inside of the rim at the soil line.

14. One key card (diagram or plant list) is required when multiple species or cultivars are exhibited in the same container and/or propagation information is applicable. Key card must be in pencil or printed on a 4” x 6" white unlined card. A 4” x 6" photograph with identifying numbers may also be used.

15. Container-grown plants must be exhibited in terra cotta or solid color glazed ceramic containers that are clean, unobtrusive, and compatible with the exhibit. Disguised double potting and top dressing are permitted. Top dressing must not float when watered. Maximum container size is 8” in diameter, measured at the soil line, unless otherwise stated in the class description.

16. The committee will provide containers and wedging materials for all cut specimens, unless otherwise stated in the class description. The committee is not responsible for any cut specimen container provided by exhibitor. Height restriction, unless otherwise stated in the class description, is 26” from the lip of the container to the tip of the specimen.