Last year, the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society Floral Design Group was invited to present the first invitational floral design exhibit in the more than 50-year history of the Southland Orchid Show at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.
That floral design exhibit was such a success, the Southland Orchid Show Association invited the Redlands group to return this year to help incorporate a National Garden Clubs standard show into the October event, “Orchid Mystique.”
Top floral designers from throughout Southern California entered their floral designs, all featuring orchids. National Garden Clubs judges from Southern and Northern California – including the California Garden Clubs’ Judge of the Year and Woman of the Year – judged the show.
The Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society Floral Design Group has been invited to return next year.
In 1959, Southern California Orchid Societies joined together as the Southland Orchid Show Association to stage a large regional orchid show now held every October at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino.
The Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society Floral Design Group, a part of Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society, has had the honor of being invited to be a part of other flower shows, plant shows, orchid shows, African violet shows, national chrysanthemum shows, dahlia shows, iris shows, rose shows, statewide California Garden Clubs meetings and annual California Women for Agriculture conventions.
The Floral Design Group offers programs for those who enjoy and want to explore the art of floral design for personal use, community programs, floral exhibitions and flower shows. The group also presents design programs and participates in floral displays and exhibitions by invitation.
Information: 909-798-9384; email floral design@rhis.org
SOURCE: Joyce Dean, a member of the Redlands Horticultural and Improvement Society
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