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Cardinal Council Flower Shows

 2023 Cardinal Council Flower Show
Celebrate!  Festive Holiday Designs
September 20, 2023

Click here for show schedule!
Click here for results


 

2022 Cardinal Council Flower Show
You're a Grand Old Flag" - June 14, 2022 - Flag Day
Click here for the schedule.

"You're A Grand Old Flag" show winners - click here!
 


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Results from the 2021 Flower Show - "Summertime in SOKY" - June 15, 2021
Entries:  409, Horticulture-330, Design-26, Artistic Crafts-15, Photography-35
57 participants
Click HERE for 2021 schedule!
Click here for top award winners!

Horticulture Awards of Merit Other Horticulture Awards
Betty Halcomb - Ornamental Grasses Mary Ann Hext - Grower's Choice Award
LaDean Hamilton - Groundcovers Mary Ann Hext - Helen Gil Award
Glenda Eaton - Wood Trees/Shrubs Glenda Eaton - Arboreal
Mary Ann Hext - Roses Edith Nelson - Grower's Choice Award
Margaret Price - Foliage Biennials/
Perennials
Carol Ullerich - Arboreal Award
Connie Vincent - Flowering Biennials/Perennials Susan Throneberry - Mary O'Connor Sweepstakes Award
Susan Faller - Hemerocallis Janice Erbach - Collector's Showcase
Susan Throneberry - Flowering Annuals  

Design Awards

Mary Ann Hext - Award of Design Excellence Alice Kummer- Ruth Rabold Award
Mary Ann Hext - Designer's Choice Award Carla Hawkins - CC Petite Award

Botanical Arts Awards

Alice Kummer - Artistic Crafts Susan Throneberry - Photography

Results from the 2019 Flower Show "The Greatest Show on Earth"
Entries:  Horticulture = 169, Design = 25, Education = 3,
Botanical Arts Miniature Gardens = 30, Botanical Arts Photography = 38

Click here for photos from the show.

Horticulture Awards of Merit   Other Horticulture Awards
Barbara Brand - Any other Grass   Mary Ann Hext - Collector's Showcase Award
Janeen Grohsmeyer - Flowering Vines   Edith Nelson - Helen Gill Award
Mary Ann Hext - Floribunda Rose   Edith Nelson - Grower's Choice Award
Margaret Price - Foliage Deciduous Woody Tree   Carol Ullerich - Arboreal Award
Margaret Price - Small Leaved Hosta   Margaret Price - Mary O'Connor Sweepstakes Award
Carol Ullerich - Needled Evergreen   Susan Faller - Novice Design

Design Awards

Connie Vincent - Award of Design Excellence   Connie Vincent - Ruth Rabold Award
Connie Vincent - Designer's Choice Award   Connie Pittman - CC Petite Award

Click here for 2019 Flower Show Schedule - "The Greatest Show on Earth"



Click here for 8.5x11" printable color poster. (large file, pleae be patient)

"The Greatest Show on Earth"


Please support our CC Flower Show Sponsors
who helped make our 2019 show possible!!
 


Erie Insurance - Steve Scott



Tony Whitney - Caldwell Banker


Mammoth Cave Transplants

 

Click here for 2018 Flower Show Photos - "Memories of Downton Abbey"

Click here for 2018 Flower Show Schedule

Click here for the CC Flower Show powerpoint shown at the CC Fall meeting.  (pdf format)

 

Click here for Cardinal Council Flower Show Traveling Trophies

 

Past Cardinal Council Flower Shows

2021 - Summertime in SOKY - held at L&N Depot/Historic Railipark
2020 - show cancelled due to Covid-19
2019 - "The Greatest Show on Earth" - held at L&N Depot/Historic Railipark
2018 - "Memories of Downton Abbey" held at L&N Depot
2017 - "Fantasy in Flowers" held at L&N Depot
2016 - "Colors of Fall" held at L&N Depot
2014 - "Song Birds of Summer" held at L&N Depot
2013 - "Traveling Through the Seasons with Flowers" held at L&N Depot
2012 - "Let Me Entertain You" held at SkyPac
2011 - "Games Children Play" held at Forest Park Baptist Church
2010 - "Celebrations" held at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
2009 - My Old Kentucky Home"
2008 - "There's a Song in the Air" held at the Capitol Arts Center
2006 - "Nature's Phenomena"
2005 - "The Magic of Extrodinary Flowers"
2004 - "June is Bustin' Out All Over"
2003 - "Me and My Book" - 32nd Annual Flower Show held at Barnes and Noble Book Store
2001 - "I've Been Working on the Railroad" - 30th Annual Standard Flower Show held a Bowling Green Public Library, Depot Branch
2000 - "Holding Court Throughout the Year" - 29th Annual Flower Show held at the Warren County Courthouse
1999 - "Just Before Christmas" 28th Annual Flower Show held at Houchens Center
1998 - "Remember When We Celebrated Our ..." held at Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Center
1997 - "Encourage with Courage" - 26th Annual Flower Show held at University Plaza Hotel
1996 - "Spirit of the USA Election 1996" - 25th Annual Flower Show held at Bowling Green Parks & Recreation
1995 - "September Song" Classic Songs and Classic Flowers - A Standard Home and Garden Flower Show - held in four homes along with four open gardens
1994 - "Holiday Spirit" - 23rd Annual Flower Show - held at Greenwood Executive Inn
1993 - "Bold and Beautiful - 22nd Annual Flower Show - held at Bowling Green Parks and Recreation Department
1992 - "An Uncommon Celebration, 1792-1992" 21st Annual Flower Show - held at First Christian Church
1988 - "Spring's Creative Song" - 18th Annual Flower Show - held at Western Expo Center
1987 - "An all American Flower Show" - 17th Annual Flower Show held at Eloise B. Houchens Center
1986 - "Holiday Whimsy" - 16th Annual Flower Show held at First Baptist Church
1985 - "Welcome Home" - 15th Annual Flower Show held at Eastwood Baptist Church
1984 - "Summer's Palette" - 14th Annual Flower Show held at Eastwood Baptist Church
1983 - "Holiday Memories" - 13th Annual Flower Show held at Eastwood Baptist Church
1982 - "All the Days of Our Lives - 12th Annual Flower Show and Bazaar held at Eastwood Baptist Church
1981 - "Reflections of Bowling Green" - 11th Annual Flower Show and Bazaar held at High Street Community Center
1980 - "Home for the Holidays" - 10th Annual Flower Show and Bazzar held at Eloise B. Houchens Center for Women
1978 - "Symphony of Spring" - 8th Annual Flower Show and Bazaar held at Cumberland Presbyterian Church
1977 - "Autumn Potpourri" - 7th Annual Flower Show and Bazaar held at Cumberland Presbyterian Church
1976 - "Walking the Freedom Trail" - 6th Annual Flower Show - A Bicentennial Standard Flower Show and Bazaar held at Garret Student Center Ballroom, Western Kentucky University
1975 - Riverview Revisited" - 5th Annual Christmas Flower Show and Bazaar held at Hobson House
1974 - "My Old Kentucky Home" - 4th Annual Flower Show and Bazaar held at Bowling Green Mall
1973 - "The Bountiful Earth" - 3rd Annual Flower Show held at Bowling Green Mall
1972 - "Beauty and the Season, Christmas is the Reason" - 2nd Annual Christmas Flower Show and Bazaar held at Cumberland Presbyterian Church
1971 - "Flaming Festival of Flowers" - First Annual Christmas Flower Show held at Bowling Green Mall December 3-4, 1971 - sponsored by the Cardinal Council of Garden Clubs, Inc.
1970 "Magnificent Mall of Glads" - sponsored by the Kentucky Gladiolus Society, the Bowling Green and Warren County Garden Clubs held at the Bowling Green Mall
1969 - "Transitions of Autumn" - sponsored by the Cardinal Council held at Bowling Green Mall
1969 - "Holiday Kaleidoscope" sponsored by Bowling Green Garden Club held at Bowling Green Mall
1968 - "Christmas is _______" sponsored by Bowling Green Garden Club held at Bowling Green Mall
1967 - "Garden Masterpieces" - First Annual Flower Show of the Cardinal Council of Bowling Green Garden Clubs (September 29, 1967) held at First Christian Church

 

 

 

 

 

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