2023
Cardinal Council Flower Show
Celebrate! Festive Holiday Designs
September 20, 2023
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here for show schedule!
Click here
for results


2022 Cardinal Council Flower Show
You're a Grand Old Flag" - June 14, 2022 - Flag Day
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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
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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
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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)
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