- April 26, 2024
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Page Jackson and Esther Swett admire the arrangement by Barbara Rao
A miniature floral arrangement by Carol Malott was inspired by the Sarasota Opera House.
Clare Milligan with her floral arrangement took home the blue ribbon in the class inspired by Sarasota High School.
Judith Hydeman, Mary Lee and Page Jackson
Miniature floral arrangements stood only inches tall.
More than 200 floral arrangements and horticultural entries were on display during the weekend of Jan. 23 at the Sarasota Garden Club.
Roses were among the flower show entries. Some entries were hybrids while others were fragrant classics. These pictured are from Ron Mallory the former curator of Mable Ringling's historic rose garden .
Ruth Linsley and Wanda Thacker inspect the rose submissions.
Elaine Schweitzer's entry was inspired by the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall.
This entry from Eleanor Yates was inspired by the shimmering mirrored windoes of One Sarasota Tower.
This rose was named Dolly Parton by Diane Celeste.
Bonnie Zipf helps prepare snacks during the annual flower show.
With the surrounding architecture as its inspiration members of the Sarasota Garden Club built up floral designs for the annual flower show themed “Sarasota Architecture with Pizzazz.”
Architectural inspiration for floral designs, horticulture and photography ranged from early Sarasota landmarks of the 1920s like the Mira Mar Hotel and Southside Elementary School to modern buildings like One Sarasota Tower.
Participants like Clare Milligan used unorthodox materials like air conditioning filters to achieve the surface of the buildings that served as inspiration. Milligan competed in the Freestanding Duo Design class for floral arrangement that required both sides of the arrangement to be separate designs. Her assigned inspiration that ultimately won her the blue ribbon was gothic-inspired Sarasota High School.
“I thought of air filters a long time ago because I used them for something else and thought I could use it in this too,” Milligan said. “I was never so shocked in all my life to win the blue ribbon.”
“We have so many talented members. I looked around and thought I would hate to be a judge,” said C.J. Dana, Sarasota Garden Club first vice president.
