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RUSTICUS GARDEN CLUB
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A GCA Flower Show
October 12 - 13, 2012
John Jay Homestead
Katonah, New York
The purpose of a flower show is threefold: to set standards of artistic and horticultural
excellence; to broaden knowledge of horticulture, floral design, conservation, photography
and other related areas; and to share the beauty of a show with fellow club members and
with the public.
The Garden Club of America Flower Show and Judging Guide, 2012 Revised Edition
The purpose of The Garden Club of America is to stimulate the knowledge and love
of gardening; to share the advantage of association by means of educational meetings,
conferences, correspondence and publications; and to restore, improve and protect the
quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of
conservation and civic improvement.
The purpose of the Rusticus Garden Club is to increase interest in and to promote
the knowledge of gardening and flower arranging among its members and to stimulate
interest in and to carry out projects relating to civic planting, conservation education and
horticulture.
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Rusticus Garden Club
Member of The Garden Club of America
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A GCA Flower Show
October 12 - 13, 2012
John Jay Homestead
400 Jay Street
Katonah, NY 10536
Open to the public at no charge

Friday, October 12, 2012
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Saturday, October 13, 2012
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
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Table of Contents
Timetable for Exhibitors .................................................................Page 5
Flower Show Committee ................................................................Page 6
GCA Rules................. .......................................................................Page 8

General Information .......................................................................Page 9
Division 1 Floral Design Guidelines......................................Page 11
Floral Design Classes ............................................Page 12
Division 2 Horticulture Guidelines .......................................Page 14
Horticulture Classes .............................................Page 16
Division 3 Photography Guidelines .......................................Page 20
Photography Classes .............................................Page 22
Division 4 Botanical Arts Guidelines ....................................Page 23
Botanical Arts Classes ..........................................Page 25
Division 5 Conservation and Education Exhibits ...............Page 26
GCA Flower Show Awards .............................................................Page 27
Rusticus Garden Club Awards. ......................................................Page 30
Directions .........................................................................................Page 31
Registration Forms ..........................................................................Page 32
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Timetable for Exhibitors
October 12, 2011 Horticulture - One year ownership deadline
June 12, 2012 Horticulture - Four month ownership deadline
July 12, 2012 Horticulture - Three month ownership deadline
August 1, 2012 Floral Design, Horticulture, Photography and
Botanical Arts registration deadline
September 12, 2012 Photography Division delivery deadline
September 17-30, 2012 Botanical Arts Division delivery deadline for
mailed entries (Mailed entries will be received only
between these dates.)
October 1-11, 2012 Passing of Photography and mailed Botanical Arts
Botanical Arts may also be entered and passed
October 12, 2012.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
5:00 pm - 7:00 pm Optional early entry and passing for Flower Show
Committee only in Floral Design, Horticulture and
Botanical Arts
Optional early entry for Floral Design Class 2,
Jitterbug - Judges Invitational

Friday, October 12, 2012
7:00 am – 9:30 am Floral Design, Horticulture and Botanical Arts
entries accepted and passed.
9:30 am Entries Closed
9:30 am Judges Briefing
10:00 am Judging Begins
1:00 pm Flower Show Evaluation & Judges Luncheon
1:30 pm – 4:00 pm Show Open to the Public
4:00 pm Show Closes
6:30 pm – 8:30 pm Preview Party – Cocktail Reception
Saturday, October 13, 2012
9:00 am Refreshing and Maintenance of Exhibits
10:00 am – 3:00 pm Show Open to the Public
3:00 pm Show Closes
3:15 pm – 3:30 pm All entries must be removed
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F lower Show Committee
CHAIRMAN
Leslie Robinson 914-234-3191 [email protected]
CLUB PRESIDENT
Amy Cilmi 914-669-4305 [email protected]
DIVISION CHAIRMEN & REGISTRATION
Division 1 – Floral Design
Christy Pulsifer 914-523-3641 [email protected]
Kerry Wilson 914-764-9257 [email protected]
Division 2 - Horticulture
Amy Cilmi 914-669-4305 [email protected]
Neil Wattles 914-763-3311 [email protected]
Kathy Sheppard 914-234-0285 [email protected]
(Registration & Entries)
Division 3 - Photography
Leslie Henshaw 914-734-4397 [email protected]
Division 4 - Botanical Arts
Lisa Gerard 914-764-8599 [email protected]

Division 5 - Conservation
Kristina Burbank [email protected]
Amy Gallen 914-232-1244 [email protected]

Division 5 - Education
Kathy Moreau 914-319-9051 [email protected]
AWARDS
Martha Spofford 203-431-6224 [email protected]
CLASS CONSULTANTS As indicated in schedule
FUNDRAISING - CHALLENGE GRANT
Kerry Wilson 914-764-9257 [email protected]

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HOSPITALITY
Vickie Hall 914-242-0936 [email protected]
Nancy Joyce 914-234-7944 [email protected]
Martha Spofford 203-431-6224 [email protected]
JUDGES & CLERKS
Lisa Gerard 914-764-8599 [email protected]
ORIGINAL ARTWORK
Ashley Andrews 914-669-9090 [email protected]
PASSING
Landa Freeman 203-453-5505 [email protected]
PREVIEW PARTY
Debbie Stanley 914-244-1124 [email protected]

PRINTING/GRAPHICS/SIGNAGE
Patricia Barry 914-234-2006 [email protected]
Amy Cilmi 914-669-4305 [email protected]
Lisa Gerard 914-764-8599 [email protected]
PUBLIC RELATIONS
Susan Larson 914-764-1036 [email protected]

SCHEDULE
Amy Cilmi 914-669-4305 [email protected]
Lisa Gerard 914-764-8599 [email protected]

SHOW PHOTOGRAPHER
Nancy Kerans 914-234-0917 [email protected]
STAGING
Susan Carlson 914-234-6639 [email protected]
Kathie Dixon 914-234-3977 [email protected]
TREASURER
Cathy Biddle [email protected]
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GCA Rules
Please carefully read and follow GCA flower show rules, general information and
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division guidelines. All rules as stated in The Garden Club of America Flower Show and
Judging Guide, 2012 Revised Edition, shall apply.
All plant material must be correctly identified with the botanical and common names,
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if possible. Accepted references for nomenclature are AHS A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden
Plants, The Plant List at www.theplantlist.org, International Plant Names Index at
www.ipni.org or www.internationalplantnames.com, Plant Systematics at www.
plantsystematics.org/ and Royal Horticultural Society Plant Finder at http://apps.rhs.
org.uk/rhsplantfinder/.
The Garden Club of America expects all exhibitors to be aware of the need to promote
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conservation of endangered and threatened plants. Plants collected in the wild and listed
by the New York State Natural Heritage Program may not be exhibited in any flower
show sponsored by a GCA club. Cultivated plant material listed by New York State’s
Natural Heritage Program may be exhibited if accompanied by a typed card stating that
it has not been collected from the wild or that it was collected out-of-state and giving
information concerning its cultural requirements and methods of propagation. Natural
Heritage Program lists of endangered plant material will be available before and during
the show from the division chairmen and are available online at http://plants.usda.gov/
threat.html.
Plant material showing evidence of insects or disease must be removed immediately from
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the exhibition area. This rule will be enforced at any time during the show, whenever the
problem is identified.
All entries in the floral design and horticulture divisions must include fresh and/or dried
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plant material. Fresh plant material must be in water or conditioned in such a way as to
remain in pristine form while on exhibition. An entry not maintained in show condition
may have its award removed. Entries in Photography are not required to include plant
material unless stated in the schedule. Entries in Botanical Arts division must be dried
plant material or as stated in the class description.
Locally invasive plants (see http://plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousDriver), diseased plant
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material, artificial plant material, live animals (including fish), taxidermy, natural birds’
nests, and protected sea life, are not permitted.
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General Information
Entries are open to all GCA club members, including provisional, and professionals in
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their disciplines, except Division 2, Class 34, The Mashed Potato, which is open only to
children of GCA members and their friends. Division 1, Class 2, Jitterbug, open only to
invited Judges. Division 1, Class 5, The Cha-Cha and Division 2, Class 28, Feeling Hot...
Hot...Hot, which are open only to novices.
Registration is required for all classes, with the exception of those in Division 2
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Horticulture Cut Specimen Classes 1-24 and Special Class 34. Registration forms are
provided at the back of the schedule. Classes will be filled in the order registration forms
are received according to the postmark/fax/email date and time.
While The Garden Club of America, Rusticus Garden Club, and John Jay Homestead will
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exercise due caution in safeguarding exhibits, responsibility for damage, loss or personal
injury cannot be assumed.
Any clarification or change in the rules, as originally stated in the schedule, shall be
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communicated promptly in writing by the division chairman to all exhibitors in the class
and, at the show, to the judges and to the passing committees.
An entry card must accompany each entry. Entry cards will be available at the show and
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upon request from the entry or division chairmen, in advance of the show. Information
required on the entry card must be completed in black waterproof ink or typed.
The passing committee must pass each entry before an exhibitor may leave the show
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area. The passing committee reserves the right to refuse any entry that does not conform
to the rules of the schedule. The exhibitor has the option of correcting the entry, if time
permits. If not corrected, the entry cannot be judged, but may remain in place, marked
“For Exhibition Only”. The judges may not disqualify any entry passed by the passing
committee, unless evidence of insect infestation or disease is identified.
Once an entry is passed, the exhibitor(s) must immediately leave the exhibition area. The
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only exception will be Flower Show Committee members who have entered and been
passed according to the timetable. A passed entry may not be touched again until after
judging and then only to carry out necessary maintenance.
Only participating judges and clerks will be allowed on the floor during judging. Flower
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Show Chairmen and Division Chairman should remain nearby but off the show floor.
All containers and accessories must be inconspicuously labeled with the exhibitor’s name.
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A novice is an exhibitor who has not won a first place ribbon or the GCA Novice Award,
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in the division entered at a GCA or GCA Major Flower Show. Only an individual novice
exhibitor is eligible to receive the Sandra Baylor Novice Flower Arrangement Award or
the GCA Novice Award. A novice exhibitor will be identified on the entry card, following
the initial judging.
A statement of intent is optional and must be submitted at the time of passing. The
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statement must be no more than 25 words, typed or printed in waterproof ink on a 4"x
6", white, unlined card.
All exhibits must remain in place and in show condition until fifteen minutes following
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the show closing time.
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