Journal Journey Part 19
March 5, 2009 – 10:00 am
Ever entered a gardening competition? I did in 1998. The category was Small Rose Garden, 20-50 bushes. I had 2 judges visit and scored a 79 and 77 (each out of 100) to place second in the category.
What I didn’t count on was that if you won, you not only got this ribbon, but you also got to host the public on competition winner weekend. I had 750+ people visit the garden over a 2-day period. Needless to say, a quick warning to the neighbours about the influx was necessary and luckily, they were all understanding.
I scored a 20 out of 25 from both judges for General Arrangement and Aesthetics. Comments included ‘excellent variety’, lovely fragrance as we judged’ and ‘healthy plants’. Full points for Evidence of Overwintering, almost full points for Quality of Bloom, Fragrance and Variety and lowest marks – much to my disappointment for Pruning – as I believe I was born to prune.
Always something more to learn…