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North Georgia Community Flower Show At Civic Center Plant lovers from surrounding counties, mark your calendars. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, August 3rd through August 5th, are the dates of the annual North Georgia Community Flower Show. It will take place at the Haralson Memorial Civic Center in Blairsville, 165 Welborn Street. The show is open to the public, admission is free and there is no charge to display your plants. This year?s Flower Show has four divisions; Horticulture, Youth, Education and Design. The Youth Division is divided into three sections; preschool to age 7, age 8 to 12 and age 13 to high school. The theme for the Design Division is "Let's Celebrate the Holidays." To enter an exhibit in the Design Division, you must pre-register. Additional Design Division registration information is available from Stephanie Gray at (706) 745-3714. The Horticulture Division is divided into seven different sections. You will have an opportunity to exhibit cut specimens, either individual flowers grown for bloom or grown for foliage, herbs, either medicinal or culinary, trees, shrubs, container plants, hanging containers, native plants and bonsai. Cut specimens can not exceed 30 inches in length and containers will be provided for the exhibitors at the time of registration for cut specimens. Cut specimens should not have any foliage below the water line. Container plants consisting of a single variety of plant as well as containers with multiple plants are eligible. Exhibitors must grow their own plants and be in possession of their plants for at least 90 days. Plant material must be correctly identified with the common and botanical names on the entry forms. Plant identification assistance will be available at registration and our County Extension Agent, Melissa Mattee, will be available during our registration process. We will be registering exhibits on Thursday, August 3rd beginning at 1 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday, August 4th beginning at 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Judging will take place from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on August 4th. There are no cash prizes but there will be first place, second place and third place winners in all classes. The show will be open to the public for the community to admire the beautiful displays on Friday, August 4th from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 5th from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Contestants are asked to please pick up their entries on Saturday, August 5th, from 3:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The North Georgia Community Flower Show is sponsored by the Union County Commissioner?s Office, the Union County Extension Office, members of the community, local garden clubs and Master Gardener Extension Volunteers. Watch your newspaper for upcoming articles about the flower show. We would love to have you join the volunteers of the Flower Show and hopefully you will consider entering one or more exhibits. To register and receive design schedule for entering your floral design and category assignment, please contact Stephanie Gray, 706-745-3714, as soon as possible. For more information, you may contact Jo Anne Allen at (706) 400-8139 or Barbara Baumgardner at (706) 897-5348 or email you questions to UCFlowerShow@aol.com or see more on perennialpals.com. Printed fliers are available at the Blairsville Chamber of Commerce, U.C. Commissioner's Office & U.C. Extension Office
Date and Time
Friday Aug 4, 2017
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM EDT
Entries: Thursday, Aug. 3 - 1:00-5:00PM Friday, August 4 - 9:00 - 11:00 AM Open to the public Friday Aug. 4 - 2:00-5:00 Saturday, Aug. 5 - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location
Haralson Memorial Civic Center in Blairsville, 165 Welborn Street.
Fees/Admission
No fee to enter and no admission fee
Contact Information
Jo Anne Allen at (706) 400-8139 or Barbara Baumgardner at (706) 897-5348
Floral Design - Stephanie Gray - 706-745-3714
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