WTGC FLOWER SHOWS: The West Trenton Garden Club tries to have a Flower Show every two years or so, alternating a spring and fall show. Our last show was held on May 19 -20, 2023, "Back to Paris." This show won many awards and received accolades from judges and visitors. Our next show is planned for September 26-27, 2025. This show will be entitled "Color Me Autumn." Keep checking this website and WTGC newsletters for more information on this show. In the meantime, get some inspiration from the below pictures of previous WTGC shows ("Back to Paris" - May 2023; "To Earth, with Love" - October 2017; "Jersey Blooms" - May 2015) and Garden Club of NJ shows ("Kaleidoscope" - February 2017; "Celebrate, A Party for the Senses" - February 2016 "A Garden of Authors").
WTGC Standard Flower Show "Back to Paris"
May 19-20, 2023
Mercer County Office Park
1440 Parkside Avenue
Ewing, NJ 08638
The WTGC Flower Show "Back to Paris" is now a memory. The show was a huge success with so many positive reviews from our judges, members and general public. Many members participated in the show - there were over 150 horticulture entries, 28 Design entries, 3 judged Educational Exhibits, 2 Non-Competitive Exhibits, 8 Non-Competitive Designs by the Ewing Seniors, 12 Botanical Arts - Artistic Craft Entries, and 38 Botanical Arts Photography entries.
The show was open to the public and was well attended. The new venue - Mercer County Office Park - was very spacious. The Paris theme was well executed in all aspects - the staging, signage and schedules. Helga Fontus chaired this very challenging show. With her committee, they all worked endless hours to put this show together. All should be congratulated for a job well done. Thanks to everyone who entered or participated in the show. The success of a show this size is only successful with everyone's cooperation and participation. The schedule will remain on the website for future reference. Below are pictures shared by Jeff Tyrone and Diane Sanchez. Each photograph has a description (Class, award, etc.). Enjoy the photographs and memories of a great Flower Show!
The show was open to the public and was well attended. The new venue - Mercer County Office Park - was very spacious. The Paris theme was well executed in all aspects - the staging, signage and schedules. Helga Fontus chaired this very challenging show. With her committee, they all worked endless hours to put this show together. All should be congratulated for a job well done. Thanks to everyone who entered or participated in the show. The success of a show this size is only successful with everyone's cooperation and participation. The schedule will remain on the website for future reference. Below are pictures shared by Jeff Tyrone and Diane Sanchez. Each photograph has a description (Class, award, etc.). Enjoy the photographs and memories of a great Flower Show!
The FinalFlower Show Schedule:
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"Back to Paris" Show Overview
Division I - Horticulture Top Exhibitor Award Winners
Horticulture - Section A - "Container-Grown or Mounted Flowering/Fruited Plants"
Horticulture - Section B - "Combination Plantings" & Section C - "Container-Grown or Mounted Foliage Plants"
Horticulture - Section D - "Cacti and/or Succulents"
Horticulture - Section E - "Flowering Herbaceous Perennials" & Section F - "Geophytes"
Horticulture - Section G - "Hosta" & Section H - "Rosa"
Horticulture - Section I - "Coned, Flowering, or Fruited Cut Branches"; Section J - "Branches Grown for Foliage"; and Section K - "Seed Propagation Challenge"
Division II - Design Top Exhibitor Award Winners
Division II - Design "Paris Art of Living"
Division III - Education "The Paris Agreement on Climate Change" & Division IV - Sponsored Groups "Paris Tourist Office"
Division V - Botanical Arts "Paris Fashion Week"
Section A - "Galeries Lafayette" - Artistic Crafts & Section B - "Spring Color Trends" - Photography
The Photography Section had a total of 38 entries. Class 4 had 9 photographs (1st - Kevin Fair, 2nd - Lorraine Persiani, 3rd - Susan Fair, HM - Fredricka Billups). Other that submitted photos for Class 4: Harry Gamble, Ann Adomaitis, Anne Chmielewski, Linda Geiger, and Anne Skalka. Class 5 had 8 photographs (1st - Monique Bonnier, 2nd - Kevin Fair, 3rd - Lorraine Persiani). Other that submitted photos for Class 5: Harry Gamble, Ann Adomaitis, David Chmielewski, Linda Geiger, and Jo Ann Seaman. Class 6 had 11 photographs (1st - Lorraine Persiani, 2nd - Jeff Tryon, 3rd - Linda Geiger, HM-Linda Reasoner, Susan Chrystal, & Rick Lazarick). Other that submitted photos for Class 6: Harry Gamble, David Chmielewski, Lynn Aspinwall, Fredricka Billups, and Susan Fair. Class 7 had 10 photographs (1st - Linda Reasoner, 2nd - Lynn Aspinwall, 3rd - Kevin Fair, HM - Anne Chmielewski). Other that submitted photos for Class 7: Harry Gamble, Jeff Tryon, Ann Skalka, Linda Geiger, Susan Chrystal, and Lorraine Persiani.
WTGC FLOWER SHOW "TO EARTH, WITH LOVE" - OCTOBER, 2017
WTGC's FLOWER SHOW "To Earth, With Love" - The WTGC flower show was held on October 6 - 7, 2017. It was a huge success with great comments coming back from the judges and the public.
The theme of this year's show was a "be kind to our environment" show - which was very evident in our staging. The staging committee tried very hard to stay within the "recycle and re-use" theme and it worked! The show was once again held at the Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ. Our next show is planned for the spring of 2020.
The show featured 55 Classes of Horticulture, 7 Classes of Design and many other exhibits - including 3 Artistic Craft Classes; a Photography Exhibit; a Competitive Educational Exhibit; 2 Invitational Exhibits; an outside sustainable garden display; a non-competitive "Garden Therapy" floral display and competitive youth classes.
The flower show committee would like to thank everyone who contributed in anyway to the success of the show. Please take a few minutes to look at some of the great pictures taken by some of our members.
The "Book of Evidence" was completed and submitted for awards. Hopefully, our club will receive an award or two this coming June at the Annual State Awards meeting. There is very heavy competition this year - so keep your fingers crossed!
The schedule for the show will remain on the site for inspiration - "TO EARTH, WITH LOVE" just click below to open.
The theme of this year's show was a "be kind to our environment" show - which was very evident in our staging. The staging committee tried very hard to stay within the "recycle and re-use" theme and it worked! The show was once again held at the Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ. Our next show is planned for the spring of 2020.
The show featured 55 Classes of Horticulture, 7 Classes of Design and many other exhibits - including 3 Artistic Craft Classes; a Photography Exhibit; a Competitive Educational Exhibit; 2 Invitational Exhibits; an outside sustainable garden display; a non-competitive "Garden Therapy" floral display and competitive youth classes.
The flower show committee would like to thank everyone who contributed in anyway to the success of the show. Please take a few minutes to look at some of the great pictures taken by some of our members.
The "Book of Evidence" was completed and submitted for awards. Hopefully, our club will receive an award or two this coming June at the Annual State Awards meeting. There is very heavy competition this year - so keep your fingers crossed!
The schedule for the show will remain on the site for inspiration - "TO EARTH, WITH LOVE" just click below to open.
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2017 WTGC Flower Show "To Earth, With Love" Top Award Winners
2017 WTGC Flower Show - Inside Entrance & Horticulture Division
2017 WTGC Flower Show - Design Division
2017 WTGC Flower Show - Outdoor Display & All Other Divisions
2017 GCNJ's Flower Show "Kaleidoscope"
GCNJ's FLOWER SHOW "Kaleidoscope" held at the NJ Convention and Expo Center on February 23 - 26, 2017 was a great success. Many thanks to all those that contributed in anyway to the show. WTGC should be very proud of their participation - Anne Chmielewski served as Chair of Horticulture, Helga Fontus was a Design Consultant and Pat Bowker served as Vice Chair and Clerks Chair. We also had a number of clerks and docents, plus those that entered in Design, Horticulture, Education and Artistic Craft Classes. Please take some time to check out the photo journals of the show below.
DESIGN DIVISION - "ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW" - Classes 1 - 8
DESIGN DIVISION - "ALL THE COLORS OF THE RAINBOW" - CLASSES 9 - 14
2016 GCNJ Flower Show "CELEBRATE! - A Party for the Senses"
Eleven members of the WTGC participated in the GCNJ's annual flower show last February!
Eleven members of the WTGC participated in the GCNJ's annual flower show last February!
A great showing by the club and we should be very proud. The GCNJ 2016's show, "CELEBRATIONS! A Party for the Senses" was a huge success attended by many. Here is how our club members participated:
Anne Chmielewski was a Co-Chair for Horticulture and Pat Bowker wrote the Schedule and was Clerk's Chair. Both were there to help set up the show on Tuesday and Wednesday. June Rosso provided delicious brownies to the workers!
Janis Stia, Camille Rainiero, Helga Fontus, Dianne Dickinson, June Rosso & Gerree Pecht served as Clerks for the show, an interesting and fun experience.
Ingrid Fair, Iliana Okum, Pat Bowker and Helga Fontus entered the Design Division. Helga entered three designs (a table design, a still life design and a pedestal design). She won first place for her beautiful table design "Give Thanks" - a functional table for two. Pat entered one design, winning first place for her tray design in the class "A Mother's Day Tea," Iliana also entered this class with her beautiful rose inspired tea setting. Ingrid entered "In Honor of All Veterans" pedestal design with a beautiful red, white and blue design, earning a red ribbon.
Dianne Dickinson, June Rosso and Pat Bowker all entered the Horticulture Division. Both June and Dianne received blue ribbons for their entries. Pat received three second places.
Dianne Dickinson, Pat Bowker and David Chmielewski entered the Special Exhibits Division. Pat entered the Artistic Craft section by entering a botanically made purse in the class entitled "First Formal Affair," which won her a blue ribbon. Dianne won the top Educational Award for her "What’s a Poor Bug to Do? Bugs Like to Party Too" environmental display. David brought home two blue ribbons for his photography, one which won the GCNJ "CELEBRATIONS! Photography Award.
Thanks to all for their participation! Bravo to all, a wonderful job. Hopefully, more members will be interested in participating next year. It sure was a fun experience. Please check out the photographs below.
Anne Chmielewski was a Co-Chair for Horticulture and Pat Bowker wrote the Schedule and was Clerk's Chair. Both were there to help set up the show on Tuesday and Wednesday. June Rosso provided delicious brownies to the workers!
Janis Stia, Camille Rainiero, Helga Fontus, Dianne Dickinson, June Rosso & Gerree Pecht served as Clerks for the show, an interesting and fun experience.
Ingrid Fair, Iliana Okum, Pat Bowker and Helga Fontus entered the Design Division. Helga entered three designs (a table design, a still life design and a pedestal design). She won first place for her beautiful table design "Give Thanks" - a functional table for two. Pat entered one design, winning first place for her tray design in the class "A Mother's Day Tea," Iliana also entered this class with her beautiful rose inspired tea setting. Ingrid entered "In Honor of All Veterans" pedestal design with a beautiful red, white and blue design, earning a red ribbon.
Dianne Dickinson, June Rosso and Pat Bowker all entered the Horticulture Division. Both June and Dianne received blue ribbons for their entries. Pat received three second places.
Dianne Dickinson, Pat Bowker and David Chmielewski entered the Special Exhibits Division. Pat entered the Artistic Craft section by entering a botanically made purse in the class entitled "First Formal Affair," which won her a blue ribbon. Dianne won the top Educational Award for her "What’s a Poor Bug to Do? Bugs Like to Party Too" environmental display. David brought home two blue ribbons for his photography, one which won the GCNJ "CELEBRATIONS! Photography Award.
Thanks to all for their participation! Bravo to all, a wonderful job. Hopefully, more members will be interested in participating next year. It sure was a fun experience. Please check out the photographs below.
DIVISION I - DESIGN - "OH THOSE HOLIDAY PARTIES!"
DIVISION II - HORTICULTURE - "WENT TO A GARDEN PARTY..."
DIVISION III - SPECIAL EXHIBITS - "A LIFETIME OF CELEBRATIONS"
2015 WTGC "JERSEY BLOOMS"
The 2015 West Trenton Garden Club Flower Show "Jersey Blooms" was held at the Ewing Township Senior and Community Center, 999 Lower Ferry Road, Ewing, NJ on May 1st and 2nd. It was a very exciting and successful event with many members and non-members participating.
This show featured 37 Classes of Horticulture, 7 Classes of Design and a very diverse Special Exhibits Division, which included 3 Artistic Craft Classes; a Photography Exhibit; a Competitive Educational Exhibit; 2 Invitational Exhibits (one on Butterflies and the BeeGAP Project & the other on the Ewing Green Team); a temporary outside garden display by "forever in bloom" and Yarnell Landscaping; a non-competitive "Garden Therapy" floral display and the highlight of the show - the two competitive youth classes (from Lore and Parkway Elementary Schools).
Please take a few minutes to look at some of the great pictures taken by some of our members.
This show featured 37 Classes of Horticulture, 7 Classes of Design and a very diverse Special Exhibits Division, which included 3 Artistic Craft Classes; a Photography Exhibit; a Competitive Educational Exhibit; 2 Invitational Exhibits (one on Butterflies and the BeeGAP Project & the other on the Ewing Green Team); a temporary outside garden display by "forever in bloom" and Yarnell Landscaping; a non-competitive "Garden Therapy" floral display and the highlight of the show - the two competitive youth classes (from Lore and Parkway Elementary Schools).
Please take a few minutes to look at some of the great pictures taken by some of our members.
Top Award Winners
DIVISION I - HORTICULTURE - "NJ - The Garden State"
Hover over the picture for a class description.
DIVISION II - DESIGN "FAVORITE PLACES, FAMOUS FACE"
SECTION A "Favorite NJ Dining Spots"
SECTION A "Favorite NJ Dining Spots"
SECTION B "Exploring the State" & SECTION C "George Slept Here"
DIVISION III - SPECIAL EXHIBITS "Discover NJ" - SECTIONS A - "NJ Events & Celebrations", B - "NJ - Picture Perfect", C - "Our Environment", D - "NJ Cares", E - "Enjoying Life in NJ" & F - "Our Gardens"
DIVISION III - SPECIAL EXHIBITS - SECTION G "A Great Adventure" - Youth Exhibit
FLOWER SHOW - MISCELLANEOUS PICTURES - JUDGING, SIGNAGE, MEMBERS, ETC.
2015 GCNJ FLOWER SHOW
This year's New Jersey Flower & Garden Show "A Garden of Authors" was a huge success! This show, chaired by Jeannie Geremia, was held on February 12 - 15, 2015. Hopefully, many of you were able to attend. Our very own Helga Fontus took home a Table Artistry Award for her Type I Exhibition Table design. Below is a picture of Helga's design.
Here are some photographs of the GCNJ Design Division of the show. Congratulations to all the winners.
Below are some of the GCNJ Horticulture winners and exhibits at the show.
Below are photographs of the GCNJ Special Exhibit Division.
GCNJ Flower Show - Other Show Photos ---- People, Staging, etc.
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Below are some of the top winners of the WTGC 2012 Flower Show.