LAKEPORT, Calif. – The Lake County Trowel & Trellis Garden Club’s annual chrysanthemum show will be held this year on Friday, Nov. 8.
The show will be held from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lakeport Yacht Club, 15 Fifth St.
This will be the sixth consecutive year the club has organized this “no admission” show and anyone interested in the art of arranging or in growing their own chrysanthemums is encouraged to attend.
“This show is really one of our gifts to the community; it is an opportunity for our members to share their incredible talents of gardening and world-class flower arranging,” said LCT&TGC’s President Carol Dobusch.
This year's theme will be “Show Time For Mum,” and each member will create a named arrangement pertaining to the theme.
Many different types of arranging styles will be shown including Ikebana, Synergistic and Spatial Thrust, in addition to simple arrangements in classic containers.
Many arrangements will feature creative hand-made containers and background props. Every arrangement-no matter how exquisite, charming, or humorous, will have one thing in common, though- the glorious colors of fall’s favorite flower.
Additionally, individual specimens of myriad types of mums will be available for viewing by attendees (and perhaps to take notes about what gorgeous choices to add to their own yards!).
The LCT&TGC Chrysanthemum show began decades ago and was originally a “grand affair,” according to long-time club member and Chrysanthemum Show Chairperson Shirley Estrem.
“I first attended the show in 1963; back then it was held at the fairgrounds and it was a Standard Flower Show with accredited judges and a formal ‘Silver Tea’ put on by the members,” said Estrem. “The first show was held years before that at the home of local Chrysanthemum grower and Charter Garden Club Member Carol Kesey. Eventually, the show became too large and time-consuming for us to organize, and the decision was made to present a show every year just for fun and enjoyment.”
For many years Charter Member Carol Kesey grew many varieties of chrysanthemums in her yard for club members to utilize for the show; now that project has been taken on by Leanne and and Jim Harvey of Lakeport.
The Lake County Trowel & Trellis Garden Club members are committed to learning and sharing gardening knowledge through fun and friendly meetings and events, and to donating their time and talents to community-based beautification and enrichment programs.
Anyone interested in joining the club is encouraged to attend a meeting, held the third Tuesday of every month except July and August at noon at the Scotts Valley Woman’s Clubhouse, 2298 Hendricks Road, Lakeport.
For more information go to the Web site at www.CLTTGC.org .
CLT&TGC is a member of the Mendo-Lake District, California Garden Club Inc., Pacific Region and National Garden Clubs Inc.