Gateway Garden Club
Gateway Garden Club
of Martinsburg, West Virginia

    Horticulture Specimens and House Plants

    Rules and Scale of Points

    [1] Entries should be correct names and labeled.


    [2] Entries must be grown by exhibitor and houseplants must have been in possession of exhibitor at last three (3) months.Give age ofhouseplants if known.

    [3]  Houseplants may be brought to meetings anymonth.

     

    [4]  The specimen limit of any one “kind” of plant or bloom will be three. 

     

    [5]  Members will be given 20 points for reading any book on flower arranging or horticultural found in or borrowed from the Martinsburg Public Library.


    Judging Points:  Horticultural

    Distinction of Species or Variety………….....

    02

    Size According to Species…………….……..

    02

    Form,color, Substance and Abundance of Bloom……………………………………….…..

     

    02

    Foliage and Stem……………………………...

    02

    Condition……………………………………….

    02

     

    Judging Points: Design

    Design…………………………………….........

    40

    Conformance…………………………….........

    15

    Distinction………………………………...........

    20

    Creativity and Expression…………..….........

    25

     

    Optional Points

     

    Meeting Activities (marked with * )

    10

    Perfect Attendance

    20