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Seattle African Violet and Gesneriad Show Pictures

seattlemarigene

16 years ago

Today was totally exciting!I got to see people I hadnt seen in years and meet Barb from Maine.She brought me leaves and babies!She is so fun I wish she lived here.she is coming to my house on Tues!Im hoping to send her home with some babies..here are some pictures.

this is Barb and Denny(one of our members)

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m3rma1d
16 years ago
WOW COOL PICS!! Looks like a great show! Denny sure looks happy--I hope he knows he has to give Barbara back, we need her here in Maine LOL
haxuan
16 years ago
Hi Barb... Can finally get to "see" you!
Thanks for posting the awesome photos, marigene.

Xuan
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I went to my first area convention last March. It was the first time I had seen design. I didn't understand it, some of it I didn't even like. It was later that I learned there was a theme involved and then some of the designes made more sense to me. A couple months later we had a guest speaker come to our violet club meeting to give us a design workshop. It was great. I didn't know there was so much involved and so many rules. I don't think I have it in me to do a design for a show, but in November we all made a table centerpiece design at home and brought it to our violet club meeting. It was fun, there were no rules so one lady didn't even have a violet or gesneriad plant in her design...so I guess that is why there should be rules. They were so different, we decided not to vote on the best one. Thanks for sharing the pics - do you remember what the theme was? tish
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cajunkisses2007
16 years ago
Great photos! Thanks for sharing them with us. It's nice to "see" Barb also. :)
shiver
16 years ago
Ahhh, thanks for sharing those beautiful photos!!! Since I'm from a small town in the midwest there are no indoor plant socieities/groups I can join---but I love to live vicariously through others. Wish I could have been at the show!
Christine
16 years ago
How exciting to enjoy the company of other violet lovers and to see the show. I haven't been to a show yet and I really enjoy seeing the photos. I really like the one with all of the Northern Attitudes - it's fascinating to see the differences among them. Thanks for posting the pictures.
seattlemarigene
Original Author
16 years ago
Northern Attitude was our project plant.Mine was so pitaful I didnt bring it to the show...It was great to see what mine could look like some day..Next year Im going to enter and raise plants for the sales table.I used to win ribbons and I will do it again!...:0)..marigene
hummersteve
15 years ago
Wow!! and double Wow!!!! What a display!!!
bspofford
15 years ago
That was a really special show! As Marigene shows with her pictures, the plants were gorgeous! There was a lot of variety in both the African violets and other gessies. Very high quality stuff!
I noticed that there were a lot of varieties that we don't see on the east coast. Or at least I haven't seen them or heard of them.
I got to meet Miss Marigene that day, which was a real treat. She also introduced me to a friend of hers that is 90 years old, and she had some pretty nice entries, plus some of the best plants on the sale table. I got there an hour after it opened, so that may have made a difference. There were lots of other people I met at the show; some were friends of friends, some were just downright huggy bears, like Denny. All in all, a very friendly club.
I was invited to Marigene's home, (beautiful yard too!) to see how my offspring were doing (great) and she shared some of the things I didn't have. What a good grower she is.

Boy, is my violet life blessed.....the Bay State show in Massachusetts on April 19, the Seattle show on April 27, Marigene's house on April 29. Next week I'm going to look for Herkimer diamonds in New York, and plan to visit the Holy Trinity, the Trifecta, the triple scoop - Fay Wagman, Violet Varn, and Lyons greenhouse.

Yep, there is a God.

Barbara
hummersteve
15 years ago
Im happy for you Barb , but Im also envious.

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