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From National Garden Clubs
Handbook for Flower Shows: Growing & Designing;
Staging & Exhibiting; Judging Revised 2007. National Garden Clubs
This
is the handbook with design types defined and all the rules for exhibiting.Many of The Outdoor gardeners have this. Order at http://www.gardenclub.org
Design tips from National Garden Clubs http://www.gardenclub.org/FloralDesign/DesignTips.aspx
From The Outdoor Gardener's Year book-- see design pages
- Design photos on the Internet
- Supplies
- Michael’s,
A.C. Moore, Loews, Home Depot, local hardware stores, Staples
- Younger’s 595 Maple Avenue, Lansdale, PA 19446 215-362-2828 Wholesale but will supply to garden club members
- Zieger
& Sons, 6215 Ardleigh St, Phila., PA 19185 215-438-7060 Near
Washington Lane and Stenton Ave. The Outdoor Gardeners are signed up as a dealer. Walk around the goods in boxes and into the floral
refrigerator. Place items on a silver cart near cash register. Give Acct# and your TOG membership card
to check out. (ask Liz for the account #)
- Robertson’s on Germantown Ave and at their warehouse
on Mermaid lane. Pricey.
- Arch Street Plastics for plastic pieces especially from their remainder bin--
444 North 2nd Street Philadelphia, PA 19123 215-238-9800
- Country House Floral --supplies countryhousefloral.com
- a flower arranging supplies website. http://www.arrangingsupplies.com/
- A great page of interesting information
is “Learning” http://www.arrangingsupplies.com/html/learn.html
and also “Types of flower arrangements” http://www.arrangingsupplies.com/html/types.html The site is approved of by National Garden
Clubs, our national organization.Plexiglass pieces
- Curious Country Creations Sells dried flowers and other dried materials http://www.curiouscountrycreations.com/
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Designers' Guild Meetings
are held periodically
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