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BACPS | Bulletin |
| August 2005 |
by Stephen Davis
Well, folks, once again it's just about here. The summer show is set to go on Sunday, September 11, from 12 noon to 4 pm at the Lakeside Park Garden Center at Lake Merritt in Oakland. Earlier for those of you who will be entering plants for show or sale.
A poster is available for members to download. Please download and print the posters and take them to your favorite nursery or garden club, or post them on your college campus. We do not have a team doing it this year, so if you don't do it, far fewer people will have a chance to see your incredible plants.
Feedback was that people liked the Garden Center at Lake Merritt for the show. This is a location
used by many orchid, bonsai, and other plant clubs for their shows and has much more room to display
and sell plants. The Garden Center is located at 666 Bellevue Avenue in Oakland. For more information
about the Lakeside Park Garden Center, including driving directions, see their
website.
In order to make sure judges have time to examine the plants and finish in time for the show opening the judging will start early. We realize this will make it a little harder for some to get there in time to enter plants, but it will be well worth it as so many more people will have a chance to see your prize plants! If you can't make it in time, see if someone else can enter your plants for you.
The show is open to anyone wishing to Display or Sell plants. We encourage all members to display as many specimens as possible. If you would prefer not to enter into the competition, there will be a place for non-competitive display.
The format for the show is as follows:
All registrants must fill out a plant registration form at the table outside the display room. If you want to save time, forms are posted on the BACPS website in two formats, Microsoft Word and PDF, and you can print and fill them out before you arrive. Once plants have been registered at the front desk, volunteers will be available in the display room to help with the placement of the plants and direct exhibitors to where their entries should be placed, for example where all the Nepenthes plants are staged and where all the CP planters go. Individuals who are not displaying plants will not be allowed to enter the display area prior to 12 noon. Registrants who are displaying plants are to set up their displays and then immediately leave the display area to avoid unnecessary congestion and disturbance to other participants.
Vendors must check in at the registration table, where their name will be checked off a master list. Anyone wishing to sell plants should register in advance by emailing me. Include your name and name of your business, if applicable, telephone number, and the amount of table space required in feet. This is necessary to assure that we have reserved space available for you. Vendors who have not registered in advance will have to wait until all pre-registered vendors have arrived and set up. The space will then be granted on a first-come, first-served basis, but there is by no means a guarantee that there will be space available. Please email me to reserve your space.
Last year judging worked out much better than the year before, when many people missed the judged plants because we finished so late. This year we hope to do even better. Unfortunately, this does mean that plants must get in early. So get to bed early!
There will be an auction and a raffle table. Plants and other CP-related items are needed for both tables. If you have only a few plants to sell, try the auction table or co-op with another vendor.
We are creating BACPS flyers to hand out at the front door that give a little background history on the society and its meetings. These can be used throughout the year and can be given out to nurseries, garden centers, schools, friends, etc. It is a great way to introduce the BACPS to the general public.
We will need volunteers to help in the following areas:
The display entry categories are as follows:
All plants and dish garden/planter/terrarium/aquarium entries will be judged on excellence of
culture and presentation (container, condition of top dressing/soil) and must be groomed and
free of all dead growth, weeds, and algae. Containers must be clean and free of dirt, glue from
old nursery stickers, cracks and/or breaks. If necessary, plants should be staked or supported
to present the plant to its best ability.
The displayer must have grown all plant entries for a minimum of six months.
The winner from each category will receive a 1st, 2nd, or 3rd place ribbon. The Best of Show winners will receive the following:
Please join us for a truly memorable event. This is an excellent opportunity to show off your best specimens, make some great new friends... and buy some great new plants. I hope to see you all there proudly displaying your beautiful plants. Please feel free to email me if you have any questions, to reserve sales table space, or in case I have left anything out.
2004 BACPS Annual Show photos -- Dominic Diaz
The BACPS Bulletin serves as a monthly forum for members to make CP-related announcements: events, want ads, items for sale, information sought, growing tips, etc. Submissions must be received by Tony Gridley by the 23rd of the month prior to publication.
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