The 71st annual Kamsack Horticulture Society’s annual show held on August 10 was well represented and had good quality exhibits in spite of the heat the area had experienced, according to Cindy Koreluik, Society president.
“We found that the annual flowers were most affected by heat stress, and other entries as well, on a more minor but still remarkable level,” she said.
“We had 17 members enter exhibits in the show this year, up from previous years. This year we had an excellent member turnout, and we also had 6 juniors who entered exhibits.”
Youngsters aged 12 and under are encouraged to enter exhibits in the horticulture show; it is free for them to enter, and they need not be a member of the Kamsack Horticulture Society, or even have a parent as a member.
“We held the provincial horticulture show in Kamsack last year and I believe that brought renewed interest in our show this year,” Koreluik said, adding that new members are always welcome.
There were 306 exhibits in 15 categories at the show held in the Kamsack Senior Centre.
Those with the highest number of points in each if the following five categories were presented with a plaque:
- gladioli - Eleanor Lenderbeck of San Clara, Man.
- lillies - Natalie King
- dahlias - a tie between Cindy Koreluik and Helen Panchuk
- vegetables - Vicky Koreluik, and
- annual flowers - Vicky Koreluik.
Admission to the show included pie and coffee, and the opportunity to purchase tickets for the “rainbow auction”, prizes that were donated by community members, and a fundraiser for the Society.
Joan Svenson of Brandon, Man., was the judge for this year’s show.
Vicky Koreluik, the show’s grand aggregate winner with 191 points overall, was one of five entrants in the outdoor potted plant category. Her photo was featured on the cover of last week’s issue of the Times with her entry, a potted plant that featured an “annual dianthus theme.” She won first place among the five entries, and her plant creation also won “best of the best” in the outdoor annual container category.
“I had many exhibits entered in the show this year, but I am most proud of the outdoor pot,” she said. “It contained dianthus, which was required for this year’s theme, and I accented my arrangement with double petunias.”
In the aged 12-and-under category, the overall most point winners were:
- junior flowers - Taylor Thurlow
- junior vegetables - Meesha Romaniuk.
There were 15 categories featured in the show and the winners were: indoor and outdoor plants - Vicky Koreluik first with 20 points and Phyllis McKave second with 16 points; annual flowers - Vicky Koreluik first with 45 points and Karen Pfeifer second with 24 points; perennial flowers - Eleanor Lenderbeck first with 20 points and Laurie Zbeetnoff second with 17 points; sweetpeas - Vicky Koreluik first with five points; dahlias - Cindy Korluik and Helen Panchuk tied for first with five points and Marg Popoff second with three points; roses - Marie Hudye first with 19 points and Marg Popoff second with eight points; gladioli - Eleanor Lenderbeck first with 18 points and Cindy Koreluik second with 10 points; floral art - Lise Rochefort first with 15 points and Phyllis McKave second with three points; flower arranging - Lise Rochefort first with 15 points; fruit - Helen Panchuk first with 15 points and in a four-way tie for second with five points each were Laurie Zbeetnoff, Marg Popoff, Vicky Koreluik and Karen Pfeifer; vegetables - Vicky Koreluik first with 70 points and Lise Rochefort second with 36 points; junior flowers - Taylor Thurlow first with 30 points; Meesha Romaniuk second with 12 points, and Cascia Bowes third with 10 points; junior fruit and vegetables - Meesha Romaniuk first with 27 points; Taylor Thurlow second with 19 points, and Grayson Dix third with 15 points; horticulture events, outdoor pots - Vicky Koreluik first with five points and Fran Richardson second with three points; concoctions, creations, photography and quilts - Karen Pfeifer first with 42 points and Vicky Koreluik second with 34 points.
Natalie King commented that it was her first attempt at growing lilies, for which she won first prize and best of the best in the lily category. “I bought my lilies from Grandma B’s Greenhouse two years ago,” she said.
Karen Pfeifer won best of the best for her succulent plants in the container gardens and terrarium class. As past owner/operator of Grandma B’s Greenhouse near Runnymede for the last 20 years, now retired, she has been a member of the Kamsack Horticulture Society for 15 years and a provincial horticulture judge for the past eight years. “I am qualified to be a judge at shows anywhere in the province,” she said.
Taylor Thurlow, age eight, has entered exhibits in the show for the past two years. She was most proud of her “funky bouquet” entry for which she won first place, but she won multiple ribbons with her 13 entries in the various junior categories.
Meesha Romaniuk, age 10, was most proud of her Gemini apples exhibit for which she won first place in the junior fruit and vegetables category. A multiple-ribbon winner, she had 15 entries in the various junior categories.
