Pacific Northwest Judge Council Awards:

a)    Helen Fulmer Award (Saintpaulia)    

    Rob's Pink Prisms, Rob's Pink Puff, Rob's Sarsparilla

  •         Exhibited by Bob Clark

The Helen Fulmer Award (Pink Rosette) covers a Saintpaulia collection of one of the following: 3 species of any growth habit, 3 standards, 3 semi-miniatures, 3 miniatures, 3 standard trailers, 3 semi-miniature trailers, 3 miniature trailers.  All plant material must be blooming and each plant within a collection must score 90 points or higher to be eligible for this Award.  Only one collection entry permitted per exhibitor.
   
b)    Helen Hendershott Award (Related Gesneriads)      None entered

    The Helen Hendershott Award (Green Rosette) covers a gesneriad collection (excluding Saintpaulia) of 3 plants or exhibits individually potted with each to be from a different genus.  Entries can combine blooming and non-blooming plant material and each plant within a collection must score 90 points or higher to be eligible for this Award.  For the purposes of this Award, each of the gesneriad nothogenera (intergeneric hybrids) shall be considered a separate and discrete genus.  Only one collection entry permitted per exhibitor.
         
c)    Nellie Sleeth Award (One Gesneriad Genus)     None entered
   
The Nellie Sleeth Award (Blue Rosette) covers a gesneriad collection (excluding Saintpaulia) of 3  plants or exhibits individually potted and from one genus.  Entries can combine blooming and non-blooming plant material and each plant within a collection must score 90 points or higher to be eligible for this Award.  For the purposes of this Award, each of the gesneriad nothogenera (intergeneric hybrids) shall be considered a separate and discrete genus.  Only one collection entry permitted per exhibitor.
   
d)    Jeanne Myers Award (Artistic Planting and Design)    

        Dish garden and Artistic arrangement 

  •             Exhibited by Bob Clark

The Jeanne Myers Award (Lavender Rosette) is presented for artistic excellence.  It is awarded for 2 exhibits which are the effort of one exhibitor.  The exhibits must include one cut material arrangement, as well as one of the following, either one artistic planting, one dish garden, or one terrarium.  Each of the exhibits must score 90 points or higher with the total point score for the two exhibits being used to determine the winner.  No specific show schedule wording is required for this award, however the Affiliate schedule must provide classes for each of the above criteria, i.e. cut material arrangements, artistic plantings, dish gardens and terrariums.
       
e)    Daphne Mahrer Award (Educational Display)        None entered
The Daphne Mahrer Award (Turquoise Rosette) covers an exhibit in which the emphasis is on the botanical and educational aspects of Gesneriaceae plant material, specifically its history, structure, function, or classification.  Exhibits must contain, but not be limited to, live plant material.  Any reasonable amount and type of plant material shall constitute an entry eligible for this Award, however all material exhibited shall conform to the show schedule of the Affiliate offering this Award.  Excluded from this Award are entries in which the emphasis is on horticultural practices e.g. fertilizer effects, or growing methods, e.g. topiary and bonsai.

      f)       Award of Merit  

        Blue Boy

  •           Exhibited by Bob Clark

The Gold Rosette known as the Award of Merit is presented for botanical and horticultural excellence.  It is awarded for one gesneriad exhibit, which, from a combined botanical and horticultural perspective, is a truly outstanding entry. In addition to horticultural perfection, Judges, based on their botanical and horticultural knowledge, will also consider such elements as botanical rarity, horticultural difficulty combined with excellence, and genetic novelty, progress or discovery or combinations thereof as factors in
evaluating exhibits for this Award. The Gold Rosette winner shall be selected from all the blue ribbon gesneriad entries within the Horticultural Divisions of an Affiliate Show.


~    Awards Schedule – Only for current members of the Seattle African Violet Society:

  •             Best in Show                    Rob's Gundaroo                         Exhibited by Bob Clark
  • $ 20.00                 
  •             Runner up                       Saintpaulia grandifolia 299         Exhibited by Bob Clark
  • $ 15.00       Sponsored by Jim Lambert
  •             Best Standard                  Saintpaulia grandifolia 299        Exhibited by Bob Clark    
  • $ 10.00       Sponsored by Austin Grevious
  •             Best Miniature                  Aca's Pink Pet                            Exhibited by Pat Lewis
  • $ 10.00        Sponsored by Marigene Cole
  •             Best Semi-miniature         Rob's Pink Puff                         Exhibited by Bob Clark
  • $ 10.00         Sponsored by Cathleen Graves
  •             Best Trailer                        Rob's Gundaroo                        Exhibited by Bob Clark
  • $ 10.00         Sponsored by Cathleen Graves
  •              Best Species                    Saintpaulia grandifolia 299        Exhibited by Bob Clark
  • $15.00        Sponsored by Michael Medved
  •              Best Gesneriad                Sinningia 'White Sprite'               Exhibited by Pat Lewis
  •  $ 10.00
  •  Membership to the Gesneriad Society sponsored by Bob  Clark 
  •              Best Novice                      Ma's Moody Monday                  Exhibited by Muriel Staley             
  • $ 10.00         Sponsored by Jim Lambert
  •             Best Arrangement             "GO-Collect $200"                     Exhibited by Bob Clark
  • $ 10.00          Sponsored by Marigene Cole
  •             Best Artistic Planting         "Marvin Gardens"                      Exhibited by Bob Clark
  • $ 10.00
  •             Best Hobby & Handicraft     Collection of Photos               Exhibited by Jean Chin
  • $ 10.00           Sponsored by Cathleen Graves
  •             Best Horticultural Education Display        None entered
  • $ 10.00
  •             Sweepstakes African Violets                          Bob Clark with 54 blue ribbons
  • $ 10.00
  •             Sweepstakes Gesneriads                                Bob Clark with 2 blue ribbons
  • $ 10.00
  •             Sweepstakes Artistic                                      Bob Clark with 4 blue ribbons
  • $ 10.00
  •             Sweepstakes Hobby & Handicraft                    Jean Chin with 2 blue ribbons
  • $ 10.00