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Floriculture Field Day 2006 2006 Kathy Pufahl Container Competition  The
third annual Kathy Pufahl Memorial Container Design Competition was
held August 8, 2006 at Cornell's Bluegrass Lane Horticultural Research
Facility, Ithaca, NY. Kathy (above right), who founded Beds and Borders,
Inc., Laurel, N.Y., was a staple on the horticultural educational seminar
circuit, spreading her container ideas far and wide. It is her vision
that changed the way the horticulture industry looks at the spring container
business. Her influence brought back a bit of the art and beauty to
the business.
Judges evaluated use of form and texture, use of the color palette, and choice of plant material in three container categories: Apologies to those entrants whose containers we were not able to photograph. Click on images for a larger view. Open division  1st place Wallkill View Farm, New Paltz NY  1st place Wallkill View Farm, New Paltz NY  2nd place Wallkill View Farm, New Paltz NY  3rd place Country Power Products, Greenwich, NY  3rd place Country Power Products, Greenwich, NY  Deborah Sweeton  Ellen Tallmadge  Mischler's Florist  Hillside Gardens  Massi's Gardens  The Clark Foundation 16-inch patio containers  1st Place Zema's Nursery, Stephentown, NY  1st Place Zema's Nursery, Stephentown, NY  2nd place Wallkill View Farm, New Paltz NY  3rd place Wallkill View Farm, New Paltz NY  Ruby Mitchell  Wallkill View Farm  Wallkill View Farm  Lockwood Greenhouse  Adams' Fairacre Farm  Adams' Fairacre Farm  Ellen Tallmadge  Mischler's Florist  Karolyn Shea 12-inch hanging baskets  1st place Little York Plantation, Little York NY  2nd place Mischler's Florist, Williamsville, NY  3rd place (tie) Adams' Fairacres Farm, Poughkeepsie, NY  3rd place (tie) Adams' Fairacres Farm, Poughkeepsie, NY  3rd place (tie) Lockwood's Greenhouse, Hamburg, NY  Lockwood's Greenhouse  Deborah Sweeton  Adams' Fairacres Farm  Adams' Fairacres Farm  Floriculture field day organizers. Larger image  Floriculture field day participants view container contest entries. Larger image |
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