2015 Kathy Pufahl Container Competition

The twelfth annual Kathy Pufahl Memorial Container Design Competition was held August 11, 2015 at Cornell's Bluegrass Lane Horticultural Research Facility, Ithaca, NY. Kathy (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. All proceeds from the contest -- which has topped $10,000 since its inception -- go directly to IBD research at Mt. Sinai Hospital, to help ensure a bright future for Kathy's daughter and others like her, who have Crohn's disease. For more information about the competition, contact: Karen Hall, 716-941-3502 nysfi@nyflowergrowers.org.

Judges evaluated the entries based on use of form and texture, color palette, choice of plant material and container, plant health, signage, and creativity. This year, a new 'Edibles' category (using vegetables, herbs and edible flowers, no size limit) was added to the competition.

View entries on this page:

• Winners
• Edibles
• Open division
• 16-inch patio containers
• 10- to 14-inch hanging baskets

More than 120 greenhouse growers and retailers, florists, educators and others from around New York and the Northeast attended the annual Floriculture Field Day. The day included morning presentations on campus followed by afternoon tours of annual flower trials at Bluegrass Lane (below), and walkabouts on pests and diseases, favorite perennials, container media trials, containers combining edibles and ornamentals trials and more.

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Winners

Edibles division: 1st place Donald Horowitz '77 Wittendale's Florist &  Greenhouses East Hampton, NY  View entry	2nd place Aimee Andersen Cornell University Ithaca , NY View entry	3rd place Sue Adams Adams Greenhouses Poughkeepsie, NY View entry
Open division: 1st place Eileen Baglivio Living Palette Creations Newfield, NY View entry	2nd place Sue Adams Adams Greenhouses Poughkeepsie, NY View entry	3rd place Donald Horowitz '77 Wittendale's Florist &  Greenhouses East Hampton, NY  View entry
16-inch pot: 1st place Matt Zema Zema's Nursery Stephentown, NY View entry	2nd place Mark Yadon Mischler's Florist & G'house Williamsville, NY View entry	3rd place Arlene Mitchell and Lois Bishop Lambert Peat Moss Rivière-Ouelle, Québec View entry
10- to 14-inch basket: 1st place Donald Horowitz '77 Wittendale's Florist &  Greenhouses East Hampton, NY View entry	2nd place Mark Yadon Mischler's Florist & G'house Williamsville, NY View entry	3rd place Sue Adams Adams Greenhouses Poughkeepsie, NY View entry

Edibles

Open division

Other open division entries:

Other 16-inch patio container entries:

10- to 14-inch hanging baskets

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