Federated Garden Clubs of CT2026 CT Flower & Garden Show Exhibits Print Page

A Storybook Garden

2026 FGCCT Standard Flower Show Archive

Cryptids, Division I – Horticulture
Fairy Tales, Division II – Design
Fables, Division III – Education
Myths, Division IV – Botanical Arts:
Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts, Artistic Crafts
Mount Olympus, Photography

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Cryptids

Division I Horticulture Ribbon Winners

Section A – Ogres (Cacti – Container-Grown)
Section B – Banshees (Succulents – Container-Grown)
Section C – Mermen (Miniature Cacti & Succulents – Container-Grown
Section D – Goblins (Orchids – Container-Grown)
Section E – Leprechauns (Container-Grown Foliage)
Section F – Centaurs (Container-Grown Flowering)
Section G – Yetis (Dwarf or Miniature Foliage Plants- Container-Grown)
Section H – Phoenixes (Forced Bulbs, Tubers, Rhizomes-Container-Grown)
Section I – Gnomes (Arboreals – Broadleaf Evergreens)
Section J – Dragons (Arboreals – Needled Evergreens)
Section K – Werewolves (Arboreals – Forced or Winter Blooming Branches)
Section L – Sirens (Dwarf or Miniature Arboreals-Cut specimens)
Section M – Trolls (Dwarf or Miniature Arboreals Cut)
Section N – Cyclops (Foliage Cut Specimens)|
Section O – Flying Monkeys (Flowering Cut Specimens)
Section P – Hydras (Combination Plantings)
Section Q – Witches (Club Competition)

Fairy Tales - Division II Design

Section A - Once Upon a time

Class 1: The Princess and the Pea – Novice (Petite Creative Design)

Class 2:  Thumbelina (Petite Exhibition Table)

Class 3: The Ugly Duckling (Petite Assemblage Design)

Section B - True Love Conquers All

Class 4:  Snow White (Petite Parallel Design)

Class 5:  Sleeping Beauty (Petite Reflective Design)

Class 6: The Little Mermaid (Petite Underwater Design)

Section C - Into the Woods

Class 7:  Red Riding Hood – Novice Class (Creative Design)

Class 8:  Hansel and Gretel (Creative Line Design)

Class 9:  Vasilisa the Beautiful (Illuminary Design)

Section D - Wicked Women

Class 10:  Maleficent (Traditional line mass design)

Class 11:  The Snow Queen (Framed Spatial Design)

Class 12:  Baba Yaga (Creative Mass Design)

Section E - Good Triumphs Over Evil

Class 13:  Jack and the Bean Stalk (Exhibition Table)

Class 14: Cinderella (Functional Semi-Formal Table)

Class 15:  Rapunzel – Novice Class (Informal Table for One)

Section F - Happily Ever After

Class 16:  A Storybook Ending (Club Competition Vignette)

Fables - Division III Education

Section A – Honesty is the Best Policy
Section B – One Good Turn Deserves Another

 

Myths - Division IV Botanical Arts

Section A - Artistic Crafts - Beware Greeks Bearing Gifts

Class 1:  Athena’s Shield

Class 2:  Hermes Winged Sandal 

Class 3:  Pandora’s Box

Class 4: Harmonia’s Eternal Youth Necklace

Section B - Photography Mount Olympus

Add your entries to The Federation’s FS Archive by emailing high-resolution photos to: shelley.hedberg@ctgardenclubs.org.

Class 1:  The Wedding of Zeus and Hera

 

Class 2: Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn

Class 3: Selene, Goddess of the Moon

 

Class 4: Pan, God of Nature and the Wild

 

Class 5: Oceanids, Water Nymphs

 

Class 6: Dionysus, God of Wine

 

Class 7: Demeter, Goddess of Agriculture and Creator of the Seasons

Class 8:  The Tears of Aphrodite, Goddess of Love