Demonstration workshop

 Visitors to Saturday’s floral
workshop at the Garden Club of Grand Cayman’s Annual Flower Show were treated
Frank Laning demonstrating how to make a number of stunning floral displays.

The fellow of the American
Institute of Floral Designs and honorary member of the Garden Club opened the
50 minute session by creating an arrangement displayed in a contemporary
container of glass and steel. Using native heliconia, amaryllis and pin cushion
protea.

The Floral Manager for The Ritz-Carlton,
Grand Cayman then made a low vegetative arrangement in a polished aluminium container
and talked about going green.

He told the 100-strong audience
that many of the new flowers that the floral industry were now using  were being left naturally green instead of
being dyed.

 The second arrangement, Mr. Laning made used
green kangaroo paw, echevaria and lettuce fern. The arrangement used different
textures, shades of green and was compact.

The floral designer finished by
making four other arrangements all of which were hand tied bouquets for
dropping into containers. Attendees asked questions after each arrangement was
completed.

Competition results

Design Division:

Class
1 – Farmers Market

Betty
Dick 

Karen
Shields            

 Manny
Dequito 

 Sharon McGregor

Class
2 – Our Sister Islands – A Stretch Design

Sheila
McKenzie

Theresa
Fontanos     

Lucinda
Cruickshank 

 Anne
Hanrahan

Class
3 – Growing Wild – An Abstract Design

Iris
Chomyn

Joyce Dunbar          

Jeromy
Wilhelm

Betty Lou
Hendrickson

Class
4 – Out on a Limb – Miniatures staged in a 5″ square frame

1.  Sharon McGregor  

2.  Karen
Shields         

3.  Selma
Silva               
4.    Jill Wood

 Youth
Division:  Floral Design – Nature’s Colours

Florence
Allan – also won Youth Award 

Sabrina
Silva

 Winning
Top Award in Design Division:

Design
Excellence Award:  Sheila McKenzie

 Top
Awards in Horticulture Division:

 Award of
Merit:  Sheila McKenzie – Heliconia

Award of Merit:  Berna Cummins – “Cup & Saucer Vine”

 Arboreal
Award:  Berna Cummins – Sleeping Hibiscus

Arboreal
Award:  Manny Dequito – Deplanchea tetraphylla

 Horticulture
Excellence Award:  Manny Dequito – Solandra longiflora

Caption Frank Laning

Frank Laning.