Author: Ben Blake

2014 Fortuna Show – Miniature Gold and Miniature Rose Ribbons

Kirby Fong described the 2014 Fortuna winners including the mini-gold and mini-rose winner described in this post. Judging was on Saturday, but the next day, Sunday, Nancy Tackett noted that this bloom was even better than when it was judged. …

Scenes from Mother Lode Show in Murphys

Now that you have probably read Kirby’s pictorial show report, here are few photos of Ironstone’s grounds and the show.   The Calaveras County Garden Club held an artistic design show and one of the classes was titled “Underwater”. Here…

2014 Livermore Show – Five Orange Cup Miniatures

Harold Koopowitz and Marilynn Howe exhibited this class of five orange cup miniatures.  I remember the 2011 ADS National Show in Jackson Mississippi when Larry Force entered a miniature orange cup.  It created a lot of excitement so I thought this…

Six Weeks in Refrigerator

Harold Koopowitz brought this miniature seedling to the 2014 Livermore show.  He indicated that this was one of his first seedlings to bloom this season and it had been in his refrigerator for six weeks.  He decided to not enter…