Regional Meeting

Wow, what a good time we had at the Regional 14 meeting.  We had two great guest speakers and they did a fantastic job! Thank you Becky Soehnlens.  Great job! This web page you can view all of Naomi's settings that she created. http://www.oagc.org/2012-13%20regional/Region%2014/region_14_program%2011-12.htmd Naomi Orme

Naomi's comment from the Garden Path:

Design Study Department
Naomi Ormes, Chair
What is the purpose of design study? Education.
The objective is to encourage interest in flower
arranging, and you, as an exhibitor or a judge, will be
able to do a better job of understanding what makes a
good design. With practice, exhibitors and judges can
understand what makes a good design a great design.
The design study sessions are just that: practice. We
practice putting a design together and then we practice
what would make the design a better design. I
encourage all regional design study chairs to do the
design study sessions in their regions to familiarize
your members with the ever evolving art form of
flower arranging.
There is a Design Study Class at each of the
Exhibitors’ and Judges’ Schools. To get the full grasp
of designing, it is best to actually do the design. You
learn and retain so much more by doing. It has been
suggested to disseminate information sooner, so that
the participants would be able to form an idea in their
mind, look for the components (container, line
material, accessories) to be able to create a design.  So
we will focus on an op art design at our next E&J
School. If you are interested in participating and do
not have access to the internet, please contact me.
Applications for the Faye Collins Designer of the
Year contest must be submitted to me by the
December 15 deadline. When entering flower shows,
try to use a table cover, like or similar to the
background. Add your own background if the show is
not staged with an appropriate background. Remove
any ribbons. Set your camera settings without the date
and time stamp. Take several photos, choose the best
one and submit to the state design study chair along
with the application form found in the OAGC
Handbook for Garden Clubs. Remember that your
photo needs to be 4"X6" without any kind of border.

We received a Certificate of Award for our book:

Region 14 - Superior
Briarwood Beach GC
Creston GC
Moreland GC
Tuslaw GC
Weed-A-Way GC

Do not forget our December meeting/Christmas party on December 4th at the Greenleaf Restaurant  in Wooster, Oh.