The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1961-04-18
National Judge Speaks
Flower Show Proceeds Founding
OF Garden Club In Keysville
By MAYOI.A HAMMER

kE 4SVllIlIE. April las Il
preparatory aid for the Garden
Club which will be founded here,
the Garden and Conservation
COMMITTEE of the K ySVil e
Womans Club. presented their
annual flower show in a differ
ent manner last Thursday night.
In years past. exhibits had
been judged with members of
the club not knowing what they
had done wrong when no rib
bons had been received.
Miss R. c. Shelhorse, of ROa-
noke, nationally accredited
Judge and instructor. realizing
that Keysville has had no gar
den club from which to learn
the principals and techniques of
flower arranging. discussed each
arrangement, explaining what
was wrong, why it was wrong
and how the arrangement could
have been improved.
B fore the judging, Mrs.
Shelhorse spoke on "Conserva-
ton" a subject she said was
very. dear to her heart. She
stressed the point of preserving
and conserving everything, re-
mlnding us that, TT is Gods
handiWork we are WORKING
with"
In discussing the wise use of
waste material and compost
beds. she brought out the fact
that the leaves from one oak
tree are worth S. in fertilizer.
The duty Of the National Coun-
Gil of Garden Clubs is to edu-
cate the public by means of pos
tiers. tlks, Television and pro-
grams in schools on conserva-
ton and to insist ON the wise
use of materials" said Mrs.
Shelhorse.
The theme of the National
president of garden clubs is to
build in the present; build on the
past; and to build for the flu
ture.
The detectives of the Nation
al Council of Garden Clubs as
given by the speaker are: To
support nature camps. advocate
land protection. tree planting
support legislature, public parks;
help eliminate billboards on
roadsides: works on programs
for children and advise on prop
err Christmas tree cutting and
work toward preventing fires.
conservation is the act of
Conserving what is good and
Horticulture is the act Of grow
ing what is good Mrs. Shell
horse said.
Processing to not being an
artist in the sense that many Of
the club members are, Mrs.
ShelhOrse said, there is some
thing of you and your personal
lty in every arrangement you
make and that it is always a
continuing and growing chal-
lange.' She said it is very i'm
portant to know where you will
put the arrangement before you
begin. The detectives of flower
arrangements being to obtain
beauty, simplicity, expression
and harmony.
She noted that the principals
OF flower arrangements comes
IN handy when there are only
a lew blooms to be had. Without
the knowledge of these six prin-
clpals, rythym. balance, do1ni-
nance, contrast, pattern and pro-
portion. those few flowers may
not look so well in a vase.
She said to remember that
color is one of the most com
peting and powerful forces in
all flower arrangements, using
red and green as an example.
Il like for flowers to look up as
they, of course, do in Japanese
arranging. for after all, that is
what we all are supposed to do.
look up
Mrs. Shelhorse, a member of
Lee-Hy Garden Club of Roa-
noke, and a charter member of
Roanoke Judges Association,
has secured her life certificate
and has had one course on her
Master Certificate. She started
her courses in l947 at VPI and
has studied in New York Flower
Schools for two years. She has
also taken courses in North Caro-
lima and Florida. She has been
a Nationally accredited judge
and instructor since 1850. Travel
ing with her husband. she has
judged in Pennsylvania and
Florida and held workshops,
given lectures on several SUBJ
jects and judged flower shows
at many places in Virginia. Mrs.
Shelhorse is the sister-in-law of
member and flower enthusiast
Mrs. j. B. Ellington, Club
member and flower enthusiast
of KeySville.