Ninth Moon Floral Design Showcase is a floral show hosted by Lan Su Chinese Gardens and Floral Design Institute in Portland, Oregon every November. This year Leanne Kesler of Floral Design Institute invited me to be one of three judges for the Floral Design Competition, of course I said yes! I find being a judge to be a great challenge and fascinating experience. The three of us judges work independently during a three hour window, studying all 23 floral design entries closely and scoring them on 10 Concepts they must present. In other words, we do not judge them against each other, but each one is scored on 10 concepts on their own accord. A few of the concepts include: Mechanics, Balance, Creativity, Line, etc.
I do take the assignment very seriously and do toil over each entry I note on my scorecard for each arrangement – knowing that on the other side there is a floral designer that worked very hard to create the design.
I share with you now the entries for this year’s Ninth Moon Floral Design Showcase, enjoy ~
FIRST PLACE WINNER – Designed by Jeri Barr, Bella Bloom Florals
SECOND PLACE WINNER – Designed by Frank Blanchard, Think Flowers Media
THIRD PLACE WINNER – Designed by Annie Chen, Floral Sunshine
Designed by Brenna Quan
Designed by Chelsea Willis of Sweet Delilah Farm
Designed by Coree Ryan
Designed by Garrett Stupinski of Floral Today
Designed by Linda Golaszewski, The Planning Group/Rooms in Bloom
Designed by Thang Ngo, Tango Florist
Designed by Chuck Schomaker, Old Town Florist
Designed by Ellen Hansen, Mindful Flowers
Designed by Emily Farnsworth, Chickabloom Floral Studio
Designed by Erik Witcraft, Zupan’s Flower Shop
Designed by Gina Thresher, From the Ground Up Floral
Designed by JoLynn Farrer, Best Buds Floral Design
Designed by Michelle Dummer, Michelle’s Flowers
Designed by Jake Moffett & Daniel Wade Keller
Designed by Michelle Koeppe, Phasian Farms
Designed by Robin Boedecker & Vito Corradino
Designed by Yingjuan Wang, Florescence
Designed by Yoshiko O’Connor, Floral Fete
Designed by Josef Reiter, Botanica Floral Design
Designed by Tomasi Boselawa, Tiare Floral Design Studio