First, I must thank David Maltby for the precious help he gave us during 3
days. When we came to the peony show in Ottawa, David told us he would come to
our Festival de la pivoine in St-Hyacinthe. We thought he would come as an
observer but we were wrong. From Friday to Sunday afternoon David worked with us
and was most helpful with all his knowledge and experience. Thank you very much
David.
This seventh show for the Societe quebecoise de la pivoine was a success.
We had a record number of entries : 920 flowers competing in 9 categories for
professionnals and amateurs. We had quite a big crowd on Saturday but less
visitors on Sunday maybe because it was Father's Day and it was supposed to
rain.
What's important is that people were pleased and surprised. As usual,
people were amazed to see such beautiful flowers and didn't know there were so
many different kinds of peonies. For many of them, it was a discovery.
At our show, people vote for the best flower in each category and they also
vote for the best flower of show what we call "coup de coeur".
The best of show was the tree peony Gauguin presented by Lucie Pepin. There
is also a trophy for the professional and the amateur who got the biggest number
of winning flowers. Serge Fafard of Jardins Osiris was the professional with the
most winning flowers and Lucie Pepin was the amateur with the most winning
flowers. It's the third time that Lucie is "grande gagnante" (big
winner).
Pierre Turenne
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