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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 ~

Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Jeri Barr Bella Blooms Floral
FIRST PLACE WINNER – Designed by Jeri Barr, Bella Bloom Florals
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Frank Blanchard
SECOND PLACE WINNER – Designed by Frank Blanchard, Think Flowers Media
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Floral Sunshine Annie Chen
THIRD PLACE WINNER – Designed by Annie Chen, Floral Sunshine
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Brenna Quan
Designed by Brenna Quan
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Chelsea Willis
Designed by Chelsea Willis of Sweet Delilah Farm
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Coree Ryan
Designed by Coree Ryan
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Garrett Stupinski - Floral Today
Designed by Garrett Stupinski of Floral Today
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Linda Golaszewski
Designed by Linda Golaszewski, The Planning Group/Rooms in Bloom
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Thang Ngo Tango Florist
Designed by Thang Ngo, Tango Florist
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Chuck Schomaker
Designed by Chuck Schomaker, Old Town Florist
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Ellen Hansen
Designed by Ellen Hansen, Mindful Flowers
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Emily Farnworth Chica Bloom
Designed by Emily Farnsworth, Chickabloom Floral Studio
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Erik Witcraft
Designed by Erik Witcraft, Zupan’s Flower Shop
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Gina Thresher
Designed by Gina Thresher, From the Ground Up Floral
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - JoLynn Farrer
Designed by JoLynn Farrer, Best Buds Floral Design
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Michelle Dummer
Designed by Michelle Dummer, Michelle’s Flowers
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Jake Moffett:Daniel Keller
Designed by Jake Moffett & Daniel Wade Keller
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Michelle Koeppe - Phasian Florals
Designed by Michelle Koeppe, Phasian Farms
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Robin Boedecker
Designed by Robin Boedecker & Vito Corradino
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Yingjuan Wang
Designed by Yingjuan Wang, Florescence
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Yoshi O’connor - Floral Fete
Designed by Yoshiko O’Connor, Floral Fete
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Josef Reiter -Botanica Floral Design
Designed by Josef Reiter, Botanica Floral Design
Lan Su Ninth Moon Floral Design Portland Oregon - Tomasi Boselawa
Designed by Tomasi Boselawa, Tiare Floral Design Studio

2 Responses

  1. Alicia,

    It was an honour to have you as a guest judge for one of my favourite events of the year! Thank you for sharing your experience with your viewers. Cheers!!
    Brenna