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Leading floral designers from North and South Carolina gathered recently in Wrightsville Beach to showcase their floral creations inspired by fine art.
This year’s artwork came from private collections and the Wilmington Art Association. Floral designers received their art assignment from a blind draw weeks before the event.
Judges included National Garden Club judge and Flower Show School Instructor Claudia Bates, as well as NC State Floral Association judge and instructor Tammy Yow Russell. Floral design winners received a cash award, and a beautiful ribbon.
The top floral designers in the 2021 Art & The Bloom competition are:
First place - Sharon Van Teyens, New Hanover Garden Club, Wilmington
New Hanover County Garden Club host Art and Bloom
Art and the Bloom By John Smist | January 10, 2021 at 4:47 PM EST - Updated January 11 at 5:47 AM
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Garden Club hosting its annual Art & The Bloom event. This year 28 artists made floral arrangements inspired by artwork from private collections and the Wilmington Art Association. Each arrangement is created with real flowers.
“Designers get six weeks before the event they get a random pic they don’t pick their art,” said Sharon Van Teyens Art and the Bloom Co-Chair. They designed the artwork that we give them.”