Take a good look at the picture illustrating this column. See the bottle of beer at the base of the flower arrangement?
Did Paul Grenney and Bill Harvey think that the green bottle made a nice accent for the verdant foliage in their arrangement? Or, had it been the source of the courage it took for them to stand before a crowd of expert flower arrangers and craft what was probably the first floral arrangement they’d ever made?
We may never know. What’s important is that Grenney and Harvey took first place in Man Power, an invitational challenge where six two-man teams were given a bucket of flowers and one hour to create an arrangement that would be judged by those attending a preview of The Power of Flowers, a recent show that the Garden Club of Denver had at Denver Botanic Gardens.
Other participants were Dennis Baldwin and Jim Wilson, who, the viewers said, made the best use of Slinky and Tinker toys; Ed Connors and Brewster Boyd, hailed for having the most creative method of “dispensing with annoying gladiolas — they simply didn’t use them;” Don Elliman and Brian Vogt, who were “brave enough to do a monochromatic arrangement;” Newell Grant and Frank Kugeler, winners for “best coordination of party attire to floral arrangement;” and David Dodge and Tom White, cited for “best use of floral design principles without even knowing it.”
Read about the professional-level awards that were given at the show, and a special activity that celebrated the opening of the Mordecai Children’s Garden, in my Seen First blog: .
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The Do at the Zoo happens Thursday at the Denver Zoo; there’ll be a couple dozen food stations and music by The Moderators. . . . Also on Thursday, the Rocky Mountain MS Center Guild is doing a Girls Night Out at Carla’s, 6851 S. Gaylord St. in the Streets at SouthGlenn. There’ll be refreshments and shopping, with 10 percent of sales going to the Rocky Mountain Multiple Sclerosis Center. Call 303-683-0372 . . . Comedian Josh Blue headlines Circle of Stars, a 1960s-themed benefit for the Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League (PHAMALy) that begins at 6 p.m. Friday at Mile High Station. Buy tickets at . . . . Same night: Sam Adams, George McClure and Nora Lynch provide the laughs for a comedy show benefiting the Morgan Adams Foundation. It’s at the Soiled Dove Underground in Lowry; call 303-758-2130. . . . Golden retriever “ambassadors” will escort guests down the red carpet for Saturday’s Bark to the Future gala at Cherokee Ranch and Castle in Sedalia. This benefit for Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies includes dinner, an auction and entertainment by Frank Sinatra sound-alike Danny Wein. Learn more at .
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