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2013 Winner of the People's Choice Awarded to Flora Designers Sue Stibbe and Carolyn Ghilarducci of Tacoma Garden Club
2013 Winner of the People’s Choice Awarded to Flora Designers Sue Stibbe and Carolyn Ghilarducci of Tacoma Garden Club

Flora & Fine Arts: Art Comes into Bloom

April 18 – 21, 2013

Artwork from Drawing Line into Form: Works on Paper by Sculptors from the Collection of BNY Mellon served as inspiration for floral arrangements created by local designers in this year’s Flora & Fine Arts from April 18 through 21. This special exhibition showcased nearly 25 floral designs created by floral artists.

In partnership with Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma Garden Club invited prominent Puget Sound floral designers and members of area garden clubs to create dazzling floral arrangements inspired by the colors, textures, and compositions of the artworks on view at the museum.


Inspired Pieces

Gallery views of the 2013 Flora and Fine Arts: Art Comes Into Bloom. Floral designers used inspiration from works in Tacoma Art Museum’s permanent collection.

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Artists

Mary Bewley
Dogwood Garden Club
Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs
Eatonville

Keith Bishop
Bed of Roses, Inc.
Lakewood

Thomasi Boselawa
Tiare Floral Design
Tacoma

Carrie Carlson-Keller and Kim Rushforth Linkert
Steve Barbazette, Owner
Blitz and Company Florist
Tacoma

David A. Colegrove
The Key Antiques
Lakewood

Emily Ellen
Lola Event and Floral Design
Edmonds

Russell Hamamoto
University Place

Maria Frederick
Weddings Northwest
Gig Harbor

Christy Ingle
Tacoma Garden Club
Tacoma

Mary Magalhaes
Youngs Enumclaw Flowers and Gifts
Enumclaw

Sharrai Morgan, AFID
Holly’s Fine Flowers
Port Townsend

Jean Louise Paquin Allen
Juniper Flowers
Seattle

Rocio Preciado
Fife Flowers
Fife

Jennifer Robbins
Puyallup

Will, Dan, and Diane Robinson
Elandan Gardens
Bremerton

Cynthia Salazar
Capitol Florist, Owner and Designer
Olympia

Megumi Schacher
Seattle

Christy Scovel
Metropolitan Market
Tacoma

Patricia Smith
Ikebano Ikebana Instructor
Tacoma

Debbie Spiller
Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs
Rochester

Lary Spiller
Rochester

Sue Stibbe and Carolyn Ghilarducci
Tacoma Garden Club
Tacoma

Laura Rex Straight
FloraLaura
Des Moines

Jon Robert Throne, AIFD, CFD
Countryside Floral and Garden
Issaquah

Anne VanLierop
VanLierop Garden Market
Sumner

Heidi Wong
Heidi’s Floral Design
Bellevue