100 Years Celebrating Flowers
Pictured are the winners of last year’s Fillmore Flower Show: Joanne King (Division I: Cut Rose: “Fourth of July”), Jan Lee (Division VI: Miniature Arrangements and Bouquets), Carmen Zemeno (Division III: Other Cut Flower: “Red Amaryllis”), Bene Ambrosio (Best in Show: “Crown of Thorns” (potted plant) & Division IV Bouquets: “White Watsonia”), Linda Nunes (Division V: Arrangements), Regina Stehly (Division II: Cut Iris: “Yellow Spuria”), Mary Nunez (Division X: Youth Composition: Mary Nunez ). Not Pictured are Susan Hopkins (Division VIII: Dish Gardens), and Kimberly Lizarraga (DivisionXI: Youth Art: “Watercolor Rose”). Photos courtesy Bob Crum.
Pictured are the winners of last year’s Fillmore Flower Show: Joanne King (Division I: Cut Rose: “Fourth of July”), Jan Lee (Division VI: Miniature Arrangements and Bouquets), Carmen Zemeno (Division III: Other Cut Flower: “Red Amaryllis”), Bene Ambrosio (Best in Show: “Crown of Thorns” (potted plant) & Division IV Bouquets: “White Watsonia”), Linda Nunes (Division V: Arrangements), Regina Stehly (Division II: Cut Iris: “Yellow Spuria”), Mary Nunez (Division X: Youth Composition: Mary Nunez ). Not Pictured are Susan Hopkins (Division VIII: Dish Gardens), and Kimberly Lizarraga (DivisionXI: Youth Art: “Watercolor Rose”). Photos courtesy Bob Crum.
By Anonymous — Wednesday, March 6th, 2019

By Jan Lee

In his February 26, 1981 column “As I See It”, Charles A. Mozley wrote: “Every American community has certain things about it that are very distinctive and so it is with our little town. And of all of our distinctive features, surely none is more special than the annual Fillmore Flower Show.”

Division X in the Flower Show is Youth Composition. Youth who live within the boundaries of the Fillmore Unified School District are invited to enter an original poem or short essay on a single page, with or without illustration, on the theme of the Flower Show, “100 Years Celebrating Flowers.”

Last year, writing on the 2018 theme, “Fillmore Blooms”, Mary Nunez won the Youth Composition division. Her poem appears to concur with Mr. Mozley’s opinion of Fillmore.

“If you walk down the road in Fillmore
you will see many kinds of beauty
you will see people helping people
that’s beauty
you will see flowers
planted because someone cares
that’s beauty
you will see love for everyone around them
that’s beauty
Fillmore is truly in bloom!”

The Fillmore Flower Show, April 13 and 14, 2019 will again offer opportunities for Fillmore Youth to demonstrate their skills. Division IX is Youth Arrangements. Youth bring their flowers and other supplies to the Active Adult Center the morning of the show. They create an arrangement without adult help other than the youth show supervisor. Flower displays are limited to 20” X 20”.

Division X is Youth Composition. Division XI is Youth Art which is non-competitive. There are photos of the divisions on our web site: fillmoreflowershow.org.

Please plan to participate in the Flower Show this April. There will be many beautiful flowers and other plants and it is a lot of fun!