Sprouting Success in State Fair Floriculture Competition
August 16, 2011
The state's youngest gardeners turned flowers into ribbons in the Junior and Intermediate Floriculture competitions judged Thursday at the 2011 Iowa State Fair.
Floriculture exhibits are on display from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. in the John Deere Agriculture Building sponsored by Alliant Energy.
Complete results follow:
JUNIOR
Small Rewards - Age 7 and Under
1) Kyla Mesecher, Pleasantville
2) Benjamin Wicks, Pleasantville
3) Grace Pratt, West Des Moines
4) Hannah Pratt, West Des Moines
Small Rewards – Age 8 to 10
1) Rylee Patterson, Boone
2) Mason Patterson, Boone
3) Jacob Wicks, Pleasantville
4) Molly Osweiler, Boone
5) Megan Ford, Ankeny
6) Cami Martin, Des Moines
Flower Garden – Age 7 and Under
1) Kyla Mesecher, Pleasantville
2) Benjamin Wicks, Pleasantville
3) Grace Pratt, West Des Moines
4) Hannah Pratt, West Des Moines
Flower Garden – Age 8 to 10
1) Molly Osweiler, Boone
2) Megan Ford, Ankeny
3) Jacob Wicks, Pleasantville
4) Paige Blackford, Des Moines
5) Rylee Patterson, Boone
6) MacKenzie Becker, Pella
Memories Of Summer – Age 7 and Under
1) Benjamin Wicks, Pleasantville
2) Kyla Mesecher, Pleasantville
3) Sasha McCoy, Hartford
Memories Of Summer – Age 8 to 10
1) Jacob Wicks, Pleasantville
2) Mason Patterson, Boone
3) Kelsey Wadden, Pleasant Hill
4) Gabby McCoy, Hartford
5) Megan Ford, Ankeny
6) Rylee Patterson, Boone
Fair Animal – Age 7 and Under
1) Kyla Mesecher, Pleasantville
2) Benjamin Wicks, Pleasantville
3) Noah Ford, Ankeny
Fair Animal – Age 8 to 10
1) Mason Patterson, Boone
2) Rylee Patterson, Boone
3) Jacob Wicks, Pleasantville
4) Megan Ford, Ankeny
Patio Planter – Age 7 and Under
1) Sasha McCoy, Hartford
2) Joseph Baumhover, Woodward
3) Lilli Norris, Altoona
4) Benjamin Wicks, Pleasantville
5) Noah Ford, Ankeny
6) Kyla Mesecher, Pleasantville
Patio Planter – Age 8 to 10
1) Hannah McCoy, Hartford
2) Joseph Hancock, Des Moines
3) Martha Schoonover, Indianola
4) Allison Baumhover, Woodward
5) Gabby McCoy, Hartford
6) Brooke Kruse, Carlisle
Butter Cow – Age 7 and Under
1) Lilli Norris, Altoona
2) Boman Jackson, Runnells
3) Benjamin Wicks, Pleasantville
Butter Cow – Age 8 to 10
1) Marianne Aldrich, Urbandale
2) Gage Long, Sheldahl
3) Rylee Patterson, Boone
4) Joseph Hancock, Des Moines
5) Michelle Linkvis, Clive
6) Brock Jackson, Runnells
7) Mason Patterson, Boone
Iris – Age 7 and Under
1) Boman Jackson, Runnells
Iris – Age 8 to 10
1) Gabrielle Abbott, Ankeny
2) Grace Long, Sheldahl
3) Jude Norris, Altoona
4) Brock Jackson, Runnells
Gold Finch – Age 7 and Under
1) Kyla Mesecher, Pleasantville
2) Matthew Abbott, Ankeny
3) Boman Jackson, Runnells
Gold Finch – Age 8 to 10
1) Keaton Kruse, Pleasantville
2) Gabrielle Abbott, Ankeny
3) Hannah McCoy, Hartford
4) Julia Polson, Ankeny
5) Rylee Patterson, Boone
6) Michelle Linkvis, Clive
7) Jacob Wicks, Pleasantville
Cat in the Hat – Age 7 and Under
1) Matthew Abbott, Ankeny
2) Sasha McCoy, Hartford
3) Mallory Albright, Norwalk
4) Benjamin Wicks, Pleasantville
5) Boman Jackson, Runnells
Cat in the Hat – Age 8 to 10
1) Cali Wilson, Norwalk
2) Julia Polson, Ankeny
3) Gabby McCoy, Hartford
4) Susan Alverio, Norwalk
5) Brock Jackson, Runnells
6) Jacob Wicks, Pleasantville
7) Truman Kruse, Pleasentville
INTERMEDIATE
Small Rewards
1) Emily Potter-Lynch, Des Moines
Flower Garden
1) Jake Wheeler, West Des Moines
2) Emily Potter-Lynch, Des Moines
Memories of Summer
1) Emily Potter-Lynch, Des Moines
Patio Planter
1) Andrew Hancock, Des Moines
2) Emily Potter-Lynch, Des Moines
Iris
1) Lynae Dadisman, West Des Moines
2) Caroline Aldrich, Urbandale
3) Emily Polson, Ankeny
4) Sydney Smith, Des Moines
5) Sofia Jordan, West Des Moines
6) Mario Jordan, West Des Moines
7) Maria Alverio, Norwalk
Gold Finch
1) Caroline Aldrich, Urbandale
2) Joshua Abbott, Ankeny
3) Andrew Hancock, Des Moines
Cat in the Hat
1) Emily Polson, Ankeny
2) Michelle Linkvis, Clive
“Nothing Compares” to the 2011 Iowa State Fair, celebrating 100 years of the Butter Cow August 11-21. The Fairgrounds are located at East 30th and East University Avenue, just 10 minutes east of downtown Des Moines, and are open 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. each day of the Fair. Exhibit hours may vary. For more information, call 800/545-FAIR or visit iowastatefair.org.
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