Avalon Flower Club Puts On 41st Annual Flower Show

Posted June 23rd 2025

Awards were presented in seven artistic design categories and 12 horticultural categories when the Avalon Garden Club held its 41st Annual Flower Show on June 7 at Avalon Community Hall. Attendees used pennies to vote for their favorite displays. Blue and red ribbons were awarded to first- and second-place winners, respectively.

Here are the winners in the Artistic Design categories:

• Nature Captured: 1. Serena Smith; 2. Carol Szabo.
• Here Comes the Sun: 1. Myla Miller; 2. Ligia Schiavi.
• Wind Beneath My Wings: 1. Myla Miller; 2. Sue DeRose.
• Branching Out: 1. Joan Matthews; 2. Pat Fleischman.
• Waterscape: 1. Myla Miller; 2. Nancy Hudanich.
• Summer Romance: 1. Joan Matthews; 2. Ligia Schiavi.
• Bring Home Nature: 1. Karen Dechert; 2. Robin Schall.

Kathy Fox, the chief school administrator of Avalon Stone Harbor Schools, also presented a program that teaches students how to grow, raise, and plant dune grass in Avalon. “We are educational, sustainable, and resilient,” club president Nancy Hudanich explained.

The club is celebrating its 50th anniversary next year. “They plant our [traffic] islands,” said Mayor John McCorristin, who was in attendance. “And without them, we don’t have the staff or the employees to do it, so the town greatly appreciates it.”

All donations received during in the free event went toward beautification projects in Avalon.

Photo caption: Winners from the 41st Annual Flower Show.