Water Works! 2018
TABLE OF CONTENTS Show Information...1 Artistic Classes...2 Horticultural Classes...3 Classroom Projects...4 Flower Show Terminology, Entries, Judges & Awards...5 Teacher Lesson Plans are available for each entry class at phsonline.org/lesson-plans
PHS JUNIOR FLOWER SHOW The PHS Junior Flower Show is a horticultural exhibition by and for school-age children in the greater Philadelphia region. Since 1975, PHS (Pennsylvania Horticultural Society) has been hosting a Junior Flower Show for students from pre-school through high school. The Junior Flower Show fosters an awareness of horticulture and the natural environment among youth and encourages active participation in growing, gardening, and sustainable practices. The 2017 Junior Flower Show reached over 4,000 children in the Delaware Valley. We hope to share our mission and connect your students with horticulture in 2018. How to host a Junior Flower Show in your school Select a date that works with your school calendar Speak with other teachers in your school to determine which classes would like to participate Determine the location/space in the school to stage your Junior Flower Show PHS will provide: The Junior Flower Show booklet with suggested artistic classes, horticulture classes, and classroom projects Artistic and horticulture lesson plans: phsonline.org/lesson-plans for specific instructions on entry classes Judges will come to your school to judge the students entries and award ribbons Entry tags and ribbons An opportunity for the Best of Show entries to be exhibited at a future PHS Philadelphia Flower Show Best of Show winners receive two Philadelphia Flower Show tickets PHS will offer a teacher training session for teachers, youth leaders, home school parents, etc. Contact PHS: Johanna Scholler at jschoeller@pennhort.org or 215.988.8897 to register and confirm a date. 1
ARTISTIC CLASSES Class #1 Eco Bouquet - Floral Arrangement in Recycled Container Water is essential to all humans. When you play sports on a hot day, ride your bike, or run a distance, you will feel and perform better if your body is sufficiently hydrated. Reusable water bottles are a great way to get the water you need. Can you make a small flower arrangement in a recycled container? It can be water bottle, tin can, or plastic pot. Decoupage or paint the container for added interest! You can include accessories. Class #2 Wet and Wild Crafty Creatures More than 70 percent of the earth s surface is covered with the water. Millions of animals make their home in or along oceans, rivers, lakes, and ponds. They include fish, birds, amphibians, and mammals. Can you make a crafty creature of an animal you might find in fresh or salt water, or even Pennsylvania s Watersheds? You may use seedpods, pinecones, twigs, mollusks, or any natural material to construct your creature. Your crafty creature should be able to stand and be observed from all directions. Class #3 Mermaid s Tale - Wearable Art Create a necklace for a mermaid to wear as she swims through the sea, earrings inspired by starfish or turtle, or a coral ring. Choose a piece of jewelry inspired by sea life or by river characters in the local watershed. Remember to use natural materials only: seeds, shells, twigs, dried plants, or other things that grow and are dried. Paint your creation to make them look like gold, silver, or pearls. Class #4 Raindrops are Falling on Your Head - Hat or Umbrella Design Rain is nature s way of providing water to plants. Decorate a rain hat or umbrella that you might use to stay dry. You can use only natural materials such as dried flowers, weeds, seeds, etc. Please don t use plastic or silk flowers. Class #5 Waterscapes - Grain Art For centuries, artists have painted landscapes that have included water. Choose a setting in nature that incorporates an ocean, lake, river, or pond and create your own design using seeds, beans, and grains. Use a stiff backing, like cardboard or foam core as a base for your design. Class #6 Raindrops on Roses - Pressed Flowers Flowers have always been a favorite subject of painters. Choose a still life design that features flowers or a floral landscape design from pressed flowers, plant petals and dried leaves. Your finished picture should not exceed 8 x 11. It can be framed and under glass. Class #7 Splish, Splash I was taking a Bath! - Recycled Materials Can you make a birdbath from recycled materials that our feathered friends can use to get clean? Feel free to include birds in your design. You may also make a wishing well. Make sure your structure can be viewed from different sides. This can be done as an individual or class project. Class #8 Watermark - Fruit and Vegetable Prints or Nature Rubbings While water is usually a liquid, it can also be a vapor or a solid when frozen. Can you make a block print of water in one of its forms, such as a raindrop, snowflake, puffs of steam, or clouds? Use a cut vegetable or fruit dipped in paint to create your design. Class #9 Water Vessel - Flower Pots People have made pottery for thousands of years; it is one of the oldest forms of art. What started out as useful vessels to hold water and to use in cooking and eating soon became art when people started decorating their work. Make or decorate a flower pot and put a plant in it. Your project can be ceramic fired clay, a can with paper twists covering it, decoupage on a glass container or clay pot. Use your imagination. Class #10 Flowers and their Pollinators - Mobile Pollinators are essential in the web of life. Use your imagination to construct a mobile of bees, bats, butterflies, or hummingbirds, and the flowers they pollinate. Use recycled materials and be sure that your mobile is equipped to be hung. Class #11 Instagram Nature - Photography Capturing a leaf s reflection in a puddle or a flower s petals after a spring rain in photographs is a form of art. Walk around the school yard or a neighborhood park to look for unusual shapes, patterns, or colors in nature. Capture the excitement of a flower s bloom or fern foliage through photography. Print your favorite photo and display on paper or with a photo mat. Class #12 Blooming Botanicals! - Botanical Illustrations For hundreds of years, botanical illustrations have provided an opportunity to identify plant species and promote an interest in natural history and horticulture. Use the history of this fine craft to draw your own botanical illustration. Choose watercolor, ink, pencil, or paint to depict your favorite flower. Your illustration should be of flowers, but you may include seed germination. 2 View the artistic and horticulture lesson plans at phsonline.org/lesson-plans
HORTICULTURE CLASSES All plants must be grown or cared for by the exhibitor for a minimum of one month prior to the Show. Class #13 Flowering Plant in a Pot Must be in bloom. Class #14 Foliage Plant in a Pot Class #15 Container-Grown Vegetable One variety to a pot Class #16 Xericape Pants Challenge yourself to grow something that requires little to no water to learn about drought tolerant plants. Cactus and Succulents are good choices, as are thyme, Russian sage and lavender. Or challenge yourself to grow something that can withstand flooding. Class #17 Seed and Grow Plant the seeds in a cup or pot and watch them sprout! Make sure the seeds get enough light and water. Class #18 Seed View Place a bean or other type of seed between two pieces of glass or plastic held in a frame or with a clamp. Put a wet paper towel in the bottom and watch the beans sprout. This can also be done in a plastic bag with a wet paper towel taped to a sunny window. You may want to keep a journal to track the plant s growth. Class #19 Dish Garden An arrangement of three or more plants in a shallow planter or bowl, no larger than 15 in diameter. Small figures may be used. Class #20 Terrarium An arrangement of three or more plants in a covered container, no larger than 15 in any direction. Small figures may be used. Class #21 Green n Growin An established plant propagated and grown by exhibitor for at least one month prior to the Show. Try propagating the plant in water then potting your plant in soil. Means of propagation, other than seed, to be named on the entry tag (water, cutting, air layering, etc.). Class #22 Garbage Gardening Sprouting or rooted plants from the kitchen for example, root vegetable tops, sweet potatoes, fruit seeds, avocado pits, etc. Class #23 Hydroponics Hydroponic Gardening is the growing of plants without soil. There are many different methods of hydroponics, but try this simple method to see why hydroponics is so successful. Use a plastic bottle to create a simple environment that can grow plants. Lettuce and herbs do very well. Remember the control of the ph is extremely important! (see lesson plans for step by step instructions) View the artistic and horticulture lesson plans at phsonline.org/lesson-plans 3
CLASSROOM PROJECTS Horticultural Color Wheel No matter what type of art project you are creating, color is an important consideration. Construct a color wheel indicating the primary colors as well as the secondary colors. Your color wheel can be composed of colorful photos of flowers that you cut from a seed catalogue or magazine. Instagram Nature Photography Poster Capturing a leaf s reflection in a puddle or a flower s petals after a spring rain in photographs is a form of art. Walk around the school yard or a neighborhood park to look for unusual shapes, patterns, or colors in nature. It could be the angle of a petal, the shape chewed into a leaf by an insect... a mosaic of sunflowers drenched in gold, red, and burgundy hues. These are the types of natural features that can inspire you to closely observe the world, learn the elements of art, and find your unique creative voices. Create a photo collection of what captured the class s attention in nature. Green Roof Use your imagination to construct a green roof. Green roofs last longer than conventional roofs, reduce energy costs with natural insulation, create peaceful retreats for people and animals, and absorb storm water, potentially lessening the need for complex and expensive drainage systems. On a wider scale, green roofs improve air quality and help reduce the Urban Heat Island Effect, a condition in which city and suburban developments absorb and trap heat. Design a model of a green roof that would be used in a home or business. Use a shoe box or other base and construction paper, pictures of horticulture and nature to decorate the sides. Tape the box top to the base of the box and layer foil, sand, stone, miniature plants and figurines to complete your landscape design. You may also choose to place moistened soil and sprinkle grass seed to grow a live green roof. Design and make a model of a Rain Garden Get plan drawings of your schoolyard; go outside and observe and document on the plan where rain travels in the schoolyard through observation on a rainy day. Locate and design a rain garden that is in the path of the storm water runoff. Use native plantings. Window Box Recycling Project Assemble a window box from recycled materials. Group and tape together several boxes for the base. Decorate the outside with of the box with egg cartons, decorated water bottles, or other recycled materials. Craft flowers from recycled materials and paint them. Use pipe cleaners to affix the flowers to the box. Make sure to include some floral oasis in the base of your box to hold flowers. 4
Flower Show Terminology What is a Class? A classification or category in which you make your horticultural or artistic entry (e.g., Crafty Creatures). What is a Grade? A grade determines which age division within the class the entry will go into (e.g., 1st grade, 2nd, 3rd, etc.). What is the difference between Fresh & Dried? FRESH is recently cut from a living plant and has not been treated with dye or paint. DRIED has been treated in sand, glycerin, borax, or naturally preserved (i.e., hanging upside down, pressed in a book, or stored in a dry dark place). What Is Natural? NATURAL includes branches, driftwood, bark, stones, shells, seeds, grasses, etc. NOT NATURAL means paint, dyes, ribbons, manufactured pastas, felt, candy, glitter or plastic flowers. What does Accessories Permitted mean? Accessories are non-plant material additions to the floral design. Keep in mind that the accessories used must be in proportion to the arrangement (e.g., if the class states that an arrangement should be no larger than 12 in any direction, that means 12 with all accessories in place). Also, accessories are considered extra, which means they can be removed without altering the balance and design of the arrangement Entry Rules All plants must have been grown by the exhibitor, except in artistic classes. All plants must have been cared for by the exhibitor and grown in the exhibit container for at least one month prior to the Show. Artificial plant material not permitted. All materials must be natural. Accessories are permitted where specified. Entries submitted for the Classroom Projects can be freestanding. We recommend using the heavier tri-fold presentation display boards or using additional support on regular poster boards. The use of heavy objects attached to the poster itself is not advised. Judges and Awards PHS will provide judges to visit the school, judge the entries, and award ribbons. Judges may subdivide a class. Participant Ribbons will be awarded to entries that are not winners. Age Division and Color Coding (applicable when several grades are participating) A. Up to and including 2nd Grade PINK B. 3rd through 5th Grade ORANGE C. 6th through 8th Grade YELLOW D. 9th through 12th Grade GREEN E. Ungraded Classes BLUE Thank You TO REGISTER Contact Johanna Schoeller at jschoeller@ pennhort.org or 215.988.8897 PHS recognizes the dedication of all the teachers and youth leaders who encourage their students to plant a seed, make a flower arrangement, create a crafty creature, or research a classroom project. We share with them the hope that they may be grooming a budding horticulturist, inspiring a future artist, or encouraging the next generation of environmental stewards. 5
Junior Flower Show Teacher Training www.phsonline.org/programs/junior-flower-show www.phsonline.org/greening/green-city-teachers Water Resources Understanding the Urban Watershed curriculum for grades 6-8: www.resourcewater.org To visit the Fairmount Water Works: fairmountwaterworks.org/education 100 N. 20th Street 5th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103-1495 PHSonline.org