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Blue ribbons at the Philadelphia Flower Show
3:05 p.m., March 9, 2006--The UD Department of Plant and Soil Sciences was well represented at the Philadelphia Flower Show, held this week in the Pennsylvania Convention Center with the theme, “Enchanted Spring...a Tribute to Mother Nature.” Cathy Olsen, laboratory coordinator, and Dot Milsom, senior secretary, teamed up to receive a blue ribbon in the miniature category, and Kate Murray, research associate I, received a blue ribbon in the terrace category. All three have received awards in past years. Entitled “ Temples in the Mist,” Olsen and Milsom's miniature setting showed the house of princesses in Machu Picchu, the ancient Inca city in Peru. In front of the brick building is a terrace where an artisan works on a pot, with tools and artifacts lying beside him. In the distance, llamas graze against the backdrop of the Andes. Murray entitled her entry, “Retired and Digging It.” The imaginary retiree is a former geometry teacher, she said, and the terrace featured exotic tropical plants in geometric planters, plus a chair and table covered with colorful brochures of faraway place for armchair traveling. Article by Sue Moncure |
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