Thanks to everyone who entered in our 14th annual flower show.
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Congratulations to Jeanette Mattson Best in Show award winner for 2023, Luis A. Lopez Salcedo. Luis A. Lopez Salcedo has taken the title for the second year in a row, this time for his inflo of Diane's Sunset Passion.
Mahalo nui loa to our judges:
Penny Bamford, RoseAnne Lindsay, and Jerry Martin for blooms and inflos,
Jessica Healy, Naveen James, and Joni Meier with assistants Gin Martin and Bill Buelna from the SD Center for the Blind for our fragrance sections,
UCCE Master Gardener Carvill Veech for floral arrangements,
Past SCPS President Dawn Sullivan for photography, and
Kumu Kapena Malulani Perez for lei classes.
Special thanks to our tireless aloha-filled volunteers who did everything from helping folks enter to assisting judges, encouraging the public to visit and answering all their questions, helping the photographer document all this beauty for the future, plus setup and takedown. Mahalo nui loa!
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Congrats to all the winners in our 2022 Flower Show, with special congrats to Luis A. Lopez Salcedo, who won the Jeanette Mattson Best in Show award with his Leela inflorescence. View most of the winning entries on our Photo page and view the entire list of winners (plus the biographies of our illustrious judges) below. Thanks to all entrants and we'll be thrilled to see you all again in 2023.
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Remembering Bud Guillot
by Mike Atkinson
Bud Guillot has passed away at age 99 in his home in Huntington Beach. He is considered the Grandfather of So Cal Plumerias. Without him, we would not be anywhere near where we are today. He was the perfect Texas gentleman with wit and charm to boot. He was also a World War II hero. He was the father of so many treasured cultivars - Guillot Sunset, California Sally, San Miguel, and so many more. Bud was one of our earliest SCPS members and attended many of our meetings and luaus through the years. Rest well, Bud, with your precious Viola.
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Remembering Greg Silverthorn
by Mike Atkinson
Photo provided by Mike Atkinson
What a void Greg Silverthorn’s passing leaves in our club. His smile and verve for life could light up the darkest night. His generous, kind spirit touched more people than can be counted. I am blessed to have been one of them.I always suspected that our club leadership strategically placed Greg right inside the entrance to our sales. What better way to put people at ease and bring a smile to their face than seeing his face greet them? His plants and cuttings were always of exquisite quality, but it was his spirit that stayed with those who met him. He was so generous with his extensive knowledge growing plumerias.Greg and MaryAnn married 51 years last March. It wasn’t long until they were visiting Hawaii and bringing sticks back with them to try growing. Then they were offered a 30-year-old plumeria tree in Pacific Beach. Greg and Aaron took 250 cuttings and...
