Flowers ‘Do the Twist’ at annual show at Fellows Riverside Gardens

May 17, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

By SEAN BARRON

YOUNGSTOWN

If you think that “Do the Twist” and “Sixteen Tons” are popular oldies tunes, you’re right.

But those songs by Chubby Checker and Tennessee Ernie Ford, respectively, are colorful in more ways than one: The titles also are two of five categories that made up the two-day Garden Forum Spring Flower Show on Saturday and Sunday in Mill Creek Park.

The other three were “All that Jazz,” “Charleston” and “Stars & Stripes.”

Participants submitted flower-themed entries in the design and horticulture portions of the annual show in the D.D. and Velma Davis Educational and Visitor Center at Fellows Riverside Gardens, 123 McKinley Way.

Many were awarded first-, second- and third-place ribbons as well as ones for honorable mention, noted Beverly Italiano, a volunteer coordinator and receptionist at the center. First-place finishes in each category also were to receive a special award, Italiano said.

Sponsoring the show was the Garden Forum of the Greater Youngstown Area Inc., which makes up about 42 garden clubs in Mahoning, Trumbull and Columbiana counties.

A red second-place ribbon was given to Rose Marie Roth in the “Stars & Stripes” portion for a piece she designed that contained a vase with an etching of the Liberty Bell, as well as several flowers such as baby’s breath and a star made from velvet — all in red, white and blue.

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