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enced workers remind others of the rule of three, of how to cover the edge of the containers, and how t6 judge the perfect height needed.
Nancy Weitz remembers learning to arrange with her mother, Jean McNear, by working beside her, and copying every flower placement her mother made. Currently, the last Sunday before the show and sale, the arranging room is set up for all the Sunday school children to make arrangements. Special little containers are filled with foam and foliage, and the children can choose which to use. Lois Snead leads the lessons as children fill in with flowers and proudly add their initials to the bottom of the vase'.
Nancy Weitz and Charlotte Nichols are currently the foliage experts, preserving boxwood, laurel, pear, and other leaves in glycerin solutions.
The velvety brown of preserved pear leaves, the shiny finish on the magnolia leaves, the bright green of box that remains so for years - all are the result of care given by these two women, whose years of experience are often challenged by the vagaries of weather.
And it is not only these two, but those who help collect the branches, pound the stems and prepare them for treatment. Right now, as every year, Nancy’s dining room and Charlotte’s garage are filled with quart jars filled with foliage, soaking up the solution which will keep them fresh for years.
Some chores provide continuity over the years. This year, Nancy and Ann Hansen were cutting American box at Stonycroft, the home of Susan van den Toorn.
This home, Stonycroft, was were Ann’s mother, Ann Beck, and Ruth Baumgardner cut box from the 60s
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