Sunday, July 26, 2015

2015 Hawaii Regional Floral Design Competition

"Gateway to Americas International Competition 2016 in Vancouver, Canada"  HFNA event in collaboration with MidPac Conference at the Hapuna Beach Prince Hotel, Waikoloa, HI on July 23, 2015.

There were 3 categories:  Bridal bouquet for a destination bride at Hapuna Prince Hotel; table centerpiece for a 60" round table at the MidPac Conference; and a plant arrangement for a grower's sales office.

Some examples of the Bridal Bouquets:














Some of the entries for the Table Centerpieces:









And finally a few samples of the Plant arrangement:








Contestants at work.


Break time in the design room.


Relaxing in between designs with SueV, Kala, Erica and Iris.


And the winners are...
1st Place - Erica Rasmussen AIFD
2nd Place - Sue Tabbal-Yamaguchi AIFD
3rd Place - Deborah Di Bella AIFD

Relaxing after the competition with Cory Ho AIFD, Erica Rasmussen AIFD, Aniko Kovacs AIFD, me and Sue Tabbal-Yamaguchi AIFD.


 Mahalo to Hitomi Gilliam AIFD for making this competition possible, to Eric Tanouye and Neo Thong Teng of Green Point Nurseries for organizing and sponsoring the event, and to HFNA for sponsoring the competition.

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