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  5 27 2009 Texas Treasures with a Twist Jane Padgitt and Nan

Summary:   5 27 2009 Texas Treasures with a Twist Jane Padgitt and Nan Markland were exhibitors at the recent NGC Inc national convention held in Houston May 14 18 2009 800 members from the U S Mexico and South America enjoyed nine floor designs one from each district in Texas Garden Clubs on exhibition in the lobby of the Hilton Greenspoint Hotel The 8 5 foot tall design titled Texas Treasurres with a Twist represented District VIII with most of the materials antlers and horns from Coleman County Cedar Elm weathered wood from Padgitt Ranch took center stage on the Santa Anna purchased bottle tree Rambouillet rams horns white tail deer antlers and bovine skull were all South Coleman Co products Fallow deer antlers and elk antlers were from North Coleman County The century plant pods held approximately five dozen dried yellow roses Accents were purple liatris and monarch feather butterflies to remind viewers that District VIII is in the migratory path of the monarchs Nan Markland President of the District VIII Judges Council was chosen to represent the thirteen area clubs She is a Master Flower Show Judge and has done many programs within the district She will lead Town and Country Garden Club of Coleman s fabulous designers in a table program for the district convention to be held in Coleman in October Her design style has always incorporated natural materials from her north Coleman County ranch Weathered wood found objects antlers and horns with an unusual twist characterize her designs The Montana state president commented that the design was truly representative of Texas and he planned on using it to inspire his clubs that were bored with traditional design styles and plant materials Teammate Jane Padgitt is a frequent co designer with Ms Markland Known for her lovely Padgitt Ranch Pottery Jane supplies many additional materials for the design as well as engineering expertise for stability and soundness The team has been asked to do another program with Jane making and building the containers and Nan finishing the designs for Ozona Texas April 2010   5 27 2009 Texas Treasures with a Twist Jane Padgitt and Nan Markland were exhibitors at the recent NGC Inc national convention held in Houston May 14 18 2009 800 members from the U S Mexico and South America enjoyed nine floor designs one from each district in Texas Garden Clubs on exhibition in the lobby of the Hilton Greenspoint Hotel The 8 5 foot tall design titled Texas Treasurres with a Twist represented District VIII with most of the materials antlers and horns from Coleman County Cedar Elm weathered wood from Padgitt Ranch took center stage on the Santa Anna purchased bottle tree Rambouillet rams horns white tail deer antlers and bovine skull were all South Coleman Co products Fallow deer antlers and elk antlers were from North Coleman County The century plant pods held approximately five dozen dried yellow roses Accents were purple liatris and monarch feather butterflies to remind viewers that District VIII is in the migratory path of the monarchs Nan Markland President of the District VIII Judges Council was chosen to represent the thirteen area clubs She is a Master Flower Show Judge and has done many programs within the district She will lead Town and Country Garden Club of Coleman s fabulous designers in a table program for the district convention to be held in Coleman in October Her design style has always incorporated natural materials from her north Coleman County ranch Weathered wood found objects antlers and horns with an unusual twist characterize her designs The Montana state president commented that the design was truly representative of Texas and he planned on using it to inspire his clubs that were bored with traditional design styles and plant materials Teammate Jane Padgitt is a frequent co designer with Ms Markland Known for her lovely Padgitt Ranch Pottery Jane supplies many additional materials for the design as well as engineering expertise for stability and soundness The team has been asked to do another program with Jane making and building the containers and Nan finishing the designs for Ozona Texas April 2010

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