
Art in Bloom Returns
The 2024 Art in Bloom exhibition was a huge success thanks to the more than 1100 visitors over the weekend who attended and voted. Below are the arrangements and the winning designs.
Bountiful thanks go to all the participating florists for their partnership in bringing back this popular event.

People's Choice Award
De la serie Huella en la memoria, from the Footprint in Memory series (at the Hitt Street entrance doors), Juan Roberto Diago
student designers at MU Tiger Garden

Best Art-Inspired Design
De la Serie Paños Mágicos, from the Magic Carpet series (on the pillar), Juan Roberto Diago
Allen’s Flowers

Most Creative Design
Sin título (Without Title), de la serie White Things
student designers at the Columbia Area Career Center, Columbia Public Schools

Best Use of Color
The Miracle of Saint Leonard of Limoges, Jörg Breu I and studio
River City Florist

Dean's Choice
De la Serie Paños Mágicos, from the Magic Carpet series (on the south wall), Juan Roberto Diago
Bare Roots

Director's Choice
The Three Trees, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn
My Secret Garden

Truman's Choice
Sin título (Without Title) de la serie Untitled Album, René de Jesús Peña González
Columbia Garden Club

Art in Bloom Committee’s Choice
Lallah Rookh, Francis John Wyburd
Happy Hollow Farms

Bathing Nymphs, Johann von Halbig
members of Mizzou SAIFD (Student Chapter of the American Institute of Floral Designers)

Artemisia Drinking the Ashes of Mausolus, Matthäus Merian the Younger
Ophelia’s Plants and Flowers

De la serie Libertad, from the Freedom series, Juan Roberto Diago
Schnucks Floral Department, Forum Department

Mummy Shroud of Taathyr, Daughter of Thatres
Sugarberry Blooms

De la serie Huella en la memoria -- from the Footprint in Memory series (between the gallery doors), Juan Roberto Diago
Holland Floral Designs

Empress (perhaps Herennia Etruscilla)
student designers at the Columbia Area Career Center
Columbia Public Schools

Horse Head
Allen’s Flowers

Thief, de la serie Untitled Album, René de Jesús Peña González
My Secret Garden