Art in Bloom 2024
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