Wednesday, September 16, 2009

2009 Portland Rose Festival

Photo courtesy of www.oregonlive.com/rosefest/

Brother Romney, Sister Bass, Kristin Wheelwright, Shae Hunter, Christa Beaty, and Liesel Hirschi helped out Studio Concepts, a float company located in Portland, by building and designing their floats that were entered into the Portland Rose Festival. They had three days to work on the two floats. One of the floats was the largest float entered this year which was about 10-12 feet wide and 60 feet long. To prepare for this great opportunity, the students made large scale arrangements and researched the best techniques for securing them onto a float. Sister Bass said that some of the designs can be five to six feet tall! This was definitely a great chance to practice the horticulture skills we are developing and also get our name out into the world for companies in the horticulture fields. Great work guys!

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