Wilfreta Baugh, who exhibited at the Philadelphia Flower Show for many years, is now showcasing her gorgeous floral arrangements and creations at her Elkins Park home, writes Sally A. Downey for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Her most recent creations include white rectangular containers populated with pink and white roses to decorate her long, oak table.
She first competed in 1974, when she won a blue ribbon and “best of show” award in the individual flower arrangements category.
“It was an emotionally charged experience,” said the retired physician, which led to a “50-year love affair.”
Over the following decades, Baugh won many ribbons at the annual Flower Show, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society.
This year, she will not compete at the show as she is too busy being a PHS board member and chair of the Flower Show and Events Committee. However, she plans to continue competing in the coming years.
Until then, Baugh continues to design arrangements and teaches others how to do it, including the members of Our Garden Club of Philadelphia and Vicinity, which she joined in 1972.
Read more about Wilfreta Baugh in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
