Northland Area Annual Designer of the Year 2009

The venue for this competition was the Mark Cromie Holden Indoor Cricket Centre in Whangarei. A large display area with an artificial grass floor, which enhanced the designs, was an ideal venue for the twenty three competitors representing the four Northland Area Clubs to stage their entries. The two National Judges were Lorraine Usher from Auckland and Mary Macgregor from Kerikeri.

The overall title of the Competition was “Howzat!” with sub titles for individual classes-
Open Class - ‘Ricochet’
Senior Class - ‘Hat Trick'
Intermediate Class - ‘Flash of Brilliance’
Novice Class - ‘Line-Up’

Special Awards:

Designer of the Year: Ivy Wright - Whangarei Floral Art Club
Colour Award: Ivy Wright - Whangarei Floral Art Club
Most Innovative and Creative Design award: Lorraine Williamson - Whangarei Floral Art Club
Doris Bollschweiler Award for the most Innovative Novice Design: Rosie Speedy - Whangarei Floral Art Club

Ivy Wright’s winning design featured "Anthuriums and Orchids floating on wires criss-crossing through amoebic shapes."