If you live within driving distance of Stokes County and King and did not attend the Poinsettia display at Mitchell's Greenhouse and Nursery, you missed a beautiful affair. It is too late for this year but do not dispair, they are scheduled to have the show again in December of 2011. Please see information below provided by Judy Mitchell. If you want to see photos of this years event, visit the Stokes County Travel/Tourism and Development page on facebook. Many thanks to the Mitchells for their efforts.
Mitchell’s Nursery & Greenhouse Inc.
1088 W. Dalton Rd.
King, NC 27021
(336)983-4107
www.mitchellsnurseryandgreenhouse.com
Dec. 29, 2010
A survey of 65 varieties of poinsettias was taken at our Open House on Sunday Dec. 5, 2010. We grew over 9,000 poinsettias. Approximately 213 people attended from 12:30 – 4:30. Attendance was down because of cold weather. It snowed all Saturday afternoon and snow was still on the ground until noon. Three plants of each variety were labeled for judging. Judging continued until Dec. 11th by those who wanted to participate. The form for judging contained 5 lists – novelty, red, white, marble, and pink. The top five favorites in each category were voted for. This year we also had a fill in section for people to write in their 3 favorite over all. Ads were run in the Winston-Salem Journal, Weekly Independent, Stokes News, Mount Airy News, The Pilot, Foothill Times, and Yadkin Valley Living Magazine. We were featured on the cover of The Foothill Times with an ad inside about poinsettias. It was on the calendar of events for King Chamber of Commerce, North Carolina Commercial Flower Growers Assoc., North Carolina Agritourism Networking Assoc., Carolina Gardener Magazine, Winston-Salem Journal garden page, and Winston-Salem Journal Relish. Fox 8 News WGHP did two live stories on the morning show and on the 10:00 news and ran pictures on their website. WFMY TV – Digtriad .com news from Greensboro also did a segment at our greenhouse on the evening news “Made in the Triad” and listed us on their website. The Winston Salem Journal had a color picture and mentioned it on their garden page. We sent out over 1600 picture postcards to our customers. We list it on our website www.mitchellsnurseryandgreenhouse.com, on our facebook page, and on our blog.
To get points I gave each 1st place vote 5 points, 2nd place 4 points, 3rd place 3 points, 4th place 2 points, and 5th place 1 point. Attached is a copy of a blank ballot. If you have any suggestions on how to improve it, please email them to me.
The results of our open house are on another attachment.
Sincerely,
Judy Mitchell
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