A Feel Good Story about Flowers

Lifestyle - Great Falls Tribune - www.greatfallstribune.com: "For more than 40 years, Dan Simon nipped, watered and weeded his garden, producing award-winning flowers at the Montana State Fair.

This year, the Great Falls man's colorful creations almost didn't make it to the fair — until a helpul neighbor stepped in.

The result was more prizes for Simon, including one of the biggest floral prizes for a tall flower, a gladiolus.

'It was pretty exciting when he won the champion spike,' said Connie Smith, superintendent of the Floriculture Department at the Montana State Fair.

Simon, who won with a gladiolus, was unable to see the exhibits in person. But he wasn't surprised to win the champion spike.

'I've won 11 or 12 of 'em,' he said Friday.

The year has been a difficult one for the veteran flower grower."


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