FLOWERS

Coordinator: Cydney Smith
Committee: Lois Crowder

Information for Exhibitors:

  • Please see General Rules and Regulations

  • All Exhibitors are required to register under their own name not the name of their business or farm, such entries will be disqualified for judging.

  • Items to exhibit must be brought in between 6 pm & 9 pm Wednesday night September 10 or Thursday morning September 11 between 8 am and 10 am.

  • Sunday: Exhibit Hall closes at 4 pm to prepare for pickup of exhibits.

  • No exhibits to be removed from exhibit building before 4:30 pm Sunday.

  • Fair share 20% off prize money.

  • All entries to be grown by exhibitor.

  • No purple loosestrife will be accepted in arrangements.

  • One entry per person per section.

  • All entries to be considered fresh flowers unless specified otherwise.

  • Arrangements should be tabletop size, unless specified otherwise.

Prizes: Classes 27 and 28: 1st: $4; 2nd: $3; 3rd: $2
Prizes: Classes 29 to 31: 1st: $8; 2nd: $6; 3rd: $5
Prizes: Classes 31 section 1,8,9: 1st: $6; 2nd: $4; 3rd: $3

Additional Prizes:
Best Cut Flower: Rosette
Best Houseplant: Rosette
Best Arrangement: Rosette
Highest Points: Rosette

" All prize money DOUBLED THANKS to the generosity of an Anonymous Donor”

CLASS 27
CUT FLOWERS:

Prizes: 1st: $4; 2nd: $3; 3rd: $2
To be judged on the quality of bloom, stem, and a limited amount of OWN foliage (no buds)

Sections:

  • 1. Asters: four blooms, any variety, mixed colours

  • 2. Calendula: five blooms

  • 3. Cleome: one head

  • 4. Coleus Foliage: one stem

  • 5. Cosmos Double: five blooms, buds permitted

  • 6. Cosmos Standard: five blooms, any colour, buds permitted

  • 7. Dahlia under 5”: three blooms, any colour

  • 8. Dahlia Cactus Type: three blooms, any colour

  • 9. Dahlia Large: one bloom over 5”

  • 10. One Rose: any variety (named)

  • 11. Gladioli: one spike, any colour, can use floral foam and own container

  • 12. Gladioli: three spikes, three different colours, can use floral foam and own container

  • 13. Hosta Leaf, under 8” in width: all the same variety, three Stems (no flowers)

  • 14. Hosta Leaf, over 8” in width: all the same variety, three stems (no flowers)

  • 15. Hydrangea: one head any colour

  • 16. Any annual not in list: three blooms (named)

  • 17. Marigold under 2”: five blooms

  • 18. Marigold over 2”: three blooms

  • 19. Nasturtium: five blooms

  • 20. Pansy Mini: five blooms

  • 21. Any perennial not in list: three blooms (named)

  • 22. Petunia Double: five blooms any colour

  • 23. Petunia Single: five blooms, any colour

  • 24. Phlox Perennial: three stems, any colour

  • 25. Rudbeckia (Daisy): three stems, any colour

  • 26. Sedum: one head any colour

  • 27. Sunflower: one stem, one flower under 8” in diameter

  • 28. Zinnias: three blooms

  • 29. Zinnias Pom-Pom: five blooms

CLASS 28
POTTED PLANTS:

Prizes: 1st: $4; 2nd: $3; 3rd: $2
Potted plants must be free of debris, disease, and pests and be suitable for table display. The rim of the pot/container is not more than 10 inches in diameter.

Sections:

  • 1. African Violet: single flower

  • 2. African Violet: semi-double flower, any colour

  • 3. New Guinea impatiens: any colour, in bloom and potted

  • 4. Cactus: single, rooted

  • 5. Potted Petunias: any colours or combinations of, any variety

  • 6. Coleus: established in pot

  • 7. Any flowering houseplant not in list: in bloom (please provide plant name)

  • 8. Houseplant noted for foliage: no flowers or ivy (named)

  • 9. Any trailing plant: established in pot (named)

  • 10. Succulent: has leaves, no spines, 1-3 species in a container

  • 11. Orchid

  • 12. Longest Hanging House Plant - measured from the base of the root

CLASS 29
FLOWER
ARRANGEMENTS:

Prizes:1st: $8; 2nd: $6; 3rd: $5
Make an arrangement using only the following flowers: twelve blooms maximum, any colour and foliage. Arrangements should be tabletop size, unless specified otherwise.

Sections:

  • 1. Collection of Herbs in water: five to seven plants, varieties named.

  • 2. Zinnias: displayed in rustic / country style container

  • 3. Pansies: displayed in container allowing 360˚ view

  • 4. Petunias: doubles/singles in suitable container

  • 5. “Steeped in tradition”: Rudebeckia displayed in teapot

CLASS 30
ARRANGEMENTS:

Prizes:1st: $8; 2nd: $6; 3rd: $5
Make an arrangement using any flower and any foliage. Accessories acceptable. Please note any exceptions below. Arrangements should be tabletop size, unless specified otherwise.Sections:

Sections:

  • 1. “April Showers bring May Flowers”: arrangement shown in suitable container

  • 2. “Autumn Beauty”: fall colours, fresh and dried flowers may be used

  • 3. “Evergreen Beauty”: winter arrangement using a variety of evergreens and foliage (may / may not have flowers)

  • 4. “Wild Wilderness”: use any wild material found in ditches, fields etc.

  • 5. “Coffee Time”: arrangement in a coffee mug, may be themed

  • 6. “Teeny Weeney”: in unusual container, not to exceed 3” including container

  • 7. Flower Wreath: base made of grapevine with flowers intertwined - 12’’ round

  • 8. “Tropical Paradise”: use any tropical like material in a container

CLASS 31
SPECIALS:

Prizes: Classes 31 section 1,8,9: 1st: $6; 2nd: $4; 3rd: $3

Sections:

  • 1. “A Rose is a Rose”: single rose in a suitable container

  • 2. “Support our Farmers”: themed display representing a type of farming

  • 3. Dried arrangement of grasses, weeds, flowers, seeds, foliage etc.

  • 4. Mini Complete: a miniature arrangement of tiny flowers - not over 4” in any direction

  • 5. “People put flowers in weird things”: arrangement of your choice

  • 6. Hanging Flower Ball: centre of oasis hanging from fishing line, can use any flower of the same colour/shade - 5-7 inches in diameter

  • 7. “Lonesome Beauty”: single bloom (other than a rose)

  • 8. “Beauty on a Budget”: any one bloom floating on water

  • 9. Pumpkin Flower Arrangement: a small pumpkin (7-10 inches in diameter) with fall themed flowers with some filler

  • 10. “Little Helper”: arrangement with any 5 blooms, help must be provided from a child.