Read the rules at the Vinland Fair website:
Flower Department
Lisa Nelick and Crystal Harris, superintendents
• Entries are to be grown by the exhibitor.
• Fresh flower sand greenery are to be
used in arrangements, except where
dried is specified.
• No plastic or silk flowers or greenery.
• Specimens (everything except
arrangements) are to have only the
flower and its own foliage.
• Sizes are approximate.
• Superintendents will make final
decisions on size and category.
• Prizes are First: $1.50, Second: $1,
Third: $.75 unless otherwise noted, Best
of show: $5.
• Entries will be judged at 7:15 p.m.
Thursday.
Section A –
Roses
1. Bud in vase
2. Hybrid tea – 1 bloom
3. Floribunda or Grandiflora – 1 spray
4. Miniature – 3 blooms
Section B –
Annuals
5. Small Marigold – 3 stems
6. Large Marigold – 3 stems
7. Small Zinnia – 3 stems
8. Large Zinnia – 3 stems
9. Small single Petunia – 1 spray
10. Large single Petunia – 1 spray
11. Double Petunia – 1 spray
12. Crested Cockscomb – 1 stem
13. Plumed Celosia – 1 stem
14. Cosmos – 3 stems
15. Impatiens – 3 stems
16. Coleus – 1 stem
17. Sunflower – 1 stem
18. Any other flowering annual – 3 stems
Section C –
Perennials
19. Coneflower – 3 stems
20. Rudbeckia – 3 stems
21. Any other flowering perennial – 3
stems
22. Hosta leaf – 1 stem
Section D –
Bulbs, corms, tubers,
rizomes
23. Small border dahlia – 3 stems
24. Large dinner plate dahlia – 1 bloom
25. Gladiolus – 1 spike
26. Canna – 1 stem
27. Lily – 1 stem
28. Caladium – 1 leaf
29. Any other bulb-type flower – 1 stem
Section E –
Planters
30. Planter of flowering annuals
31. Outdoor planter of any type
32. Any houseplant, foliage or blooming
33. African Violet – 1 plant
34. Cactus – 1 plant or garden with more
than 1 variety
35. Hanging basket or planter, foliage or
blooming
Section F –
Miscellaneous
36. Pretty pair – 2 of a kind
37. Bouquet of cut flowers – 2 or more kinds
Section G –
Arrangement
38. Miniature – 5” or under in any direction
39. For table centerpiece
40. Dried botanicals, wreath, swag,
arrangement or garland
41. Wild flower bouquet
42. Exhibitor’s Choice arrangement – any
size except miniature. Must use fresh
flowers. Can use fresh greenery, dried
fillers and other materials and items, but
no silk or artificial flowers or greenery.
Exhibitor is to give the arrangement a
title and submit on a 3”x5” index card to
be displayed with the arrangement.
Section H –
Best of Show
43. Best of Show
4-H and Junior Flowers
(Entered in the Open Flower Department)
1. Garden flower, single stem, annual
2. Garden flower, single stem, perennial
3. Flower arrangement, fresh flowers
4. Flower arrangement, dried flowers, no
fabric or plastic
5. Houseplant
6. Cactus garden – 2 or more varieties
7. Roses – 3 blooms of one variety
8. Sweet potato growing in water
9. Egg carton garden
10. Terrarium
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11. Miniature – under 5” in any direction
12. Largest tame sunflower
13. Wildflower arrangement