Contest sponsored by Western Fair District
Garden gloves – off! Make plans to enter your homegrown treasures in our Virtual Homegrown Harvest Contest.
Homegrown Harvest Contest categories:
- Largest Tomato
- Longest Carrot
- Homegrown Salad
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Largest Tomato
It’s true. Size is not everything, especially when it comes to tomatoes. But, when the time comes to award bragging rights, we need to start somewhere. This year’s virtual tomato category will be based on size and weight. Please post a photo of your tomato on a scale with the recorded weight (pounds and ounces) with the measurement in cm of the circumference.
Entries will be accepted from 12:01 a.m. on August 23 until the contest close at 11:59 p.m. on September 22, 2022.
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Longest Carrot
Can you have too much of a good thing? Not when it comes to fresh homegrown carrots! We are looking for the longest carrot pulled from your garden. Please post a photo of your carrot and include its recorded length in cm.
Entries will be accepted from 12:01 a.m. on August 23 until the contest close at 11:59 p.m. on September 22, 2022.
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Homegrown Salad Competition – Who said salads have to be boring?
Is there anything better than creating a fresh salad full of all your garden goodness? We all know the obvious salad components that can be grown in your garden such as lettuce, tomatoes and cucumber, but what about adding something extra? Points will be allocated for the number of ingredients used from your garden as well as bonus points for presentation of the salad.
Please include two photos per entry
Photo 1: Show all of your homegrown garden ingredients
Photo 2: Final salad presentation
Entries will be accepted from 12:01 a.m. on August 23 until contest close at 11:59 p.m. on September 22, 2022.
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Judges
We are pleased to welcome a special panel of judges to evaluate our 2022 entries including representatives from Western Fair District, The Lindsay Agricultural Society, and Feed Ontario. Judges will select one winner per category.
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Entry Fee: No entry fees.
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Prizing: Gardening swag pack including Worm Castings courtesy of Western Fair District (Valued at $50.00), a variety of seeds plus Farm & Food Care Ontario Swag!
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How to Enter: Post your entry photo(s) and entry details (Size, ingredients etc.) on the 2022 Farm & Food Care Garden Club page under the contest header pinned at the top of the club page.
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Online Entry Guidelines:
✓All articles exhibited must be the property of the person/persons in whose name they are entered.
✓ All items submitted must be grown during the 2022 garden season.
✓ Fit entry to frame and centre so the item is clearly visible.
✓ Photos may be submitted vertically or horizontally.
✓ Take photos on a white or neutral background if possible, with good lighting (blank white paper works great as a background if you don’t have neutral walls).
✓ Use a high-quality camera (new cell phone photos should be high enough).
✓ Take your photo during daylight hours to avoid shadows, pick an area with a lot of natural light, or photograph your item outside.
✓ Farm & Food Care Ontario reserves the right to accept or reject any entry, and to display only those entries that are of acceptable quality.
