Page 68 - 2025 Fairbook

Department No. 13
68 2025 Butler County Fair

Department NO. 13 - Flower Show N. The standard form of judging will be used and will be done by
accredited judges of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs.
Member In Charge-Gary Gerber O. All articles will be released on Sunday, July 27 , 2025 be-
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tween 10:00am & 12:30pm. Unclaimed articles will be con-
Mrs. Richard Roemer - Superintendent
Mrs. Marguerite Plasman - Assistant Superintendent sidered abandoned and may be disposed of as the Butler
County Agricultural Society sees fit.
Rules Governing This Department: Section 1– House Plant
Please Read All Rules Carefully
NOTICE:
A. Entries for Art Hall are open June 26th-July 12th online and in office.
Entries close and must be into the Senior Fair Board Office Þ Houseplant entries must be in place Saturday, July
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by 3pm. On Saturday July 12 2025. If entries are mailed, 19 between 9:00 and 11:00 am.
you may check with the fair board office at 513.892.1423 to
see if they have been received before the deadline. We are Þ These entries will remain for the duration of the fair.
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not responsible for delay or loss of mailed entries. NO Late They will be released Sunday, July 27 , 2025 between
10:00am. - 12:30pm.
Entries Accepted.
Þ The owner may groom their plant Monday, July 21 st
B. Open Class exhibitors must purchase a Society Membership, between 9:00am. and 10:00am.
4-Day Pass or 7-Day Pass. This pass gives you 50 entries for
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the Art Hall. Once 50 entries are made the cost is .50¢ per entry. Þ Judging will begin on Monday, July 21 after Garden
Except for Junior or Children’s Classes. Clubs.
C. ENTRY FEES: If participant qualifies by age, to enter Jr./ Premiums for House Plants Classes
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Child Division Classes and is not a FFA, 4-H, or Cloverbud 1 $4.00 2 $3.00 3 $2.00 4 $1.00
member, there is a $5.00 entry fee. (This fee does not in- **Best of Show House Plant Rosette & $10.00**
clude gate admission. $5.00/day for 12 and under, or$5.00for House Plant Classes:
a wristband for the whole week.) If this Jr./child enters any African Violets
Sr./adult classes, they must purchase a 4-day or 7-day pass 1. African Violet-Single Crown-Single Bloom
instead.
2. African Violet-Single Crown-Double Bloom
D. Exhibitors may enter as many classes as desired, but
may make only one entry in each class or subdivision. 3. Miniature-Single or Double
E. Garden clubs may enter only under Garden Club name, Begonia
not an individual. 4. Single

F. All horticulture specimens must be grown by the exhibitor. All 5. Double
houseplants must have been owned by exhibitor for at least 6. Beefsteak
2 months.
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G. Houseplants having received 1 Place in the previous year
cannot be entered the following year. 8. Wax
Geraniums
H. All specimens should be clean and free of spray materi-
als, disease and insects. 9. Geranium In Bloom
I. All cut specimens must be displayed in CLEAR, NON- 10. Scented Geranium
COLORED GLASS containers of suitable size. (Entries dis- Fern
played in paper cups, cans, etc. will not be judged.) Entries
should be tagged before bringing to fair. 11. Boston Fern
J. On horticulture entries, leaves and/or thorns below the water- 12. Asparagus Fern
line should be removed.
13. Any Other Variety-Named
K. Waxed paper, soft foam or other suitable material may be Any Other– Single Plant Only
used for support of horticulture specimens in their containers.
14. Any Other Flowering Plant-9” Pot and Under
L. Entries should include name of specimen, if known, for edu-
cational purposes. (More consideration, when judging, will be 15. Any Other Flowering Plant-10” Pot and Over
given to a groomed specimen, correctly named, labeled and
attractively staged. 16. Any Oher Foliage-9” Pot and Under
M. Plant material used in artistic arrangements can be obtained 17. Any Other Foliage-10” Pot and Over
from any source. Plant material used in artistic arrangements 18. Dish Garden-Variety of Plants Excluding Cacti & Succu-
should be listed on a 3x5 card. No artificial plant material is lents
permitted.