Flowers, Dept. 16

2021 Entry Instructions

ONLINE ENTRY IS PREFERRED. To be an Exhibitor, click on the Online Entry link and follow the instructions. The alternate way to enter is to print out the offline entry form, fill it out, and mail it in according to the deadline outlined on the form and on the Entry Deadlines and Delivery Schedule page. (Please contact your Department if you are unable to print the entry form.)

Rules

PLEASE READ ALL RULES CAREFULLY.

1. All entries must be completely finished and ready for placement before they are brought to the Flower Department.
2. All entries must be in place by 8 PM on Wed., the day before the start of the Fair.
3. All entries must be of show quality, that is, free of any sign of disease or insect damage/infestation.
4. Please pre-register in all categories you anticipate entering. Items can be deleted more quickly than they can be added. If using the exhibitor entry form, please list your entries in numerical order, using class numbers for each entry.
5. Each exhibitor is allowed only ONE entry in each class.
6. Where there is no competition in a class, the entry will be judged and placed according to its own merit.
7. Where required by the variety of entries, a class may be created or divided at the discretion of the judges.
8. All judges’ decisions are final.
9. Any entry using material on the State Conservation List as published by the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc., will be disqualified.
10. All collections must include an index card listing each variety of flower or plant included.
11. Exhibits must remain in place until 6 PM on Sun., the last day of the Fair. Committee members will be on hand until 8 PM Sun. and on Mon. following the Fair from 5 – 7 PM to assist exhibitors in collecting their entries.
12. After 7 PM Mon., remaining exhibits will be placed outside the exhibit area and the doors will be closed.

Special Awards

Best of Show

One Best-of-Show rosette will be awarded in each of the following categories: Arrangements, Artistic Vases, Collections, Single Specimens, Potted Houseplants and Container Gardens.

Betty Ackerman Memorial Award

This award was established in 1994 in memory of Betty Ackerman, who was an assistant superintendent of the Durham Fair for many years. The award is given to the first place winner in a class, or classes, of flower or plant, as chosen by the Flower Committee. This year’s class is Sunflowers (Class V34). The winner will receive a special award of $20, given by Jeff and Carol Feldmann in memory of Betty Ackerman.

George Matyas Memorial Award

George Matyas was an exhibitor in the Potted Houseplant category of the Flower Department from 1997 to 2005. When he received the Exhibitors Guide each year, he took time to carefully pick his entries. All of his houseplants and flowers were grown from seed or plant cuttings. A special award of $20 is given by his daughter Patti Kemish in memory of her father. This year the award will go to the best entry in Orchid (Class P06).

Harriet Duval Special Award

This award was established in 2013 to honor Harriet Duval, who joined the Flower Committee in 1962 and she chaired the committee from 1982 – 2012. The award is a rosette for the first place winner of a designated class of flower arrangement. This year’s class is They’ll Learn Much More Than I’ll Ever Know (Class A10).

TABLE OF CATEGORIES

Contacts

• Eileen Kukish
  Superintendent
  860-740-4951
  16 Lakeview Estates
  Middlefield, CT 06455
• Holly Pearce
  Asst. Superintendent
  860-682-3382
• Judy Moeckel
  Asst. Supt., Computer Services
  860-280-7638

Committee

• Mary Ellen Chapin
• Nate Chapin
• Diana Dixie
• Jean Gay
• Sandy Fredericks
• Lisa McCabe
• Heather Moeller
• Amy Ash Nixon
• Mary-Ellen O’Brien
• Mae Spooner
• Don Stephan
• Wendy Stephan
• Betsy St. John