Vegetables
Mind your peas and cucumbers! The Durham Fair is home to Connecticut’s premier cornucopia of agricultural commodities from Artichokes to Zucchini and almost everything in between! Judge for yourself as each and every vegetable is assessed for uniformity, size, shape, color and quality.
View the largest, plumpest, and most perfect vegetables all in one place!
Highlights
- Exhibits include vegetables, herbs, field and seed crops, grains and forage crops and painted and decorated pumpkins.
- Prize-winning specialty collections, categories for peck of potatoes, largest squash, and largest tomato
- Exotic and traditional specimens
- Fresh from New England farms and gardens!
Vegetables Department Demonstrations
Located at the Presidents’ Hall Personal Skills Demonstration Area.
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 2:15 PM | Invasive Plants: How to Identify, What is Their Impact, and Removal Presented by Susan Michael |
| Time | Event |
|---|---|
| 2:15 PM | How to Grow Vegetables Indoors Presented by Gabriel Zamorano |
Calling All Exhibitors
Learn more about exhibiting at the Durham Fair by visiting the 2026 Exhibitor Information page. You will find a listing of categories, rules and regulations, as well as special awards available for our winners.
Become an Exhibitor
