Home & Garden Department Rules

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Entry Fees

There are no entry fees in our Home & Garden Departments (Depts. 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24).

Registering Entries

Pre-registration Deadline: August 24, 2018 at 8 pm.

1. Exhibitors are encouraged to list every entry that may be entered. Items that have been pre-entered, but are not ready for show at fair time, can be easily deleted on entry day.
2. Exhibitors are required to enter using the Blue Ribbon On-line entry system.
3. Only one entry per category per exhibitor will be accepted. It is the responsibility of the exhibitor to decide in which category an item will be entered.
4. For all entries received by August 22, exhibit tags may be mailed back to exhibitors to place on entries. To receive your tags in the mail, send $1.00 for twenty items or less, $2.00 for 60 items or less, and $3.00 for up to 100 items, and over 100 items $6.00. These fees will cover postage and envelopes.
5. If you enter online, tags will not be mailed until payment is made.
6. For online entries, make sure you receive a confirmation of your entries and bring a printout with you when you bring your items.
7. Fairbooks will not be mailed unless a fee of $3.50 is sent to the fair secretary.  Fairbooks will be available at various location in the county.

Junior Entries

1. Entries for exhibitors age 19 and under should be entered in Department 11.
2. Entries entered in any other home and garden departments will compete with adult entries. 

Fair Week

1. Items to be exhibited will be accepted on:
   – Sunday, August 26th between 1 pm and 6:00 pm, and on
   – Monday, August 27th between 12:00 noon to 7:00 pm 
2. Fair management reserves the right to refuse to accept any entry to be in poor taste as deemed by fair management.
3. Judging for the home & garden classes will take place on Tuesday, August 28th. Any entry not deemed worthy will not be placed.  Judges’ decisions are final.
4. Fair management may at any time order the removal of any exhibit or part of any exhibit that has become unfit for show.
5. Exhibits are to be removed from the buildings on Monday, September 3rd between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm.

Fair Office Hours

The Fair Office will be open to  answer questions and tag pickup at the following times:

– Tuesday, August 21st  from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
– Wednesday, August 22nd from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
– Thursday, August 23rd from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and from 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm
– Friday, August 24th from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and from 6:30 pm until 8:00 pm

There will be no office hours on Saturday, August 25th.

Need More Information?

Please call the fair office at 570-924-3205 during the hours listed above or (570) 924-3843 if you need additional help or have questions.