Prepare for the Fair!
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The Buchanan County Fair board has announced the 2016 Fair will be held July 6th-9th!
Members of the Quasqueton and Independence Garden Clubs and the Buchanan County Master Gardeners will be present at the Garden Gate Building during the Buchanan County Fair. The public is welcome to view area youth art work, and make entries for both the standard Flower Show and the photo contest, sponsored by the Buchanan County Fair.
Foto Friends will assist with photo entries from 2pm – 6pm on Tuesday July 5th with judging to follow.
Entries for the Flower Show will be received from 3pm – 7pm on Wednesday July 6th and from 8am – 11:30am on Thursday July 7th. Judging will start at 1pm and be open for viewing when completed until 8:30pm.
A free “Make and Take” event will be held for kids on Friday, July 8th from 10am – noon.
The Garden Gate building will also be open on Friday July 8th and Saturday July 9th.from 12:30pm – 8:30pm.
Click Here for more information and to download PDF's of the The World is Our Garden and Gardening Fun Brochure!
Below are a couple of PDF documents from the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach to help you prepare your flowers and vegetables exhibits for showing at the Fair.
Harvesting and Preparing Vegetables for Exhibit
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Preparing Cut Flowers and Houseplants for Exhibit
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