Page 164 2023 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR LINCOLN DAILY NEWS JULY / AUGUST 2022 2023 LOGAN COUNTY FAIR Friday, August 04 By Stephanie Hall Gardeners arrived at the fair again Friday morning with fresh flowers, herbs, and plants for the second day of Floriculture competition. Friday’s contest added a Junior Division and featured two Challenge Classes in addition to divisions in Potted Plants, Cut Flowers, Arrangements, Herbs, and Herb Arrangements. Potted plant categories varied from outdoor flowering plants such as begonias and impatiens to house plants and ferns. Cut Flowers offered an opportunity to repeat a handful of categories from Tuesday’s Floriculture event or bring new contenders such as cockscomb or collections of pollinators (flowers friendly to bees, butterflies, or hummingbirds). The Junior Division was open to young people age 17 and under with cut flower annuals and perennials as well as two options for arrangements. Arrangements for Friday’s competition encompassed the theme “All Around the Country” with seven design categories to choose from. Friday also featured a wide selection of culinary herbs to be shown without blooms– potentially challenging for growers after the summer solstice when days begin to grow shorter, and many herbs want to begin to flower and set seed. The theme for the final division, Herb Arrangements, was “And Across the Pond” with three categories to showcase collections of fresh herbs. Friday’s Floriculture Boasts Impressive Displays Continued --
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