Fairfield County Fair Flower Show

The Federated Garden Clubs of Fairfield County held its fall flower show, “Preserve, Protect and Plan for Our Future,” on Oct. 7 at the Fairfield County Fairgrounds Art Hall. The Basil Garden Club has hosted the Bremen Garden Club, the Carroll Community Garden Club and the Bremen Mystic Gardeners Youth Club. These clubs are members of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs. The show was judged by Ian Stein, an OAGC Accredited Flower Show Judge from Reynoldsburg, Ohio. The show included educational exhibits from the Ohio Pollinator Habitat Initiative and the Fairfield Community Action Agency. Hoffman’s “Baltimore Flowers” presented a commercial exhibition.

Mary Varga of the Bremen Garden Club received the Best of Show award for her elongated lamp and the judge’s award for her eclectic design. The best horticultural exhibit at the show was a dahlia grown by Parklynn Bigham of Lancaster. Gigi Carpenter won Junior Best of Show for her terrarium. Exhibition visitors voted for their favorite design and chose “Deserts,” a design by Sharon Anderson of the Basil Garden Club using succulents and rocks that won the People’s Choice Award.

ART ACTIVITIES: Oceans. First place: Joyce Turner, Bremen Club; Second place: Emily Sims, Basil Garden Club; Third Place: Wendy Stebelton, Carroll CGC; Fourth Place: Caryl Woods, Carroll CGC. Rivers. First place: Bill Molissi, Bremen club; Second Place: Susie Carpenter, Basil GC; Third Place: Tammy Koetz, Carroll CGC; Fourth place: Jenessa Fiedler, Bremen. Air. First place: Debbie Molisi, Bremen club; Second Place: Wendy Stebelton, Carroll CGC; Third Place: Pam Stebelton, Carroll CGC; Fourth place: Elaine Henderley, Basil GC. Deserts… People’s Choice and First Place: Sharon Anderson, Basil GK; Second place: Lois Kilcoyne, Bremen Club; Third Place: Mary Wampler, Carroll CGC; Fourth Place: Marsha Smith, Basil GC. Endangered species. First place: Debbie Molisi, Bremen club; Second Place: Mary Wampler, Carroll CGC; Third Place: Elizabeth Edwards, Carroll GC; Fourth place: Scott Anderson, Basil GC. Insects/Bugs. First Place: Pam Stebelton, Carroll CGC; Honorary title of judge and second place: Mary Varga, Greek club “Bremen”; Third Place: Susan Lloyd, Basil GC; Fourth Place: Marsha Smith, Basil GC. Our world. First place: Mary Varga, Bremen club; Second Place: Teresa Morris, Carroll CGC; Third Place: Louise Smith, Basil GK; Fourth place: Jackie Cooperrider, Basil J.K. Sun and Moon. Best of Show and First Place: Mary Varga. Bremen Club; Second place: Lisa Mossholder, Bremen club; Third Place: Tammy Koetz, Carroll CGC; Fourth place: Megan Rice, Basil J.K. Earth. First Place: Debbie Molissi, Carroll CGC; Second place: Trudy Keck, Basil GK; Third Place: Wendy Stebelton, Carroll CGC; Fourth place: Sue Schmitz, Bremen. First place “Our Food”: Lois Kilcoyne, Bremen Club; Second place: Jody Knight, Bremen GC; Third place: Melissa Bader, Basil Group; Fourth Place: Teresa Morris, Carroll CGC. Our Trees. First place: Jody Knight, Bremen club; Second place: Louise Smith, Basil GC; Third Place: Barbara Mann, Basil GK; Fourth Place: Elizabeth Edwards, Carroll CGC.

JUNIOR ART CLASSES: “Our Flora” First place: Blair Christie, 7 years old; Callie Bader, 7; Regan Bader, 9; Ian Bader, 12; Second place: Mary Bader, 6 years old; Sawyer Kling, 7; Brantley J., 9 years old; Addison Sahionne, 9; Cooper Snoke, 9; Third place: Weston Hershey, 8; Quinn Snoke, 6; Gabe Snoke, 8; James Mowry, 7; Clark Black. age 7 years; Wesley Roy Miller, 7; Reed Hertz, 7; Chloe Beck, 9; Ezri Mouri, 10 years old; Miles Tyler Hurst, 10 years old. .Keeping forever. Best of Show and First Place: Gigi Carpenter, 8; Lacy Carpenter, 7; Miles Rice. age 6 years; Cooper Snoke, 9; Ezri Mouri, 10 years old; Second place: Quinn Snoke, 6 years old; Callie Bader, 7; Regan Bader, 9; Blair Christie, 7: Weston Hursley, 8; Gabe Snoke. age 8 years; James Mowry, 7; Addison Sahionne, 9; Third place: Mary Bader, 6 years old; Reed Hertz, 7; Wesley Roy Miller, 7; Sawyer Kling, 7; Chloe Black, 9; Brantley J., 9 years old; Miles Tyler Hurst, 10; Adaline Calder, 9 years old.

GARDENING CLASSES: Best of show was the Show and Tell dahlia on display at Greens of Lancaster. They also had eight first places, three second and one third. The balance of the show was demonstrated by the members of the Basil Garden Club. Susie Carpenter: 19 first, 12 second, six third and three fourth places. Scott Anderson: five firsts, three second, one third and two fourths; Susan Lloyd: five firsts, six second, two thirds and two fourths. Louise Smith – the first two; two seconds; two thirds and one fourth. Melissa Bader: first two; two thirds and one fourth. Barbara Mann: one third and one fourth. Diane Voto: one first and one third. Jackie Cooperrider: first.

This article originally appeared in the Lancaster Eagle-Gazette: 2024 Fairfield County Fair Flower Show.