62nd Annual Summer Flower & Vegetable Show and Summer Tea
Wednesday August 5th, 2026
1pm to 4pm
Public Welcome - No Admission, Donations Welcome
Knox Presbyterian Church Hall
Joseph and Queen Streets, Bobcaygeon
Reference Material: Ontario Judging and Exhibiting Standards 2019
Theme - “Flower Power”
Flower and Vegetable Show
Convener: Kathy Allam
Show Rules:
Exhibitors wishing to enter must bring in entries between 8:30 and 10:30
am. No late entries will be accepted. You must be a member to exhibit in
the flower and vegetable show.
Exhibitor may enter up to 2 different cultivars in the Cultural Division 1,
Sections A,B,C,D and E. Please name the cultivar if known.
Design Division allows only 1 entry per class by individual exhibitor.
Judging starts promptly at 10:45 am. Judge’s decision is final.
Prizes\Awards
Ribbons: First, Second, Third, Honourable Mention
Judges Choices: Best Cultivar, Best Houseplant, Best Rose, Best Floral
Design, Best Novice Design and Judge’s Choice.
Lorraine Martin Best Hydrangea Plaque
Dave Marsden Best Vegetable Plaque
Prizes: $10 each for Judges Choices:
Best Hydrangea, Best Vegetable, Best Cultivar, Best Houseplant, Best
Rose, Best Floral Design, Best Novice Design and Judge’s Choice. Also
most points accumulated by an exhibitor (sum of 1st, 2nd, 3rd)
Summer Tea (1pm to 4pm)
Conveners: Carolyn Styles, 738-3207 Ruth McIsaac, 738-2397
Division 1 - Cultural
Section A - Cut Specimens, Annuals
1. Begonia, Tuberous - Floating in a bowl - 1 bloom
2. Coleus – any type, same or mixed cultivars – 3 stems
3. Cosmos - any colour - 3 stems
4. Dahlia - ball type, - 1 stem
5. Dahlia - under 10cm (4”) - 1 stem
6. Dahlia – 10cm (4”) and over – 1 stem
7. Gladiolus, any colour - 1 spike
8. Marigold, any variety - 3 stems
9. Nasturtiums - floating in a bowl with own foliage - 3 blooms
10. Pansies, with foliage - 3 blooms
11. Pelagonium, (Annual Geranium) – any colour – 1 stem
12. Pelagonium, (Annual Geranium) – bi-colour – 1 stem
13. Petunia, single, under 9cm (3.5”) one cultivar - 1 sprays
14. Petunia, single red, under 9cm (3.5) one cultivar – 1 sprays (BDHS Flower)
15. Zinnia, one cultivar - 3 stems
16. Any other annual not listed above - 1 stem
Section B - Cut Specimens, Perennials
17. Achillea (Yarrow) - 1 stem
18. Echinacea (Coneflower) **Ontario Native Plant** - pink - 1 stem
19. Echinacea (Coneflower) - any other colour - 1 stem
20. Fern- same or different types, to be named - 3 stalks
21. Heuchera (Coral Bells) - 1 cultivar - 3 leaves
22. Heuchera (Coral Bells) - 3 cultivars - 1 leaf of each cultivar
23. Hosta bloom - 1 stem
24. Hosta - miniature cultivar - 3 leaves
25. Hosta leaves, any size - different cultivars - 3 leaves
26. Liatris - any colour - 3 stems
27. Lilium - 1 cultivar - 1 stem
28. Ornamental Grasses - same or different cultivars - 3 stems (not to exceed 48”)
29. Phlox - any colour - 1 stem
30. Rudbeckia - single - 3 stems
31. Sedum - 1 stem **(Canadian Native Plant - B.C. and Alberta)
32. Any other perennial not listed - 1 stem
Section C - Cut Specimens, Roses (Roses to be named if possible)
33. Rosa - Modern Shrub – pink blend – 1 bloom or 1 spray
34. Rosa - Modern Shrub – red blend – 1 bloom or 1 spray
35. Rosa – Modern Shrub – yellow, orange or orange yellow blend – 1 bloom or 1 spray
36. Rosa – Mini Flora (patio) – 1 bloom or 1 spray – any colour
37. Rosa- any specimen – fully open floating in water
**BEST ROSE Award in Section C**
Section D - Cut Specimens, Shrubs
38. Hydrangea - white - 1 branch with bloom *Lorraine Martin Plaque* award
39. Hydrangea - any other colour - 1 branch with bloom
40. Any other flowering shrub - 1 branch (not to exceed 36“)
41. Shrub grown for foliage - 1 branch (not to exceed 36”)
**BEST CULTIVAR Award in Section A,B or D**
Section E - Houseplants and Potted Herbs
42. Aloe plant - 1 pot
43. Christmas or Thanksgiving Cactus – 1 pot (not flowering)
44. Any Other Succulent - 1 pot
45. Pot of Herbs, named – 1 pot (not to exceed 12” in diameter)
**BEST HOUSEPLANT Award in Section E**
Section F- Fruit and Vegetables
46. Beans - green or yellow - 3
47. Berries (any type) – 3
48. Carrots – (1/2 stem left on above crown) any colour – name variety if possible - 1
49. Rhubarb - biggest leaf - 1
50. Tomatoes - cherry or grape - any colour - name variety if possible – 3
51. Tomatoes – name variety if possible - 1
52. Zucchini - any variety under 8 inches- 1
53. Zucchini - biggest - 1
54. Any funny shaped vegetable from your garden - 1
55. Any other fruit not listed above - 3
56. Any other vegetable not listed above – 1
**BEST VEGETABLE IN SHOW - Dave Marsden Certificate of Excellence
DIVISION 2 - Design
Theme - “Days of Flowers Past”
57. Innocence – a design
58. Friendship– a design
59. Love – a design
60. Purity – a design
61. Sweet and Gentle – a small design
62. Faithful - a design
Novice Class
Novice - An exhibitor who has never placed 1st in a flower show design class
63. Sweet and Gentle – a small design
**AWARD FOR BEST DESIGN**
**AWARD FOR BEST NOVICE DESIGN**