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SUMMERLAND FALL FAIR EXHIBITION

SECOND FLOOR OF THE RYGA ARTS CENTRE, 9525 WHARTON STREET.

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The key objective is to have fun and build community.
Entering the exhibition is free. Trophies and ribbons will be awarded.
Get your exhibit entry cards at the Arts Center, 9525 Wharton Street during office hours, after August 25. Or pick them up September 11, noon-6:00 pm at the Exhibit Hall.
Please drop off your entries on Friday September 11, noon to 6:00 pm at the Exhibit Hall. Judging happens the evening of September 11, so the winners are known when the Fair opens Saturday morning.
All exhibit entries must be personally made by the Exhibitor.
Only one entry per class per Exhibitor. Plates supplied. Bowls not supplied.
Summerland Fall Fair is not responsible for lost or damaged Exhibits but will take reasonable care of exhibits.
Please do not remove your entry/ribbons before 4:00 pm Saturday September 12.

Click here to view the 2026 Exhibition Listings

2026 Exhibition Categories

Children and Youth Categories—Age 15 and under

SECTION 1: JUNIOR CATEGORIES - Ages 6 and under

Class 1 – Art or craft creation

a) My Best Friend: a picture or creation about your best friend (human or otherwise) b) My Family: a picture or creation about your family

c) Lego/Duplo creation

Class 2 – My Beautiful Bucket Garden

Grow your favourite fruits and vegetables in a pot or bucket, all spring and summer long. Bring a poster with drawings or photos of all the beautiful things you grew to feed your family!

SECTION 2: JUNIOR CATEGORIES - Under 15 years

A prize for the person with the highest score over all Junior categories (1 – 15) will be presented at 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th.

Class 3 – Themed Art Creation

a) “Out of This World: a picture or creation about space, aliens or fantasy creatures” b) “The Land Around Us: a picture or creation about the land, climate change or land use”.

Can include any medium including Lego, clay, paint, photography, found objects, or anything that fits on a table!

Class 4 – Lego creation: Use your imagination!

Class 5 – Garment: Any garment of your choice—upcycled, knit, crocheted, sewn, etc.

Class 6 – Home décor or ornament: e.g. macrame plant hanger, blanket or throw, tablecloth, dream catcher, tree ornament, felted figure etc.

Class 7 – Woodworking creation: Any creation made from wood

Class 8 – Beadwork creation: Any creation made using beads or beadwork

SECTION 3: JUNIOR FRUIT, VEGETABLES & EGGS

Growing, choosing, and arranging must be the unassisted effort of the Exhibitor. Be sure to display number of items requested.

Class 9 – Vegetables

a) Any vegetables, all one colour (minimum three different items)

b) Zucchini creation (any way to decorate, carve, adorn your zucchini)

c) Vegetarian food bowl (minimum of 5 items)

d) Biggest vegetable

e) Strangest vegetable oddity

Class 10 – Junior Kripps Cup - Golden Fruit Bowl Award
• Any creative combination of local fruits, vegetables, nuts, grapevines, herbs, or edible flowers, arranged in a bowl. Please bring your own bowl no larger than 12 cm/10 inches in diameter.

• Trophy presentation at 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th.

Class 11 – Junior Fruit / Berries /Melons

a) Any fruit (three items on a plate)

b) Strangest fruit

Class 12 – Grade 5 Gardening Summer Project

Please register by June 1st online at www.summerlandfallfair.ca. Contact gradefivegardens@gmail.com for more information.

Class 13 – Junior Eggs

a) One dozen eggs of any colour

SECTION 4: JUNIOR FLOWERS

Class 14 – Junior Flower Arrangement
a) “Toy Time”: an exhibit of flowers arranged in your favourite toy.
b) “Where in the World?”: an exhibit of blooms and accessories with a theme of a culture or country (accessories allowed).
c) “Bloomin’ Green”: an arrangement of fresh foliage in a vase.

SECTION 5: JUNIOR BAKING

Class 15 – Junior Baking
a) Cookies — Any type, 6 per plate
b) Decorated cupcakes — 6 per plate
c) Other baked product — use your imagination!

All Ages - Fruit

A prize for the person with the highest score over all categories will be presented at 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th. Prize donated by the MacKenzie Family.

Class 16 – Apples (5 per plate)
a) Bi-colour
b) Red
c) Green
d) Yellow
e) New varieties
f) Heritage varieties

Class 17 – Pears (5 per plate)
a) Bi-colour
b) Red
c) Green
d) New varieties
e) Heritage varieties

Class 18 – Peaches (5 per plate)
a) New variety

b) Heritage variety

Class 19 – Cherries (10 per plate)
Any variety

Class 20 – Plums (5 per plate)
a) Green/yellow
b) Purple/red

A prize for the person with the highest overall score in the FRUIT category will be presented at 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th. Prize kindly donated by Summerland Greenhouses

Class 21 – Kripps Cup Golden Fruit Bowl
• Any mixed fruit and nut variety in a bowl (no more than 25 cm/10 inches in diameter)
Trophy presentation 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th

All Ages - Vegetables

Class 22 – Above Ground Vegetables
a) Cherry tomatoes (6 per plate, leave stems on)
b) Larger tomatoes (3 per plate)
c) Pepper, any type (3 per plate)
d) Eggplant, any type (3 per plate)
e) Corn (3 per plate)
f) Other vegetable (3 per plate)

Class 23 – Root Vegetables
a) Beets (3 per plate)
b) Carrots (6 per plate)
c) Potatoes (6 per plate)
d) Leeks (3 per plate)
e) Other root vegetable (3 per plate)

Class 24 – Squash family
a) Cucumbers - pickling (12 per plate) or slicing (1 per plate, 20 cm or 8 inches long)

b) Squash - any type other than cucumber or zucchini (2 per plate)

c) Zucchini (2 per plate)
d) Melon, any type
e) Largest squash, any type
f) Strangest squash/melon

Class 25 – Miscellaneous Produce
a) Fresh herb arrangement
b) Other novelty vegetable (2 per plate)

All Ages - Eggs, Honey, Pollinator Friendly

Class 26 – Eggs
a) 1 dozen, any colour

Class 27 – Honey
a) Honeycomb in a container
b) Honey, extracted, minimum 250 ml in a clear jar

Class 28 – Pollinator Friendly
a) Bee or pollinator-friendly plant or flower, named and displayed on a plate or in a vase

b) Bee home

All Ages - Preserved Foods

Please bring jars with metal lids and rings only, minimum 250 ml/1 cup

Class 29: Jam

Apricot
Peach
Raspberry
Any other jam, named

Class 30: Jelly

Fruit
Hot pepper
Any other jelly

Class 31: Pickles and relishes

Cucumber dill pickles
Mustard pickles
Bread and butter pickles
Vegetable relish, any type
Any type of pickled vegetable or mixed vegetables
Any type of pickled fruit (e.g. watermelon rind, lemons, cherries)

Class 32: Canned fruit

Cherries
Apricots
Peaches
Pears
Other fruit or mixed fruit

Class 33: Canned sauces

Salsa, any type
Chutney, any type
Traditional sauce from personal heritage

Class 34: Fermented foods

Sauerkraut
Kombucha
Kimchi
Other fermented food

Class 35: Dried foods

Dried fruit arrangement (15 per plate)
Dried tomatoes (10 per plate)
Other dried vegetable (10 per plate)

All Ages - Baking

Class 36: Pies

Any fruit or combination
Any savoury pie

Class 37: Bread

Yeast leavened sandwich loaf, unsliced
Naturally leavened (sourdough) loaf, unsliced
Traditional bread from personal heritage (any type)

Class 38: Cookies

Any type, 6 per plate

Class 39: Cakes

Decorated layer cake, with the theme “Expression of Fall”
Traditional cake from personal heritage (any type)

Class 40: Hand-laminated dough

Croissant (6 per plate)
Other French patisserie (6 per plate)

Class 41: Savoury dumpling

Any type of savoury dumpling, such as pot-sticker, gyoza, empanada, samosa, etc. Please usual sauce accompaniment

All Ages - Fibre Arts & Crafts

Can be made by sewing, crocheting, knitting, felting, weaving, or any other technique that uses fibre.

Class 42: Upcycled garment

Any garment made with fabric, yarn, felt, or any other fibre, and any construction technique.

Class 43: Socks or Slippers

Class 44: Sweater

Class 45: Hat
(sewn, knitted, crocheted, felted, etc.)

Class 46: Home décor

E.g. wall art, blanket or throw, woven basket

Class 47: Felted creation
(tea cozy, ornament, wall art, garment)

Class 48: Beadwork creation

Class 49: Any other craft creation

OUTDOOR DECORATION

Class 50 – Largest sunflower head

Class 51 – Most creatively decorated Zucca melon

• Zucca melon seedlings will be available from Summerland Greenhouses between May 24th and May 31st.
Prize presentation at 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th.
Prize kindly donated by Summerland Greenhouses.

Class 52 – Most creative scarecrow

• Use your creativity to make a scarecrow for display at the fair.

FLOWERS AND HOUSEPLANTS

A prize for the person with the highest overall score in the FLOWERS category will be presented at 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th.
Prize kindly donated by Summerland Greenhouses

Class 53 – Flower Arrangements
a) “Bon Appetit” - a dining table centrepiece of fresh flowers arranged in a bowl. Maximum height 25 cm/10”, as this is for a table. Accessories optional.
b) “Country Roads” - an exhibit of dried horticultural materials in a unique container. Any size.
c) “Tea Time” - an arrangement in a teacup and saucer.
d) “Asian Beauty” – an arrangement of flowers and foliage with an Asian feel, accessories allowed. Any size.

Class 54 – Cut Flowers
a) Asters - 5 stems, any colour.
b) Begonias - one bloom, any colour, floating in shallow dish of water.
c) Chrysanthemums – Three stems of flowers with own foliage. outdoor grown, any variety.
d) Clematis - Three stems of flowers with own foliage.
e) Coreopsis - Three stems of flowers with own foliage
f) Dahlias (dinner plate type) - One bloom with own foliage including one full pair of leaves on each stem, decorative with blooms (minimum diameter 20 cm /8”).

g) Dahlias (medium) - Five blooms (diameter 10-20 cm /4-8”) with own foliage, each stem with full pair of leaves.

h) Dahlias (pompom/round) - Five blooms (diameter under 10 cm /4”) with own foliage, each stem with full pair of leaves.
i) Geraniums (Pelargonium) – Three stems with own foliage.
j) Gladioli - Three spikes.
k) Marigolds – Five blooms with own foliage.
l) Mixed bouquet of cut flowers in a vase.
m) Nasturtiums - Three stems with own foliage.
n) Petunias – Five blooms with own foliage.
o) Roses (Hybrid Tea) – One bloom ²/3 to 3/4 open with own foliage, without side buds.
p) Roses (Floribunda) - One spray with at least 3 open blooms with own foliage, without side buds.
q) Roses (Miniature) - Three blooms with own foliage, without side buds.
r) Rudbeckia - Three blooms with own foliage.
s) Snapdragons - Three spikes with own foliage.
t) Zinnias - Five blooms with own foliage.
u) Open - any flower not included in above classes, with own foliage.

A prize for the person with the highest overall score in the Flowers category will be presented at 3:30, Saturday Sept 12th. Prize kindly donated by Summerland Greenhouses

Class 54 – House plants
• Any house plant in a pot, up to 30 cm/12” pot.

Definitions for Flower Categories:
• Exhibit: an exhibit is made of plant material, with a base, if necessary, with or without accessories. Plant material must predominate over all components of the exhibit.
• Accessory: any item, other than fresh cut plant material which accents or adds feeling to the theme or purpose the arranger is interpreting. Accessories can be used only if stated in the show schedule.
• Stem: the major supporting part of a plant to which buds, leaves, and flowers are attached.
• Spray: stem with a cluster of blooms (fluorescence). A spray should have 3 or more open blooms. Note: a bud is not a bloom.
• Spike: a spike is an unbranched florescent with an elongated axis, bearing either stocked or stockless flowers, such as gladiolus, delphinium, or foxglove.