^{Floral Barn Trivia}

I have gathered some statistics for you from the floral barn from a few years back to show just how big an event this is....!! These are 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and honorable mention awards.






Of the 81 cactus entered, we had a total of 70 ribbons awarded.

In potted plants there were 62 entries and 62 ribbons awarded. I am adding bonsai to this group in which we had 32 entries and 27 ribbons.

We had 3 cut flower shows, and there were 3,922 entries and 2962 ribbons given in the 3 shows all together.

The dahlia show was seperated into a few catatgories, but to save space and keep your attention, I will just give you the grand total of all the ribbons given to that particular group for both dahlia shows we had plus the professional show. The grand total is 1,103 ribbons awarded for the 2 amateur and novice shows and the 2 professional shows with 1,496 entries.

We had 2 mum shows and that total was 85 ribbons for both shows with 91 entries.

Now the Orchid show.... 2 of those too, 139 entries and a total of 118 ribbons awarded there.

The roses are next... we had 3 open rose shows..... we gave out 501 ribbons. There were 692 entries in the 3 shows.

We had 3 Junior Rose Shows...for kids from 5 to 15. There were 54 entries and 52 ribbons awarded.

The Novice Rose Shows had a total of 153 entries and 94 ribbons given durning all 3 shows.

Open Mini Rose Shows... total for all 3 shows was... 330 entered, and 253 ribbons awarded.

Junior Mini Rose Shows...total for all 3 shows was...31 entries and 31 ribbons awarded!!

And the Novice Mini Rose Shows. For all 3 shows... 17 entries and 13 ribbons given out!

Now for the Fuchsias... we had 1 show.... total of 11 entered and 10 ribbons given.

We had Geranuim show too. 63 entries and 28 ribbons.

A special treat were the 4 Artistic Design Catagories... The breakdown is complex, so will just give the totals here too. 166 designs entered and 166 ribbons!!

Our last group is the Junior Floriculture, which consists of Cut Flowers and Artistic Design shows for kids from 5 to 15. The totals are....69 entries and 69 ribbons awarded.

This all comes to a grand total of...... 450 Exhibitors, 7,507 entries and 5751 ribbons awarded during the 16 day Puyallup Fair in the Floral Barn!!





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