Everyone in the community is invited to show off the best of what they’ve got in the garden at the Bowfest Country Fair Contest. By doing so, you will be a part of a decades-old community tradition.
This year the Bowfest Country Fair Tent is being hosted by the Young Farmers of Bowen program. The Bowfest Community Fair Association makes the Country Fair contests possible and we’re excited once again to see what sort of entries will be submitted.
The Country Fair Tent will display the entries as well as information about the Bowen Ag Alliance and Farmers’ Markets and Young Farmers of Bowen.
Matt Matheson, the Young Farmers of Bowen program leader, will be overseeing the Country Fair tent and will be providing an ongoing cooking demo to create breakfast wraps/lunch wraps or some sort of simple hot item using Bowen-grown ingredients. The demonstration samples will be offered for sale.
How to enter the Bowfest Country Fair Contests:
• If you are attending the fair you can enter in the Bowfest Country Fair Contests!
• Bring your photos/stories/
creations/racing slugs to the Country Fair Tent 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Put your name/phone/age on the back of entries
• Adult (19+), Youth (under 19 years old)
• Winners of the Country Fair contests as well as the Slug Race winners will be announced after 2 p.m.
* Please pick-up your entries and ribbons between 3:30-4 p.m. on Aug. 23
Contest Categories:
1. Tallest flower grown on Bowen: Bring in the actual flower, or a photo with proof of height.
2. Biggest Zucchini grown on Bowen: Bring in your biggest zucchinis to be weighed (let us know if you want it back, or if you want us to sell them!)
3. Strangest-Looking Root Vegetable grown on Bowen: Bring in your strangest looking root vegetables!
4. Best Photo of a Bee (any type of BC bee)
5. Best Photo of a Bowen Island slug: Explain why you think it is incredible (or write a fairy tale about it for extra points!)
6. Favourite Farm Animal Award (adult and youth ribbons) through photos, drawings, poetry, a short story, or online media... share with us why you think your farm animal is the best!
7. Youth Cooking Creation Contest: Make a smoothie on the spot with the provided ingredients or other simple cooking contest, and get judged by peers and adults-youth only (sign up between 11-12:30 on the day)
8. Lego Contest - create a farm or garden-inspired Lego creation, explain how you were inspired to create it, or write a fairy tale about it for extra points! (Youth only)
9. Fibre Arts Finest: Finest handknit/crocheted/spun/felted creation (extra points if you use any locally sourced fibres, or did any of the dyeing with local ingredients - please explain the inspiration for the piece and what it is made of)
10. Slug Races will run between 12:30-1:30 p.m. at the Country Fair tent. Adults and youth welcome to bring a racing slug and slug race bribe (ex. A piece of lettuce). All slugs must be returned to their forests/
