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4-H Floriculture Brings Colorful
Displays to the Logan County Fair
[July 29, 2025]
A balmy morning after extended
rain greeted 4-H floriculturists on Monday at Logan County
Fairgrounds. Members of local 4-H clubs brought cut flowers,
arrangements, and herbs for judging at the 2025 Logan County Fair.
Judge Amy Hyde engaged 4-H participants in conversation about their
flower arrangement and plants asking how they grew them and what
they had learned. Hyde inquired “What did you learn by growing this?
Do you think you will do floriculture again? Are you happy with how
your arrangement turned out?”
Other 4-H participants fielded
questions such as, “Did you have any problem growing this? Do you
see a lot of pollinators around these? Do you know what an annual
and what a perennial is?” After discussing their exhibits with the
judge, the judge filled out forms to help entrants assess and
improve their entries and assigned a grade. The judge awarded
plaques for Best of Show in the various categories and chose 4-H
delegates for the Illinois State Fair.
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Best of Show for Fresh Cut Flowers
and State Fair Delegate went to Carly Zelhart for her arrangement of
white hydrangeas mixed with colorful pollinators. Best Floriculture
Display and State Fair Delegate went to Olivia Wrage for her display
of photographs and herbs from her herb garden. Best House Plant or
Fairy Display and State Fair Delegate went to Ellie Wrage for her
fairy garden featuring an array of shade and trailing plants.
[Stephanie Hall]
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