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EARTH Center Greatest of the Garden Exhibition

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EARTH Center Greatest of the Garden Exhibition

Date & Time

Saturday, August 23, 2025, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Category

County - Middlesex

Location

EARTH Center

Davidson's Mill Pond Park 42 Riva Ave, South Brunswick, NJ, 08902

Have you ever grown an outstanding specimen in your vegetable garden that was the envy of all your neighbors?

Maybe you missed the entry deadline or it wasn’t ready for the County Fair?

Well gardeners, you are in luck, because as part of the New Jersey Folk Festival at the EARTH Center in Davidson’s Mill Pond Park on August 23 from 10 am – 4 pm you can show off your prize-worthy potato or oversized okra at the Greatest of the Garden Exhibition.

Simply bring your homegrown produce to our Extension event's Master Gardener tent and you will be both recognized and roasted for your gardening efforts.

Gardeners are welcome to bring their biggest or most outstanding home grown produce for a chance to win. Categories include but are not limited to:

  • Biggest tomato
  • Biggest cucumber
  • Biggest squash
  • Biggest watermelon
  • Longest gourd
  • All vegetables: Best Likeness to a Celebrity or Historical Figure

It's all for fun, so come and submit your entry between 11am and 2 pm at the EARTH Center in Davidson; Mill Pond Park.

Most outstanding entries will be rewarded with a hearty handshake and a humble prize at 2:30 pm.