Gardeners, bakers, and canners are invited to enter the Home & Garden Competition at the 44th Annual Harvest Fair on September 29th & 30th.

Norman Bird Sanctuary’s Home & Garden Competition is a fun celebration of community and a great opportunity to show off your gardening and cooking prowess and win the coveted blue ribbon.

New to this year’s competition is a Professional Division, which will allow anybody who earns part of their income with their food, flowers, or produce, to enter and compete for a ribbon. This division will join the Amateur and Young Growers (aged 14 and under) divisions.

Categories include:
Produce: Best Single Fruit, Best Single Vegetable, Best Collection, and more.
Flowers: Best Fresh Arrangement, Best Single Rose, Best Sunflower, and more.
Food: Best Apple Pie, Best Jam/Jelly, Best Salsa, Best Cookies/Dessert Bars, and more.

Visit the Harvest Fair website below for a complete list of categories and rules on how to enter.

The event will run 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 29th and Sunday, September 30th.

Learn more and register at NormanBirdSanctuary.org/harvest-fair/

Ryan Belmore

Ryan Belmore is the Owner and Publisher of What'sUpNewp.  He has been involved with What’sUpNewp since shortly after its launch in 2012, proudly leading it to be named Best Local News Blog in Rhode Island by Rhode Island Monthly readers in 2018, 2019, and 2020 and an honorable mention in the Common Good Awards in 2021.

He currently serves on the Board of Directors for Potter League For Animals. He previously served on the boards of Fort Adams Trust, Lucy's Hearth, and the Arts & Cultural Alliance for Newport County.

In 2020, he was named Member of the Year by LION and won the Arts & Cultural Alliance of Newport County's Dominque Award.

He is a member of Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the North American Snowsports Journalists Association.

Born and raised in Rhode Island, he spent 39 years living in Rhode Island before recently moving to Alexandria, Virginia, with his wife and two rescue dogs. He still considers Rhode Island home, and visits at least once a month.