It was the first time that Kiwanis Covington County Fair had the Flower Show sponsored by the El Martes Garden Club as one of its exhibits the first time since 2019.

The Show included entries in six categories, with 44 different classes within those categories. A blue ribbon is given to every class. This year, it was just 18 of the classes with no winners with blue ribbons. Alongside the blue ribbons, first, second, or third place are awarded in four categories. However, only the first place award is made in the two other categories. Every blue ribbon earns the cash prize of $5. First place in each class gets 25 dollars, the second spot is awarded $15 and third place gets $10. The overall winner is awarded the Horticulture Excellence Award and the Grand Prize from the Kiwanis Club.

The categories and Classes are:


Category A Perennials, Biennials Flowering Particulars

  • Class 1 Marigold (1 stem or spray) There is no winner
  • Class 2: Zennia (1 stem): No winner
  • The class 3 is Celosia (1 stem): Kelly Faulkner
  • Class 4: Gerber Daisy (1 stem): Jo Ellen Sellers
  • Class 5: Gerbera Daisy (1 stem): Jerri Stroud
  • Classes 6 and 7: Coneflower (1 stem) There is no winner
  • 7. Chrysanthemum (1 flower or stem ): Paula Hagler
  • 8. Class: Rose (1 stem of spray): Mandy Wilburn
  • Class 9: Additional Cut flowering plant (to be identified): Anna Copeland
  • category winners:1st Awards of Merit Paula Hagler, 2nd Special Award: Anna Copeland, 3rd Award of Distinction: Jo Ellen Sellers


Category B Bulbs, Corms Rhizomes, and tubers

  • Class 10: Dahlia (1 bloom): No winner
  • The class 11 is Pine Cone Lilly (1 stem): Norma Jackson
  • Class 12: Caladium (1 stem): Paula Hagler
  • Class 13: Other bulb tuber, corm or Rhizome (to be determined) There is no winner
  • category winner:1st Award of Merit: Norma Jackson


Category C Cut Foliage Cut Foliage

  • Class 14: All form of decorative cut-off foliage, like elephant ear, umbrella plants and philodendron, as well as grasses, etc. : Hanna Merrell
  • category winner:1st Award of Merit: Hanna Merrell


Category D Aboreal specimen (one cut or branch with no bloom)

  • Class 15 Aucuba (green or gold or variegated): Katy Sue Wells
  • Class 16: Fatsia: No winner
  • Classes 17 and 17. Holly (without the berries) There is no winner
  • Class 18 Holly (with the berries) There was no winner
  • Classes 19 and 20: Juniper: No winner
  • Classes 20 and 21: Mahonia: No winner
  • Classes 21 and 22: Nandina There is no win
  • Class 22: Pittosporum: Paula Hagler
  • Classes 23 and 24: Podocarpus (Japanese Yew): There is no winner
  • Class 24 Tea Olive Jerri Stroud
  • Class 25: Camellia Brook Burkett
  • Class 26: Sasanqua: Sandra Proctor
  • Classes 27 and 28: Hydrangea: Katy Sue Wells
  • Classes 28: Additional cut branches such as gardenia euonymous, cleyera Ivy, ligustrum, and the pyracantha Sandra Proctor
  • Categories Winners1stAward for Merit: Brook Burkett, 2nd 2ndSpecial Prize: Jerri Stroud, 3rd 3rdAward Of Distinction Katy Sue Wells


Category E Succulents

  • Class 29 Echeveria (Hen as well Chicks Mandy Wilburn
  • Class 30: Kalanchoe: Louise Anderson
  • The class 31 teacher is Jade Jjill Bryant
  • Class 32: Peperomia: Amy Till
  • Classes 33: other succulents (Flap Jack plant): There is no winner
  • Categories Winners1st award of merit: Louise Anderson, 2nd Special Award: Mandy Wilburn, 3rd Award of Distinction: Amy Till


Categories F: Container-grown plants

  • Class 34: Hanging basket : No winner
  • Class 35 Aloe A.: Not a winner
  • Class 36: Cactus: Louise Anderson
  • Classes 37 and 38: Sansevieria (Mother-in-Law’s Tongue): Hanna Merrell
  • The class 38 was Begonia: Jerri Stroud
  • The class 39 winner is Fern There is no winner
  • Class 40: Geranium: Rebecca Caldwell
  • Class 41: Hibiscus: No winner
  • Class 42: Bromeliad: Brook Burkett
  • Class 43: One specimen plant that is not included as Category F Jerri Stroud
  • The class 44 is a Mixed container Garden (several kinds of plants in a pot including fairy gardens and Terrariums): Katy Sue Wells
  • Categories Winners1st award of merit: Jerri Stroud. 2nd Special Award Louise Anderson, 3rd Award of Distinction: Jerri Stroud

All-Winning Entry HORTICULTURE EXCELLENCE Award: Jerri Stroud HTML2

Alongside the monetary awards, third and second place ribbons were also awarded to the class winners. Other entries that received place ribbons within the classes include:

Classes 7 and 8: Paula Hagler (2nd and 3rd) Classes 8 and 9: Mandy Wilburn (2nd) Class 9 Kelly Faulkner (2nd), Allison Foshee (3rd) The 11th class: Paula Hagler (2nd) Classes 12 and 13: Jenny Pitts (2nd) Class 14 Paula Hagler (2nd), Jenny Pitts (3rd) Class 15 Jerri Stroud (2nd) Class 24 Louise Anderson (2nd) Class 28 Hanna Merrell (2nd), Jerri Stroud (3rd) Class 31 Paula Hagler (2nd) Class 36 Rebecca Cladwell (2nd) Class 37 Mandy Wilburn (2nd) Class 42 Paula Hagler (2nd) and Class 43 Shelia Wilson (2nd), Louise Anderson (3rd).

The article Kiwanis Covington County Fair flower show winners announced was first published in The Andalusia Star-News.