Garlic Growing Contest
Blue ribbons and bragging rights for gardeners and garlic growers alike:
the MN Garlic Festival Annual Garlic Growing Contest will be held during the festival on August 9, 2025.
Prizes in 12 categories.
You may enter only one bulb per category. Pick your best and enter that one.
Prizes awarded by Dr. Carl Rosen, Contest Judge
Rules, forms and information below.
Managed by Wright, McLeod, and Meeker County Horticulture Extension Educator, Emily Hansen
There will be prizes for BEST IN SHOW, overall BIGGEST heads for each of the ten categories:
1) Artichoke 2) Asiatic 3) Creole 4) Glazed Purple Stripe 5) Marbled Purple Stripe
6) Porcelain 7) Purple Stripe 8) Rocambole 9) Silverskin 10) Turban
And a special prize for the SMALLEST intact, divided bulb.
