4HA-11PA: Vegetable Container Garden

Ashley Osborne | Sep. 1, 2021 (New)

The Vegetable Container Garden Contest is a perfect opportunity to showcase a container garden that you have created and cared for. Remember that this contest is specific to vegetable plants.

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4AH-09PA: Making a Desert Dish Garden

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

A dish garden is a collection of similar plants grown in an open container. In a desert garden, the plants are all succulents. Succulents are plants that can survive in a hot, dry climate because they can store moisture in their stems or leaves during rainy periods. During drier times, succulents give off moisture much more slowly than most plants. Evaporation is slowed down by wax or hairs or by a reduced surface area. (Many succulents have a spherical shape because a sphere has the smallest surface area for a given volume.) Succulents grow naturally in semi-deserts where long, dry-periods are broken by short, rainy periods.

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4AH-01PO: Sweet Pepper Exhibit

Blake Newton, Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

The sweet pepper exhibit allows you to display a variety of sweet pepper that you have grown in your garden. In horticulture, the word "variety" refers to a plant that is slightly different from other plants of its kind. There are many varieties of sweet peppers available besides the popular sweet banana pepper, such as Cubanelle, pimento, and lunchbox.

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4AH-04PO: Experimental Horticulture

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

The Experimental Horticulture Project is similar to a science fair project. You choose a horticultural scientific experiment you would like to learn about, and conduct the experiment using the seven steps in the scientific method.

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4AH-07PO: Garden and Orchard Displays

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

The Vegetable and Orchard Display Contest is a perfect opportunity to showcase a wide variety of the items you have grown.

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4AH-02PO: Bell Pepper Exhibit

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

The bell pepper exhibit allows you to display a variety of bell pepper that you have grown in your garden. In horticulture, the word "variety" refers to a plant that is slightly different from other plants of its kind. For example, bell pepper varieties come in several different colors, including green, yellow, orange, red, purple and even white.

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4AH-05PO: Horticultural Project Exhibit

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

The Horticultural Project Exhibit is a "how-to" type project that allows you to look at the steps involved in completing a horticulture task from beginning to end and documenting the procedure along the way.

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4AH-08PO: Environmental Awareness

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

A key component to horticulture and sustainable agriculture is striving to be environmentally friendly. Through your Environmental Awareness Project, you will highlight way(s) in which horticulture can be environmentally friendly. Choose a horticulture project that you can do at your home or in your community that will display environmental awareness.

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4AH-03PO: Production and Marketing

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

When producing a horticulture crop, it is important to consider how you will market and sell the product. In the Production and Marketing Project, you will research a horticulture plant or crop and develop a plan for producing and marketing it.

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4AH-06PO: Hot Pepper Exhibit

Ashley Osborne | Aug. 10, 2020 (New)

The hot pepper exhibit allows you to display a variety of hot pepper that you have grown in your garden. In horticulture, the word "variety" refers to a plant that is slightly different from other plants of its kind. For example, hot pepper varieties may have different colors, tastes, shapes, and growing requirements. Many varieties of hot peppers are available, such as jalapeno, habanero, Thai chili, hot banana, poblano, and cayenne.