Fun! Congratulations, and thanks for sharing your beauties at the show and also with us!
I entered a Boston Fern at the great frederick fair last year... it took second place... out of 2 entries. I do think they'll skip awarding ribbons if they don't think an entry has earned a "place," but I also think grooming plays a big part in making a smaller or even lopsided entry worthwhile. Joyanna and I spend a while picking off dead leaves and snipping brown stems. :-)
I'm not sure if we'll enter plants/flowers this year or just put 3 entries in the household division (baking... refrigerator cookie, snickerdoodle, pumpkin bread... and if we don't get all 3 finished by tomorrow night I'll enter a piece of jewelry or some other craft item). The GFF has $10 entry tickets, good for up to 3 items anywhere in the division (plants/garden/produce/flowers is separate from household). Ribbons are worth some $, so we've gotten some of that back... and for the price of your entry ticket, you get a sheet of entrance tickets, 1 for every day of the fair. Kids under 10 are free, so Joyanna and I can go every day if we want.
