Horticulture Competition

2025 HORTICULTURE COMPETITION

SPONSORED BY

Thank you to GVGO for their sponsorship of the competition and horticultural display

Competition Information

Entry Deadline: Friday October 31, 2025

Entry Fees (Classes 1 - 26): $10.00 per entry (plus administration fee and taxes).

Entry Fee (Class 27): $30.00 per entry (plus administration fee and taxes).

Late Entry Fee: Late entries will be accepted until Tuesday November 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM. Classes 1 - 26 late fees are $15.00 (plus administration fees and taxes), and Class 27 late fees are $40.00 per each entry (plus administration fees and taxes).

Arrival Time: Giant Vegetables can arrive between Sunday November 2, 2025, and Wednesday November 5, 2025, before 3:00 PM. Judging begins at 3:00 PM.

Removal Time: Entries can be collected between Sunday November 16, 2025, 6:00 PM - 12:00 PM and on Monday November 17, 2025, if exhibitor has indicated their intention to pick up their entries. Entires may not be collected before 6:00 PM on Sunday. Growers may contact committee members to remove and save seeds from the Giant Pumpkin and Squash on the growers' behalf.

2025 Royal Horticulture Committee

Chairman: Rebecca Mercer

Vice Chairman: Joe Bush

Affiliated Members: Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association, Ontario Apple Growers, Giant Vegetable Growers of Ontario, Holland Marsh Growers Association

RULES AND REGULATIONS:

1. All entries made are subject to the RAWF’s General Rules and Regulations. All exhibitors are bound by them. Entries must be made via AssistExpo, RAWF's online entry system. Please email entry@royalfair.org if you would like to make your entries over the phone or via a paper entry form.
2. Every exhibitor must have grown the product exhibited themselves and it must have been grown in the county in which the exhibitor resides.
3. ALL exhibits, whether shipped (prepaid) or delivered in person, must arrive at the RAWF between the days/hours listed above. Please ensure you provide your courier with the office hours above when scheduling your shipment. Exhibits must be delivered to:
   Agriculture Show Office
   Royal Agricultural Winter Fair
   Door #33, Manitoba Drive
   Exhibition Place
   Toronto, ON, M6K 3C3
4. If you are hand delivering your entries, please call the Show Office at (416) 263-3418 upon arrival.
5. If an exhibitor delivers their tall giant on a pole, the RAWF will exchange the poll at the time of delivery (if desired), saving a return trip to pick up their own pole at Fair’s end.
6. Only one entry in any class will be accepted from one individual, with the exception of "Any Other Giant Vegetable" classes, in which one exhibitor may enter multiple entries of different varieties. Any entry in an "Any Other Giant Vegetable" class must indicate the specific type of variety on the entry.
7. The same vegetable cannot be entered in more than one class. For example, a carrot can be entered in class 4 (by length) or class 5 (by weight) but the same carrot cannot be entered in both class 4 & 5.
8. Vines must be trimmed to 1 inch from the stem of the fruit.
9. Foreign material may not be included in the weighing. All entries must be cleaned and sound in the opinion of the judges. To enforce this, the judges may x-ray or may open the specimen. Judges have the right to disqualify entries.
10. Foliage can only be included if it forms an integral part of the plant.
11. All roots will be cut cleanly from the main body of the specimen, except where roots are an integral part of the specimen (i.e. carrot, beet, parsnip, onion).
12. Specimens of equal weight will be declared co-winners.
13. Any vegetable of competitive merit will be properly weighed and judged to Canadian Giant Vegetable Standards (https://www.gvgo.ca/judging-rules).
14. All exhibits are under the control and subject to the order of the Horticulture Superintendent who may order the removal from the floor display in order to maintain an attractive and educational presentation to the public. Exhibitors that have indicated intent to pick up their entries on their entry form will be contacted.
15. Exhibitors must advise the RAWF on their Entry Form if their intention is to pick up their entries, or if they will be donating them to The Royal. Entries must be collected by the Removal Time listed above. All remaining entries will be discarded or donated to the local food bank.
16. Provincial Assistance: Some provinces may offer to pay the costs of shipping for approved entries to the Royal Horticulture Show. Contact your provincial agriculture office for information.

Prize Money

Prize Money: Classes 1 - 21, 23 - 26

Prize Money: Feature Vegetable (Class 22)

Prize Money: Giant Pumpkin / Squash Challenge (Class 27)

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