The Fayette County Master Gardener Volunteers (FCMGV) sponsored the eighth-annual Daylily Show in nine years on July 9 and it was another successful year.

The Horticulture Specimen Single Scape classes had 124 entries. There were 20 entries in the Artistic Design classes. The Off-scape Specimen classes had 20 entries. There were 17 exhibitors.

Jane Adkins, the former Fayette County resident, Jane Pond judged the show. The Off-scape Specimen classes were judged as a People’s Choice award. Thirty-five people attended the judging and admired the daylilies.

Class premiums were $4 for first place, $3 for second place, and $2 for third place. There were 10 section awards. Section winners received a gift certificate from Darby Creek Daylilies.

The show had three Best of Show awards of $50 each. The winners were Best of Show for Horticulture Specimen Single Scape, Melina Kopczewski; Best of Show Artistic Design, Debbie Hurst; and Sweepstakes, Elaine Crutcher. The Peoples’ Choice Off-scape Specimen award went to Larry Pastor.

The Fayette County Master Gardener Volunteers have already met to begin planning the show for 2023.

Fayette County Master Gardener, Brendee Billings, checked in exhibitors and assigned them a number.

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Master Gardener, Brenda Caudill, prepares daylilies to enter in the show.

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The theme for this year’s design classes was Daylilies Around the World. Debbie Hirsch won Best of Show for her design in the class: Tokyo, Japan-arrangement in the Asian manner.

https://www.recordherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2022/07/web1_BOS-Design.jpgThe theme for this year’s design classes was Daylilies Around the World. Debbie Hirsch won Best of Show for her design in the class: Tokyo, Japan-arrangement in the Asian manner. Courtesy photos

Daylilies have a wide variety of colors, shapes and sizes.

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Jane Pond Adkins judges the Unusual Form daylily class.

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Larry Pastor won the off-scape category with his daylily, Red Volunteer.

https://www.recordherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2022/07/web1_snip-people-s-choice.jpgLarry Pastor won the off-scape category with his daylily, Red Volunteer. Courtesy photos

Everyone is invited to the judging.

https://www.recordherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/27/2022/07/web1_crowd-2.jpgEveryone is invited to the judging. Courtesy photos