Exhibit specialist offers tips for upcoming fair

A variety of garden vegetables, flowers and craft items are laid out on a green table with ribbons attached.
Photo courtesy of Theresa Isaac, UAF Cooperative Extension Service
A statewide webinar will teach participants how to design a competitive exhibit, like these at the Alaska State Fair in 2022, to showcase their handiwork.

Julie Stricker
907-474-5406
July 16, 2024

If your turnips are terrific and your dahlias delightful this summer, display your green thumb at the Alaska State Fair in August.

The Â鶹¹ÙÍø Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service has invited Kathy Liska, the fair’s crop superintendent and a master gardener, to lead a free webinar on how to participate in the competitive exhibits at the fair, which runs Aug. 16-Sept. 2 in Palmer.

Liska will explain the submission process, judging criteria and other guidelines. She may even share a tip or two on how to take home the win. 

The webinar is 6-7 p.m. on Monday, July 22, and is available statewide. Preregister via Zoom at .  

For more information, contact Molly Johansson at 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu.

Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made five business days in advance to Johansson at 907-786-6313 or mjohansson@alaska.edu. Language access services, such as interpretation or translation of vital information, will be provided free of charge to individuals with limited English proficiency upon request to amnorris2@alaska.edu.

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