Christmas Social 2018

The Annual AVGVG Christmas Social/Meeting will be held on Friday, December 7th at 6:30 pm at the Windermere Hall, Windermere Rd., Berwick.  Pizza will be provided along with tea, coffee, hot chocolate, water and pop.  Members are asked to bring along an appetizer or a small dessert plate to share.  PLEASE RSVP TO ME AT <dm.knox@ns.sympatico.ca> BY DECEMBER 4TH THE NUMBER OF ADULTS AND YOUNG GARDENERS ATTENDING.

 

If there is a snowstorm on the 7th, we will hold our event on Thursday, December 20th.

To all our members who are unable to join us, on behalf of our President, Ron Muis and the Executive, I would like to extend a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Judy Knox

Secretary

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2018 France Competition

Our France members had a great competition and have sent us along some wonderful pictures. Take a minute to have a look and see all the great activities they have at their competition. Congratulations to all the competitors. Félicitations

2018 Weigh Off Pictures Added

Pages have been created for the 2018 pictures from the Glad Gardens Weigh Off as well as the Windsor-West Hants Weigh Off. We have created a new menu tab “Weigh Off Photo Galleries ’18’-” (seen above). Simply click on this tab to go to the page or a drop down menu will also appear so that you can select which weigh off photos you would like to review.These photos are also available on our Facebook page.

Thanks to the many contributing photographers this year.

Weather Channel Video From Windsor – West Hants Weigh Off

Check out this video from the Windsor -West Hants Weigh Off including interviews with Danny Dill and Gerard Ansmes about his Bushel Gourd currently sitting at number 2 in the world at 335 lbs. Click on the link below to view the video :

https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ca/videos/gallery/you-wont-believe-what-theyre-growing-out-on-the-atlantic-coast-its-big/2312993038001/5842896716001/most_popular

The Weekend Gardener Interview “After the Weigh Off”with Ron Muis

AVGVG President Ron Muis is interviewed by Niki Jabbore on the Weekend Gardener radio show about the results of the  Glad Gardens Weigh Off and growing giant vegetables . To listen to the interview simply click on the link below and select the September 30th, 2018 episode and go to the 45:30 time frame. Thanks to Niki for always supporting the club and our event .

https://www.news957.com/audio/the-garden-show/

AVGVG Glad Gardens 2018 Howard Dill Winner

Congratulations to Marilyn Ansems (pictured below) on winning the Howard Dill Award 2018 for best looking pumpkin. Marilyn’s pumpkin weighed in at 599 lbs and was the perfect shade of orange.

AVGVG Glad Gardens 2018 Results Now Posted

The complete 2018 AVGVG Glad Gardens Weigh Off results are now available on our web site. Simply click on the links below to see either the Adult or Young Gardeners results.Congratulations to all the participants.

Adult Results

Young Gardeners Results

 

 

 

Hants County Ex 2018 Results

The Results of the Hants County Ex are in and AVGVG club members did very well. Be sure to take note of the Growers of Tomorrow – Michael Armstrong and our youngest grower Alexander Benedict – Great Job ! Congratulations to all Growers !Also there are a few pictures below:

Heaviest Pumpkins:

1st…. 1155 lbs. Gerard Ansems

2nd …754 lbs. Frank Ansems

3rd…458 lbs. Wes Benedict

4th .. 101 lbs. Michael Armstrong.

Heaviest Squash:

1st…710 lbs. Gerard Ansems

2nd..532 lbs.Carter Ansems

3rd..279 lbs. Wes Benedict

4th..205 lbs. Alexander Benedict.

Alexander Benedict & his 205 Squash

AVGVG Members Nancy Miller and Santus Treminio” from Newport with their Giant Watermelon Entries

NBEX – New Brunswick Exhibition Results 2018

The results of the NBEX recently held in Fredericton are in. They are as follows:

1st– Daryl Tingley  1099.5 lbs.

2nd– Maureen Tingley  911 lbs.

3rd– Steven Fisher 583.5 lbs.

4th– Charles Ebbett 581.5 lbs.

Congratulations to all the participants!

AVGVG Glad Gardens GPC Results

AVGVG Glad Gardens GPC results are now posted on Big Pumpkins. Click on the link below to see the results and also find out where you rank in the world . Full results of the weigh off to follow. Big THANK YOU to Shirley Ansems for getting these loaded.

 

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=132