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Enter The Holmdel Harvest Home Festival Competition Sept. 24

Do you make the best jam? Or the finest needlework? Find out by entering the home and garden competition at the Harvest Home Festival.

HOLMDEL, NJ — Do you make the tastiest jam? Bake the best brownies? Or create the finest needlework?

Find out by entering the home and garden-style competition during Historic Longstreet Farm’s Harvest Home Festival. Held from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday, September 24 at Historic Longstreet Farm, Holmdel, this event is reminiscent of an old-fashioned fair from the 1890s. Highlights of the festival include wagon rides, games, live entertainment, and of course, the home and garden-style competition. Open to amateurs, this friendly competition features the following categories:

  • Needlework: embroidery, needlepoint/plastic canvas, quilting, wall hanging, weaving, rug hooking, crocheting and knitting
  • Canning: fruits, vegetables and condiments
  • Baked Goods: bread/rolls, cakes, cookies/brownies, and pies
  • Vegetables: largest tomato, pumpkin and winter squash

Pre-registration is required and accepted until Thursday, September 21. Registration details and complete rules are available online atwww.MonmouthCountyParks.com or by calling 732-946-3758.

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