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The fruits of your gardening efforts are one of the most rewarding benefits to growing your own edibles. Use your home grown veggies to create your own prize winning salsa.

Join us at Warren’s Southern Gardens this Fathers Day for a special event your whole family will enjoy.

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Prizes

1st and 2nd Place Prizes

Will Be Awarded In Each Category

Judge’s Choice-Best Overall Taste/ Traditional

1st Place — $100.00 WSG Gift Card
2nd Place –$50.00 WSG Gift Card

Hot Stuff!!!

1st Place–$60.00 WSG Gift Card
2nd Place–$40.00 WSG Gift Card

Most Unique Flavor Profile

1st Place–$60.00 WSG Gift Card
2nd Place–$40.00 WSG Gift Card

Special Category-

Summer Harvest Basket/Composition
Use your gardening skills and your artistic eye to compose
a beautiful, edible composition. All components must be
home grown and edible. Homegrown flowers may be used as embellishments. Compositions will be judged on their
visual merits only.

1st Place–$50.00 WSG Gift Card
2nd Place–$30.00 WSG Gift Card

There will be a Special Grand Prize awarded to the
Winner of the Judges Choice Category!

$200.00 WSG Gift Card

Do You Plan To Be A Contestant?

If So, In Which Category/Categories Will You Be Competing?

Please send an email confirming the above to diane@warrens.us

This Is Not A Requirement, But A Courtesy So That We Can Better
Prepare For This Fun Day Of Salsa, BBQ & Family

Salsa entries must contain these 2 core components.
(additional spices, herbs,veggies, onions etc. may be used)

Homegrown Tomatoes
Homegrown Peppers

*** We understand that the weather has been unpredictable,
we are waiving the requirement of

Homegrown Cilantro and/or Onions**********
this is desirable, but no longer a requirement.

SALSA CONTEST RULES:

1. Each salsa entry must include a full recipe describing all ingredients used.
   (Contestants are encouraged to bring samples of the homegrown veggies used in their recipes. This is voluntary.)
2. Salsa entries must contain these 3 core components.
   (additional spices, herbs,veggies, onions etc. may be used)

Homegrown Tomatoes
Homegrown Peppers
Homegrown Cilantro and/or Onions

Only 1 entry per participant per category will be judged.
Each participant must bring two pints of salsa in sealable glass
containers such as ball or mason jars.

Each entry must be dated with the date that it was canned. Contestants full name, phone number and e-mail address must be written in permanent marker on the container.
Entries will be judged with tortilla chips

ENTRY RULES:

All salsa entries must be dropped off to
Warren’s Southern Gardens by 10 am on Sunday, June 16.
Category winners will be announced at 12 pm.

JUDGING CATEGORIES:

1st and 2nd place prizes will be awarded in each category

Judge’s Choice-Best Overall Taste/ Traditional
Hot Stuff!!!
Most Unique Flavor Profile

Special Category-Summer Harvest Basket/Composition

Use your gardening skills and your artistic eye to compose
a beautiful, edible composition. All components must be
home grown and edible. Homegrown flowers may be used as embellishments. Compositions will be judged on their
visual merits only.

There will be a Special Grand Prize awarded to the
Winner of the Judges Choice Category!

Good Eats from Texas Q BBQ Food Texas Q BBQ
Tomato and Pepper Brag and Swap
Salsa Tasting

Stay tuned for more details as we get closer to the event!

Learn about the life cycle of a butterfly, and plant seeds for a host or nectar plant to take home.  Study caterpillars, and butterflies up close.  Also, learn about which bugs are beneficial to our gardens and environment, like earthworms, ladybugs, dragonflies and bees .

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Come to this informative class led by Warren’s own, Diane Bulanowski and learn how to attract more butterflies and pollinators to your yard with low maintenance and Texas tough perennials and native plants .

*This lecture is free