Calvert City Homegrown Tomato Contest, 5 September | Event in Calvert City | AllEvents

Calvert City Homegrown Tomato Contest

Calvert City, Kentucky

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Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm

3 hours

Holly Nursery

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Date & Location

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm to 07:00 pm (CDT)

Holly Nursery

4095 US-62, Calvert City, KY 42029-8455, United States

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About the event

Calvert City Homegrown Tomato Contest
Attention all you beginner gardeners, experienced gardeners, and those just looking for a competition!

Calvert City is excited to announce the Homegrown Tomato Contest is BACK for its third year!

1. Pick up your tomato plant and plant it! (We recommend buying your plant at Holly Nursery)!

2. Grow your tomato! (tomatoes can be grown in a pot, in a 5-gallon bucket, or in the ground! Choose what works best for your space)

3. Enter as many tomatoes as you would like between July 1 and September 5.

4. To enter your tomato, you must go to Holly Nursery and complete a form. Holly Nursery will weigh your tomato on-site!

5. Take a photo of your RIPE tomato and tag Calvert City in the photo!

6. Eat your tomato! (We suggest adding it to a BLT)

The winner will be announced after the September 5 date after all tomatoes have been weighed. There is no limit to how many you submit between July 1 and September 5.

Winners will receive a $50 gift card to Holly Nursery, bragging rights for a year, and a Homegrown Tomato Contest T-shirt!

Who can enter?

Anyone can enter the contest!

AWARDS:

Biggest Local Ripe Tomato (Must reside in the city limits of Calvert City, multiple entries accepted)

Biggest Overall Ripe Tomato (Anyone can enter, no matter where you live, multiple entries accepted)

Smallest Ripe Tomato (Anyone can enter, no matter where you live, multiple entries accepted)

RULES & GUIDELINES

Tomato plants can be submitted between July 1 and September 5 at Holly Nursery

Tomatoes must be ripe, no green tomatoes accepted

Tomatoes shall be submitted at Holly Nursery and weighed

In the event of a tie, the circumference of the entry will determine the winner

Multiple tomatoes can be submitted

Winners will be announced on September 6 at Holly Nursery

Judge’s decisions are final

For questions, call (270) 395-7138 or email aW5mbyB8IGNhbHZlcnRjaXR5a3kgISBnb3Y=


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Calvert City Homegrown Tomato Contest, 5 September | Event in Calvert City | AllEvents
Calvert City Homegrown Tomato Contest
Fri, 05 Sep, 2025 at 04:00 pm