2025 Austin County Home-Grown Vegetable Contest

Do you think you have the best vegetables or the biggest tomato? The Horticulture Committee of Austin County, Linseisen’s Feed & Supply, and Nelson’s Plant Food are pleased to present the Home-Grown Vegetable Contest and Program being hosted on Saturday, June 7^th. Show off the prize-winning vegetables from your garden!

The contest is open to the public, with no entry fee and no age requirements! If you love to garden and grow vegetables, you can enter. Vegetable check-in will be at Linseisen’s Feed located at 551 W Main, Bellville from 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM. The judging will be closed to the public, with awards presented no earlier than 11:00 AM. There will be a free educational presentation offered at 10:00 AM held at the Bellville VFD meeting room located at 511 W Main, Bellville. You can walk from Linseisen’s. The presentation will be given by Gary Kroeger with the Bluebonnet Master Gardeners. He will be showing “Fermented Cucumber Pickles”.

Only one entry per person in each of the main categories according to specifications on the informational flyer. No rotten or split vegetables will be allowed or judged. All vegetables or fruits entered must be edible and grown by the exhibitor. No store-bought products permitted. Please provide the correct number of samples per category when entering to avoid disqualification.

For more information, please visit https://austin.agrilife.org/agriculture/acvegcontest/. If you have any questions about this program, please contact the Austin County Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Agent, Stacie Villarreal, at 979-865-2072.