2026 State and Harford County fair theme for 2026 is the “Down the Ocean Hon”. Harford County has a special category “America 250 Years” in honor of the nation’s birthday. Start designing that special basket today!!

The opening day for the 2026 Harford County Farm Fair will be Saturday, July 18th.  Our Guild had a great showing last year and would love to see even more entries this year.

Registration is now open and will remain open until 9:00 p.m. on July 14th.  You may bring your entries to the Crouse Building on Friday, July 17th between the hours of 2:00 p.m. and 5:45 p.m.  Following are directions on the easiest way to register for the Farm Fair.

To register, go to farmfair.org. Under “Get Involved”, click on
“Community Entries”.  Then click on the green box for “Community Entries Catalog”.  Follow the link on the first page to register (http://harfordfarmfair.fairentry.com).  Be sure to read the General Rules and Regulations on page 3 of the Catalog.  Basket categories are listed on page 11.  You may enter one item in each category.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mary Louise or Mary Anne.  We look forward to seeing your baskets at the Fair.

See other Guild member 2025 Farm Fair winners by following this link!

Our winners this year in the following Basketry Categories are:

Class 10303 Splint Basket               Place

                  Ernestine DuBois                   1
               Art Stritch                                 2                   
Pat Anderson                           3                
Louise Beyer                            4

Class 10302  Ribbed Basket

                  Art Stritch                                 1
Pat Anderson                          2
Louise Beyer 3
Regina Cole 4

Class 10303  Wicker Basket

                   Pat Anderson                           1
Louise Beyer 2

Class 10304  Coiled/Plaited

                   Pat Anderson                           1

Class 10305 Basket on a Mold (not Nantucket)

                   Pat Anderson 1
Regina Cole 2

Class 10306  Basket on a Mold  (Nantucket)

                   Art Stritch 1

Class 10307  Challenge Basket (Maryland Colors)

                   Pat Anderson                           1

Class 10308 Twill Basket

                   Pat Anderson                           1

Class 10309  Miniature Basket

                   Pat Anderson                           1
Regina Cole 2

Class 10310 Ornament            

                   Pat Anderson                           1
Ernestine DuBois 2

Class 10311 Decorative Piece  (Not A Basket)

                   Ernestine DuBois                     1
Art Stritch 2
Pat Anderson 3

Class 10312 Double Wall

                   Pat Anderson                           1
Jennifer Klem 2

Class 10313  Beginning Weaver

                   Regina Cole                             1
Cathy Billings 2
Jennifer Klem 3
Jennifer Nance 4

Mary Blackhall White Memorial Award *

                    Cathy Billings      

*Not a category.  Exhibits chosen for this award by the Division Superintendents and receive a special rosette ribbon.  While these exhibits may not have received a Champion ribbon, they represent excellence in quality, workmanship and creativity – attributes which Mary greatly appreciated.