BLOOMING VALLEY — Blooming Valley’s Quinn Werner isn’t your garden variety retiree. Putting his green thumb to the test, Werner spent the past year growing gourds, marrow, tomatoes, squash and giant pumpkins in order to earn the title of Master Gardener at the Great Pumpkin Commonwealth competition in October.
This was his second year competing for the Master Gardener title, and he took it home with a total of 276.5 points, the second-highest point total in the competition’s history. The competition is worldwide and it’s based on five fruits.
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