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Chapters
  • Chapters (Alphabetical by State)
  1. Link to Chapter websites
  2. President/email
 
Informational Documents
  1. How to start a new chapter
  2. How to start a gourd patch/ group
  3. Gourd interest questionnaire /survey tool
  4. Form SSA-4 for EIN as non-profit org
Growing & Harvesting Gourds Education
  • Basic growing decisions
  • Yield, size & thickness
  • Growing season
 
  • Plant care
  1. Watering
  2. Fertilizing
  3. Diseases
  4. Hand pollination
 
  • Harvesting
  1. When to pick
  2. What next
Gourd Growing Resources
  • Where to BUY gourd seeds
  • Where to BUY raw gourds
  1. Alphabetical by state
 
Fact Sheets
  1. Gourd ID Charts
  2. Seed Germination
  3. Growing/Harvesting
  4. Building a Trellis
  5. Patio Containers
  6. Green Cleaning
  7. Cleaning with Potting Soil
Magazine
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  • Deadlines for Submitting Content
  • How to submit content
  • Covers & Table of Contents for issues from Summer 2013 to present
  • How to order back issues
AGS Jim Story Award
  • About Jim Story
  • About the JSA Award
  • How to Qualify to Enter
  • Judging Criteria
  • How JSA Judging Works
  • Past winners
Crafting Gourds: Education
Descriptions & Judging Considerations of the following techniques:
  • Pyrography
  • Chip Carving
  • Relief (3D) Carving
  • Filigree
  • Fret work
  • Cut work
  • Weaving
  • Teneriffe
  • Coiling
  • Painting
  • Colored Pencil

Fact Sheets
  1. Do You Want to Win a Blue Ribbon?
  2. Judging Guidelines by Technique
Gourd Crafting: Resources
Tools, Suppliers & Books for each technique*
*Advertisers & AGS Board Member Suppliers have active links
  • Pyrography
  • Chip Carving
  • Relief (3D) Carving
  • Filigree
  • Fret work
  • Cut work
  • Weaving
  • Teneriffe
  • Coiling
  • Painting
  • Colored Pencil
AGS Artistry Award
  • About Artistry Award
  • Eligible Entries  
  • How to Enter
  • Photography Guidelines  
  • How AA Judging Works
  • Past winners
History of Gourds

  • North America
  • Gourd Societies in the United States
  • Kenya
AGS Judge Training Program

AGS Certified Judge Requirements
  1. Prerequisites
  2. Requirements
  3. Activity Reporting Form

AGS Apprentice Judge Requirements
  • Application
  • Training Materials
  1. Handbook
  2. Training Packet
  3. Judging by Category Guidelines
  • Activity Reporting Form

Certified Judge Instructor Requirements
  • Arranging New Judge Training Session
  • Instructors Guide
  • Class Attendance Sheet

Continuing Education Classes
  • Mock Judging Class
  • What Judges Look For Class
  • Judging Refresher Class
  • Judging by Category Class

Judges Activity Forms
  • Group CE Reporting Form (online or print)
  • Personal Reporting Form (online or print)
AGS-Judged Competitions

Staffing with AGS-Certified Judges & Clerks
  1. Qualifications
  2. Judges & Head Judge
  3.  Clerks  
 
About AGS-Judged Competitions
  • Purpose, Goals, Big Picture
Judging Procedure
  • Teams
  • Discussion
  • Ethics

Judging Forms & Charts
  • Option A (Detailed) Scoring Sheet
  • Option B (Simplified) Scoring Sheet
  • Option C (Verbal Consensus) no form

Clerking Forms (A & B)
  • Gourd ID Chart
  • Definitions for Competitions
  • Measuring Raw Gourds
  • Jim Story Manipulated Gourd Judging Form

Judging Program Team & contact information

Certified Judge Instructors
  • Want to hold a Judge Training Class? Find a Certified Instructor on this page.
  • Alphabetical by State

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  • Join
  • Magazine
    • Quarterly Contest
    • Back Issues
  • Chapters
  • Calendar
  • Gourd Growing Tutorials
    • Sellers: Seeds, Gourds
    • Growing
    • Harvesting
  • Crafting Techniques
    • Pyrography
    • Crafting Resources
    • Crafting Tutorials
  • Judging
    • List of Judge Instructors
  • Artistry Award
  • Jim Story Award
    • JSA-Eligibility/Entry
  • History of Gourds Around the World
  • Crafting Contests
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