After an impressive response to the inaugural event last year, Knox County Parks and Recreation is again encouraging local individuals and groups to enter their most creative scarecrows in the Scarecrows in the Park event to be held October 21-31 at New Harvest Park, 4775 New Harvest Lane. Scarecrows in the Park will open on Thursday, October 21, at 3 p.m. at the New Harvest Park Farmers Market, and conclude on October 31. 

This community celebration of fall is a competition to make the best and most original scarecrow.  The scarecrows will be placed along the greenway loop at the park.  Folks will walk the loop (getting some good exercise and fresh air) and then have a chance to help choose the winners.  Public voting, open from October 21 through 26, and a panel of celebrity judges, will determine the winners. A $10 entry fee is required, and The Home Depot is donating a bale of straw to each participant.

Both cash and other prizes will be awarded to the winners during the Farmers Market on Thursday, October 28, at 5 p.m.

An entry form and rules for Scarecrows in the Park are available here, or by calling 215-6600.  Entry forms must be received by October 18.