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October 11, 2023 by Town of Canton

Town Events

Scarecrow Trail by the Pigeon River Garden Club

Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Downtown Canton at Participating Businesses
October 18 – 31, 2023 | TIME: Any time, at your own pace.

Co-sponsored by the Pigeon River Garden Club and the Town of Canton


VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE SCARECROW!

Follow the Scarecrow Trail through downtown Canton with your trail map (available below) and buy tickets to vote for your favorites.
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TICKETS

Tickets are available for purchase at:
  • the participating businesses listed here.
  • the Mill Town Farmers Market on Oct 19th & Oct 26th
  • Canton Middle School
  • the Orchard Saturday Oct 21st & Oct 28th from 10:00-4:00 p.m.
Tickets are $2 for 1 vote or $5 for 3 votes. Remember the numbers you would like to vote for when you purchase your tickets. You will turn them in after you write down your votes. Or you can purchase them ahead of time, take them on the trail, and return them to any participating business after.
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WINNERS

FIRST PLACE: $100
SECOND PLACE: $75
THIRD PLACE: $50
Winners will be notified on November 2nd and announced and awarded their prizes at a later date to be announced. Winners will also be announced in the Mountaineer.
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SCARECROW TRAIL MAP 

DOWNLOAD HERE

PARTICIPATING BUSINESS:

  1. Geek Mountain
  2. Southeastern Physical Therapy
  3. Substrate Custom Screenprinting
  4. JRO’s Burgers and Subs
  5. Balsam Mountain Floral
  6. Smather & Smathers Law Firm
  7. Better Home & Gardens Real Estate
  8. Heavily Meditated Wellness
  9. Grateful Table
  10. Papertown Coffee
  11. The Southern Porch
  12. Blue Moon Books
  13. Mr. Robot
  14. The American Ballroom Company
  15. Pigeon River Mercantile
  16. Messer’s Milltown Furniture
  17. Cold Mountain Art Collective
  18. Maddie’s on Main
  19. BearWaters Brewery
  20. Primered Black
  21. The Dog House in Papertown
  22. Riverview Farm & Garden
  23. Canton Middle School
  24. Canton Middle School
  25. Canton Middle School
  26. Pigeon River Garden Club
  27. Far Flung Farms
  28. Milltown Farmers Market
  29. Wesleyan Church
  30. Always Love Gardens
  31. Mountain Moon Dance
  32. DJ’s Pickles
  33. Phoxwood Farms
  34. Haywood County Canton Library
  35. WPTL Radio
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Canton, North Carolina 28716
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