Downtown Merchants intending to enter the May Day Basket Competition, download a copy of the May Day Brochure with entry form here:

or use the form below.

MAY DAY BASKET COMPETITION

Downtown Port Orchard

April 29, 2022 – May 8, 2022

As you wander in downtown Port Orchard from April 29 until May 8 view all of the beautiful May Day Baskets hanging from the merchants’ doors or sitting near their windows. Judges will be awarding ribbons on April 30 in various categories, but the People’s Choice Award will be tabulated on May 8th So see the baskets and then vote for your favorite at the Port Orchard Public Market!

According to a report by NPR, May Day Baskets were a tradition much practiced until the 1960s. People would begin gathering flowers and candies and other goodies to put in May baskets to hang on the doors of friends, neighbors and loved ones on May 1. When times were more innocent.

So don’t miss this event, come rain or shine, to see Port Orchard in all of its spring glory. Regardless of whether they capture a ribbon, all of the baskets will be winners, and when you take the time to walk downtown Port Orchard and take in the beauty of May Day, you’ll be the lucky grand prize winner!

May Day Basket Entry

Entry for downtown Port Orchard businesses to enter a May Day Basket

Name
First Last
Business Name
Email
Phone
Address where May Day Basket will be displayed
Street Address Address Line 2 City State / Province / Region ZIP / Postal Code Country

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Reynolds Tavern May Day Event Flower Basket

May Day Flower Basket Adams Kilty House

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Mayday- Flowers adorn the front of the Aurora Gallery on Maryland Ave. in Annapolis, MD for the Mayday Flower competition . By James M Thresher-TWP, 141517 ORG XMIT: 141517 (Photo by James M. Thresher/The Washington Post/Getty Images)