Breven Hodgkins, 11, of Wausau, highlights parts of the Pennsylvania Panzer he rebuilt with his father, Bryan Hodgkins, after winning Best in Show during the Garden Tractor Daze show Saturday at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Portage.
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Bryan Hodgkins, of Wausau, shakes the hand of Garden Tractor Daze organizer Bret Esse, right, after Hodgkins' son, Breven, left center, accepted the best in show award for the Pennsylvania Panzer the father and son rebuilt as Steve Halfpap, of Montello, observes.
The Rally of Red featured Wheel Horse tractor sits in a barn on display Saturday at the Columbia County Fairgrounds during the Garden Tractor Daze show.
Auctioneer Andrew Kitson, of Belvidere, Illinois, leads the consignment auction Saturday during Garden Tractor Daze. Kitson has given the proceeds to organizers of the event in the past, but this year, all of the funding was raised for a 5-year-old girl named Ellie from Belvidere with leukemia.
GALLERY: Scenes from 2021 Garden Tractor Daze in Portage
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Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Dale Faris, Brillion, gives a ride Saturday morning during Garden Tractor Daze to passengers, from left, Barb Lessman, of Shannon, Illinois, her great nephew Kingsten Price, 3, Pardeeville, and Faris’ grandchildren Hailey Sprangers, 13, of Neenah and Menasha, and Lindsey Faris, Green Bay, at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Portage. He created Grandkids Express with a 1980 Cub Cadet tractor and 50-gallon barrels painted in the signature colors of four tractor brands. The 2020 Garden Tractor Daze was canceled because of COVID-19, making this year’s the 10th. Organizer Bret Esse said 826 tractors were on display as of Saturday morning, with attendees hailing from states all over the U.S. -- the first person to arrive was from California -- and at least one from Canada.
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Three-year-old Kingsten Price, Pardeeville, rides on Grandkids Express with his great aunt Barb Lessman, of Shannon, Illinois, Saturday morning during Garden Tractor Daze at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Portage. Price loves trains, Lessman said. The 2020 Garden Tractor Daze was canceled because of COVID-19, making this year’s the 10th. Organizer Bret Esse said 826 tractors were on display as of Saturday morning, with attendees hailing from states all over the U.S. -- the first person to arrive was from California -- and at least one from Canada.
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Garden Tractor Daze
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Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
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Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
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Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Ella Parish, 14, Linden, climbs onto her Pennsylvania Panzer tractor from around 1968 after her father, Matt Parish, fixed it Saturday morning during Garden Tractor Daze at the Columbia County Fairgrounds in Portage. He said the family enjoys coming to the event and driving their tractors around. It was the 10th Garden Tractor Daze from Thursday through Saturday after the 2020 event was canceled because of COVID-19. Organizer Bret Esse said 826 tractors were on display as of Saturday morning, with attendees hailing from states all over the U.S. -- the first person to arrive was from California -- and at least one from Canada.
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
Garden Tractor Daze
