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Entry numbers to the show were good, around
350 plus which was better than last year, even due to the very dry growing
conditions and members being on holiday.
The hall looked stunning with a mass of colour from the numerous dahlia
exhibits, flowering pot plants and flower arrangements, a real feast for the
eyes.
Joanna
Berry did exceptionally well by winning Most Points
in Section Cut Flowers, Most Points in Section Pot Plants, Best in Section Floral
Art and finally Most Points in Show. A
magnificent haul for all her dedication and efforts.
Tim
Taylor dominated the Wine classes winning Most Points in Section and Best in
Section for his wine.
Numerous fruit
and vegetable entries saw some close competition with Graham Makepeace winning Best in Section for his superb plate of mixed fruit and Most Points in this
Section too. This was capped by Graham
finishing as Runner Up for Most Points in Show. A big well done to him.
Margaret Wait faced stiff competition in the
cookery classes but won Most Points in Section, whilst Pat Reid won Best in
Section Cookery, for her very impressive fruit cake.
Hilary Warner had a successful show with
several first places and won Best in Section Cut Flowers for her three gladioli
stems.
Frances Brunning shone in the pot
plant classes winning Best in Section Pot Plants & Best
in Show Horticulture for her stunning pots of three individual orchids.
Tracy
Chapman won the People’s Choice Award (voted for by the visitors) for her
stunning flower arrangement entitled Rusty Richness.
The craft classes saw a win for Steve
Pratchett with his stunning painting who then went on to win Best in Section
Craft and Best in Show Non-Horticulture.
Susan Carter won Most Points in Section Craft for her numerous entries
in this section.
Janice Green was victorious in the Grow a
Plug Plant Geranium with a magnificent specimen.
First time entrants Donna Griffiths won the
Novice Class for Flower Arranging and son Leo won Most Points in Section
and Best in Show for the under 6 years of age classes.
A vote of thanks goes to all the people who gave up their time, which
helped to make the Show possible and to the individuals and local businesses
who donated raffle and tombola prizes.
On Saturday 3rd August the Society had a coach
trip to the RHS Gardens at Hyde Hall in Essex.
We had a full coach of travelers which was brilliant and arrived at our
destination at around 11.00am to be met by a warm day without any threat of
rain!
Our trip also coincided with the
Annual Plant Fair which meant lots of opportunities to but plants directly from
a wide range of nurseries.
Hydrangeas and Salvia's seem to be the “in plants” this year
and many stalls offered a bewildering choice of colours and varieties. The gardens and facilities had been vastly
improved since we last visited which meant a more enjoyable experience for us
all.
We left at 4.30pm with a coach boot
full of plants and garden sundries for our journey back to Norfolk.
A thank you to Joanna Berry, Susan
Carter and Susan Howard for all their efforts in organising the trip.
Annual Spring Show - Saturday 6th April See Photos here
Despite the difficult weather conditions,
which meant most daffodil blooms were a month in front, members pulled out all
the stops which enabled us to have a wonderful display of daffodils, tulips &
other Spring flowers.
Joanna Berry was a
real force to be reckoned with and dominated in the cut flower classes by
winning Most Points in Section, with Brian Cogan taking the Best in Section for
his daffodils.
This year we have a new award - 'Best Daffodil Bloom in Show' which was kindly
donated by Julian Woodrow and was deservedly won by Brian Cogan.
Fruit & vegetable entries were good with over 10
entries for one of the rhubarb classes alone. Margaret Wait won Best in Section
for her stunning leeks with Graham Makepeace winning for the Most Points in Section.
New member Cecilia Coller was on blistering
form and won Most Points in Section and Best in Section for her Pot
Plants. She produced some beautiful
flowering alpines & succulents which really caught the judge’s eye. Cecilia’s winning ways continued by winning
the People’s Choice Award (voted for by the visitors).
There was no holding
Margaret Wait who was on fine form and won Best in Section Cookery for her chocolate
cake and Most Points in Section.
Joanna
Berry and Tracy Chapman were close competitors in the Floral Art Section but Tracy
just beat Joanna for Best in Section with Joanna winning Most Points in
Section.
Margaret also went on to win Best in Show for Non-Horticulture
for her chocolate cake & Brian
Cogan won Best in Show for Horticulture for his immaculate daffodils .
Tim Taylor had a good day and won Best in
Section for Wine and Most Points in the Wine Section too.
Valerie Dixon had a great show by
Winning Most Points in Show for Craft with Ricky Prager winning Best in Section for Craft with his stunning and intricate model of an aeroplane made from metal.
In the childrens entries William
Steward did well by scooping the Best in Show
(for 6-10 years old) and also won the Most Points in this Section.
Terry Smith triumphed in the “Lucky Dip Daff”
competition (a bulb bought at last year’s Autumn Show, & to be grown for
this show).
In our Novice classes, which give individuals
the chance to enter but not against seasoned show veterans. Liz Coller won Best in Section and Most
Points in Section with Pat Reid a close runner up.
The
final awards were for Most Points in Show which was won by Joanna Berry &
the Runner Up was Margaret Wait.