2026 Horticultural Show – 22 August

22 August 2026 marked our annual horticultural show.  Thanks to the Events Team for organising a wonderful day, to everyone who helped with the organising and judging, and to Deputy Lieutenant Philip Allison for awarding the prizes.

Congratulations to all of our winners

First Place - Indoor Bed
Second Place - Outdoor Bed
Second Place - Vegetables
First Place - Vegetables
Second Place - Fruit
First Place - Fruit
Third Place - Flowers
Second Place - Flowers
First Place - Flowers
Second Place - Culinary
First Place - Culinary
Third Place - Creative
Second Place - Creative
Second Place - Children
First Place - Children
Overall Winner - Children's Section
Overall Winner - Growing Section
Community Garden Trophy
Overall Third Place
Overall Second Place
Overall First Place
Overall Show Winner
First Place – Indoor Bed

Here’s a list of the winners and photographs of the entries.

Vegetables

01 - 2 Courgettes
02 - Heaviest courgette, marrow or squash
03 - 6 pods of peas, mange-touts or sugar-snap peas
04 - 6 pods of French beans
05 - 6 pods of runner beans
06 - 2 leeks
07 - 4 onions
08 - Heaviest Onion
09 - 4 shallots
10 and 11 - 3 carrots
12 - 1 swede or turnip
13 - 3 beetroot
14 - Collection of root vegetables
15 - Basket of veg for soup
16 - 1 cabbage
18 - 5 round potatoes
19 - 5 kidney-shaped potatoes
21 - Ugliest Vegetable
22 - Any pot-grown herb
01 – 2 Courgettes

Fruit

23 - 3 Eating Apples
24 - 3 Cooking Apples
25 - Tastiest Eating Apple
26 - 3 Plums
27 - Plate of any other kind of edible berries
28 - 5 red tomatoes
29 - 5 yellow tomatoes
30 - 1 truss of tomatoes
31 - Tastiest tomato
32 - 1 cucumber
33 - 1 Sweet Pepper
34 - 1 Aubergine
35 - 3 of any other kind of fruit
36 - 3 classic clhilli peppers
37 - 3 fancy chilli peppers
38 - Weird and Wonderful
23 – 3 Eating Apples

Flowers

39 - A hanging basket1
39 - A hanging basket2
40 Any houseplant1
40 Any houseplant2
40 Any houseplant3
41 - Dahlias
43 - Gladioli
44 - Phlox
45 - 3 stems of Roses
46 - Single Rose
47 - Sweet peas
48 - 3 stems of hydrangeas
49 - 3 stems of any other cut flower
50 - 1 vase of flowers - same variety
51 - vase of mixed annuals
52 - vase of mixed perennial flowers
53 - vase of edible flowers
54 - weird and wonderful
39 – A hanging basket1

Creative

71 - Photograph - Enjoying The Garden
72 - Painting - Nature1
72 - Painting - Nature2
73 - Toy made with any craft
74 - Cushion
75 - A woodwork item1
75 - A woodwork item2
75 - A woodwork item3
77 - A crochet item
79 - A sewn item
80 - A quilt
81 - A scarecrow
82 - Weird and Wonderful
71 – Photograph – Enjoying The Garden

Children's Section

85 - Under 5 - Artwork
87 - 6-10 - Drawing of a creepy crawlie
88 - 6-10 - 1 Decorated Ice Biscuit
89 - 6-10 - A Lego Model
90 - 6-10 - A plant or vase of flowers
91 - 11-16 - A painted stone
92 - 11-16 - Iced Cupcakes
93 - 11-16 - Arrangement of Wild Flowers
94 - 11-16 - Portrait in any medium
85 – Under 5 – Artwork

Some More Photos from the Day

Fresh produce for sale
Raffle Prizes
Philip Allison & David Black
Nikki Thomas, Philip Allison & Chris Kane MP
Fresh produce for sale