Author: david black

2025 Horticultural Show – 23 August

23 August 2025 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 Vice Lord Lieutenant Al Campbell for awarding the prizes.

Congratulations to all of our winners

Here are the entries and winners in each category:

Vegetables

01 - 2 Courgettes
02 - Heaviest Courgette, Marrow or Squash
03 - 6 pods of peas, mange-touts, or sugar snap peas
04 - 8 Pods of french breans
05 - 8 Pods of runner breans
06 - 2 Leeks
07 - 4 Onions
08 - Heaviest onion
10 - 3 carrots (long variety)
11 - 3 carrots (stump variety
13 - 3 globe beetroot
14 - Collection of root vegetables
15 - Basket of veg suitable for soup
16 - 1 cabbage
17 - 1 cauliflower
18 - 5 round potatoes
19 - 5 kidney shaped potatoes
20 - Heaviest potato
21 - Ugliest vegetable
22 - Any pot-grown herb
01 – 2 Courgettes

Fruit

23 - 3 Eatling apples
24 - 3 Cooking apples
25 - Tastiest eating apple
26 - 3 Plums
27 - Plate 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 red chilli peppers
37 - 3 Fancy chilli peppers
38 - Weird and Wonderful
23 – 3 Eatling apples

Flowers

40 - Any Houseplant
40 - Any Houseplant
40 - Any Houseplant
40 - Any Houseplant
40 - Any Houseplant
41 - 3 stems of dahlias
41 - 3 stems of dahlias
43 - 3 stems of gladioli
44 - 3 stems of phlox
45 - 3 stems of floribunda or cluster roses
46 - 1 single rose
47 - 3 stems of sweet pea
48 - 3 stems of hydrangeas
49 - 3 stems of any other cut flower
50 - 2 vase of flowers, all same variety
51 - 1 vase of mixed annuals
52 - 1 vase of mixed perennial flowers
53 - 1 vase of edible flowers
54 - Weird and wonderful, interesting
40 – Any Houseplant

Culinary

55 - Rasperry Jam
56 - Any other jam
57 - Pickled Vegetables
58 - Chutney
59 - Home-brewed beer or wine
60 - Banana Loaf
61 - Fruit Loaf
62 - 1 cake made with any vegetable
63 - Load of Bread
64 - Sourdough Loaf
66 - Traybake
67 - Plain scones
68 - Pancakes
69 - Fruit Pie
70 - Baking (Under 16)
55 – Rasperry Jam

Creative

71 - Photograph - Enjoying The Garden
72 - Painting - Nature
72 - Painting - Nature
72 - Painting - Nature
73 - Toy
74 - Cushion
75 - Woodwork
77 - Hand-knitted Item
78- A Cross stitch item
79 - A Sewn Item
79 - A Sewn Item
80 - A Quilt
80 - A Quilt
81 - Weird and Wonderful - Recycled
71 – Photograph – Enjoying The Garden

Children's Section

83 - 5 and under - creepy crawly drawing
86 - 6-10 - creepy crawly drawing
87 - 6-10 - Iced biscuit
88 - 6-10 - Lego model
89 - 6-10 - Plant
90 - 11-16 Painted Stone
91 - 11-16 - Iced Cupcakes
92 - 11-16 - Arrangement of Wild Flowers
93 - 11-16 - Portrait
83 – 5 and under – creepy crawly drawing

Some More Photos from the Day

 

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