Grayshott Gardeners Spring Show 2010

Grayshott's Spring Flower Show was held at the Village Hall on Saturday 10th April. This first of the two annual flower shows is staged by Grayshott Gardeners and is open to the public to enjoy in the afternoon. As well as the bright and cheerful daffodils on display, there were other flowering Spring Bulbs including tulips, fritilarias, muscari and scilla to name a few. Exhibitors have had a difficult spring this year but the warmer and sunnier weather in the last couple of weeks has brought many plants into flower just in time.

Flowering shrubs were also much in evidence with a good show of, amongst others, camellias, pieris, prunus, forsythia and rhododendron along with the spring flowers of hellebores, pansies and primulas.

Both indoor and outdoor pot plants also have their place in the show, the highlight of these being a beautiful orchid exhibited by Judith Rae which was judged as the overall best entry in the show.

Vegetable entries were thin on the ground this year with only rhubarb, leeks and herbs on display but a much larger selection will be shown at the Summer Show on the 10th July.

In the Home Produce section the most popular class was the Fruit Cake which attracted 9 entries. In addition to the competitive classes pots of daffodils were decorated and grown by each class of Grayshott Primary School. Silver Class were awarded a certificate of merit from the show judge as the best overall pot. The detailed results for each of the 58 competitive classes are shown below along with the prizes awarded.

Visitors and members alike were able to enjoy home made cakes with their afternoon tea and there were also plants available to buy. For anyone who missed the opportunity to purchase something new for their garden this spring Grayshott Gardeners' main annual plant sale will take place on the morning of Saturday 15th May at the Village Hall.

The next event is a talk on Garden Pests and Diseases by Pippa Greenwood on Wednesday May 12th. Tickets, which must be obtained in advance, are free for members and £5 for visitors. Please call Karen Flood on 01428 605032 to reserve your place.

GRAYSHOTT GARDENERS
SPRING SHOW 2010 RESULTS

PLANTS & FLOWERS
Tulips and Narcissus
1. 3 cut blooms of any single early tulip - 1stMichael Moore, 2nd Sue Coates
2. 3 cut blooms of any double early tulip – 1st Judith Rae
3. 3 cut blooms of any kaufmanniana tulip - 1st Judith Rae
4. 3 cut blooms of any fosteriana tulip – 1st Judith Rae
5. 3 cut blooms of any greigii tulip – 1st William Purkhadt
6. 3 cut blooms of any other tulip not included above – No entries
7. 5 cut blooms of mixed tulips – 1st Sue Coates
8. Pot of 'Purple Prince' tulips – 1st Michael Moore, 2nd Sue Coates, 3rd Gill Purkiss
9.A container of growing tulips – 1st Michael Moore
10. 3 cut blooms of any trumpet narcissus (Div 1) – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Beryl Bamford, 3rd Mavis Hallt
11. 3 cut blooms of any large cupped narcissus (Div 2) – 1st Michael Gill, 2nd Judith Rae, 3rd Hilary Harris
12. 3 cut blooms of any small cupped narcissus (Div 3) – No awards
13. 3 cut blooms of any double narcissus (Div 4) – 1st Sue Coates, 2nd Judith Rae, 3rd Liz Munson
14. 3 cut blooms of triandrus narcissus (Div 5) – 1st Anne Waddell
15. 3 cut blooms of any cyclamineus narcissus (Div 6) – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Anne Waddell, 3rd Sue Coates
16. 3 cut blooms of any jonquilla & apodanthus narcissus (Div 7) – No entries
17. 3 cut blooms of any tazetta narcissus (Div 8) – 1st Sue Coates
18. 3 cut blooms of any poeticus (Div 9) or bulbocodium (Div 10) narcissus – No entries
19.3 cut blooms of any split corona (Div 11) or miscellaneous (Div 12) narcissus – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd
Wendy Lloyd
20. Mixed cut narcissus (daffodils) showing the range grown – 1stGill Purkiss, 2nd Sue Coates, 3rd Judith
Rae
21.Pot of 'Carlton' daffodils – 1st Anne Waddell, 2nd Hilary Harris, 3rd Sue Coates
22.A container of growing narcissus – 1st Liz Munson, 2nd Sue Coates, 3rd Anne Waddell

Cut Exhibits
23.1 camellia – single bloom – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Anna Figiel, 3rd Gill Purkiss
24.1 camellia - double bloom – 1st Jean Jordan, 2nd Anne Waddell, 3rd Hilary Harris
25.A stem of rhododendron/azalea – 1st Judith Rae
26. 3 stems of different flowering shrubs or trees excluding rhododendron or azalea – 1st Beryl Bamford,
2nd Judith Rae, 3rd Liz Pennick
27.6 hellebore flowers – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Sue Coates, 3rd Anne Waddell
28. 3 single stems of different heathers – No entries
29.6 pansies or violas flowers – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Jean Jordan, 3rd Anne Waddell
30. 3 cut stems of polyanthus or other primula – 1stJudith Rae, 2nd Michael Moore, 3rd Gill Purkiss
31. 3 miniature flowers – 1st Liz Pennick, 2nd Judith Rae, 3rd Beryl Bamford
32.3 cut stems of mixed flowers excluding those of any other class – 1st Anne Waddell, 2nd Hilary Harris
33.Cut mixed spring flowers (not flowering shrubs) to illustrate the range of species grown – 1st Sue
Coates, 2nd Hilary Harris
34.A single stem of an outdoor plant – 1st Anne Waddell, 2nd Hilary Harris, 3rd Sue Coates

Pot/Container Grown Exhibits
35. A container of a bulb or bulbs in flower excluding tulips or narcissus – 1st Sue Coates
36. A planted container of mixed alpines – 1st Sue Coates
37. A plant grown for foliage – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Sue Coates, 3rd Beryl Bamford
38. A polyanthus or other primula – 1st Sue Coates, 2nd Jean Jordan, 3rd Liz Pennick
39. An orchid – 1st Judith Rae
40. A flowering plant, excluding varieties in other classes – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Sue Coates
41. A houseplant excluding those in any other class – 1st Sue Coates, 2nd Shirley Clarke, 3rd Jean Jordan
42. A container of plants of the same or different varieties – 1st Sue Coates, 2nd Liz Pennick
43. OPEN CLASS - any flower, flowering plant or foliage plant – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Sue Coates, 3rd Jean
Jordan

VEGETABLES
44. Sprouting broccoli, 6 shoots – No entries
45. 1 spring cabbage – No entries
46. 3 sticks of rhubarb – forced – No entries
47. 3 sticks of rhubarb – unforced – 1st Michael Gill
48. 2 specimens of any other vegetable – 1st Michael Moore
49. A collection of cut herbs – 1st Judith Rae, 2nd Liz Pennick

FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS
50. 'Glorious Greens' - 1st Gill Purkiss
51. 'Spring Basket' – 1st Mavis Hallt, 2nd Anne Waddell
52. 'Lemon Sorbet' – 1st Joan Wicks, 2nd Mavis Hallt, 3rd Liz Munson, Highly Commended Anne Waddell