Competitions

West Huntspill Horticultural Show was on 17th August , and ‘flushed with success’ from the previous week at Burnham Show, several of us entered and won prizes including:

 

Sally Fallows 1st prize for her design using just 5 flowers

Julia Smith 1st prize for her design using no flowers at all (Foliage only)

Several Club Members supported Burnham Horticultural Societys Flower Show on Saturday 10th August with entries in Handicraft, Horticulture as well as Floral Art. Sally Fallows and Joy Hutchings were both awarded 3rd prizes in their Flower Arranging classes.

Di Phillips and Julia Smith won second prizes.

Joy Hutchings picked up 4 x1st prizes in the Horticultural Novice classes and the Whetstone Cup, and Liz Loze won a 1st prize and The Handicraft Trophy.

Go to Burnham on Sea.com –  PHOTOS: Burnham-On-Sea summer flower show hailed a ‘blooming’ success for more details and pictures. Well Done everyone!

 

Our Club Competitions were held on 14th May this year (2024), and the class titles were influenced by the club celebrating 40 years since its foundation:

Novice – A blooming lovely Ruby gift.

Experienced – 40 years of Memories

Open – A Celebration of our Club

Julie Kettle was our NAFAS judge, and we had 12 entries in total – all of a very high standard. The results were as follows:

Novice Members Class1st Susie Clist, 2nd Brenda Moore, 3rd Sue Willment

Experienced Members Class

1st  Laura Keech, 2nd Suzanne Thorne, 3rd Pat Maksimczyk

Open Class

1st  Jenny Thomas, 2nd Julia Smith, 3rd Cath Hester

Presidents Choice – Jenny Thomas

 

Congratulations  to Joy & Di on your 1st Prize for the Club at 2023 Taunton Flower Show with the exhibit entitled “The Green Room”.