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Buckden Gardeners Association
Spring Show 2016 Schedule
Saturday 2
nd
April 2016 at Buckden Village Hall
EXHIBITOR STAGING: between 09:30 and 11:00 am on day of Show
ASSOCIATION CUP
awarded for the most points in the growing classes
BILL ROWLANDS SHIELD
awarded for winner of plate of any vegetable: class 24
MAURICE TROPHY
awarded for the best exhibit in the Narcissus classes
PRESIDENTS TROPHY
awarded for the best exhibit in the growing classes, other than Narcissus
1.
5 stems Narcissus [daffodils], trumpets equal to or longer than petals
2.
5 stems Narcissus, trumpet more than a third but less than petal length
3.
5 stems Narcissus, short cup, trumpet less than a third of petal length
4.
5 stems Narcissus, doubles
5.
5 stems Narcissus, multi-headed, such as
Cheerfulness
and
Geranium
6.
5 stems Narcissus, split corona type
7.
5 stems single headed small type Narcissus, head to pass through 51mm [2”] ring
8.
3 stems Bi-colour Narcissus, such as
Avalon
and
Intrigue
9.
3 stems Tulips
10. 1 stem Hyacinth
11. 3 stems any other bulbous type plant, same variety
12. 3 stems Polyanthus
13. 5 stems Spring flowers, at least 3 varieties [no shrubs] in a single vase
14. 3 stems Flowering Shrubs, all different varieties, in a single vase
15. 1 stem Flowering Shrub [specimen] in vase
16. 3 stems Ornamental Foliage in a single vase
17. 3 stems as class 1, but for
Novices only
[see extra rules]
18. 3 stems as class 2, but for
Novices only
[see extra rules]
19. 3 stems as class 3, but for
Novices only
[see extra rules]
20. Flowering plant[s] in pot or container
21. Pot or container of bulbs
22. Foliage plants in pot or container
23. Cactus or succulent plant [or plants] in pot or container
24. Plate of any vegetables, fresh or from storage, excluding Rhubarb
[see extra rules]
25. 3 sticks Rhubarb
26. Tray of Lettuce, pricked out
27. Tray of cuttings or seedlings, other than Lettuce
MORE CLASSES OVERLEAF >>
FISH & CHIP SUPPER & GAMES EVENING
Join us for our Spring Show social event in the evening -
7:45 pm for 8:00 pm in the Village Hall after the Show
Tickets
£7.00
from Treasurer, James Quick (tel: 810843)
Plan ahead for Autumn Show classes:
3
rd
September 2016 at the Buckden Village Hall
PETER PULLEN TROPHY
Heaviest yield from 1 potato grown in a container of a size capable of being carried by one person.
Foliage intact (dry or green) - to be emptied and weighed at the Autumn Show.
27
th
ANNUAL PUMPKIN COMPETITION FOR THE WALLY BROWN TROPHY
Both to be judged at the Autumn Show