Don’t forget this Saturday is the Village Annual Flower and Produce Show.
By now, you should have received the Schedule through your letterbox or via email.
There are over 60 classes and something for everyone.
Held in the Village Hall
Saturday 17 August 2019 (Timings below)
Friday 16 August 7pm to 8:30pm – Register your Exhibits at the Village Hall
Timings for Saturday are as follows:
Saturday 17 August
10am to 12:30pm – Staging of Exhibits
1pm to 4pm – Judging takes place
5pm – Doors open to the public – Admission at door 20p (per adult)
Refreshments and Raffle available
5:30pm – Presentation of Show Winners followed by Auction of Produce (the Committee will be grateful for any exhibit left for sale) and Raffle Prize Draw.
List of Classes
3 Potatoes (white or coloured)
5 French Beans
5 Pods of Peas
5 Runner Beans
5 Broad Beans
3 Onions – under ½ lb in weight
3 Onions – over ½ lb in weight
3 Beetroot
1 Courgette
3 Carrots
2 Cabbages
6 Pickling Shallots (under 30mm in diameter)
6 Large Shallots (over 30mm in diameter)
1 Cucumber
3 Tomatoes
Truss of Tomatoes
Collection of any 5 Vegetables (one of each of any 5 different kinds in a seed tray not exceeding 18” x 12”)
Collection of Fresh Herbs
Longest Runner Bean
Heaviest Onion
Heaviest Potato
Any other Vegetable not on schedule
Ugly or Misshapen Vegetable (Please give your vegetable a “name”)
Bowl of Home Grown Fruit (5 of same kind)
Standard Fuchsia
Hanging Basket, Container, Pot or Tub
1 Single Rose
3 Roses
5 Asters (single or double)
3 Decorative Dahlias
3 Cactus Dahlias
3 x Pompom Dahlias
1 Specimen Dahlia (large)
5 Pansies
5 Stalks of Sweet Peas
1 Specimen spike of Gladiolus
3 Vases of Flowers (a different variety in each vase – no extra foliage)
Flowering Pot Plant (Geranium, Fuchsia, Orchid etc.)
Foliage Pot Plant (Succulent, Cactus etc.)
Square Floral Carpet (not exceeding 6” x 6”)
Miniature Flower Arrangement (under 4” x 4”)
Arrangement in a Basket (not to exceed 15” overall)
Photograph “Spider’s Cobweb”
Photograph “Church Window”
Jar Soft Fruit Jam (in 1lb jar)
Jar Stone Fruit Jam (in 1lb jar)
Jar Jelly (in 1lb jar)
Jar Marmalade (in 1lb jar)
Citrus Curd (in 1lb jar)
Sweet Chutney (in 1lb jar)
Pickled Onions or Shallots
6 Sausage Rolls
Apple Pie (with pastry top and bottom and no decoration)
6 Cheese Scones
6 Fruit Scones
Bread Pudding or Bread and Butter Pudding
Victoria Sandwich (see ingredients and size of tin on separate sheet)
Fruit Cake (see ingredients and size of tin on separate sheet)
Salted Caramel Cake (any shape or size)
Shortbread
Homemade Wine, Lager, Beer, Cider or Liquor etc.
Metal, Wood, Glass or Ceramic Item
Knitting or Crochet item
Cross Stich or Embroidery Item
Artwork (Charcoal, Watercolour etc)
Material (Fabric, Fur, Felt etc.)
Childrens Categories
Class G (5 years and under) Decorated Biscuit
Class H (6 to 8 Years) Branch / Wood Monster
Class I (9 to 11 Years) Baking
If you would like more information, please contact Angela on 07789068340
This talk will introduce you to the fascinating world of dowsing. Dowsing is usually associated with finding water using dowsing rods. However, dowsing can be used for many purposes including gardening as Keith will explain.
To make this a fun evening dowsing rods will be handed out so you can experience dowsing for yourselves from your chair.
Keith has been dowsing for about 40 years and regularly gives talks and teaches dowsing around the U.K. and America.
Cost: £3 entry fee on the door as a visitor or join the Gardening Club for £12 (annual membership).
Venue: South Marston Village Hall, Old Vicarage Lane, South Marston SN3 4SH
Parking: Old Vicarage Lane, next to the school.
A warm welcome awaits you along with refreshments and optional raffle.
If you have a small garden and don’t think it’s big enough to grow anything, then this is the talk for you.
Making the most of small spaces and looking at reasons to Grow Your Own. For absolute beginners to experienced Gardeners.
Claire combines her love of growing with a passion for countryside topics, from poultry keeping, all about eggs, equine issues and grow your own to how to grow giant veg!
Venue: South Marston Village Hall
Time: 7:30pm to 9:30pm.
Parking: Old Vicarage Lane, next to the school.
Cost: £3 entry fee on the door or join the Gardening Club for £12 (full membership).
A warm welcome awaits you along with refreshments and optional raffle.
Follow us on Facebook or for more information please contact Angela on: 07789068340
Are you interested in Foraging or would like to know more?
Fred has over 30 years foraging experience. He has appeared on television, radio, and in magazine articles, written a book as well as running a variety of foraging retreats.
Come and join us to find out what he has to say.
£3 entry fee on the door or £12 for full membership.
A warm welcome awaits you along with tea and cake and an optional raffle.
It’s that time of year again and Christmas is upon us so come and get creative ahead of the festive season. Although all materials will be provided, please could you bring a selection of evergreen foliage to share with others that has been well soaked in a bucket of water for a good few hours or overnight, also small Christmas trimmings such as cones, imitation berries and flowers etc.
If you have them, bring yourself in a pair of secateurs or sturdy scissors to use. £3 on the door or to join the Gardening Club its £12 (annual membership).
A warm welcome awaits you along with tea and cake as well as an optional raffle.
