Category: Show Reports

Our annual Harvest Show on Saturday 13 September proved a great success, delighting visitors despite the challenges posed to Bridport’s gardeners this year by the long hot summer and recent strong winds and heavy rain. The show offered plenty to admire both inside and outside the United Reformed Church, East Street. A Charity Plant Fair, run by Margaret Genender, Vivienne and Gordon Smith and Elizabeth Welch raised over £250 for the mental health and wellbeing charity, The Harmony Centre. In[…]

Spring has officially started and a host of daffodils – and many other flowers – are gathered for the Spring show of the Bridport & District Gardening Club on a sunny Saturday. As usual there was a splendid gathering of flowers, produce, works of art and photographs set out in the Hall. Outside on East Street the plant stall under the experienced eye of Margaret Genender was doing brisk business, Viviene Smith remarking that her primroses had gone in the[…]

We hed our Harvest show on Saturday September 7th, we defied the weather and it was enjoyed by all. Co-inciding with the Annual Hat Festival gave us reason to compliment the produce with our headwear. Outside, on East Street, the Charity Plant Fair run by Ann Brown, Vivienne and Gordon Smith raised well over £100 for cancer support group ‘Stepping Out’ before the afternoon rain drove people to shelter. Inside the Hall a fine array of exhibits demonstrated that we[…]

These are the winning entries in all the Classes with the names of the entrant.

Our Gardening Club Spring Show was a brilliant affair. The show, held on Saturday 23rd March, was well attended, demonstrating that the recent wet weather doesn’t deter the gardening community from displaying the best from their gardens and allotments. With over 50 entrants in the Hall showing spring flowers, pot plants, cakes, jams through to photography, paintings and artworks. Members had been told days before that a special guest would be handing out the prizes and there was a definite[…]

We held our Harvest Show on Saturday September 9th whichwas a great success both inside and outside the Hall. The Charity Plant Fair, ably run by Celia Evans and team raised almost £200 for the Beacon Church Kitchen. Inside the Hall there was a growing sense of anticipation as exhibitors set out their produce ready for the judging at 10 am. Paintings, photographs, pot plants, preserves, flowers, fruit, vegetables and baked products all competed for attention and admiration. Dahlias, Canna[…]

Photograph by Philip Grey Despite cold weather and an earlier than normal date, the Bridport Spring Show attracted over 175 entries with some magnificent daffodils and other spring flowers from Mimosa to primroses. Perhaps the most eye-catching flowers were the unusual lime green Hellebores exhibited by Kiera Roth. Other entries ranged from intricate sugar-craft figures, photographs, homecraft, vegetables and the decorated Easter eggs. Outside on East Street the plant stall raised nearly £220 from sale of plants donated by members[…]

After an enforced break of two years our Summer Show on Saturday September 3rd (the same day as the amazing Hat Festival) was a great success .Outside on East Street the proceeds from the plant fair were donated to The Living Tree charity on its 10th anniversary. Inside the hall, dahlias the size of dinner plates, roses with heady perfumes, luscious loganberries, pungent onions, delicious scones and enormous pumpkins were all on show with their proud producers enjoying the return[…]

The club’s first show since September 2019 was a great success with over 260 entries across the range of spring flowers, herbs, artworks, preserves and cakes. As our club President, Monique Pasche said “It is brilliant to be back and to see the fantastic work everyone has been doing in their gardens and kitchens.” Although it was late in the season, the six different classes of daffodils show-cased the diversity of the form, size, and colour in this flower which[…]