Bridport Gardening Club

Category: Show Reports

2022 Spring Show – A Success

News, Show Reports

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[…]

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Virtual Spring Show 2020 – Children’s Classes – A miniature garden

Show Reports

The St. Mary’s school children’s entry for the miniature garden is, of course, unfinished, because there were no children in school! The week before, the gardening club had made the ‘people’ by sowing cress seeds into an egg case. They then  placed them on the ‘football ground’ made of moss. If they had had time to finish it they would have grouped them together in a crowd adding faces and hats/scarves to the cress faces. They were also working on[…]

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Virtual Spring Show 2020 – Horticulture Division

Show Reports

The Spring Show may have been cancelled but exhibitors had been preparing months in advance. The following are some of the items which would have been displayed. Gold Club Challenge . . . . . . donated daffodil Jack the Lad (Mid-season), grown in a maximum 13cm (5”) pot. Angela Harding used a Chelsea grower’s trick – Four weeks in the fridge! Other Horticulture entries: One stem of a multi-headed daffodil, any variety One stem of a daffodil, any variety,[…]

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Bridport 2020 Spring Show – CANCELLED

Show Reports

Because of the restrictions and concerns about the coronavirus the Show Committee have regretfully cancelled the Spring Show. However the Teddy Bear Challenge continues and the Five line stanza on ‘Our planet’ will be judged. Keep your Jam, Jelly, Pickled Vegetables and Mature Chutney for the Summer Show, and imagine how delicious your Marmalade will be by the next Spring Show! See the Show page for details.

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