Floral Arrangement in a Teacup
On Saturday 17 September the Beech Gardeners held their third Summer Show. Below are all the photos taken at the Show – the tables showing all the fruit, vegetables, flowers, floral arrangements, cakes, quiches, jams, chutneys, handcrafts, paintings, photographs, etc etc.
The list of winners is after the photo gallery – there were 185 entries from 44 individuals – not bad for a small village.
TROPHY WINNERS
“Diamond” award – Finest Flower in Show – Kathy Pearce for her dahlia
Forester Trophy – Best Produce in Show – Chris Weaver for his pumpkin
Polly Chiverton Cup – Best Flower Arrangement in Show – Sarah Castle-Smith for “The Cow Jumped Over the Moon”
Elsie Bowl – Tastiest in Show – Sally Cox for her plum jam
“Egg cup” award – Finest Photo – Colin Britchford for “Leaves on Water”
Best of the Arts and Crafts cup – Diana Groot-Copp for her wooden stool
Children’s Cup – Finest Children’s exhibit – Remi Dewing for her home-made birthday card
Stoodley Cup for most points achieved in show – Camilla Gibson
The Beech Cup for Best in Show – Doug Palmer for his outstanding figs.
CERTIFICATES FOR FIRST & SECOND PLACE AND HIGHLY COMMENDED IN EACH CLASS
| CLASS NAME | 1ST PLACE | 2ND PLACE | HIGHLY COMMENDED |
| Single Rose Stem | Sally Leech | Chris Weaver | Colin Childes |
| Single Dahlia | Kathy Pearce | John Claughton | Sheila Sorby |
| Three Dahlias | Margaret Claughton | Sheila Sorby | John Claughton |
| Indoor Pot Plant | Sue Robinson | Diana Groot-Copp | Ian Hardy |
| Best Flower in my Garden today | Chris Weaver | John Claughton | Ann Bishton |
| Cucumber | Colin Childes | Elaine King | Sally Leech |
| Four Runner Beans | Sheila Sorby | Chris Weaver | Kathy Pearce |
| Three Potatoes | Chris Weaver | Camilla Gibson | |
| Three Tomatoes | Camilla Gibson | Elaine King | Helen Lamb |
| Funny / Unusual Vegetables | Anne Monk | Sarah Neish | Chris Weaver |
| Best Vegetable in my Garden Today | Chris Weaver | Camilla Gibson | Sally Leech & Colin Childes |
| Collection of Herbs | Sheila Sorby | Wendy Essex-Crosby | Sue Robinson |
| 3 Apples / 3 Pears | Sue Robinson | Wendy Essex-Crosby | Sarah Neish |
| Raspberries | Anne Monk | Ann Bishton | Elaine King |
| Best Fruit in my Garden Today | Doug Palmer | Camilla Gibson | Graham Bishton & Sheila Sorby |
| Chutney | Malcolm Harris | Camilla Gibson | Chris Weaver |
| Jam / Honey | Sally Cox | June Rawle | Ian Gibson |
| Lemon Drizzle Cake | Sarah Neish | Kathy Pearce | Anna Robinson |
| Quiche | Sarah Neish | Camilla Gibson | Kathy Pearce |
| Man-made Traybake | Ian Hardy | James Dewing | Colin Childes |
| Floral Art – Nursery Rhyme | Sarah Castle-Smith | Sheila Sorby | Camilla Gibson |
| Floral Art – Tea Cup | Camilla Gibson | Sheila Sorby | Kathy Pearce |
| Floral Art – Table Centrepiece | Helen Lamb | Camilla Gibson | Sheila Sorby |
| Chidren’s – Home-made birthday card | Remi Dewing | Hazel Robinson | |
| Children – My Favourite Joke | Sam Dewing | Kieran Robinson | |
| Photography – “Bliss” | Malcolm Harris | Saman Jayalath | Howard Castle- Smith |
| Photography – “On or By the Water” | Colin Britchford | Malcolm Harris | Phoebe Ward |
| Black & White Photograph | Saman Jayalath | David Robinson | Colin Britchford |
| Made from Wood | Diana Groot-Copp | Kevin Lamb | Ian Gibson |
| Made to Wear | Teresa Sharp | Lucy Foxon | |
| Painting – A Landscape | Sally Cox | Teresa Sharp | Caroline Elderton |
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