Don't Let the Weather Stop You Entering the Village Flower Show! 

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Amendment to Schedule:

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Not long now until the big day and as many of you will have noticed, this year's growing season has been rather unusual. The exceptionally warm weather has brought some flowers on much earlier than expected, while other plants, fruit and vegetables have struggled in the heat.

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With this in mind, we want to encourage as many people as possible to enter this year's Village Flower Show.

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For this year only, we will be taking a more flexible approach to some of the classes in the Flowers & Gardening and Vegetables & Fruits sections. If the schedule asks for a certain number of blooms, fruits or vegetables and you cannot quite meet that number because of the growing conditions, please enter anyway.

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For example:

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• VF12 - Dwarf/French Beans: 8, any variety. If you only have 5 beans ready for showing, we'd be delighted to accept your entry.

• FL8 - Dahlia Blooms: 3, all the same or different. If the weather means you only have 2 blooms available, please bring them along.​

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Our Flower Show is not about being dictated by rules. What's most important is that we fill the hall with wonderful displays, enjoy a little friendly competition and come together as a community for a great day out.

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Our judges are experienced and knowledgeable and will take the exceptional growing conditions this year into account when assessing entries.

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Please don't rule yourself out before you've had a look around your garden. If you have something you're proud of, we'd love to see it on the show tables. 

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This year especially, every entry will help make the show a wonderful display for everyone to enjoy.

So, whether you have a prize-winning collection or just a few blooms, vegetables or fruits that deserve to be seen, please do enter. We'd much rather see your exhibits on display than leave empty viewing tables.

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We look forward to seeing your entries and helping to make this year's Flower Show a celebration of our village, its gardeners, growers, bakers and makers.

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This flexibility will apply to this year's show only, in recognition of the exceptional growing conditions we have experienced. It does not apply to all classes,  only 'Flowers and Gardening' and 'Vegetables and Fruits'

 

This year we will be supporting Neroche Woodlanders, a local charity set in our beautiful Blackdown Hills. This charity encourages children, young people, adults, families and organisations to learn about the nature around them. It also helps them to find their own place in the world as well as helping them to build connections with others and to experience and enjoy the nature around them. 

 

The charity is supported by many volunteers, 9 of whom are regular attenders and helpers at our village show. Therefore, when they asked us to support them, we thought what better way to support the people who support us. The volunteers get involved in many things from maintaining and conserving the woodland, working closely with vulnerable families and children as well as supporting the day to day running of the charity by providing HR advice and mentoring support. It’s nice to know that so many local people are able to help them with their expertise and guidance.

 

If you’d like to support them too, please come along and join us at the show. Entries need to be in by the end of the day on Thursday 13th August. We'll have an abundance of tea and cake to meet the needs of all palates waiting for you as well as nice chilled glasses of bubbles. If you do feel able to donate a cake for the refreshments team please do let us know.​

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Doors open on Sunday 16th August at 2pm. 

 

We do hope you'll be able to join us, and in the meantime if you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask us.

 

Julie, Kathy and Sal

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