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The Great Get Together on Sunday 18th June 2017

Bring a picnic and join your neighbours on Sunday 18th June, any time from noon to 5pm in the Challis Garden. Bring a group, meet up with friends and family, share a meal – bring rugs and picnics (sorry, no barbecues) Contact Mike Redshaw: mikeredshaw@tiscali.co.uk or 834511

This is a nationwide event in memory of Jo Cox: “We have far more in common than that which divides us.”

See the Great Get Together website for more information about what’s behind the event.

National Gardens Scheme 2021 Opening: Sunday 13th June

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Open Garden as part of the National Garden Scheme. Homemade cakes and teas. Plant sale. Admission fee for adults; children free.

Find out more about the NGS and who the profits go to.

The Great Get Together 2018 picnic: Sunday 17th June 12 noon to 4pm

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In memory of Jo Cox MP.

Bring a picnic and join your neighbours, any time from noon to 4pm in the Challis Garden. Bring a group, meet up with friends and family, share a meal – bring rugs and picnics (sorry, no barbecues).

This is a nationwide event in memory of Jo Cox: “We have far more in common than that which divides us.”

See the Great Get Together website for more information about what’s behind the event.

Horticultural Show: Saturday 1st September 2018 2pm to 4.30pm

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September is show time, with our annual Horticultural Show alongside other attractions such as a beekeeping stand, Pimm’s tent, giant games, tombola, morsbags, plant sales and, of course, tea and cakes.

We are keen to get more entries from other villages, and especially from children (seven years old and under, and eight to twelve). If you grow produce, bake, make jam, arrange flowers, make handicrafts or take photos, then there is a class for you. Do have a go and enter something. Entries are judged in the morning, then open to view in the afternoon.

Download an entry form, or pick one up from the Challis Garden summerhouse or Challis House at 68 High Street. Please return to 68 High Street (Mary Challis House) by Thursday 30 August and include age of child in children’s classes.

Classes are:

VEGETABLES AND FRUIT

All entries must have been grown by the exhibitor

1. 5 white potatoes
2. 5 coloured potatoes
3. 5 onions with necks tied and 2 cms of root attached
4. 8 shallots with necks tied and 2 cms of root attached
5. 5 beetroots with necks cut at about 5 cms and roots attached
6. 5 runner beans
7. 5 French beans
8. 5 carrots with foliage trimmed
9. an exhibit of any other vegetable
10. 5 tomatoes with short stems
11. a truss of miniature tomatoes of any variety
12. 1 cucumber
13. 1 head of lettuce
14. 5 cooking apples
15. 5 dessert apples
16. a dish of stone fruit
17. a dish of soft fruit
18. an exhibit of any other fruit
19. a vegetable marrow for weight
20. the longest runner bean
21. a presentation of herbs

FLOWERS

a miniature arrangement of flowers no taller or wider than 6 inches
a vase of annual flowers
5 stems of perennial flowers
a single rose bloom
a single bloom of any flower other than a rose
a green arrangement
a buttonhole or corsage for a wedding
a flowering pot plant
a foliage pot plant

DOMESTIC CLASSES

1 jar of jam made with soft fruit
1 jar of jam made with stone fruit
1 jar of marmalade
1 jar of chutney or relish
1 fruit cake – any recipe
1 decorated celebration sponge cake – any recipe
6 fruit scones
6 chocolate brownies
a loaf of bread of any recipe or shape
a 1 lb jar of clear honey
3 eggs, any colour

HANDICRAFTS

All entries must have been made within the last twelve months

a hand-knitted article
a crocheted article
an article of decorative needlework
a sewn garment
a picture in any medium (but not a photo)
a photo on any subject, up to 9 inches by 6 inches, not framed or mounted
an article made of wood

CHILDREN’S CLASSES

(IN TWO GROUPS: 7 YEARS AND UNDER

8 TO 12 YEARS)

a miniature garden on a plate
an animal made from fruit, vegetables, pins and matchsticks
an arrangement of flowers
6 decorated biscuits
a piece of craftwork.

It is planned to hold an auction of exhibits at the end of the Show to raise money for the Challis Trust. Please remember to make it clear if you don’t want your entry to be auctioned.