Horticultural & Craft Show 2017
Join your community and take part in the 2017 Watchfield Horticulture & Craft Show
Saturday, September 9th 2-4.30pm
Watchfield Village Hall
Entries accepted 6-8pm Friday September 8th and 8.30-11.30am Saturday September 9th
FREE to view – Saturday September 9th 2-4.30pm
Refreshments available
Everyone welcome. Enter as many categories as you like—only 20p per entry.
Vegetables
1. Five potatoes
2. Three carrots
3. Three beetroot
4. Two parsnips
5. One cabbage
6. Nine runner beans
7. Three onions
8. Five tomatoes
9. One cucumber
10. One squash
11. Any other vegetable not on schedule
12. Heaviest marrow
13. Longest runner bean
14. Heaviest Potato
15. Most unusually shaped vegetable
Flowers
16. Single bloom – any variety
17. A vase of any mixed flowers – not less than five varieties
Roses
18. One specimen bloom – any cultivar
19. A vase of three blooms – one or more varieties
Fruit
20. Five apples, cooking
21. Five apples, dessert
22. Five pears
23. Raspberries – a bowl of 15
24. Any other fruit not on schedule
Allotments
25. Best kept allotment – Backlands site
26. Best kept allotment – Church site
Pot Plants
27. Flowering plant
28. Foliage plant
29. Cactus or succulent
30. One plant not on schedule
31. Outdoor container
Flower arrangements
32. A table centre arrangement
33. A miniature arrangement. Not to exceed five inches/12cm overall
34. Best arrangement in the most bizarre object
35. Colour splash
36. Autumn harvest arrangement
N.B. Fresh flowers and plant material should be used unless otherwise stated.
Home Economics
JAMS or JELLIES
37. Strawberry
38. Gooseberry
39. Raspberry
40. Stone Fruit
41. Mixed Fruit
42. Any not on schedule
OTHER
43. Any marmalade
44. Any curd
45. Savoury jelly
46. Pickle, Chutney or Relish
47. Savoury sauce
48. Victoria sandwich (see recipe)
49. Bakewell tart (see recipe)
50. Lemon drizzle (own recipe)
51. Millionaires shortbread (own recipe)
Handicraft
52. Any hand knitted article
53. Any crocheted article
54. Any hand and/or machine sewn article
55. Any crafted item by a beginner (less than 1 year experience or 1st attempt)
56. A stuffed toy
57. A painting or drawing (max size A3)
58. Any wooden or ceramic item
59. Original hand-made article not on schedule
Photography
N.B. Photographs should be no larger than A4 size and unframed. No professional photographers
60. Animal magic
61. Photobombed or selfie
62. Family fun
63. Landscapes/seascapes
Children’s Classes
(Prize for every entry)
64. A model of an animal made from vegetables or/and fruit
65. A drawing, or computer art, of your favourite animal
66. Six Rice Krispie cakes (own recipe)
67. Six pieces of Rocky Road (own recipe)
Recipes
Victoria Sandwich
6 ozs (170g) self-raising flour, 6 ozs (170g) butter, 3 eggs, 6 ozs (170g) caster sugar, pinch of salt. Cream butter and sugar, add eggs, fold in flour and salt. Cook in two prepared 7 inch (17.5cm) sandwich tins at 175 oC, mark 3 for 20- 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack, sandwich with jam and dredge top with caster sugar.
Bakewell Tart
8 ozs (200g) shortcrust pastry (own recipe), dark fruit jam, 2ozs (50g) butter, 2 ozs (50g) caster sugar, 4 ozs (125g) ground almonds, 1tsp almond flavouring, 2 eggs, 2 ozs (50g) self-raising flour, ½ tsp baking powder, 2tbsp milk, 1 oz (25g) flaked almonds. Line loose-bottomed flan tin with pastry and bake blind at 200 oC, Gas 6 for 10-15 minutes. Cool. Spread jam over pastry base. Cream butter and sugar, beat in ground almonds, almond flavouring and eggs. Fold in flour and baking powder and lightly stir in milk. Spread mixture over base, scatter flaked almonds. Bake for 30 minutes at 180 oC, Gas 4
Rules
1. The judge’s decision is final
2. All entries should be grown or made by you
3. No exhibit shall be removed until 4.30pm on Saturday, September 9th
4. No person, other than those appointed, will be allowed in the room whilst judging is taking place
5. Challenge Cup (awarded for 1 year) for exhibitor with highest cumulative points (1st prize: 5 points, second prize: 4 points, 3rd prize: 3 points, 4th prize: 2 points, Commendation: 1 point)
6. No exhibits will be accepted after 11.30am, Saturday September 9th
Good Luck!
Entries of all shapes & sizes encouraged!
Everyone welcome to enter