2025 Competitions
Club Competitions
9 September – Julie Kettle will be our Judge
Novice – ‘Autumn Beginnings’
Experienced – ‘Harvest Supper’
Open – ‘Autumn Splendour’
(Full schedule will follow)
National and Area etc. Competitions
NAFAS National Show – 19th to 20th September at Gloucester Cathedral
South West Area Show 4th to 5th July – Tunley
Taunton Flower Show 1st to 2nd August
Local Competitions
Burnham Horticultural Society Spring Show – 8th March at Burnham Community Centre
West Huntspill Flower Show – 16th August at The Balliol Hall
Mark Village Show – 23rd August
2024 Competitions
West Huntspill Horticultural Show was on 17th August , and ‘flushed with success’ from the previous week at Burnham Show, several of us entered and won prizes including:
Sally Fallows 1st prize for her design using just 5 flowers
Julia Smith 1st prize for her design using no flowers at all (Foliage only)
Several Club Members supported Burnham Horticultural Societys Flower Show on Saturday 10th August with entries in Handicraft, Horticulture as well as Floral Art. Sally Fallows and Joy Hutchings were both awarded 3rd prizes in their Flower Arranging classes.
Di Phillips and Julia Smith won second prizes.
Joy Hutchings picked up 4 x1st prizes in the Horticultural Novice classes and the Whetstone Cup, and Liz Loze won a 1st prize and The Handicraft Trophy.
Go to Burnham on Sea.com – PHOTOS: Burnham-On-Sea summer flower show hailed a ‘blooming’ success for more details and pictures. Well Done everyone!
Our Club Competitions were held on 14th May this year (2024), and the class titles were influenced by the club celebrating 40 years since its foundation:
Novice – A blooming lovely Ruby gift.
Experienced – 40 years of Memories
Open – A Celebration of our Club
Julie Kettle was our NAFAS judge, and we had 12 entries in total – all of a very high standard. The results were as follows:
Novice Members Class
1st Susie Clist, 2nd Brenda Moore, 3rd Sue Willment
Experienced Members Class
1st Laura Keech, 2nd Suzanne Thorne, 3rd Pat Maksimczyk
Open Class
1st Jenny Thomas, 2nd Julia Smith, 3rd Cath Hester
Presidents Choice – Jenny Thomas