Friday Forum Summer Show 2026

There were many entries among the ten categories and first prizes in each category went to:

Class 1 One stem Floribunda Rose

 1st Prize:Maggie

Class 2 One stem any other Rose

 1st Prize Brenda (pink rose)

Class 3 One vase of three (same) blooms any variety

 1st Prize Maggie

Class 4 One vase Sweet Peas

 1st Prize Dorothy

Class 5 One vase cut flowers, judged for frontal effect

 1st Prize Sue

 2nd Prize Marjorie

Class 6 One pot plant, flowering

 1st Prize Eric

Class 7 One pot plant non-flowering

1st Prize Judith

Class 8 Exhibit of Fruit or Vegetables

 1st Prize Dorothy

Class 9 A posy for a bridesmaid

 1st Prize Amanda

  

Class 10 A vase of flowers perfect for pollinators

 1st Prize Amanda

Prizes:

Thanks go to Peter and John for judging the entries, to Dorothy, our Show Secretary and Liz for purchasing the prizes.

Display Table

                           Judith brought this red stemmed Euphorbia

Ann brought Orinum Powelli, Eryngium zabelii, Zauschneria, Hypercium acmopetalum and Echinops

                                     Kate brought a selection of Phlox

Next Meeting

7th August: Forum - Propagation techniques. Please bring examples or be willing to speak about what works for you to share with members.

Garden Visit to Swindon House Farm, Kirkby Overblow

Penny Brook (on the right) welcomed us to her garden at Swindon House Farm,Kirkby Overblow, which is set in the beautiful countryside of North Yorkshire. Penny moved here over 30 years ago and we saw photograph of when the plot was just fields. Since then she has worked hard, planted trees and native hedges and made the garden into what we saw today.

Penny is passionate about wildlife and we reached the garden through wildflower meadows in which she has erected poles for the owls to perch on and hunt for voles and stoats. The large pond is home to many frogs and newts, there are hens strutting around in one of the fields and any prunings are left in piles for the wildlife.

 Compost area

The garden is divided into areas, some with mixed perennial borders, there is an orchard, raised beds with herbs, fruit and vegetables including figs, gooseberries and rhubarb and a cut flower patch.

We thoroughly enjoyed the visit and the cream tea and will take away many ideas for our own gardens.

Next Meeting: 17^th July – Friday Forum Summer Show. Details can be found on the Flower Show page.