The Floral Arts Section was outstanding with Mrs. Janet Johnson's Ruby Wedding arrangement, in which she had a bowl of red roses, two wine glasses with ruby 40th anniversary printed on them and a bottle of red wine. Janet also had a double-layered arrangement in a black container with white chrysanthemums, which gave her the Morrison Cup for the most points in the Floral Art Classes.
Mrs. Carol Worwood had a stunning arrangement depicting an opera. Her choice was Madama Butterfly with a porcelain Japanese figure and a vase of statice and decorative thistle heads, on which was a Purple Emperor butterfly. Carol also had a miniature basket of purple and white flowers.
The award for the Best Top Vase went to Mrs. Yvonne Metcalf, who had a lovely mixture of ten pink and purple flowers and an arrangement of flowering shrubs. Yvonne's foliage plant and her purple cactus were both winners in their class and it was the cactus which won the Osborne Trophy for the best pot plant exhibit.
A vase of purple and white Japanese Anemones was exhibited by Mrs. Janet Johnson and a vase of cantus Dahlias, very much in contrast to her deep purple pansies, floating on a plate of water, like her Viola blooms, which were also purple with little yellow faces. Janet's last winning exhibit was a vase of bright yellow Marigolds.
Mrs. Carol Worwood had a massive vase of mixed herbaceous perennials, far too many to itemise, which gave her the John Roberts Cup for the best exhibit in the Flowering Classes. It was, however, her mother-in-law, Mrs. Peggy Worwood who had a container of deep bronze Floribunda Roses - a most unusual colour - and a vase of bright red hybrid roses.
In the Hydrangea Class, Mrs. Joyce Hargraves was the outright winner with her deep blue massive flower heads, very much in contrast to Mrs. Jenny Lee's bright red and yellow and orange nasturtiums and a very colourful vase of sweet peas.
Mrs. Jenny Robinson's deep bronze Helenium Autumnales gave a touch of autumn to the show and was a clear winner in the Herbaceous Perennial Class.
The domestic godesses had been busy in the kitchen this year. The tea plate of cherry scones was baked by Mrs. Carol Worwood - no wonder she baked the scones for the cream teas! Carole was also equal first with her lemon Madeira cake, along with Mrs. Rose Ocarden, who also had a golden brown one but the judge thought they were equally good.
Rose also baked a delicious looking mushroom vegetarian quiche and, with other points in the Domestic Section, she won the Bowtell Cup.
The jar of orange marmalade looked tempting and was made by Mrs. Yvonne Metcalfe, also a clear quince jelly had been strained by Mrs. Jenny Lee but contrasted to Mrs. Peggy Worwood's deep rich damson jam.
In the Children's Section, Ilona Dearden was asked to design her own garden. She produced a plan worthy of Grand Designs. Along with her house, she wanted tennis courts, indoor and outdoor swimming pools and a chicken house. Her expansive ideas won her the Corkwood Cup.
Turning to the results of the Vegetable Classes, Mrs. Edith Cavey had five deep red tomatoes and a spectacular truss of 20 tomatoes - along with her tomatoes, she had grown her straight runner beans and a plate of 15 loganberries.
Secretary, Mrs. Rose Dearden, had five long carrots, along with very uniform white potatoes and, finally, ten full pods of broad beans.
Mrs. Jenny Robinson' beetroots were big and round in contrast to her three dark green courgettes but, if you like eating figs, then Jenny had five big and juicy ones.
Standing in a plate of sand, were Mrs. Jenny Lee's 10 Shallots looking like little soldiers.
Mrs. Yvonne Metcalf had a good mixture of herbs and 10 dwarf stringless beans, which gave her the Garden Trophy for the best exhibit in the Vegetable Classes and the Rother Cup for the best exhibit in the Show.
Finally, to add to Yvonne's success, she won the Best Tray on which she displayed tomatoes, straight carrots and runner beans and was duly rewarded with a £10 garden voucher.
Mrs. Chris Mears presented the cups and trophies and Mrs. Gwyneth Parsons took charge of the plant and book stall. At the same time, Mrs. Joyce Hargreaves organised a successful raffle with lots of prizes.
Finally, Mrs. Carol Worwood one again produced scones and cream and iced buns which were much appreciated at tea.
The next show will be the Autumn Show and the annual meeting on September 20.