Enstone Garden Club

Summer Flower and Produce Show, Saturday 19 August 23

This year’s Flower and Produce Show takes place on Saturday 19 August in Enstone Parish hall, 2.00 to 4.15pm.

All classes are FREE to enter and are open to all – Trophies will be awarded at 4.00pm on the day.

The WI are also running a Photographic Competition.

If you would like to enter either of these exciting competitions please click the Show Schedule below to download. (You can choose to have pdf or word doc versions).

Show Schedule – Word Doc

Show Schedule – PDF

The full schedule can be viewed at the bottom of this page:

Formerly Enstone Horticultural Society

The Enstone Garden Club is open to everyone in the community who shares an interest in gardens and gardening. At the January 2023 Annual General Meeting the membership agreed a resolution to change the organisation’s name from the Enstone Horticultural Society to The Enstone Garden Club.

We have a lively programme and welcome new members. During the year we organise local events, including horticultural and flower shows, talks by gardening experts and visits to gardens in the area and other events. Please see below for our 2023 programme.

With our membership card, you are also able to obtain discounts from Applegarth, Yarnton and Charlbury Garden Centres. Members can also benefit from discounts on seed and flower bulb orders.

Membership information is given below.

Programme of Events in 2023

18 February Snowdrop garden visit, Hordley House Wooton

3 April Talk on ‘ Ponds and Water in the Garden’, 7.30 Parish Hall. Everyone welcome to this talk by local gardening expert Kari Beardsall.

15 April Spring Flower Show, in the Parish Hall. Open to all. Exhibits to be staged between 10.15 and 12.00. The show will be open to the public from 2.00 – 4.00. The show schedule may be found here

13 May Plant Sale, 10.00 at the Parish Hall

21 May Visit to Bletchingdon gardens, 3.00

10 June Radford Open Gardens

27 June Garden Visit to Broughton Grange (near Banbury)

June– July Garden Competition ‘Best use of a water feature in the garden’

19 Aug Summer Flower and Produce Show

12 September Talk on edible gardening, Parish Hall

6 Nov Annual Quiz Night

For more information on the events please return to this web page, catch up with announcements in The Ensign, or contact the Secretary on 07771 594927 or email enstonehorticulturalsociety@gmail.com

Membership renewals for 2023. Membership renewals are now due and new members for 2023 are welcomed. Please email enstonehorticulturalsociety@gmail.com or contact any committee member.

The annual subscription is unchanged at £10.00 for single membership, £15.00 for joint membership.

Members are able to benefit from substantial discounts at local garden centres and from other suppliers, including seed merchants, on gardening gloves etc.

ENSTONE GARDEN CLUB

Formerly Enstone Horticultural Society

Annual Flower and Produce Show 2023

With a photography competition organised by Enstone WI

Saturday August 19^th

Enstone Parish Hall

2.00 – 4:15 p.m.

Trophies etc. to be awarded at 4:00 p.m.

Entries. All classes are FREE to enter and are open to all.

Prizes. The number and grade of prizes is at the discretion of the judges. In certain classes cups will be awarded (see separate list).

1. Advance Entries to be made using the attached form which may be left in the collection box at Adams Stores before 5.00 Thursday, 18 August

2. Entries for any class will be accepted up to 10.30 a.m. on the morning of the show

3. Tables will be divided into class areas. Entrants will be free to choose where to display their entry within the class area.

4. All exhibitors must provide their own vases, boards, plates, containers etc., (regulation 5)

Vegetables

Name variety where possible

Potatoes, white, of one variety 4
Potatoes, coloured, of one variety4
The Heaviest Potato1
Onions, globe 4 ]
Onions, any variety, to pass through 3” ring 4 ] Prepared for
Shallots, culinary 6 ] exhibition
Shallots, pickling, to pass through a 1” ring 6 ]
Garlic, bulbs, (with stalk min 2”) 2 ]
Leeks 2 ]
The largest onion 1 ]
Collection, edible legumes, four different varieties, 3 of each
The longest Bean 1
Runner Beans 5
Dwarf French Beans, 5
Beans, climbing, other than Runner, 5
Peas 6
Brassicas, any variety 2
Carrots, any variety 2 (3” tops)
Beetroot 2 (3” tops)
Parsnips 2 (3” tops)
Courgettes 3
Vegetable marrows, fit for table 2
Squash, fit for table 2
Pumpkin 1 with stalk
The largest marrow 1
Sweet Peppers (Capsicums) 2 with stalks
Chilli peppers, one variety, 4 with stalks
Cucumbers (any one variety) 2
Tomatoes, any variety, (not as 30) 5 with stalks
Tomatoes, small fruited, 6 with stalks
Lettuce, any variety, with roots 2
Collection of salad vegetables, three types 2 of each
Four bunches of culinary herbs, in one pot of water
The funniest vegetable
Best exhibit of one vegetable not appearing elsewhere in the schedule.
Collection of five vegetables (prepared for exhibition) (2 of each)

Fruit

Name variety if possible

Dish of soft fruit, edible, one variety, with stalks
Dish of stone fruit (Plums. Apricots etc). one variety , with stalks
Dish of tree fruit, (Apples, Pears etc.) edible, one variety, with stalks
Collection of FOUR different kinds of fruit (minimum 2 each)

(Please note that it is four different KINDS of fruit, two varieties of the same fruit are not two kinds).

Flowers and Potted Plants

NOTE Regulation 2 does NOT apply to classes 41- 45

Name varieties where possible

A foliage collection (max size 2’; 600m)
An informal collection of flowers no wider than 2’ (600mm)
Floating flower heads in a bowl no more than 12” (300mm) in diameter
Miniature collection, arranged for effect, not exceeding 9” (225mm)
An arrangement in an unusual container, (max. size 2’ (600mm)
A planted container, for outdoors (max size 2’ – 600mm)
Pot plant, flowering, not exceeding 2’ (600mm)
Pot plant, foliage, not exceeding 2’ (600mm)
A potted fern, not exceeding 2’ overall (600mm)
A potted fuchsia not exceeding 2’ overall (600mm)
A flowering stem from a shrub.
Bunch of home grown flowers, at least three different varieties
Bunch of mixed grasses, at least four different varieties
Antirrhinums. 4 spikes
Asters, any variety, 4 blooms
Carnations / Pinks, (any variety) 4 stems
Chrysanthemums any type/variety 4 stems
blooms in a bowl or vase
Clematis, specimen, single bloom
Crocosmia, 3 spikes
Dahlias, double flowered 3 blooms
Dahlias Ball/ pompom type 3 blooms
Dahlias, single/collarette 3 blooms
Gladiolus 1 specimen
Penstemon 3 spikes
Roses 5 blooms in a vase
Rose, Large flowered Hybrid Tea type single stem
Rose, floribunda type single stem
Rose, miniaturesingle stem
Sweet peas 6 stems
Five single blooms of a flower not appearing elsewhere in the schedule
Five stems of a flower not appearing elsewhere in the schedule.

Preserves/Drinks

73. Preserves – Jam, Jelly, Curd, etc., Two jars, any combination

74. Marmalade – One jar

75. Preserves- Chutney, Relish, Pickles, etc., Two jars, any combination

76. Home-made soft drink, cordials etc., One bottle

77 Home made wine, beer, spirit, One bottle

78. Honey One jar

Eggs

79. Dish of four eggs, any variety. Competitors must provide a saucer; one egg will be broken by the judges.

Children’s Classes

To be judged in age groups: Under 7 and 7 and over

80. A dinosaur made of vegetable(s)

81 A small bunch of flowers

SHOW REGULATIONS

1. Advance notice of intention to exhibit may be made by email (address below) on or before the THURSDAY preceding the show or by completing and depositing the attached form in the collection box at Adams Stores. Entries will be accepted on the morning of the show before 10.30 a.m. for all classes

2. The exhibitor must have grown/made all exhibits intended for competition. (This does not apply to Classes 41-45). Potted plants etc., must have been the property of the exhibitor for at least three months.

3. Exhibitors must not employ a full-time gardener.

4. No exhibitor may enter more than one exhibit in any one class

5. Exhibitors must provide their own vases, dishes, cloths, boards etc., at their own risk.

6. The hall will be open from 9.00 a.m. All exhibits must be staged in a clean state by 11.00 a.m. on the day of the show, when the judging will begin. Judging will conform to Royal Horticultural Society rules. Entrants should be sure that their exhibits conform to the schedule.

7. Anyone deemed to have interfered with another entry will be immediately disqualified.

8. Judges will use their own discretion in withholding awards or adding extra ones. The judges’ decision is final.

9. All exhibits must remain untouched until after the Awards have been presented on Show Day, usually about 4:00 p.m. Any exhibit not removed by 4:30 p.m. may be sold for the benefit of the Garden Club.

10. The decision of the committee on all matters relating to the show will be final.

11. The Committee will not hold itself responsible for damage to, or loss of property or produce.

12. Challenge cups must be returned in good clean condition not later than the closing date for entries.

13. By filling in the entry form you will be deemed to have accepted these regulations.

Trophies for Horticultural Classes 2023

M. J. Thompson Challenge Cup (1952) For the highest number of points in Classes 1-72
The Enstone Horticultural Society’s Challenge Bowl (1957) for highest number of points in Classes 1-36 (Vegetables)
The Emm and Bee Challenge Cup (1960) Best Fruit exhibit Classes 37-40
The Capes Cup (2001) For the highest number of points in classes 41 – 72 (Plants & Flowers)
The Fred Pollard Cup (2003) For the best overall potato exhibit (Classes 1-3)
The Raymond Kench Globe Onion Cup (1994) Winner of Class 4 Globe Onions
The Kench Cup ( Mr. C. Kench 1957 ) Winner of Class 36 Collection of Vegetables
Silver Rose Bowl (Mrs. Thane Parker 1957) Winner of Class 42 Informal Flower Arrangement
The Crawford Cup Winner of Class 41 Foliage arrangement
Wid Huckin Memorial Vase (1993) Winner of Class 46 Container (outdoor)
The Enstone Horticultural Society’s Challenge Cup (1959) Winner of Class 45 Arrangement in an unusual container.
The Brickell Cup (Mr. R. J. Brickell 1957) Best exhibit of Dahlias Classes 61-63
Jolly Rick’s Cup (1959) Winner of Class 64 Gladioli.
Worth’s Motor Services Cup (1959) Best exhibit of Roses Classes 66-69
Robbins Challenge Cup (Mrs. M. Warner 1989.) Winner of Class 70 Sweet Peas
The Litchfield Cup (Lady Higgs 1990) Children’s class
Enstone Juniors Cup (Lady Higgs 1992) Children’s class
The Nockalls Cup (2005) ‘Best use of a water feature in the garden’
(judged earlier)

To Enter:

Intention to exhibit: if possible please email the Entries Secretary at enstonehorticulturalsociety@gmail.com listing the classes you intend to enter, or complete and email the entry form in Word available on the Society’s web page Horticultural Society | Enstone Parish Council or deposit the attached form in the collection box at Adams Stores. Any queries please telephone 01608 677074

Entries on show day. Entries for any class will be accepted up to 10.30 a.m. on the morning of the show.

Flower & Produce Show Entry Form

Name……………………………………………………………………. Address……………………………………………………………………………………………….Tel………………….. Email………………………………

Please continue on a separate sheet if required

For advance entries please complete this form and deposit in the box in Adams Stores or email to enstonehorticulturalsociety@gmail.com before Thursday 17 August.

Entries may also be made on the morning of the show before 10.30 a.m.

PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION

Organised by Enstone WI

Photographs Max size 7”X 5”

Black and white or colour.

Only one photograph per class.

Photographs do not have to be taken in the last 12 months.

Classes open to all ages.

1 Single flower

2 Beautiful Shrub

3 Wildlife in my garden

4 Best part of my garden

5 Tub ,Trough or Hanging Basket

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PHOTOGRAPHY ENTRY FORM

Entries to be in the Parish Hall by 10.00am on 19 August

Name …………………………………….

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