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Spring Show Schedule 2025
The 2025 Spring Show will take place on Sunday 23rd March at 2:30pm. Prize giving and auction at 4:00pm. |
Many thanks to Ashridge Manor Garden Centre
for their support with our Spring Show. |
If you want to enter the show, go to the end of the list below and list your entry details in the 'List your entries' section. You will need to state your name and classes you wish to enter.
The schedule of classes you can enter are:
Spring Show - Section A - Flowers, etc.
Classes 1 to 11 – One bloom per stem excluding classes 6 and 11
Daffodil divisions are shown on pages 3 and 4
Class Title Variety
1 2 Vases of 3 Daffodils (Division 2) One per vase
2 3 Daffodils (Any Division) One
3 5 Daffodils (Any Division) One
4 5 Daffodils (Any Division) Mixed
5 1 Specimen Daffodil (Division 1)
6 3 Daffodils (Multi headed) (Division 5, 7 or 8) One
7 3 Daffodils (double) (Division 4) One
8 3 Daffodils (novice) (Any Division) One
9 5 Stems Miniature Daffodils (single headed) One or more
10 5 Stems Miniature Daffodils (Division 5, 7 or 8) One or more
11 My Best Daffodil
12 5 Tulips (One bloom per stem) (novice) One or more
13 3 Stems Miniature tulips One or more
14 5 Tulips (one bloom per stem) One or more
15 3 Tulips (one bloom per stem) One
16 1 Camellia bloom
17 Bowl/pot not to exceed 23cm growing
any one species of Bulb/Corm /Tuber One or more
18 3 Sprays of Polyanthus (same colour) One
19 5 Sprays of Polyanthus Mixed
20 Chairman’s Challenge (No entry fee) One
21 1 Cut spike of Hyacinth
22 Flowering Orchid
23 An exotic plant (excluding orchids)
24 3 Specimen blooms in a decorative vase
(both bloom and vase to be judged). One cultivar
25 1 Vase of ornamental foliage Min. 5 kinds
26 1 Vase of flowering shrubs/trees Mixed
27 1 Vase of Spring flowers (No shrubs) Mixed
28 5 Grape Hyacinths Mixed
29 Pot plant in flower (excluding cacti & orchids)
30 Foliage pot plant (pot not to exceed 25cm) Excluding succulents
31 5 Stems of wallflowers One or more
32 1 cactus or Succulent pot plant
33 3 Sticks of Rhubarb – (natural) One
34 3 Sticks of Rhubarb – (forced) One
Spring Show – Section B – Floral Arrangements
NO LATE ENTRIES ALLOWED
See class for space allowed
As nondegradable Oasis has been banned by the RHS, please use a more environmentaly alternative.
Novice Classes
Class Title
35 A Spring Wreath. (Wreath ring to be supplied.)
36 A front facing triangular arrangement of spring flowers. Size unlimited
Open Classes
Class Title
37 An Easter arrangement for a church window sill.
Space allowed: height unlimited x depth 25cm x width 35cm
38 A woodland landscape
Space allowed: height unlimited x depth 25cm x width 30cm.
Please refer to the explanation of terms set out at the back of the schedule
Spring Show – Section C – Young Exhibitors’ Section
Photographs must be submitted digitally no later than the Friday
before the show.
Class Title
Aged 7 and Under.
39 Junior photography – ‘My Favourite Toy’.
Aged 8 to 11 inclusive
40 Junior photography – ‘An Animal Picture’
Spring Show – Section D – Domestic
Class Title
41 5 Shortbread biscuits. To your own recipe.
42 Lemon Swiss Roll to recipe
Ingredients:
100g. Caster Sugar. Lemon Curd
100g. Self raising flour 2tbsp Caster Sugar
4eggs
Zest of 1 lemon.
Method:
Beat the eggs and sugar together until light and frothy.
Fold in the sifted flour and lemon zest.
Pour the mixture into a greased tin approx. 33 cms x 23cms lined with baking paper.
Bake for 10minues at 200°C/fan180°C/ gas mark 6 until lightly browned.
Place some baking paper sprinkled with 2tbsp. caster sugar on to the work surface and
upend the sponge from the tin on to it.
Peel off the baking paper and leave to cool.
Score lightly 2.5 cms from one end. Spread with lemon curd and roll carefully.
43 5 Sausage Rolls
44 5 Rocky Road
45 5 Scones (sweet)
46 A jar of pickles.
Spring Show – Section E – Handicrafts
Class Title
47 Any type of greetings card (Not shown @ CGC before)
48 A picture to be coloured Picture to be supplied.
49 Any other kind of handicraft (Not shown @ CGC before)
Spring Show – Section F – Photography
Photographs must be submitted digitally no later than the Friday
before the show.
Class Title
50 First signs of Spring (to be presented digitally)
51 A still life of a 'Vase of Flowers' (to be presented digitally)
Spring Show – Section G – Writing
52 'A Perfect Spring Day'
No more than 100 words.
Entries should be submitted by 12 noon on Saturday 22nd March. Entry fee 25p per class.
All exhibits should be staged by 10:45am (judging starts promptly at 11:00am).