to be held in CE PRIMARY SCHOOL at 2.30 p.m. on
SATURDAY 17th JUNE
Prize-giving at 3.30pm
Completed Entry Forms to the Village Shop or by email to sfss@mail.com by 6pm on Thursday 15th June
DESCRIPTIONS OF DIVISIONS IN FLOWER CLASSES
SUMMER SHOW
HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS
Non-woody plants that live for several years and need to be cut back to the ground each year. Examples: Alchemilla Mollis, Aquilegia, Dahlia, Delphinium, Euphorbia, Everlasting Wallflowers, Geranium, Geum, Hellibore, Heuchera, Iris, Lily, Lupins, Penstemon, Peony, Scabious, Sedum, Schizostylis, Rudbekia
BIENNIALS
Plants that require 2 growing seasons. Leaves are formed during the 1st year, flowers and seeds the following season.
Examples: Foxgloves, Forget-me-not, Hollyhock, Stock, Sweet William, Wallflowers
ANNUALS
Plants that complete their life cycle from seed to seed during one growing season
Examples: most bedding plants
SHRUBS
A branched perennial with woody stems
Examples: Berberis, Cotoneaster, Daphne, Fuchsia, Hebe, Hydrangea, Lavateria, Prunus, Rhododendrum, Viburnum
ALL PLANTS THAT ARE NOT ANNUAL OR BIENNIAL ARE PERENNIAL. THIS INCLUDES WOODY PLANTS. PLANTS THAT NEED TO BE CUT BACK ARE HERBACEOUS PERENNIALS.
VEGETABLES– see staging page for notes and quantities
1. 10 Pods of Broad Beans
2. A Collection of 4 Herbs, to be tied as a Bouquet Garni
3. 5 Radishes
4. 1 Lettuce
5. Any other Vegetable – maximum of 2 entries per Exhibitor allowed.
Tops of root veg. should be trimmed and tied, preferably with raffia, otherwise with natural coloured string, except Class 3
FRUIT(Plates provided) – see notes on staging page
6. 10 Gooseberries
7. Plate of Soft Fruit, 1 variety (see staging page for quantity)
8. Plate of any other Fruit, 1 variety – maximum of 2 entries per Exhibitor allowed
Please note: Rhubarb is a vegetable.
FLOWERS
9. Herbaceous Perennials, 3 kinds, 1 stem of each kind, excluding Roses
10. 1 stem Herbaceous Perennial, excluding Roses
11. 5 Pansies or 5 Violas, one or more varieties – to be staged in containers provided
12. 5 Stems of Pinks (buds removed)
13. 3 stems of flowering shrub in own jam jar – (one or more varieties)
14. 3 stems of any Annual, may be mixed
15. 3 stems of any Biennial
16. 3 stems of Clematis in own jam jar, one or more varieties
17. A Collection of Summer Flowers from your garden. No Shrubs or roses. Judged on the quality of blooms and number of specimens. Own Vase.
18. Bowl of floating flower head(s), of one variety, own bowl max 20cm/8” diameter
19. A vase of 5 stems of Sweet Peas, Annual or Everlasting (any variety or varieties)
ROSES (Please name your varieties if possible)
20. 3 varieties Rose, Large-Flowered (Hybrid Tea), 1 stem of each variety (buds removed)
21. 3 Roses, Large-Flowered (Hybrid Tea), of one variety (buds removed)
22. 3 Old English Roses any variety or varieties (buds removed)
23. Cluster-Flowered Roses (includes Floribunda, Shrub, Rambler), 3 sprays of one variety
24. Cluster-Flowered Roses (includes Floribunda, Shrub, Rambler), 3 varieties, one spray of each
25. 1 Scented Rose, to be judged purely on scent by the Public
26. 3-Stage Rose: 3 blooms of one variety, staged in one vase with bud at top followed by perfect bloom then full bloom – please see picture on staging page
Criteria: Bud to show colour with one or two petals beginning to unfurl above an open calyx. The perfect stage is half to three-quarters open. The full bloom stage does not require stamens to show but, if seen, must be fresh and of good colour. Please provide the name of the variety of the rose if possible
27. 1 Rose with own foliage – no extra buds
28. 3 stems Patio or Miniature Rose, 1 or more varieties
29. A photo of a Rose/Roses at its/their best, take a photo whenever you like. Judged on the quality of the rose, not the quality of the photograph
FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS (Materials need not be grown by the Exhibitor)
30. A Royal display, space allowed of 45cm x 45cm x open height
31. An Exhibit of Herbs, open size
32. A Petite arrangement to be viewed all round, to be larger than 10cm but smaller than 25cm
COOKERY (special covers are provided for all classes except class 35)
33. Victoria sandwich – recipe provided on recipe page
34. Celery lunch loaf – recipe provided on recipe page
35. A Jar of Jam – See staging page for information on lids
36. 4 Ginger Nuts – recipe provided on recipe page
PHOTOGRAPHY – maximum overall size 9” x 7”/23cm x 18cm (including any border or margin)
37. Reflections
38. Close up of a flower
CLASSES 37 AND 38 TO BE JUDGED BY THE PUBLIC ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE SHOW
39. YOUNG PERSON’S PHOTOGRAPHY (16 years and under) – Reflections
HANDICRAFTS – Children and Young People are welcome to enter these classes
40. A piece of jewellery, any medium
41. A figure or animal made from paper or card
CLASSES 40 AND 41 TO BE JUDGED BY THE PUBLIC ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE SHOW
CHILDREN (11 years and under)
42. Handwriting Competition as below
43. A jam jar of Greenery (no flowers)
44. A Coronation Crown, any materials
Child’s own work with minimal adult help. Entries from children at other schools are welcome. To be judged in school year age groups. Please mark your entries clearly with your name, class and age.
ENTRIES MUST BE STAGED BY 10.30AM.
JUDGING WILL COMMENCE AT 10.30AM SHARP
CHILDREN’S HANDWRITING COMPETITION
Write out the poem for your age group in your very best handwriting on one sheet of paper. You may decorate your poem if you want to.
KEY STAGE 1
OVER THE FIELDS
(by Adeline White)
Over the fields where the cornflowers grow,
Over the fields where the poppies blow,
Over the hills there’s a way we know,
Down to the rolling sea
KEY STAGE 2
A WATERING RHYME
(by PA Ropes)
Early in the morning,
Or in the evening hour,
Are the times to water
Every kind of flower.
Watering at noonday,
When the sun is high,
Doesn’t help the flowers
It only makes them die.
Also, when you water
Water at the roots,
Flowers keep their mouths where
We should wear our boots.
Soak the earth around them,
Then through all the heat,
The flowers will have water
For their thirsty ‘feet’.
SPECIAL AWARDS NB Please Refer to Rules
THE OSWALD BEALE CHALLENGE CUP
For the most points in the Flower Classes 9-16 & 19.
Holder: Mrs J Ashley
THE GREENGROW ROSE BOWL
For the best entry in Classes 20-28.
Holder: Mrs C Somers
NANCY CONGREVE BUD VASE
For the best Rose in the Show.
Holder: Mrs P Durie
CERTIFICATE IN FLORAL ART – Awarded by the Worshipful Company of Gardeners
For the best entry in Classes 30-32.
Holder: Not awarded
MARY TREMENHEERE TROPHY
For the best entry in the Handicraft Section Classes 40 and 41
Holder: J Davies
BERYL LINK CUP
For the best entry in Class 2, Collection of Herbs
Holder: Mrs M Newsom
JACK MOSS AWARD
For the most points in the Vegetable and Fruit Classes 1-8.
Holder: Mrs J Ashley/Ms L Bancroft
DENIS HEMSTED YOUTH CUP
For the best entry in Class 39
Holder: Not awarded
THE JUNIOR CHALLENGE CUP
For the best entry in the Sissinghurst School Section, Key Stage 2
Holder: Jasmine K
JUBILEE TROPHY
For the best entry in the Sissinghurst School Section, Key Stage 1
Holder: Ruby R
THE HANDWRITING SHIELD
For the best entry of Handwriting in Key Stage 2
Holder: Riley B
THE WALKER SHIELD
For the best entry of Handwriting in Key Stage 1
Holder: Audrey D
SPECIAL AWARD – Classes 43 and 44
For the best entry in the Children’s Classes
Holder: Meg C
DENIS HEMSTED LEARNING TREE SHIELD:
For the best entry by Learning Tree pupils
Holder: James O’H
Sissinghurst Flower Show Society 