FP 2014 Leaflet Web

HELMDON FLOWER AND
PRODUCE SHOW 2014
SATURDAY 30th AUGUST 2014
2.30-4.30pm
TO BE HELD IN
THE READING ROOM, HELMDON
2.00pm until 4.30pm
Helmdon Gardening Club is delighted to announce its 5th annual Flower and Produce Show.
• Proceeds to Katherine House Hospice, Northants Air
Ambulance and the Gardening Club.
• Something for everybody in the village to enjoy.
• New Classes to enter
• Increased prizes
• Separate bake-off challenge for Men and Women
• New Classes for Children
• Teas and Cakes
• Raffle
Open to all residents of Helmdon and Falcutt, past and present pupils of Helmdon School and Acorns pre-school and members of any Helmdon based organisation.
– Please Support the Show!
Thank You – The Show Committee

How to Enter
Completed entry and/or sponsorship forms should be delivered or posted to one of the following people:
• Peter Payne, [address removed] (Tel:[phone number removed])
• Rex Jessett, [address removed] (Tel: [phone number removed])
• Pip Ward, [address removed] (tel: [phone number removed])
• Or taken to the Village Café on 15 July for Garden entries or 19 and
26 August for other entries
Additional entry forms are available from the above, The Bell, the
Reading Room and the Helmdon web site
Entries: 40p per class (20p under 12s)
Prizes: 1
st
– £1; 2
nd
– 50p
SIMPLE RULES
1. Entry is open to residents of Helmdon, and Falcutt, past and present pupils of Helmdon School and Acorns and members of all
Helmdon based organisations.
2. All entry forms to be received not later than Tuesday 15th July for classes 1-6 and Tuesday 27th August for the remaining classes.
3. All exhibits to be staged between 9 and 10.30 a.m. on the day of the show, for judging to commence at 11.00 a.m.
4. The Judges will be independent and their decision will be final.
5. No exhibits to be removed before 3.30pm. All exhibits not donated for sale must be removed by 4.30pm.
6. All entries to be grown on exhibitors own garden or allotment, or made in his/her own home.
7. Entries limited to one per entrant per class.
8. The organisers will not be responsible for any loss or damage to any exhibit although all reasonable care will be taken.
9. Winnings to be collected on the day the show.

Classes
GARDENS
(to be judged on Sat 19 July)
Bed or Border
+
1.
2.
Garden
Cottage Garden
3. Patio Display
4. Vegetable Plot
5. Hanging Basket display
6. Water Feature (can be large or small)
VEGETABLES
7. Five Potatoes – White
8. Five Potatoes – Coloured
9. Runner Beans – eight pods
10.Six French Beans
11.Longest Runner Bean
12.Three Onion Sets
13.Six Shallots
14.Three Carrots
15.Three Courgettes
16.Three Beetroot with Foliage
17.Heaviest Marrow
18.One Cucumber
19.Collection of Vegetables *
20.Collection of Herbs (four varieties, named)
21.Pair of Lettuces (untrimmed, with roots)
* not more than four kinds from the following – Red or White Potatoes
(four), Pods Runner Beans (five), Onions (three), Carrots (three), Parsnips
(three), Beetroot (three), Pods Peas (six) or Tomatoes (four)

FRUIT
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
Three Cooking Apples
Three Eating Apples
Six Tomatoes *
Six Cherry Tomatoes *
Six Plum Tomatoes *
A Plate of Fruit
Six Plums
* Tomatoes can be any colour
FLOWERS
29. One Rose in a Vase (any variety)
29. One Rose (any variety) in a Vase
30. One pot plant –Flowering (up to 9
inch pot)
31. Vase of Flowers – any one kind
32. An arrangement of Graden
Nam vestibulum dolor quis li Flowers (max width 12 inches)
33. Flower arrangement in an unusual container (max size 12
inches )

HOME PRODUCE
34. A Jar of Jam*
35. A Jar of Jelly*
36. A Jar of Marmalade*
37. A Jar of Chutney*
38. A Jar of Lemon Curd*
39. A Victoria Sandwich (jam filled, 7”-8” tin)
40. A Plate of 6 Cup Cakes (any flavour)
41. A Round of Shortbread
42. A Plate of 6 Cheese Scones
43. A Guiness Cake, Men/Boys only**
44. A Garden Glut Cake, Women/Girls only**
45. 6 Fresh Eggs
*Preserves should have a cellophane cover, not a metal lid.
** To be made according to the recipes available from the
Helmdon website, the Reading Room and The Bell.

YOUTH SECTION
A Prize for Every Entrant!
7 YEARS AND UNDER
46. Tallest Sunflower
47. A picture based on your handprint
48. A posy of flowers in a jar
8 TO 12 YEARS
49. A Garden in a Seed Tray
50. A Decorated Flowerpot with
Herbs or Flowers you have grown
51. A photograph you have taken of a garden
PRIZES
At the end of the show the cups, prizes and certificates will be presented at 4pm.
PRODUCE SALE
Following the presentation there will be a sale of any exhibits that entrants wish to donate. Any exhibits not collected by
4.15pm will be assumed to have been donated for sale unless otherwise stated.

Helmdon Flower and Produce Show 2014
Entry Form
One form per person
Name ………………………………………………………………….
Age (Youth entries only) ……………….
Address……………………………………………………………..
Classes entered ………………………………………………..
Entry Fees………………………………………
Sponsorship…………………………………..
Total enclosed……………………………….
Helmdon Flower and Produce Show 2014
Entry Form
One form per person
Name ………………………………………………………………….
Age (Youth entries only) ……………….
Address……………………………………………………………..
Classes entered ………………………………………………..
Entry Fees………………………………………
Sponsorship…………………………………..
Total enclosed……………………………….

Notes
What are the Judges looking for?
First read the instructions in this leaflet carefully. Make sure that you provide the right number of examples, use cellophane rather than metal lids on preserves and score your short bread but don’t cut it, and so on
If you are a exhibiting fruit and vegetables and are bit unclear what the judges are looking for or how to present your produce, you might like to look at the guidance produced for another show. Not all the details are relevant to our show but the principles for presenting your produce are similar.
www.lichfield-allotments.co.uk/annualshow3.htm
What is a glut cake?
It’s a cake made in part from produce that you have too much of and can’t use in the normal way. They may be carrots, parsnips, beetroot, apples or anything else available in abundance in the late summer.
The cake to make for this competition is the Yummy Scrummy
Carrot Cake.
This recipe and others can be found on the BBC Food web site www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/garden-glut-cake
Since not everyone is a vegetable grower, we will accept cakes made from carrots bought from a shop or donated by friends.
Further copies of this schedule, entry forms and cake recipes are available in the Gardening Club section of www.helmdon.com – the
Helmdon village web site or from The Bell and the Reading Room.