Entry Classes: General

Announcing the 104th Summer Show

Except where specifically shown as otherwise, prizes in all classes are £1.00 for the first, 50p for the second, and 30p for the third prize. Rosettes will be given for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in each Class. See ‘Challenge Cups and Special Prizes’.

All cups are awarded to the winner with the greatest number of points in the relevant section unless otherwise stated (note Regulation 12) along with an RHS certificate. Rosettes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in each class along with Best in Show and Best Artwork.

Entries Welcome!

Entry to this novice class is open to members who have not won a prize in any previous Petersham Flower Show

1.One single bloom
2.One vase of flowers, mixed kinds
3.One dish of vegetables, one or more kinds
4.One house plant (floral or foliage)
5.One red rose with own foliage
6.One pink rose with own foliage
7.One yellow or orange rose with own
8.Suspended
9.Four roses, one or more varieties
10.One vase of miniature roses, 3 sprays
11.One vase of climbing roses, 3 sprays
12.One spike of flowers, one stem only
13.One vase of pinks
14.Two vases of flowers, any two distinct kinds
15.One vase of herbaceous flowers
16.One vase of liliums, 3 spikes
17.Suspended
18.One vase of mixed sweet peas, 12 stems
19.One vase of annuals
20.A spray of a shrub (other than roses) bearing fruit, flowers and/or foliage
21.One bowl of pansies, 6 blooms
22.The most uncommon flower, named if possible
23.African violet, one in pot
24.One hanging basket
25.A floral pot plant
26.Two pots of cacti or succulents (pots not to exceed 6 ins in diameter)
27.One zonal or regal pelargonium/geranium (grown in a pot not exceeding geranium grown in a pot not exceeding 6 ins in diameter)
28.One vase of mixed garden flowers
29.The Garden NewsTop Vase
Sponsored by Thomson & Morgan
(Details and Rules as set out in ‘Hints to Exhibitors’)
Prizes: 1st - £2.50; 2nd - £1.50: 3rd - £1.00. Entry Fee 50p
30.Dish of redcurrants or whitecurrants, 5 strings
31.Dish of blackcurrants, 5 strings
32.Dish of gooseberries, of one variety 10 fruits, with stalks
33.Dish of strawberries, 10 fruits, with stalks
34.Dish of raspberries, 10 fruits, with stalks
35.Dish of loganberries, 10 fruits, with stalks
36.One dish of fruit, any one kind not specified in this section
37.Dish of five potatoes, white of any shape
38.Dish of five potatoes, other than white, of any shape
39.Six pods of peas with stalks
40.Six pods of broad beans with stalks
41.Six pods of dwarf beans with stalks
42.Three onions with full green tops (as grown, no weight limit)
43.Three beetroots, globe variety
44.Three carrots, long pointed
45.Suspended
46.Two cabbages
47.Nine shallots (pickling; must be able to go through a 30 mm ring)
48.Nine shallots (exhibition, no size limit)
49.Three courgettes of any length/diameter
50.Two cabbage lettuces
51.Two cos lettuces
52.Three sticks of rhubarb
53.A collection of herbs, three kinds
54.One dish of vegetables of a distinct kind not specified in section
55.A collection of three kinds of vegetables, numbers as in single classes
56.A collection of salading or salad vegetables, any 3 distinct kinds (mustard and cress count as one)

Class 57 Prizes: 1st - £2.50; 2nd –£1.50; 3rd - £1.00. Entry Fee 50p

57(a) A collection of mixed vegetables, one of each of six different kinds

57(b) A collection of four kinds of vegetables to occupy space not exceeding
24" by 24", numbers as in single classes

57(c) The Garden News Top Tray Class sponsored by Thompson & Morgan

Details and rules as set out in ‘Hints to Exhibitors’

1st Prize - £2.50; 2nd Prize - £1.50; 3rd Prize – £1.00. Entry Fee 50p.

Please note the flower arranging classes are not judged by NAFAS Rules, and exhibits may be of any appropriate size.

58.‘A Royal Wedding’
59.A small table decoration
60.A hand-tied posy of no more than 3 varieties of flower
61.A buttonhole
62.A decorated sponge cake
63.A Bakewell tart
64.Two fruit scones
65.Four cheese straws
66.Two chocolate brownies
67.A lemon drizzle cake
68.A small loaf (handmade, not with a bread machine.
69.A bottle of home-made wine or anything drinkable (state when made)
70.One jar of chutney or pickle (state when made)
71.A Victoria sponge (men only)
72.(a) One jar of jam (state when made)
(b) One jam of marmalade (state when made)
73.One jar of lemon curd (state when made)
74.A sewn article
75.A knitted article
76.An original painting, drawing or collage
77.A piece of pottery
78.An example of needlecraft
79.A piece of woodwork
80.Any other example of handicraft
81.A photographic print of
(a)    People
(b)    Architectural interest
(b)    An animal
(c)    Abstract
(d)    A local view