Where

Brabourne & Smeeth Village Hall

When

Saturday 18 July at 2.00 pm to 3.30 pm

Staging from 11.30 am until 12.30 pm

Entries close Wednesday 15 July

Points awarded

1st - 3 points
2nd - 2 points
3rd - 1 point

(Except as otherwise stated)

Notes

All entries 10p each

Sections ‘A’ to ‘D’ are open to all members.

Sections ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’ and ‘E’ are open to any person residing in Brabourne or Smeeth

To be judged by

Colin Evans and Val Chaffer

Special awards

The Royal Horticultural Society’s Banksian Medal
To the competitor who obtains the largest total of points in Section ‘A’ (Excluding Class 1). Not Katrina Devenport (2024) or Cathy Pearman (2025)

The Bob Dryland Memorial Shield
The best bean exhibit

The Mrs A G Pearson Trophy
To the best exhibit in the Floral Art Section

The Stanton Shield
To the best vegetable Exhibit

The Malcolm Bird Memorial Cup
To the competitor with the largest total of points in Classes 19 to 24 inclusive

The Eva Jamieson Memorial Salver
To the competitor who obtains the largest total of points in Section ‘D’

Boniface Memorial Tankard
To the best window box display

Les Bishopp Memorial Prize
To the competitor with the best collection of vegetables

Section 'A'

Class:

1. Window box [39 x 16 x 14 cm/15½” x 6½” x 5½”] as supplied by the Society, which has been planted for a minimum of four weeks. [Cash prizes: 1st - £5.00, 2nd - £3.00 and 3rd - £2.00]
2. 8" pot of home-grown quality carrots suitable for eating. Seed provided.
3. A collection of five single vegetables. [Cash prizes: 1st - £3, 2nd - £2 and 3rd - £1]
4. Three potatoes of one variety
5. Three beetroot, 3” [approx.] tops
6. Three carrots, 3” [approx.] tops
7. Six pods peas
8. Six pods broad beans
9. Six French beans
10. Two lettuces with 2” [approx.] root
11. Eight cherry tomatoes
12. Any other vegetable not in this schedule [two entries permissible]
13. Dish of twelve gooseberries
14. Dish of nine bunches of redcurrants
15. Dish of nine bunches of blackcurrants
16. Dish of twelve raspberries on stalks
17. Dish of other fruit [not more than twelve]
18. Vase of herbs, various
19. Six stems of sweet peas
20. Six fuchsia blooms displayed on the Society’s board
21. Five stems of perennial flowers, excluding other shrubby plants
22. Vase of annual flowers [can include bi-annuals]
23. Three stems of one kind of flowering shrub
24. Five hosta leaves
25. One pot plant in flower
26. One foliage pot plant
27. One pot cactus or succulent

Section 'B'

Class:

28. Allotment-grown vegetable
29. Allotment-grown vase of flowers
30. Allotment-grown fruit

Section 'C'

Class:

31. A flower arrangement - "Only Green" [Max. overall size 2’0” x 2’0” x 2’0”]
32. An arrangement – in a small glass bottle, using only garden flowers
33. Photograph with a "frozen" theme [unframed, no annotation, max. 10” x 8”]
34. Hobby item [Max. 2’0” x 2’0”]

Section 'D'

Class:

35. Carrot Cake (see recipe below)
36. Two ham and cheese turnovers
37. Jar of Tomato Chutney (screw top lid)

Children's Class

Class:

38. Five Pieces of Rocky Road - own recipe (5cm squares)

(Please state the child's age on the entry form)

Recipe

Carrot Cake

Ingredients:

Cake

• 9 fl oz vegetable oil
• 6 oz grated carrot
• 6 oz brown sugar
• 3 oz chopped walnuts
• 1 large tin crushed pineapple – well drained
• 3 eggs
• 9 oz self-raising flour
• ½ tsp bicarb
• ¾ tsp cinnamon

Icing

• 4 oz butter
• 1 tbsp orange juice (optional)
• 4 oz icing sugar
• 7 oz full fat cream cheese
• walnuts to decorate

Method:

Cake

Combine all the cake ingredients and divide between two 8” lined sandwich tins.
Bake at 180°C for 35-40 minutes or until well risen and firm to the touch.

Icing

Beat the softened butter, add the orange juice if using, then the icing sugar. Cream to a smooth, soft consistency. Add the cream cheese and slowly mix in with a wooden spoon. If the icing is too runny, put it in the fridge for 10 minutes and it should firm up. Sandwich the two cakes together with half the icing and decorate the top with icing and walnuts.
Store in the fridge until needed.