LRHA's annual flower show was held at Bushwood Farm in Lowsonford on Saturday 1 August 2009. Notwithstanding the rain and consequent mud, a great time was had by all!
The WI stoically served tea and cakes to rain drenched folk in need of sustenance and the Shirley Band entertained us with, amongst other things, a rendition of Singing in the Rain.
Some of the exhibits and prizewinners are pictured below.
Brian Kingham's
Triple Selection
The Shirley Band play through the rain
A selection of beetroot
Linda Williams'
fuschia pot
Ann Cotterill's prizewinning leeks
Inside the Marquee
The WI's tea tent
"Unity"
1st prize in Class 115 made by Emma Caldwell of Lowsonford
Tea tents in the drizzle
1st, 2nd and 3rd prize winning rhubarb
Steve Jay shows off his coconuts
3 year old Pearl Erskine's vegetable monster
Heather Cole's
vase of blooms
Peta Cocks' collection of flowering shrubs
Ernest Mead's
decorative dahlias
5 year old Anna Draper's colouring picture
A rather muddy show field
Brian Kingham with the Kingswood Premier Cup
Gwen Price receives a cup and a kiss from John Seddon
Tony Price, winner of the Challenge Cup for Vegetables
Susan Markham receives the Joy Taylor Cup for the best floral art exhibit
Linda Williams with the Helen Darby Cup
Helene Russell, holds the three cups she won in the art, culinary and handicraft classes
Ernest Mead won the RHS Banksia Medal
Ernest Mead receives his medal from John Seddon and John Hale
Brian Kingham, the winner of the Challenge Shield
Gwen Price receiving one of the five cups she won at this year's show
