Autumn Show Saturday 7th September
Trophies for the overall winners throughout
the year will be presented at the Society’s AGM on 29th November,
meanwhile here is a summary of ‘Best in Section’ certificate winners for this
Show. Please scroll
down to see some photographs of the day. Click or
tap on each photo to enlarge it.
Despite our
good old British summertime playing tricks on us, with a real mix of weather –
sometimes, very hot, sometimes chilly and often wet, Ickenham gardeners were
not deterred as they attended the Autumn Show on Saturday 7th September –
filling the Village Hall with fabulous displays of flowers, fruit, vegetables, and
floral art as well as photographic, domestic, and creative junior entries.
We were delighted
to welcome some new entrants, many of whom won prizes. Amongst these were some
of our local allotmenteers who had some fantastic fruit, flowers and vegetables
to show. We hope they will encourage some of their fellow growers to join us
next time too.
Floral Art
entries were spectacular, with their creations depicting “Harvest” and “Golden Times”
full of beautiful autumn colours.
Our Juniors
presented some fantastic entries – the creatures made using fruit and
vegetables made all our visitors smile.
Our Domestic
section was very well supported too and as always there was great competition
and camaraderie in the Men’s chunky apple cake Challenge!
Results of
our annual Sunflower competition were also on show. It seems that many plants
fell victim to the army of slugs that have been invading the flowerbeds of
Ickenham, but this year’s amazing winner measured an impressive 326 centimetres
and was grown by Anke and Ian Phillips.
As always,
there was a lovely atmosphere in the hall as visitors admired the exhibits and
enjoyed the ever-popular tea and homemade cakes.
Following
the formal judging, prizes were presented by Jackie and Ken from “Friends of
Ken Weinling” who work tirelessly to raise funds for Guide Dogs for the blind. Jackie
told us about the amazing fundraising they do to sponsor the training of Guide
dogs and told us about some of their success stories. An appearance by her very
friendly dog Loki made the afternoon complete. For more information about the
Friends of Ken Weinling please see https://friendsofken.jimdofree.com/
