HURST HORTICULTURAL & COTTAGE GARDEN SOCIETY

The 94th Annual Show of the Hurst Horticultural & Cottage Garden Society took place on Saturday, 18th August.

High standard of exhibits

Exhibitors were highly praised by the judges for the standard of entries this year. The judges took over two hours to decide on the results in the flower, vegetable and fruit marquee, and commented that very few village shows are able to attract such quality, especially in the flower classes.

Inside the village hall where all the home industries talents were on display, the tables were full of creative crafts and delicious produce. Future talent was most evident in the children's section where entries were greater than before. The 137 classes in the schedule attracted on average three entries each which is most encouraging.

The Waltham St Lawrence Silver Band music and the colourful puppet show kept visitors' spirits up in the village hall grounds and the 60 dogs and owners kept the show busy in spite of the dull weather. We hope new exhibitors will be encouraged to enter again next year. HH&CGS news and meeting dates will be published in future editions of the HVS Newsletter.