Annual Show
Saturday 26th July 2026
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The Show Schedule gives you all the details of how to enter the show, a list of classes and all the show rules. If it is flowers, fruit or veg you are planning to enter, there are handy tips for how to display them, eg tomatoes should have the stalk attached. There are also sections for flower arrangement, the kitchen, craft, photography, art and classes for children.
Entries should be made using the online form or by completing the pdf form (see buttons above). Entry is free if you enter either via the online form or by email to to BatcombeHorti@gmail.com between Monday 13 and Thursday 23 July or in person between 5-8pm on Thursday 23 July at the south porch of Batcombe church. Please enter any class that you think you might have an exhibit for.
The show starts at 2pm and teas and refreshments are available all afternoon. Prize giving and raffle draw is from 4pm, after that you can collect your exhibits.
- Please refer to the show schedule for full details of each class, notes and show rules
1 Three potatoes (one named variety)
2 Potato - single tuber (different named variety from class 1)
3 Three salad potatoes (one named variety)
4 Three large onions (trimmed)
5 Three onions - no bulb to exceed 225g (trimmed)
6 Three shallots (separate and trimmed)
7 Three carrots (up to 15cm)
8 Three carrots (over 15cm)
9 Five cherry tomatoes
10 Three tomatoes (not cherry)
11 Five pods of broad beans
12 Five pods of runner beans
13 Five pods of French beans
14 Five pods of peas
15 One head of lettuce
16 A pot of cut-and-come-again lettuce (30cm pot max)
17 Three radishes
18 Three beetroots, any colour
19 One cucumber
20 Two courgettes
21 One cabbage, any variety
22 One cauliflower, any variety
23 Any other vegetable
24 A collection of vegetables - six distinct varieties (30cmx45cm base)
25 A pot of "Purple Ball" basil
26 Any vegetable - NOVICES ONLY
27 The longest runner bean
28 A collection of tiny veg – three or more kinds
29 The most amusing looking vegetable
30 The smallest ripe tomato
Show classes by section
VEGETABLES
FRUIT
31 Three eggs (any variety)
32 A saucer of raspberries (stalks in)
33 A saucer of currants – red, black or white (stalks in)
34 Six gooseberries (stalks in)
35 Three sticks of rhubarb
36 Any other fruit not mentioned above (a dish of one variety)
37 Five different kinds of fruit and/or veg on a plate
38 Any of the above classes - NOVICES ONLY
FLOWERS
39 Any single stem bloom - for the Peter Hall Cup
40 A rose - one bloom
41 1 multi-headed rose stem, any variety
42 Vase of at least 4 kinds of purple annual and/or perennial flowers
43 Mixed annuals in a jam jar, at least three kinds
44 Penstemon - three stems
45 Phlox - three stems
46 Gladioli - one stem
47 Dahlia - a specimen bloom, any size, any variety (no side-shoots)
48 Dahlias - an exhibit of mixed blooms, any cultivars, five stems
49 Annual sweet peas - six stems for the David Dale Cup
50 Perennial sweet peas - six stems
51 Hydrangea - one bloom
52 Clematis - one bloom
53 Vase of 3 stems of one kind of flower not previously mentioned
54 Indoor pot plant
55 A collection of culinary herbs in a jam jar
56 Zonal Geranium “Horizon White”
57 Any of the above classes - NOVICES ONLY
58 Most fragrant rose- one stem - to be judged by the public
FLOWER ARRANGEMENT
59 Play the Game" - an exhibit to depict a game
60 "Light the Flame" - a miniature to include a matchbox (10x10x10cm)
61 "Out of the Hat" - an exhibit to include a hat
62 "Mirror Image" - an interpretive arrangement
63 Any of the above classes – NOVICES ONLY**
THE KITCHEN
64 A jar of jelly - any variety
65 A jar of jam - any variety
66 A jar of marmalade
67 A jar of honey
68 A jar of fermented food (e.g. kimchi, sauerkraut etc)
69 A jar of chutney
70 Bread – handmade loaf (machine-free)
71 Bread – machine-made
72 Five shortbread fingers
73 Three savoury scones
74 Three savoury tartlets (10cm max)
75 Bake Off cut and come again cake
76 Victoria sandwich cake (20cm max)
77 Five brownies
78 A gluten-free cake (20cm max)
79 A cake of your choice - NOVICES ONLY
80 A fruit spirit (e.g. sloe gin, plum brandy, etc)
81 Bottle of homemade cordial
CRAFT
82 An animal made from vegetables
83 A tissue box monster
84 A jelly fish made from a recycled plastic bag
85 A small woven paper rug or mat – 20x15cm
86 A pin cushion
87 An inflated balloon face
88 Something knitted for a child – for the Myra Wiltshire Cup
89 Any of the above classes - NOVICES ONLY
PHOTOGRAPHY
90 Architecture of the Parish
91 Animal friends
92 What’s for lunch?
93 Boundaries
94 On the move
95 Nature and wildlife
96 Death and decay
97 Any of the above classes – NOVICES ONLY
ART
98 A limerick 'It's spring and I'm turning my compost'
99 A seaside collage of Beach Huts
100 fe at the Chopping Board ' - any medium
101 Painting or collage of favourite tree
102 A stained-glass window design
103 A flower - pencil sketch
104 Create a repeat wallpaper design
105 Any of the above classes – NOVICES ONLY
CHILDREN
106 A miniature garden for the Jo Bloor Cup
107 A French bean plant grown from a plug plant collected at the Plant Swap
108 The yuckiest slug or snail - in a jar!
Age 16 and under on 31st August 2026
116 My favourite party food
117 A pressed flower
118 One thing I have grown to eat
119 A piece of jewellery
120 A hand tied posy in a jam jar
121 A Lego bridge of your own invention
109 My favourite party food
110 A pressed flower
111 One thing I have grown to eat
112 A piece of jewellery
113 A hand tied posy in a jam jar
114 A Lego bridge of your own invention
115 A portrait in any medium (except photography)