Heamoor Flower & Produce Show – St Thomas’ Church

If you grow it, or make it, show it! Free admission to this event. All welcome. **Competitors, see below for details – esp rules at the end about showing times and requirements**

WELCOME TO THE INAUGURAL HEAMOOR FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW.
You, our competitors, are members of a select band. An obsession with the uniformity of tomatoes sets you apart from the common person. A commitment to the platonic ideal of a perfect scone, marks you out. A consuming preoccupation with the friability of compost, or the correct composition of a photograph, tells its own story. We the committee, salute you! You are the people who will make the show what we hope it will be; a cornucopia of beautiful strangeness that will become an annual focal point for Heamoor and surrounding villages and homesteads, in the coming years. There are no age restrictions on entry to any category, but there will be specific age-restricted groups, with prizes for the winners! Category entries will cost a small stipend – a registration fee for the competitor and a class entry fee. At the end of the show there will be a voluntary auction of produce. Raised funds will go to the St. Thomas’s Church fund. Entries will be accepted between 9 and 11am on the morning of the show to allow judging to take place. The show will open at 2pm to all free of charge. Refreshments will be available to purchase.
Within the schedule you will find the Longest Carrot, the marvellous Cake Containing Vegetable and the matchless Traditional Cornish Pasty – all are here and many more. As George Bernard Shaw counsels: ‘A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing’. We encourage you to begin planning your mistakes now and enter the Heamoor Show. We expect as the Duke of Wellington said there will be categories where the victor has a ‘close run thing’ but participation is the thing. Keslowena to all entrants!

The Heamoor Flower & Produce Committee

SCHEDULE

FRUIT & VEGETABLES
1. Potatoes: 3 same variety
2. Runner Beans: 4
3. Onions: 3
4. Courgette: 3
5. Tomatoes: 5
6. Carrots: 3
7. Vegetable: collection of 5 different (one of each)
8. Apples: 3 (one variety, cooking or desert)
9. Pears: 3
10. Other soft fruit (plums, raspberry, etc) : 5 of one variety
11. Herbs fresh culinary: 5 types in water
12. Longest runner bean
13. Biggest marrow by weight
14. Longest carrot (greenery excluded)
15. Heaviest tomato

The Heamoor Cup will go to the exhibitor gaining most points in the fruit and vegetable classes.

‘ There are no gardening mistakes, only experiments’ (J.K. Phillips)

FLOWERS & ORNAMENTALS
16. Cut flowers: one vase of 5 stems, different varieties
17. Cut flowers single colour theme: one vase of 5 stems, different varieties
18. Rose: 1 specimen bloom
19. Roses: 3 stems same variety
20. Dahlias: 1 specimen bloom
21. Miniature flower display: less than 15cm tall
22. Pot plant in flower (must be owned for at least 12 months)
23. Succulent or cactus (must be owned for at least 12 months)
24. Largest sunflower head diameter

A trophy will be presented to the exhibitor gaining the most points in the Flower Class overall.

CRAFTS
25. Fashion accessory made from recycled materials
26. Greetings card made from recycled materials
27. Any handmade craft item (wood, etc)
28. Embroidery hand-made
29. Cross stitch hand-made
30. Crocheted or knitted item hand-made
There will be a prize for the competitor with the most points in the craft category

CHILDREN (12 years and under)
31. Miniature garden in a recycled tray (maximum diameter 12 inches)
32. Constructed fruit or vegetable (made from Lego, Plasticine, Wood, Fabric, etc)
33. Any art or craft piece hand made (5 years old and under competitor)
34. Any art or craft piece hand made (6-12 years old competitor)
35. Decorated cup cake (5 years old and under competitor)
36. Decorated cup cake (6-12 years old competitor)
37. Photograph of local life
There will be a TROPHY for the competitor with the most points in the Children’s category

VEGEMAL
38. Animal made from fruit and/or vegetables
There will be a Trophy for the winner of the Vegemal category

COOKERY
39. Marmalade: 1 jar fresh fruit
40. Jam: 1 jar fresh fruit
41. Chutney: 1 jar
42. Cake containing vegetables: any recipe (labelled to identify the vegetable contained)
43. Chocolate Brownies: 3 pieces
44. Fruit scone/Cornish split: 2 scones/splits
45. Bread: hand made (brown or white)
46. Traditional Cornish Pasty
47. Flapjacks: 3 slices any recipe
48. Shortbread
49. Any cake recipe (sandwich sponge, Hevva, saffron, lardy, etc)
There will be a prize for the competitor with the most overall points in the Cookery category.
A Trophy will be presented to the competitor who wins the scone/split category.

DRINKS
50. Elderflower cordial – 1 bottle
51. Liquor (any variety) – 1 bottle
52. Fruit juice – 1 bottle
53. Lemonade (homemade) – 1 bottle
A prize will be given to the competitor gaining most points in the Drinks category.

PHOTOGRAPHY
54. Picture of a child
55. Humorous picture
56. Picture of an animal
57. Picture representing local life
58. Landscape photograph
A prize will be given to the competitor gaining most points in the Photography category

GENERAL HINTS FOR SUCCESS
Read the schedule carefully: if in doubt contact the show secretary for clarification (ianewilletts@btinternet.com).
Set-up early to allow the judges time to judge (and eat cake slices) – late entries will not be accepted.
Use plain white plates to exhibit your entries.
A black base cloth may be used to exhibit vegetables.
Definitions of fruit and vegetables are according to RHS guidelines.
Jams and preserves should be sealed with a twist top lid or waxed disc and clear film top.
Entries must be labelled with plain white labels showing contents and date made.

For hints and tips refer to the RHS Horticultural Show Handbook!

RULES
1. Entries to be staged at St. Thomas’s Church, Heamoor between 9 and 11am on the morning of the show; entry fees to be paid on the day please. Competitor Registration
(£2) includes annual membership of the Heamoor Flower and Produce Society. Children under 12 years 50p.
2. Each class entry costs 50p (adult). 25p (child under 12 years)
3. Judging will commence at 11am.
4. The show will be open to the public (free admission) from 2pm on the show day.
5. One entry only per competitor per class please.
6. Judges decision is final in all cases.
7. Exhibitors must provide their own vases, plates, etc for exhibiting.
8. The trophies are the property of the Heamoor Flower and Produce Society to be held for 12 months only and must be returned to the Society secretary not later than the
preceding Saturday of the forthcoming show in a clean condition.
9. Exhibits may be auctioned off at the discretion of the exhibitor at the end of the show by public auction. Raised funds will go to the Society.
10. Awards will be presented from 3.30pm on the day of the show.

REFRESHMENTS in aid of St Thomas’s Church fund will be served from 2pm