Autumn Bicentenary Show 2022
Date and location
Saturday 3rd September 2022 – 1pm-5pm
Ditchling Village Green
Lodge Hill Lane
Ditchling
BN6 8SP
Judges
Section A: Mr. K Beard and Mr. D Muller
Section B: Mrs C Meyer
Section C: Mrs B Lloyd
Trophies awarded at the Bicentenary Show:
- George Blackstone Trophy: for the best trug of vegetables (class 30).
- Wheelwright Challenge Cup (Jim Blackman Award): for the best basket of fruit (class29).
- President’s Challenge Cup: for the highest points* in Sections A & B in Autumn Show.
- Ralli Challenge Cup: Highest number of points* in Cookery and Handicrafts sections in all three shows.
- Davy Challenge Cup: Highest number of points* in Floral Art sections, all 3 shows.
- The Children’s Trophy: (6yrs and under.) Highest number of points* in all 3 shows
- Margaret Buckwell Trophy: (7-ll yrs.) Highest number of points* in all 3 shows.
- The Henry Waller Memorial Trophy: Best kept allotment over the past year
- The Buckwell Trophy: Most improved allotment over the past year.
*First prize = 5 points, second prize = 3 points, third prize = 1 point.
Autumn Bicentenary Show Categories
- 10 raspberries with stalk
- 5 cooking apples, one variety
- 5 dessert apples, one variety
- 5 pears, dessert or cooking, one variety
- 10 cultivated blackberries
- 3 fruits not otherwise shown in schedule, one variety
- 3 parsnips
- 5 leaves of perpetual spinach/ Swiss chard, with stalks
- 5 shallots
- 4 coloured potatoes, one variety
- 4 white potatoes, one variety
- 4 carrots
- 3 sweet peppers, any one variety
- 5 chilli peppers, any one variety
- 3 bulbs of garlic
- 5 onions, yellow or white
- 5 red onions
- 5 runner beans
- 5 dwarf/ French or climbing beans
- 3 beetroot any one variety
- 2 cobs of sweetcorn
- 2 squash, one variety
- 2 lettuce, one variety
- A cabbage
- 3 leeks
- 3 tomatoes, one variety other than cherry type
- Three tomatoes, cherry type
- A pair of outdoor cucumbers
- A basket of fruit, to be judged for quality and effect, not to exceed 45 cm/ 18 inches
- A trug of vegetables, to be judged for quality and effect. Trug not to exceed 60 cm/ 2ft. Exhibit not to exceed 90 cm/ 3 ft. overall
- 3 vegetables not otherwise shown in schedule, one variety
- An amusing misshapen vegetable
- An exhibit of one flower and one vegetable
- A vase of roses, any variety or varieties. Maximum width 45 cm/ 18 inches
- A vase of chrysanthemums, any variety or varieties
- 5 blooms of dahlias, any variety or varieties
- A vase of mixed flowers, judged for quality and variety, maximum width 60 cm/ 2 ft.
- A geranium (pelargonium) in a pot, the pot not to exceed 20 cm /8 inches in diameter
- An orchid in a pot, the pot not to exceed 20 cm /8 inches in diameter
- A flowering plant in a pot, other than geranium or orchid, the pot not to exceed 20 cm /8 inches in diameter
- A foliage plant in a pot, the pot not to exceed 20 cm /8 inches in diameter
- An exhibit of foliage and fruit of ornamental shrubs, any number of varieties, maximum width 90 cm/3 ft.
- An exhibit of flowering shrubs, maximum width 60 cm/ 2 ft.
- An arrangement in the colours red and copper, in celebration of Dick Morley’s Book ‘Red Roughs and Copper Kettles’, a history of Ditchling Horticultural Society. Max 45cm/1½ft wide.
- An exhibit depicting ‘My Ditchling’ Maximum width 75 cm/ 2½ ft.
- A miniature arrangement in a match box. H, D and W, 10 cm/ 4 inches max.
- A SHOWSTOPPER CELEBRATION CAKE- Gardening theme
- A showstopper autumn plait loaf
- A Tarte Tatin
- A plate of filled brandy snaps
- Crystallised fruits in a decorative display
- A bottle of elderflower Champagne
- A jar of gooseberry jam
- A jar of autumn fruit chutney
- A jar of autumn raspberry jam
- A jar of greengage jam
- A bottle of ginger wine
- 5 peppermint cremes
- A Ditchling pasty – your own creation!
Photographs and Art should have been taken by the exhibitor, maximum size 18 x 13 cm / 7×5 inches and unframed.
- A photo celebrating Ditchling architecture
- A painting or drawing on the theme ‘Historic Ditchling’
6 years and under at the time of the Autumn Show
- A photograph of a sunflower you have grown from seed
- A garden on a seed tray
- A photograph of a sunflower you have grown from seed
- A garden on a seed tray
To enter a piece into the Show:
Choose the classes you wish to enter from the membership show Schedule booklet. Anyone can enter any number of classes.
Fee = 20p per entry. To compete you must be a DHS member.
If you have your membership booklet:
- Cut out one of the forms from the last page
- Complete it with your name and address and the details of your entries
- Put it in an envelope with your entry fee (50p per entry).
- Hand it in at Ditchling Post Office no later than 5 p.m. on the Wednesday preceding the show.
If you don’t have a membership booklet
- Fill in the form below
- Pay the 50p entry on arrival at the hall.
On the morning of the Show:
- Take your entry along to the show place between 8-9.30 am.
- Hand over to the stewards to place in the correct category
Show opens 2-4 pm. Winners announced at 3.30 pm.
Exhibitors can collect their pieces from 4pm