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Spring Show
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The schedule is available here Spring Show Schedule 2026
Entries close 8pm on Thursday 26th March
Staging – 9am to 12 noon Judging from 12:15pm to 1:30pm
Prize giving – 4pm
Show Secretary – Gwyneth Davies
Tel 862430 Email: groombridgehorticulturalsociet@gmail.com. Assistance available from any Committee Member – please just ask.
SPECIAL AWARDS (and garden vouchers as shown below)
The Herbert R Barr Cup (& £10 GV) awarded for the most points in the Daffodil Classes (Classes 1-15 inclusive)
The Geoff Ridley Cup (& £10 GV) awarded for the best daffodil in show
The Daffodil Society Diploma awarded for best exhibit in class 1
Floral Art – £10 Gift Voucher and Diploma awarded to the exhibitor with the most aggregate points in the Floral Art classes
The Daffodil Society Diploma awarded for best exhibit in class 1
The S W Mountain Cup (& £10 GV) awarded for the most points gained in all Senior Classes excluding Daffodil Classes (Classes 16-38 inclusive)
The Skinner Shield awarded for the best exhibit in Class 24 (mixed vase of
flowers)
The Children’s Classes are divided into two sections:
Section 1 – for children aged 5 years and under – The Sidney Belcher Cup
Section 2 – for children aged 6 to16 years – The Leckonby Cup (& £5 GV)
In each Junior Class there is a prize of £3 for first, £2 for second and £1 for third.
Double discount day
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Double discount day for members at Royal Mires Nursery. Effectively 20% as the usual discount is 10%.
Coach trip – Riverhill Gardens
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Coach trip to Riverhill Himalayan Gardens, Sevenoaks including a garden tour
Spring Plant Sale
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We hope this date is beyond any danger of frost so you can buy all your spring and summer bedding or perennials and plant them straight out. As usual, Jordans will be supplying us with good quality plants which we will sell at competitive prices, so please come and support us and at the same time add a bit of colour and interest to the garden over the spring and summer. Prices will be competitive as ever.
Coach Trip – Loseley Park
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Loseley Park House & Gardens
The Walled Garden
The Rose garden with over one thousand bushes, the Flower Garden with its maze of pathways and hidden corners and the White Garden that contrasts spectacular, showy, blooms with lush yet subtle silver and grey foliage.
Then there is the extensive Herb Garden, the Organic Vegetable Garden with its unusual varieties and, just outside the walls, the wildflower meadow – a haven of calm and tranquillity.
The Rose Garden
Planted with over one thousand Old English Rose Bushes and framed by long, low, precisely clipped box hedges, the Rose Garden at Loseley Park is one of the finest examples in the country. Indeed, many people time their visit just for the roses, for their colour, scent and setting evoke summer at it’s best.
Speaker Evening – A horticulturalist’s home garden
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Speaker Evening – Biodynamic practice
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Darshan Robson.
Darshan runs a market garden in Forest Row following Biodynamic practices and will be talking to us about Cosmic Ecology – which I’m guessing is a subject that may be new to many of us.
He is passionate about looking after the natural world, and soil in particular, and he combines this practice with very successful growing results (as Ian and I have personally witnessed).
I am sure he will also be happy to answer any questions you might have at the end of the evening.
Speaker Evening – Scotney Castle
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Mr Hamish Bett, the Head Gardener at Scotney Castle will talk to us about his work at this famous local historic house and garden, starting at 8pm.
The garden was created in the late 1830s at the same time as the house allowing the two to work together to create the perfect country home. The then owner, Edward Hussey III, had the vision to transform medieval Scotney Castle from a damp and derelict dwelling into a charming ruin that would become the centrepiece of his romantic and naturalistic landscape.
We will be serving refreshments at the end of the evening and having our usual raffle. Neil may also be bringing some plants with him
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