The annual Farmborough Flower Show took place on Saturday, 2nd September at the newly redecorated Farmborough Memorial Hall, where many colourful exhibits including flowers, vegetables, cakes and crafts filled the available space.

Congratulations to the exhibitors, who contributed to make the hall so beautiful and vibrant and brought a lot of enjoyment to the visitors. Once again, a high number of exhibits were top-class, admired and/or fun to look at, including the children’s paintings and handmade items.

A large number of photographs were entered, and the judge had great difficulty choosing the winners with so many deserving of a prize, and amongst the unusual vegetables were asparagus peas, which many people had never heard of or seen before.

There were also lots of home-made cakes served with teas and coffees, which were greatly appreciated, plus a splendid and out-of-this-world cake was on offer as the prize for guessing its weight, which was decorated to suit the show by Barbara Gammon.

Be Wright said of the show: “Farmborough Flower Show is a locally supported gardening, produce and craft show. I would like to thank the committee: Ann, Barbara, Dawn, Phil and Ray, for their hard work and commitment, plus the many volunteers who helped in advance and on the day of the show, as well as giving a big thank you to all of our sponsors – without whom, there would be no show.”

Sam Ross