AUTUMN PRODUCE SHOW SCHEDULE 2019

SHOW SCHEDULE 2019 RHYDLEWIS GARDENING CLUB 

RHYDLEWIS AND DISTRICT GARDENING CLUB

AUTUMN PRODUCE SHOW

TUESDAY 27th AUGUST 2019

RHYDLEWIS VILLAGE HALL

(Please note new timings)

3.00pm – 5.00pm – Staging exhibits

7.00pm – Show opens for viewing and refreshments

7.45pm Prize Giving followed by Raffle

8.15pm - ‘Make an offer’ sale table of donated exhibits

8.45pm – Help to clear tables

For further information please contact the club secretaries 

Nina and Jim 01239 851096; or show secretary Liz 01239 851851

Please see website for schedule copies and showing guidelines – http://rhydlewisgardeningclub.blogspot.co.uk/

 VEGETABLES AND FRUITS

1. 4 Potatoes (White or Coloured)
2. 3 Carrots – (any one variety)
3. 3 Beetroot – (any one variety)
4. 3 Courgettes – (any one variety) each not exceeding 15.2cm (6ins)
5. 1 Marrow
6. 1 Squash
7. 1 Pumpkin
8. 4 French Beans
9. 4 Runner Beans
10. 10.4 Pods of Peas
11. 11.3 Cooking Onions
12. 12.5 Shallots
13. 13.4 Tomatoes
14. 14.5 Cherry Tomatoes
15. 15.1 Cucumber
16. 16.Collection of Vegetables – 5 varieties (tomatoes can be included)
17. 17.Oddly Shaped Vegetables
18. 18.Longest Runner Bean
19. 19.Collection of Culinary Herbs: Names to be listed
20. 20.Parsley – 4 cut stems in a vase
21. 21.3 Cooking Apples (any one variety)
22. 22.3 Eating Apples - (any one variety)
23. 23.3 Pears - (any one variety)
24. 24.3 Rhubarb sticks – to include approx. 7.5 cm (3ins) of leaf
25. 25.Any other Vegetable not listed in the schedule
26. 26.Any other Fruit not listed in the schedule

FLOWERS

27. 27.Vase of Dahlias – 3 heads of any one variety
28. 28.Vase of Hydrangeas – 3 heads of any one variety
29. 29.Vase of Roses – 3 stems of any one variety
30. 30.Vase of Sweet Peas – 5 stems of any one variety
31. 31.Vase of Cut Flowers – not more than 6 varieties
32. 32.Tree or Shrub – 1 cut stem for autumn flower, fruit or foliage effect

FLORAL ART

33. 33.A basket flower arrangement for Harvest Supper – not to exceed 24ins (60cm) overall
34. 34.A seasonal arrangement incorporating a teapot. Size optional.  

(Categories 33 & 34 can include non-plant accessories, fruit, vegetables and purchased plant items)

HOMECRAFT

35. 35.A Cottage Loaf
36. 36.4 Pork Sausage Rolls – (homemade short crust pastry)
37. 37.1 Quiche – Maximum 12 inches
38. 38.A Date & Walnut Cake
39. 39.5 Chocolate Brownies
40. 40.3 Brown Hens’ Eggs
41. 41.3 White Hens’ Eggs
42. 42.3 Ducks’ Eggs
43. 43.Jar of Jam – Stone fruit
44. 44.Jar of Jam – Soft fruit
45. 45.Jar of Jelly
46. 46.Jar of Chutney
47. 47.Jar of Pickles
48. 48.1 Bottle of Homemade Cordial

ART &CRAFT

49. 49.A Hand Knitted item
50. 50.An Upcycled Plastic Bottle
51. 51.A Handmade Reusable Shopping Bag
52. 52.A Piece of Origami
53. 53.Any Handmade art or craft on the theme of ‘Sunflowers’ (Any medium)
54. 54.“What a Pest!” - A photograph not exceeding 12 x 18 inches (30 x 46cms) – can be framed, mounted or unmounted

OPEN TO ALL EXHIBITORS

Entry Fees

Members of Rhydlewis Gardening Club & Children under 12 – Free

Non- Members of Rhydlewis Gardening Club – £1 flat fee regardless of how many entries

RULES

• Entries in the flower, fruit and vegetable classes, unless otherwise stated should consist of one variety
• All floral arrangements to consist of fresh or dried plant material unless otherwise stated
• All exhibits must have been grown by the exhibitor (not applicable to the floral art)
• For the purposes of the show, “vase” means any suitable container for displaying cut flowers and “pot” means any suitable containing in which a plant can grow
• Rhydlewis Gardening Club cannot be responsible for anything left in the hall after the Show. If necessary, label vases and containers.
• ANY OBJECTION TO AN EXHIBIT MUST BE MADE TO THE SHOW SECRETARY ON THE NIGHT OF THE SHOW
• In the event of a dispute the committee reserves the right to inspect garden.

JUDGES

Rannveig Wallis – Vegetables, Fruit and Flowers

Elonwy James – Homecraft

Sonia Wells & Jan French – Art and Craft

AWARDS

• Vegetable Challenge Cup - Awarded for the most points gained in the Vegetable and Fruit classes (1 - 26)
• Floral Challenge Cup - Awarded for the most points gained in the Flowers and Floral Art classes (27 – 34)
• D & G Williams Shield – Awarded for the most points gained in the Homecraft and Art & Craft classes (35 – 54)
• Roses Shield – Overall winner of Class 29
• J.T. Davies Memorial Shield – Best exhibit in Class 11
• Best Exhibit – Vegetable and Fruit Classes (1 - 26)

Summer Garden Visit 2019

For our garden visit this year, we went to Llanllyr in  Talsan, near Lampeter (SA48 8QB).  The house has a four-acre landscaped garden, which, although begun in 1830, was mostly restored and redeveloped in the 1980's and up to the present day, by Mrs Loveday Gee, who lives there with her family and husband, Robert Gee. 

It was a rainy day, with some heavy downpours that promised to go on until sunset, so we all took brollies and wellies, but as we arrived, at 5pm, the rain petered out and held off until we'd finished viewing. 

Perhaps the old nuns had taken pity on us and prayed for good weather, as around 1180 Lord Rhys ap Gruffydd established a Cistercian nunnery on this site. Mrs Gee, who took us around the gardens, explained both the planting she's done in the last 40 years, and the history of the house.

 By the way, Mrs Gee has written a very interesting book about Llanllyr, called A Very Small Corner of Paradise. The Gardening Club has purchased a copy, and it will be on loan to anyone who'd like to read it. Just let the Secretary (Nina) know.

The house and gardens was the subject of a major University of Wales Trinity Saint David research project. Archaeologists'  discoveries so far have led to important clues about how the nuns lived. They recovered fragments of sumptuous glazed floor tiles indicating that the nunnery was lavishly built and decorated.  It's possible the nuns first lived at Strata Florida - the ruins of which lie near Tregaron – a former Cistercian monastery which was of immense importance to Wales during the Middle Ages. The nuns then settled permanently at LLanlyr, where they farmed cattle, sheep and vegetables, tended an orchard and a stocked  fishpond and had their own grain mill, using the stream that now runs into the pond.

It's still not known who began the nunnery, but "llan" always means 'holy place' in some way and "Llyr' can be both a male and female name. The nunnery survived until the Dissolution of the Monasteries under Henry VIII and the monastic estate passed to the Lloyd family.  It was  Morgan Lloyd, High Sheriff of Powys 4 who converted the nunnery into a dwelling in the 17th century. Sometime in the 18th century, the house gained a formal garden to the east, probably under the Lewes family, who purchased the property in 1720 and still own it today. In 1826 the Lloyd's house was rebuilt in fashionable Regency style, using stone from the old house. At the same time as the new house was erected a formal garden was laid out. 

In the late 1980s the garden was cleared and replanted by Mrs Gee, with a long, double flower border, a large shrub rose garden, a huge fishpond, bog garden, and the Italianate water garden, laid out along the line of a medieval culvert. There's a lovely shrubbery, with winding trail. The garden is full of unusual trees and shrubs, with an emphasis on plants requiring little maintenance. Featured plants include hardy geraniums, cyclamen, primulas, and hellebore, planted in a style best described as romantic.

 Outside the rose garden is a carved Celtic stone (see pictures at top of page), commemorating the gift of a plot of land to an Irish follower of St David around the year AD 600.  Llanllyr was named one of the finest large gardens in Wales in a 2004 poll organised by the television channel S4C. They celebrated this by creating a paved area, using an ancient Christian design seen in early churches. 

Rabbits not Welcome here

The trees have had some squirrel damage (rabbits are a problem too) as you can see from these pictures, and Mrs Gee has begun netting vulnerable plants. The choice of plants makes a stunningly beautiful landscape, but there's some little quirks to raise a smile, as well. 

Llanllyr has its own underground lake which supplies spring water for the family-run business, 'Source' - a bottling plant drawing award-winning pure spring water from the sustainably-managed land. (check out their facebook page).

Afterwards, we ate at the Vale Of Aeron Inn just outside Felinfach on the A482 (SA48 8AE), where we had a good chin-wag and enjoyed an evening meal.