Autumn Flower, Fruit & Vegetable Display 2026 – classes to enter

This year’s Autumn Show will be held on Monday 21 September, at 7.30pm in the Old Library at Charlton House.

Here’s a reminder of last year’s show – a groaning table of entries…

The classes you can enter this year are shown below, please have a go at as many as you like!

CLASSES:

1. Flowers, 3 stems of same cultivar

2. Bowl or vase of mixed flowers

3. Superb Salvias – 1 stem

4. One rose stem (multi or single flowers or hips)

5. Vase of shrubs or foliage, 3 stems mixed

6. Display of ornamental seed heads

7. Five Fuchsia blooms (heads only, same or mixed)

8. Pot plant:
A: Indoor plant
B: outdoor plant
C: cactus or succulent

9. Display or fruits, same type or mixed

10. Display of vegetables, same type or mixed

11. Tomatoes (dish of 5, stalks on)

12. Display of herbs

13. Preserves: jam, jelly, marmalade, pickle or chutney

14. Baking – Lemon and courgette cake (suggested recipe – see below – or use your own)

15. Photograph to show a Display of Plants on a table (digital only, landscape format [ie: wider than it is tall] to be displayed on a screen)

16. Potato competition (in clear plastic bag for weighing)

17. Wildcard (anything not covered above!)

Remember this is not an RHS show, it’s a competition for fun! There are a few prizes to be won, and there will be a cup for Best in Show.

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NOTES

Everything except the ingredients for Classes 13 & 14 must be home grown by members.

Please bring your own vases, except for the Fuchsia heads (Class 7), where containers are supplied. Water will be available.

Photos for Class 15 should be sent to garden@cabahs.com BY 11.59pm, SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER.

Download the classes and the suggested recipe: