Lake and Cattle
Walk view
"... and Susha who had everything organised perfectly. Please also thank the two house guides who were both extremely knowledgeable and I must confess I have forgotton their names and the names of both the head gardeners who were also very interesting and patient; many people commented on their knowledge. Lunch too was perfect.
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Sarah Fern Events & Partnership Manager CLA
Cornwall Garden Society Flower Show
Thursday 2nd April , what a busy day!
While collecting flowers for the RHS lecture in the Castle on Friday on Caerhays Bred Plants we also had to cut and prepare our magnolia entries for the CGS show . You can see from the pictures just how carefully protected they have to be to travel and hopefully arrive in good condition. The actual wrapping of each individual flower is a time consuming and painstaking job with great care being needed not to bruise or damage a single bloom.
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Once packed safely the flowers travelled well and we managed to display and label them with minutes to spare on the Friday afternoon, just in time before the judges arrived.
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All the work was worth in when we arrived on Saturday to find we had won several awards including :-
The Abbis Memorial Trophy for most outstanding vase or growing plant in sections A B C & D
The Treve Holman Memorial Cup for best exhibit in Section B – Magnolias
The George Johnstone Perpetual Trophy – for most points in Section B – Magnolias
The show was fantastic this year , benefiting from the marvellous spring we have had in Cornwall, there were many more exhibits than in recent years and on the whole the standard seemed higher.
Trade stands continue to improve and I think a good time was had by all.
Our next show will be at RHS Rosemoor on 25th April, lets hpe things go as well there.
JP April 2009
