2021 Alternative Show Report
Covid-19 prevented our holding a big Agricultural and Garden Show again this year. But what a lovely time we had with the Alternative Show 2021! Two days of splendid displays, open gardens, trails, raffle, plant sales, stalls and scrumptious teas.
As well as having fun, together we raised £1344 for the primary school. Happily this is more than enough to replace the school’s broken projector, which is used every day in school and by visiting groups such as U3A.
On the sunny Sunday we saw 30 wonderful displays around the village and a dozen gardens open for everyone to explore. Up at the School parents, families and teachers sold tickets for a bottle stall and a raffle, plants and cream teas.
The variety of animals made out of vegetables, scarecrows, fairy gardens, prime tomatoes, imaginative arrangements of flowers, vegetables and fruit, and the truly funny wonky things people had grown in their gardens was amazing to see.
We asked visitors to give marks to the displays they visited. Not surprisingly, the children won all the prizes for the front gate displays!
First Prize Edwyn Williams
Second prize Tilly Glasspool
Third prize Katy & Emily Morton
Highly commended: Seren Maddox, Joe & Eve Powell, George Gibbs, Poppy & Michael Mason, Oliver Duggan,
Eirwen Jones, Bobbie & Fletcher Powis, Charlie & Layla Jones and the
Lewis/Jenkins family: Freya, Catrin, Aaron, Maisie & Evie
Limericks
Every Llangynidr show needs Limericks. This year’s first lines were:
I admit that I‘m bad with a rake and
There was an old man who grew peas.
Lots of these were scattered through the displays and are here on the website – highly recommended if you are in need of a chuckle.
What did the Very Hungry Caterpillar eat?
Hidden in the displays were pictures of food the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate, for children to seek out in trails round the Upper and Lower village. Huge thanks Emily, Willis, Eve, Joe, Evie and Seren who made the fantastic art work. Everyone who took a completed trail form back to the hubs got a small reward and a certificate.
Families bought maps to help to find the displays, especially useful if you were also trying to discover the caterpillars leading to the pictures on the trails.
Monday was different: two routes through a variety of gardens, again guided by maps, with tea and cake on offer.
The walk along Cyffredyn Lane and the Canal took you to the impressive setting of The Old Rectory, in course of restoration to show what the gardens might have been like when the rectory was built in the 1830s – a beautiful setting for coffee and cookies. Thanks to Marcus Russell and Sue Harris. Then visitors could walk along the lane to a display of country items (with an educational angle) at Usk Cottage, arranged by John and George Gibbs with help from other family members. At the far end of the lane William Gibbs opened Croft Penderren Orchard, which hides some wonderful modern sculptures among the trees along the banks of the Usk.
The Gardens on Nant Glaisfer allowed visitors to admire displays in unusual containers hiding a lovely small cottage garden at Pentre Cottage, then gorgeous mature planting at Cae Felin and finally to reward themselves for the climb up the hill with tea and cake in the large and varied garden at Ty Cerrig with superb views to the mountains around. Thanks to Heather Tyrrell, Ann Jessopp and Susan Hankey.
Thank you to the families who produced the splendid displays, to those who opened their gardens, to everyone who worked so hard to organise the activities and to all who explored the village over the Bank Holiday. Let’s see what 2022 brings!
The Friends of Llangynidr School and the Garden Show Society Committee
As well as having fun, together we raised £1344 for the primary school. Happily this is more than enough to replace the school’s broken projector, which is used every day in school and by visiting groups such as U3A.
On the sunny Sunday we saw 30 wonderful displays around the village and a dozen gardens open for everyone to explore. Up at the School parents, families and teachers sold tickets for a bottle stall and a raffle, plants and cream teas.
The variety of animals made out of vegetables, scarecrows, fairy gardens, prime tomatoes, imaginative arrangements of flowers, vegetables and fruit, and the truly funny wonky things people had grown in their gardens was amazing to see.
We asked visitors to give marks to the displays they visited. Not surprisingly, the children won all the prizes for the front gate displays!
First Prize Edwyn Williams
Second prize Tilly Glasspool
Third prize Katy & Emily Morton
Highly commended: Seren Maddox, Joe & Eve Powell, George Gibbs, Poppy & Michael Mason, Oliver Duggan,
Eirwen Jones, Bobbie & Fletcher Powis, Charlie & Layla Jones and the
Lewis/Jenkins family: Freya, Catrin, Aaron, Maisie & Evie
Limericks
Every Llangynidr show needs Limericks. This year’s first lines were:
I admit that I‘m bad with a rake and
There was an old man who grew peas.
Lots of these were scattered through the displays and are here on the website – highly recommended if you are in need of a chuckle.
What did the Very Hungry Caterpillar eat?
Hidden in the displays were pictures of food the Very Hungry Caterpillar ate, for children to seek out in trails round the Upper and Lower village. Huge thanks Emily, Willis, Eve, Joe, Evie and Seren who made the fantastic art work. Everyone who took a completed trail form back to the hubs got a small reward and a certificate.
Families bought maps to help to find the displays, especially useful if you were also trying to discover the caterpillars leading to the pictures on the trails.
Monday was different: two routes through a variety of gardens, again guided by maps, with tea and cake on offer.
The walk along Cyffredyn Lane and the Canal took you to the impressive setting of The Old Rectory, in course of restoration to show what the gardens might have been like when the rectory was built in the 1830s – a beautiful setting for coffee and cookies. Thanks to Marcus Russell and Sue Harris. Then visitors could walk along the lane to a display of country items (with an educational angle) at Usk Cottage, arranged by John and George Gibbs with help from other family members. At the far end of the lane William Gibbs opened Croft Penderren Orchard, which hides some wonderful modern sculptures among the trees along the banks of the Usk.
The Gardens on Nant Glaisfer allowed visitors to admire displays in unusual containers hiding a lovely small cottage garden at Pentre Cottage, then gorgeous mature planting at Cae Felin and finally to reward themselves for the climb up the hill with tea and cake in the large and varied garden at Ty Cerrig with superb views to the mountains around. Thanks to Heather Tyrrell, Ann Jessopp and Susan Hankey.
Thank you to the families who produced the splendid displays, to those who opened their gardens, to everyone who worked so hard to organise the activities and to all who explored the village over the Bank Holiday. Let’s see what 2022 brings!
The Friends of Llangynidr School and the Garden Show Society Committee
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Photos courtesy of Peter Childs
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Here are the excellent Limericks submitted by a highly talented set of entrants:
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Details of the 2021 Alternative Garden Show:
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Entry form for the 2021 Alternative Garden Show:
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76th Annual Garden & Craft Show
Bank Holiday Sunday 25th August, 2019
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2019 Show Results
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Organised and Hosted by the Llangynidr Garden Society (an RHS Affiliated Society)
The Annual Garden Show takes place alongside the Agricultural Show and in 2019 will be located in Llangynidr Village Hall. Full details are in the schedule below
Entry forms to be submitted by 8pm Wednesday 21 August
Staging commences at 08:00am. No more exhibits allowed after 10:00am
Judging commences at 10:00am
Doors Open at approx 1:30pm (or when judging complete) until 4:00pm
Cup Winners will be listed rather than a formal presentation
Cups, Medals and Prize Cards are available for a wide range of Horticultural, Floral Art, Domestic, Craft and Children's Classes.
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If you can't see the schedule above, please download it here:
If you just want to download the entry form rather than the whole schedule, please do so here: Colouring competition sheets are also here: |
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2018 Show Report
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LLANGYNIDR GARDEN SOCIETY
75TH ANNUAL SHOW (2018) A massive vote of thanks to everyone who entered the Garden Show and gave us so much to admire and enjoy! Two hundred and thirty six people entered 766 exhibits – a fitting number for the 75th Anniversary and confirmation of local interest. The children’s contributions were a pleasure to look at and we plan to increase the options for young people next year. The flowers and vegetables looked stunning and were of very good quality in spite of the hot dry weather and there was a wonderful array of cakes and hand made items. Exhibits were judged to be of a high standard; the coveted Howard Llewelyn Cup for the most points in the Horticulture section was awarded to Craig Burdon and the Giles Cup for the most points in the Domestic and Craft sections to Ann Jessopp, to name just two of the twenty three special award winners. It is always gratifying to win a prize but above all else we hope entering was fun and that visitors enjoyed looking – and might even enter something next year. We owe special thanks to all sponsors and donors of the raffle prizes, but the show wouldn’t happen without the tireless enthusiasm of the invisible team who put the show together and helpers on the day. To all, we are greatly indebted. Christopher Vulliamy |
Photos courtesy of Rowan Griffiths
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2018 Show Results
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