Show Information

We hold two Shows every year, in the Spring and the Summer.  The Spring Show is held on the second Saturday in April (Easter permitting) and the Summer Show is on the second Saturday in July.  Staging of the exhibits takes place from 8.40 – 10.00 am in the Village Hall, with judging following thereafter and viewing for members and the general public is from 2- 4pm.  At 4pm the prizes are awarded.

Members are encouraged to enter flowers, plants, vegetables and produce from their homes.  Non Members can enter any Open classes.   For those of you who are novices, help is on hand from any Show Committee member who will be happy to offer support and guidance.

Our Shows are a feast for all the senses – the smell of the flowers, the spectacular flower displays, the superb home produce and photography – not to mention the plants for sale and the lovely teas and home-made cakes for refreshment.

Club members will be on hand to chat about the exhibits and the club in general.

Show Rules, Advice, Current Year Schedules and Entry Forms can be found in the Grayshott Gardeners Handbook, or by clicking on the links below.

If you would like further information, please contact Pamela Wright, the Show Coordinator on shows@grayshottgardeners.net

Show Documents – Everything you need to enter one of our Shows

A copy of the Spring Show Schedule 2026 can be found here: SPRING SHOW SCHEDULE 2026

A copy of the Summer Show Schedule 2026 can be found here: SUMMER SHOW SCHEDULE 2026

For Show Rules click here, Advice for Exhibitors: here, Entry form for the Spring Show here, and for the Summer Show here.

Horticultural Classification of Daffodils: click here, Camellia Flower Forms: click here, Tulip guide: click here.

For our General Show FAQs please click here. For our Home Produce Show FAQs please click here.

Grayshott Gardeners Spring Show Trophies

Grayshott Gardeners Summer Show Trophies

The RHS Bronze medal and the Stutchbury Salver are awarded to the exhibitor gaining the highest number of points across the Spring and Summer Shows

Spring Show 2026

The Spring Show was a wonderful event for all the community and there was a lovely vibe all afternoon with lots of compliments from visitors, six of whom were impressed enough to become members. Although visitors had come to see the show they all also enjoyed the delicious homemade teas, plant sales and tombola which were as popular as ever.

As I read through all the individual reports on our wonderful show, a few sayings leapt to mind:

1. ‘Practice makes Perfect’ – many congratulations to Sue Erler for winning the Floral Art Inter-village competition. Not only that, but she also won the ‘Best in Show’ with her Stem of a Rhododendron.

2. ‘If at first you don’t succeed, try, try and try again’ – despite their first attempt at the Jamaican Ginger cake which exploded into a sticky mess in their oven, Pamela and Alan persevered and went on to win the Home Produce cup. 

3. ‘Be brave and dip your toes into the water’ – many thanks to our three new members who decided to enter the show. I do hope that you enjoyed the experience and are now inspired to enter future shows.

The Show was a huge success and the village hall looked glorious with 219 entries on display. Many thanks to all our 27 entrants – without all your hard work there simply wouldn’t be a show.  The Judges were hugely impressed with the very high standard of the exhibits, in particular the camelias and thought that it was a lovely show.

Prize Winners

Most of the classes had clear cut winners – here are the close seconds:

The Gardeners Cup was very hotly and closely contested: Pamela and Alan had the same number of points as Judith, but as Judith won more classes, she won the cup! Gill Purkiss and Gill Foster came second with only one point less!  Gill Purkiss has been showing for many years with beautiful exhibits while Gill Foster has only recently joined in and is doing so well – hooray!

The Novice Cup was won by Sue Wheeler, who has exhibited for some years, both Gill Foster and Lesley Benson were only one point behind! Gill Foster as above, and Lesley started showing last year.

Finally, behind every successful show is a very hardworking and dedicated team. Many, many thanks to Pamela and her show team who did a brilliant and professional job in staging the show and even found time to enter exhibits themselves. They now only have a few months respite before it’ll be time for the Summer Show on Saturday 11 July.

Floral Art Inter-Village Cup – 2026

This year it was Grayshott’s honour to host this cup at the Spring Show and more details and photos can be found here.

Here are some more photos from the Spring Show 2026:

Summer Show 2025

The Great British weather often conspires against staging a garden show. In previous years gardeners have faced an absolute deluge in the run-up to the show. This year however, we had the complete opposite with weeks of dry, sunny weather playing havoc with potential exhibits.

As I’ve said before, gardeners are a hardy, resilient bunch and were we put off entering? Absolutely not! In fact, I’m very delighted to say that there were 256 exhibits from 29 entrants. Of those, seven were new entrants, the majority of whom were placed in at least one of the classes they entered, with some winners. Absolutely brilliant! Many, many thanks to them for ‘being brave’ and entering. I do hope they enjoyed the whole experience and will enter once again next year.

A quote from a club member: “Well done to the winners, think anyone who enters is a winner though, and so nice to see new entrants this show”

Feedback from the judges: “Wow, what a great show given the weather.  There were some lovely exhibits, and a great variety of classes, as usual”.

A huge thank you to all our exhibitors and to everyone who came along to enjoy and support our club show. Many thanks too to our Judges who were: Sheila Rapley (Plants, Flowers and Vegetables); Jackie Squance (Floral arrangements) and Jill Arthur (Home Produce).

Summer Show Prize Winners Trophies are awarded to the exhibitor with the highest number of points in the relevant classes.

The prizes were hotly contested with some very close runners-up:

• Home produce: Amanda Dowden came second, with one point less than Janet

• Photography:  Gill Foster came second, with one point less than Karen

• Smith Cup: Viki Cresswell came second, with one point less than Gill; while Ann Haussauer came third, with one point less than Viki!

• Davies Tankard: Bronwyn Pennington came second, with one point less than Alan and Pamela

In 1820 the Banksian medal was instituted in honour of Sir Joseph Banks, one of the founders of the RHS. Initially it was awarded to exhibitors of objects brought to general meetings but, by the late nineteenth century, was given to societies for distribution at their local exhibitions. Today, RHS Affiliated Societies who hold an annual show receive a replica of the original Banksian medal, which is awarded to the person who receives the most points in a show’s horticultural classes – fruit, flowers and vegetables.

A special mention for     

Gill Purkiss who has been a wonderful exhibitor for many years, and has won almost every award previously, both in the Spring and Summer Shows. This was her first Best in Show for the Summer Show, and it was awarded for three hydrangeas of the same type (class 21b).

Finally, special thanks to the Show Committee who stage these events on our behalf. Each show brings its own challenges and all require great teamwork, attention to detail and sheer hard work. Without their dedication there just wouldn’t be the shows for us, and the local community to enjoy. So, on behalf of all Grayshott Gardeners – Thank you all!

Here are some more photos from the Summer Show 2025: