Inspired by television’s Bake Off, Sewing Bee and Gardeners’ World growers, cooks and other creative folk are preparing for a contest close to home.
Entries for the fruit, vegetable, cookery, flowers, art, craft and needlework classes at Hurst’s 109th Horticultural Show are being invited now.
The event has many exciting extras.
These include family favourites – Hurst’s famous alpacas, the woolly llama-like creatures. The EMC Jazz band with their talented lead singer Lorraine Cox will get feet tapping.
Visitors can listen along with a glass of chilled prosecco or locally brewed beer, sitting in Hurst Village Hall’s shady orchard area. There will also be cream teas, ice cream, burgers and hot dogs. Local crafts will be on sale.
Show secretary Frank Whittaker said: “This show is so much more than a traditional horticultural show. While beautiful flowers and impressive fruit and vegetable displays remain at its heart, this show always surprises and entertains all ages.
“The popular scarecrow contest returns – the other year the winning scarecrow was so lifelike it became the subject of a police incident and made the newspapers. Thankfully, no harm came of it all.
“Don`t hide your talents. Enter some of our classes and display your produce and creations at the show. It’s a lot of fun looking at the entries and seeing how you’ve done. Or you can spend time relaxing and being entertained on a traditional English village summer`s afternoon.
“Everyone is welcome to enter the show, you don’t need to live in Hurst.”
Details of the show on August 20 from 12.30pm are at their website www.hursthorticulturalsociety.org.
