BEAUTIFUL blooms and other garden goodies went on show at Southwick and Fishersgate Horticultural Society's autumn show.
The annual event, at Southwick Community Centre on Saturday, attracted more than 70 exhibitors, including 24 youngsters.
Classes included not only plants, flowers and vegetables, but also adults' and children's handicrafts and photography.
Show secretary Frances Greenfield said the number of floral art displays was up on last year, thanks partly to some new exhibitors.
"Bruce Button's exhibition chrysanthemums looked as if they had been attended by a high-class hairdresser, as every petal looked as if it had been teased into place with a tail comb," she added.
"By contrast, other chrysanthemums had delicate, long, thin, curly-ended petals.
"There were some lovely bunches of garden flowers and foliage on display, owing partly to the Indian summer weather we have been experiencing, but there were not many nerines to be seen, as the same fine weather saw them over their best by show time."
Mouth-wateringMrs Greenfield said vegetable classes had been well supported, singling out "Mac" MacCulloch's collection of of four different kinds for special praise.
She added: "The cookery section was, as usual, a delight to the senses, with a mouth-watering selection of cakes, flapjacks, pickles and jams.
"And proving that not only ladies enter this section, there was a special class for the men, appropriately, for five gingerbread men."
Among items on show in the handicrafts section were paintings, decorated shopping bags, and knitted bonnets and mittens, which will be sent to a children's hospital in Uganda.
There were 23 entries in the children's sections, the largest had by the society for some time.
Mrs Greenfield said: "The Santa collages, for children up to seven years, were an absolute delight, and the tiny Plasticine models of Gromit, for the eight and nine-year-olds, were so good that the Oban Trophy was awarded to Olivia Burdock for her meticulous work on Gromit."
WinnersCup and trophy winners at the show were as follows: Bruce Button – Hide Challenge Cup, Frank Green Trophy, National Chrysanthemum Society bronze and silver medals; Jayne Pumfrey – Glebe Trophy, Brian Wilkins Trophy (shared with Rob Lawman); Ruth Stanyon – Bessie Thrasher Memorial Trophy; A. G. MacCulloch – Lewis Horticultural Cup, Flinn Autumn Challenge Cup; Julie MacCulloch – Florence Trophy, Gorringe Challenge Floral Cup; Des Merican – Gooding Cup; Olivia Burdock – George Young Shield, Oban Cup; Sylvia Lawman – Marie Agnes Smith Memorial Bowl; Peter Berry – Harold V. McCallum Trophy.
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