Elham Gardening Society 2025 Summer Show

Firstly – thanks must go to our many volunteer helpers and members who made the day such a success.

We had 368 Adult entries and 108 Children entries. The weather co-operated and many people attended the show, making for a very sociable afternoon. Pimms was served on the terrace for those watching the Potato -in- a -bucket competition. The quality of the show was high and the competition keen. Detailed results are included on this website.

Some of the highlights are:

• Maggie Newington won the “Best in Show” (Colonel’s Trophy) with her Vase of Mixed Foliage.
• David Kincaid won the Chris Grenshaw Bowl for the “Most Points in the Show”.
• The Anna Clayton Trophy for the “Best Art” children’s entry was won by Jacob (flower picture) from Elham Primary School. This class attracted a remarkable 101 entries, which made a very colourful display in the Peggy Pike room.
• The judging for the Garden competitions happens prior to the Show day, with the winners being awarded their trophies at the show: The Harrowing Bowl (Garden with best combination of Design, Colour and Content) was won by Pam and Mark Flight. The Harrowing Cup (Home Garden with best combination of Flowers, Fruit or Vegetables for Home Use) was won by Pam and Roger Frost.

Photographs from the Show day are included in the Picture Gallery on this website.

Pam Tebbs, our new Show Secretary, is to be congratulated for organising our show – quite a challenge!

All that’s left is to engrave the 29 trophies awarded, deliver them to the winners, and start preparing for the next show.

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Trophy Winners 2025

Category	Trophy	Winner
Most points in Children’s Section	The Thomas Trophy	Leila Kincaid
Best Exhibit – Children	Palmer Cup	Holly Kincaid
Children’s Art Class	Anna Clayton Trophy	Jacob – Elham Primary School
Most Pleasing Garden	Harrowing Bowl	Mr. and Mrs. M. Flight
Best Home Garden / Allotment	Harrowing Cup	Mr. and Mrs. R. Frost
Best Bowl of Sweet Peas	Ken Williams Cup	Mr. D. Kincaid
Best Vase of Dahlias	Dines Dahlia Salver	Mr. D. Kincaid
Most points in Cut Flowers	Millen Cup	Mr. D. Kincaid
Best Onion Exhibit	George Crow Award	Mr. M. Flight
Best Potato Exhibit	Terry Tankard	Mr. D. Kincaid
Best Vegetable Exhibit	Griffiths Shield	Mrs. R. Shefford
Most points in Vegetables	Elham Gardening Society Cup	Mr. D. Kincaid
Best collection of 4 Vegetables	Wall Challenge Cup	Mr. D. Kincaid
Best Exhibit in Fruit & Veg.	Sea Cadet Cup	Mrs. R. Shefford
Mixed collection of Flowers Fruit & Veg.	Silver Rose Bowl	Mr. D. Kincaid
Most points in Vegetables, Fruit & Flowers	Constant Cup	Mr. D. Kincaid
Most points in the Pot Plants	Yockletts Bowl	Mrs. C. Kincaid
Best Exhibit Floral Art	Holmans Cup	Mrs. R. Bull
From my own Garden	Chapman Vase	Mrs. M. Newington
Most points in Floral Art	Allison Cup	Ms. E. Newington
Best ‘Gentlemen Only’ Domestic Exhibit	Rupert Trophy	Mr. J. Baker
Best Domestic Exhibit	Doris Day Tankard	Mrs. C. Donnelly
Most points in Domestic Section	Paterson-Brown Bowl	Mrs. J. Gasson
Best Handicraft Exhibit	R.C. Day Cup	Mr. M. Gosbee
Best Art Exhibit	The Royal British Legion Cup	Mr. P. Capon
Best Exhibit in Photography	The W.I. Cup	Ms. E. Donnelly
Best Exhibit in Show	The Colonel’s Trophy	Mrs. M. Newington
Most Points in the show	The Chris Grenshaw Bowl	Mr. D. Kincaid

Silver Spade - Potato in a Bucket

Place	Name	Weight
1st	Jenny Gasson	6lb 9oz
2nd	Claire Donnelly	5lb 12oz
3rd	Mike Donnelly	4lb 9oz

Children’s Entries – Results 2025

Class A - 3 decorated biscuits

Place	Name
1st - Year 1	Pre-school – Holly Kincaid
1st - Year 4	Year 2 – Leila Kincaid
1st – Year 5

Class C – Collage

Place	Name
1st	Pre-school – Holly Kincaid
	Year 2 – Leila Kincaid

Class D - Potato in a Bucket

Place	Name	Weight
1st	Maria Payne	472 g
2nd	Acorn	404 g
3rd	Hazel	352 g

Event Photographs are in our Photo Gallery

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