Entrants for the Uplyme & Lyme Regis Horticultural Society Summer Show at Uplyme Village Hall are invited to submit their entry form by 7pm on Wednesday 7th July.
Entry forms are available from the website www.ulrhs.wordpress.com, or on page 30 of the Summer Show Schedule. Forms can be submitted by email to ulrhs.entries@gmail.com or handed in at Uplyme Stores.
There are 115 categories to enter, including flowers, fruit and veg, home produce, cookery, and fun classes, amongst many others. All classes are open to all age groups. The theme of this year’s show is lavender and the society will be awarding a prestigious new cup for the best exhibit on the show theme of lavender.
Competition entries must be received between 8 and 10am on Saturday 10th. The show opens at 1pm after judging in the show marquee has concluded, and features a dog show, entertainments, a wide range of stalls including a plant stall, refreshments and a bar running throughout the afternoon. The show closes at 5pm after the presentation of awards at 4.30pm.
Covid precautions are to the fore, with all exhibits taking place in a well-ventilated marquee this year. One-way pedestrian flow will be in place, stalls will be well spaced and there will be plenty of hand sanitation points.
Entry is £2.50 for adults and free for accompanied under-16s. Visitors are advised to bring cash for the entrance fee, catering and general spending at the show. The show programme and schedule is available free from Uplyme Post Office, Raymonds Hill Post Office and Ginger Beer in Lyme Regis.
Society chairman Robin Britton said: “We are looking forward to getting out to meet people and resuming our normal activities as the summer rolls into view.”
The theme of this year’s show is lavender and the society will be awarding a prestigious new cup in the form of a small solid silver watering can, for the best exhibit in a class on the show theme of lavender.