Upcoming

Spring Show 2019

TIPTREE GARDEN CLUB is holding their Spring Show on Sat.23rd March at Thurstable School opening at 2 p.m.Admission £1. There will be classes for flowers, vegetables, photography, cookery, handicrafts, floral art also classes for children to take part in. The local junior schools compete in an inter-school challenge for The Schools Shield, more information about this challenge will be available from the schools. There are classes for children individually, up to the age 16, with £10 prize money for the child with most points.

Classes in some sections change each year, see the current schedule for new challenges. There is always help available with setting up exhibits for new exhibitors. Millins of Tiptree sponsor a class in the daffodil section, Staines and Brights Home and Hardware sponsor a class in the Cookery section and The Cheap Shop sponsor a class in the Handicraft section; the prize money for these classes are £10-00, £5-00 & £2-50 being awarded to 1st -2nd & 3rd

The challenge for the sponsored cookery class is 6 whole meal rolls-3 designs. And for the sponsored handicraft, an exhibit of textile work. See the schedule for more details.

Schedules are available on the Web Site www. tiptreegardenclub.com also from some local shops from mid February or by contacting the Tel. Nos listed below. Have a look at the schedule and see what you have in your garden, in your cookery books, craft boxes or photo albums, for items that can be entered. . There will be refreshments available, a raffle. Also stalls selling-Pat and Paul’s honey-Flamingo Paperie (Phoenix) greeting cards, Farleigh Hospice handicrafts, there a spare tables available to hire £5 for other stalls, for more information contact either of the first two Tel Nos.. For general information phone 01621 813040, 01621 817203 or01621 818056