Classes and Prizes 2025

Fruit and Vegetables

Class No.Class Name
1One Cabbage
2Three Onions
3Six Shallots
4Five Salad Potatoes
5Five Potatoes other than Salad Potatoes
6Six Runner Beans
7Six Pods of beans other than runners
8Three Courgettes
9Three Carrots
10Three Beetroot
11Three leaves of Chard / Beet
12Five tomatoes of the same variety
13Five Small fruited tomatoes of the same variety
14One Squash or marrow
15One Heaviest Squash
16One Cucumber
17One Longest Carrot
18One Longest Runner Bean
19Vegetable not already mentioned in classes 1 – 16 *
20A small decorative basket of mixed vegetables and fruit. Max basket size 30cm
21Dish of hard fruit *
22Dish of soft fruit *
23Dish of stone fruit *
* See bottom of the Showing Tips page for the quantity of specimens to be shown in ‘Vegetable not already mentioned’ class & the number of specimens that constitute a ‘dish’ classes 21,22,23
24Collection of herbs in a vase

Flowers, Foliage and Ornamental

 

Class No.Class Name
25Dahlia – three stems of one variety
26Dahlia – one specimen bloom
27Mixed display of Dahlias, at least three different varieties
28Three Ornamental Gourds
29Roses three stems any variety
30Roses one Specimen Bloom
31A fragrant Rose. Scent more important than appearance. Winner to be decided by public vote.
32Fuchsias five stems of one or more variety
33A cactus or succulent
34A house plant
35Biggest Sunflower head. It doesn’t have to be in bloom.
36Annuals – three Stems one Variety
37A Collection of Garden Flowers (minimum of five varieties)
38A Display of Garden Flowers in an unusual container
39One Stem each of three Foliage Plants
40Contrast, Clash or Co-ordinate. A Garden display in a colour co-ordinated vessel – Colours important!

Cookery

Class No.Class Name
41A Tea Loaf
42Five Fancy Flapjacks. Your favourite recipe
43Five bread rolls
44A Cake to include a Vegetable and / or Fruit ingredient
45Six Cocktail Sausage Rolls with an interesting twist
46Six Chocolate Chip Cookies
47A Savoury Flan with garden themed decoration
48A Jar of Fruit Jam or Jelly
49A Jar of Marmalade
50A Jar of Chutney

Photography

Maximum Size A4 excluding mount

Class No.Class Name
51A Photo of a Fruit, Flower  or Vegetable  you could have put in the show but  was ready too early or too late!
52“Reflections”
53“Trains or Boats or Planes”
54“A Sign Post”
55“A Book Title” Winner to be decided by public vote.

Handicrafts

Class No.Class Name
56Something made of Wool
57A Painting (any medium max A4 excluding mount)
58A Collage with a Vegetable theme
59An Up-cycled item Maximum Size 60cm x 60cm x 60cm
60A Bug Hotel Maximum Size 40cm x 40cm x 40cm

Prizes and Awards

The Festival Challenge Bowl – highest overall score in the show

The Tate Trophy – best entry in the Fruit and Vegetable classes

The Turk Trophy – allotment holder with highest number of place points in the horticultural classes of the show

The RHS Banksian Medal – highest number of place points in the horticultural classes of the show (In accordance with RHS rules, any competitor who has won the Banksian medal in the last two years is not eligible to win this medal).

Prizes will also be awarded to category winners