The 24th Annual Handforth Village Show was held at Honford Hall on Saturday, 16th July.
The event was organised by Handforth Gardening Society and attracted over 230 entries in exhibitor sections ranging from crafts and cookery to creative skills and horticultural products.
There were also separate children's sections to encourage younger people in the village to take an interest in gardening and one of the best supported classes are those in which members of Handforth Gardening Society are given mini fuchsia and pelargonium in April and asked to grow them for exhibiting at the show.
Simon Poucher, Secretary of Handforth Gardening Society, said "Members of the public who came into the show said that they enjoyed the event very much, and flower arranging judge Sue Mitchell believed that the standard of exhibits in her section were as good as anything she had seen at Chelsea."
Alderman Barry Burkhill presented the prizes to the well-deserved winners.
The winners of the main show trophies were:
The Handforth Gardening Society Trophy (Awarded to the exhibitor member of HGS achieving the highest total of points in pot plants, cut flowers and produce): Jim Lethbridge
The Open Award (Awarded for the highest total points achieved by any exhibitor in pot plants, cut flowers and produce): Jim Lethbridge
The Bill and Eileen Smith Trophy (Awarded for the best individual exhibit in pot plants, cut flowers and produce): Robert Davis
The Pat Day Trophy (Awarded to the exhibitor with the highest aggregate of points in flower arranging, cookery, crafts, painting and photography sections): Jennifer Cockshott
The National Vegetable Society Trophy (Awarded for the best Individual exhibit in the produce section): Ros Brownridge
The Don Hardisty Trophy (Awarded for the best exhibit in pot plants): Elizabeth Maddock
The Top Vase Trophy (Awarded for the best exhibit in a vase of mixed flowering stems, containing between 8 and 10 stems, from a minimum of 3 different species of plant): Stan Hickson
The Norma Haigh Trophy (Awarded to the exhibitor with the highest aggregate points in the cooking section):
Jennifer Cockshott
