Your local friendly club, ideal for your new hobby & for those already with green fingers!

What?– Monthly meetings February to November, Shows, Guest Speakers, Garden Visits, Refreshments & Social Outings.

When?– Please see our website, Facebook page or contact us for our latest calendar. Meetings usually 3rd Monday of the month, 7.15pm.

Where? – Newington Village Hall, The Street, Folkestone, CT18 8AU, Kent

Staging; Friday 20.00hrs – 20.30hrs & Saturday 08.30hrs – 11.00hrs

Show opens; 14.30hrs

Presentation of prizes; 16.00hrs

Open Classes

Vegetables & Fruit

1 Gardeners Choice – vase of cut flowers 6 stems,
1 vegetable dish, 1 salad dish. Dish quantities as per schedule
2 Potatoes – plate of 5 – white
3 Potatoes – plate of 5 – coloured
4 5 Carrots – up to 13cm – 8cm maximum top
5 5 Carrots – over 13cm – 8cm maximum top
6 7 Runner Beans
7 7 Dwarf / French Beans (Round)
8 2 Lettuce
9 7 pods of Peas on a plate
10 3 Beetroot – with tops
11 7 Shallots on a supplied board
12 5 Tomatoes on a supplied board
13 9 Cherry Tomatoes on a supplied board
14 5 Onions
15 2 Cabbages
16 3 Courgettes on a plate
17 2 Cucumbers
18 6 Salad Onions
19 1 plate of fruit – see fruit table for quantities
20 Any other Vegetable – see table for quantities

Flowers, Domestic & Photos

21 7 stems of Sweet Pea
22 3 spikes of Gladioli
23 5 stems of flowering shrub – may be mixed
24 1 pot plant in Bloom – max 20cm pot
25 1 pot plant Foliage – max 20cm pot
26 1 pot plant Orchid
27 1 pot plant Fuchsia
28 3 Fuchsia Heads displayed on a board (supplied)
29 1 Specimen Rose
30 1 Rose Bloom for Fragrance
31 1 Specimen Gladioli
32 Novelty item – Handmade creation from vegetables &/or fruits –
Max. 30 x 30 x 30cm
33 1 unmounted photograph – Reflection – max. 18 x 13cm (rule 8)
34 1 unmounted photograph – Water – max. 18 x 13cm (rule 8)
35 Boiled Fruit Cake (own recipe) on max 24cm plate
36 3 Sausage Rolls (own recipe ) on max 24cm plate
37 Vase of White Flowers in own vase
38 Floral Exhibit -Over the Rainbow- may include accessories
max exhibit width 61cm x depth 61cm. See rule 6.

Member only classes

39 Collection of 4 kinds of Vegetables Judging to RHS points scoring See table for quantities
40 3 Onions
41 7 Broad Beans
42 Collection of 5 single kinds of Vegetable
43 3 Dahlias – any variety
44 Vase of mixed Garden Flowers – own vase
45 Roses 3 Blooms of one Cultivar – One in the Bud Stage, One in the Perfect Stage, One in the Full Bloom Stage Exhibited in separate Show vases (supplied)
46 3 stems of Roses – any single head
47 3 stems of Roses – Floribunda
48 Mixed Herbs displayed in a small show vase (supplied)
49 Patio container – max. 45cm inside diameter
50 Potato Bucket Challenge – see special detail


Junior Gardener Classes – under 8yrs – free entry


51 A Vegetable Monster
52 3 Rock Buns (own recipe)