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Big success for West Moors flower show

West Moors Horticultural Society held its 74th Spring Show on Saturday 28 March.

West Moors Memorial Hall was filled with the floral scent of beautiful flowers and blooms on Saturday 28 March as West Moors Horticultural Society held its 74th annual Spring Show.

The open show featured growers and crafters competing across several different categories, including classes for flowers, floral art, home crafts and handicrafts, as well as classes for children.

Dozens of prize daffodils were also on display, and the Daffodil Society awarded Best Bloom in Show to Ron Benfield. He also won Best Daffodil Variety.

Mrs M Newman received a Certificate of Merit for Floral Art for her small-scale ‘Spring Hedgerow’ flower arrangement.

Other winners included N Castro, who came first for One Orchid in a Pot; Arthur Evans, who came first for his display of spring flowers in a jam jar; and Rosemary Dunning, whose floral art won the category for “Spring in a Tea Cup”.

The society’s Acting Chair, Mike Latham, whose daffodils won a prize at the Verwood and District Horticultural Society’s Spring Show a week before, described the day as “excellent”.

When asked about the standard of entries this year, he added: “It was a very difficult spring, especially for daffodils. I had my first daffodil up in January; you wouldn’t really expect one until the end of February, so I lost loads and loads of really nice specimens, and I’m sure other people did.

“But there is a wide range of daffodils that come up at different times, and the judges thought it was reasonable. There are some very nice ones on display.

“This is the first year with me as chairman, and I’ve only been entering daffodils for about five years, but you get the bug in the end. If you win a few prizes, it pushes you on to next year to try and do even better.”

The society is always open to new members. To find out more about joining or entering next year’s competition, email wmhorticultural.society@gmail.com or call 07960 650611.