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grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,756	Dereks Diary Sept 22, 2012 4:05:44 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Sept 22, 2012 4:05:44 GMT an impressive collection of flowers good luck with the show today

derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 23, 2012 19:44:34 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 23, 2012 19:44:34 GMT Thanks,Grindle. I am in Wales now but when I get home tomorrow I will show you some pictures of the show.

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Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 20:30:22 GMT

Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 20:30:22 GMT

We arrived home from Wales this evening .Had a nice day for the christening yesterday but it has rained all day today.
At Edenfield show on Saturday I put 61 exhibits in ,15 of which were pot plants. I got 12 firsts,12 seconds and 10 thirds. Got 2 trophies,one for most points in the gladioli classes and one for most points in general flowers.It was a very high quality show considering the terrible weather we have had.There were more chrysanths than at all other shows put together and a lot of dahlias.I was pleased to win the bronze medal in dahlias with Alf's Mascot This was the only first in dahlias but I got second out of 7 entries with Deb's kiwi and second with Bryn Terfel.
Tony Bracegirdle was there and my immediate thought when I saw him was that I would stand no chance against his roses. He is after all ,I think,the best rose grower in the country.However I beat him in two classes

I am going to put a few pictures on now

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derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 20:36:27 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 20:36:27 GMT

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Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 20:45:21 GMT

Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 20:45:21 GMT

This is a class for one stem of a floribunda rose. Mine ,which is Anne Harkness is at the back with a red card on and Tony's is at the front with a yellow card which is a second.Tony told me after that I shouldn,t have won and the judge doesn,t know anything about judging roses!

derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 20:48:46 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 20:48:46 GMT

derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 20:52:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 20:52:37 GMT This is a class for a vase or bowl of garden flowers for effect.Tony did that nice bowl of roses on the right but the judge gave me first with my vase of mixed annuals in the centre.

derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 21:00:21 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 21:00:21 GMT Bronze medal with Alf's Mascot

derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 21:03:40 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 21:03:40 GMT Second with three gladioli

derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 21:06:03 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 21:06:03 GMT

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Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 21:11:50 GMT

Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 21:11:50 GMT

This is a class for a vase of any kind of flowers not mentioned elsewhere in the schdule,a minimum of three blooms.I put 6 African marigolds in and got first.The two vases on the left which got second and third are Alice Bracegirdle's (Tony's wife).They are French marigolds and rudbeckia.

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derekbrooks Top Member Posts: 6,462	Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 21:24:51 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 21:24:51 GMT

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Dereks Diary Sept 24, 2012 21:32:02 GMT

Post by derekbrooks on Sept 24, 2012 21:32:02 GMT

Class 53 is for a vase of mixed annuals and class 54 a vase of mixed perennials and I won both these classes.
This is the last picture. Show season is over for another year (I think).Two people have been trying to persuade me to go to one in November but I don't know if I will.If I go I will only have a few veg so I don't know if it is worth going.

Tel Top Member Posts: 7,992	Dereks Diary Sept 25, 2012 6:56:37 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Tel on Sept 25, 2012 6:56:37 GMT Congratulations on your wins derek, especially the Bronze Medal in my fav subject the dahlias.
	Terry, in Bradford Yorkshire

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,756	Dereks Diary Sept 25, 2012 7:16:09 GMT Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Sept 25, 2012 7:16:09 GMT :)congratulations Derek

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