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Centenary Show
The Cupar and District Floral and Horticultural Society is marking its centenary year in 2011 with a special 100th Anniversary Flower and Craft Show which will take place on Saturday 27 & Sunday 28 August 2011 in the Corn Exchange, St Catherine Street, Cupar.
The two day spectacular will host the annual flower show, a coffee morning, demonstrations and talks alongside a craft and trade fair.
Flowers, fruit and vegetables remain at the heart of the show weekend but fun activities
suitable to all ages and interests have been added to ensure that the whole family
can enjoy a great 2-
Doors will open to public from 10am on Saturday 27 August with coffee being served in the Lower Hall and where home baking and produce can be bought and at 11am the Upper (and the Lower) Hall will open with full access to all exhibits. Doors will open on Sunday 28 August from 11am with doors closing at 6pm on Saturday and 5pm on Sunday after the presentation of awards and trophies.
FLOWER AND CRAFT SHOW
We have a number of categories in our show schedule covering all aspects of gardening, horticulture and rural life.
Our categories are:
- Garden Competitions
- Cut Flowers including Sweet peas, Gladioli, Chrysanthemums & Carnations, Dahlias, Begonias*, Herbaceous, Perennials and Annuals & other classes
- Pot Plants
- Fruit and Herbs
- Vegetables
- Industrial including Baking, Preserves
- Handicrafts including Needlework & others
- Wine
- Floral Art
- Children’s Section
- Schools Competition
- Children’s Group Competition
- WRI Inter Institute Competition
- Photography * * new for 2011
For specific details of the classes in each of these categories please visit the Flower Show 2011 tab or click here
DEMONSTRATIONS & TALKS
Special Guests
Jim McColl, from the BBC’s Beechgrove Garden will open the Show on Saturday 27th August 2011 at 11am, and will then be a panellist for our Gardener’s Question Time from 2.30pm, along with Les Bisset and Peter Christopher.
If you have any gardening questions please feel free to come and ask.
If you have any plants, weeds or others that you wish to be identified, then these should be handed in to the Secretary prior to 1.30pm on Saturday; items MUST be placed in a sealed polythene bag to help prevent the spread of disease to exhibits within the show.
We also have a number of other guests appearing throughout the weekend.
A series of demonstrations and talks have been organised throughout the weekend – we hope you will find these both interesting and informative.
- Garden Flowers (Begonias)
- Pot Plants
- Cookery Demonstration
- Lawn Care
- Floral Art Demonstration
- Gardeners Question Time
- Growing Vegetables
- Cut Flowers (Dahlias)
- Cookery Demonstration
- Natural Lawn Care
- Home Wine Making
- Organic Fruit & Vegetables
- Cut Flowers (Geraniums)
- Flower Beds & Garden Design
- Honey Bees
For the full programme of events for the show weekend please visit the Flower Show 2011 tab or click here
CRAFT & TRADE SHOW
The following have confirmed their attendance at the Show and the committee would appreciate it if you would visit their stand.
Mike Pool Wood Turner – www.mikepool.co.uk
Fife Fuchsia Society -
The Great Lawn Company – www.greatlawncompany.com
Shoes Glorious Shoes – www.shoesgloriousshoes.co.uk
GreenThumb – www.greenthumb.co.uk
Phoenix Trading – www.phoenix-
Tesco – Our Community
Elmwood College – www.elmwood.ac.uk
Thorntons – www.thorntons.co.uk
There will be a variety of craft demonstrations being shown throughout both days of the show.
PROGRAMME OF EVENTS
Saturday 27th August 2011
All talks & demonstrations in Upper Hall unless otherwise stated
9am – 11am Judging of Exhibits (both Upper & Lower Halls)
10am – 11am Coffee Morning – Lower Hall
11am – 11.15am Show Opened by Jim McColl followed by Castlehill Primary School Choir
11am onwards Continuous Craft Demonstrations throughout day
11.15am – 11.45am Begonias-
Andy Paterson, East of Scotland Begonia Society
12 noon – 12.45pm A Meal for 4 Under £5
Stella Siddal
1pm – 1.30pm Lawn Care
GreenThumb
1.30pm – 2.15pm Floral Art Demonstration
Mary Law, MBE
2.30pm – 3.30pm Gardeners Question Time
Jim McColl, Les Bisset & Peter Christopher
Do you have any gardening questions -
3.30pm – 4pm Home Wine Making
Sam Harris, Glenrothes Amateur Winemakers
4.15pm – 4.45pm Growing Organic Fruit & Vegetables & Companion Planting
Mark Armour, Kellie Castle
5pm – 5.30pm Growing and Showing Exhibition Geraniums
Andy Brown Leven & District Garden & Allotments Association
6pm Close of Show
Sunday 28th August 2011
All talks & demonstrations in Upper Hall unless otherwise stated
11am onwards Continuous Craft Demonstrations throughout day
11.45am – 12.45pm Simplifying restaurant dishes for recreating at home
Geoffrey Smeddle, The Peat Inn
1.00pm – 1.30pm Herbaceous Flower Gardens
John Dewar, Elmwood College, Cupar
1.45pm – 2.15pm Natural Lawn Care
Ian MacMillan & Andrew Turnbull
The Great Lawn Company
2.30pm – 3pm Growing Vegetables My Way
Les Craib, Forfar Horticultural Society
3.15pm – 3.45pm Garden Flowers – Dahlias
Neil Moreland
Fife & Kinross Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society
4pm – 4.30pm The Life Cycle of the Honey Bee
Bill Duff, Fife Beekeeper Association
4.45pm Presentation of Awards
Councillor Frances Melville, Provost of Fife & Others
5pm Close of Show
