Ardleigh & District Horticultural Society

The Society would like to thank:- Craft Nurseries, the main sponsor of the show; the following village businesses that sponsored sections of the show - Percival Engineering, The Debbie Millar School of Dance, JF Tree Specialists, The Ardleigh Tailoring, and the Jubilee Restaurant; The Blyth family and Holly Farrer for transporting the tables;Skylark for donation of a Tombola prize and Ardleigh Convenience Store for help distributing the schedules.   The Society is most grateful to all the exhibitors and all those who helped make the show a success.

The cups & trophies were presented by Colin Davey from our main Sponsor’s Craft Nurseries.  The winners were:-

R J Croxon Tankard (Most Points Ardleigh Residents Only Classes) – Kevin Jackson

E C Catling Cup (Runner Up Most Points Ardleigh Residents Only Classes)  - John Culley

S H Every Cup (Most Points Fruit & Vegetables) – John Culley

The Bill Sparkes Salver (Best Vegetable Exhibit) – John Culley

G Osborne Cup (Most Points Flowers) – Kevin Jackson

The Connie Revill Trophy (Best Gladiolus Exhibit) – Robert Moss

Brenda Sparling Salver (Best Flower Exhibit) – Kevin Jackson

W Hudson Cup (Most Points Dahlias) – Roger Cook

The Patrick and Lilian Sparling Memorial Salver (Best Dahlia Exhibit) – Roger Cook

W J Freeman Cup (Most Points Flower Arranging) – Rosie Skeet

The Sparling Salver (Best Flower Arranging Exhibit) – Rosie Skeet

Mrs E Clayton Cup (Most Points Wine) – Linda Spinks

Best Exhibit of wine – Linda Spinks

Mrs V Mowles Cup (Most Points Cookery) – Barbara Borrell

The Downing Salver (Best Cookery Exhibit) – Claire Harrington

L S Trew Cup (Most Points Handicrafts) – Rosie Jackson

The Sparling Saver (Best Handicrafts Exhibit) – Barbara Borrell

JM and BK Pearce Camera Cup (Most Points Photography) – Pat Ainger

D Underdown Trophy (Runner Up Most Points Photography) – Rosie Skeet

Best Photography Exhibit – Roger Barker

Mrs R Parsons Cup (Most Points Children 4 Years and Under) – Callum McTurk

Dorothy Culley Cup (Most Points Children 5 to 8 Years) – Lucy McTurk

Mr J Snell Perpetual Challenge Cup (Most Points Children 9 to 13 Years) – Annabelle Bruce

David Sibley Shield (Best exhibit in the Children's Classes) – Leo Bruce

The Edwards Shield (Best exhibit St.Mary's School Gardening Club class) – Abigail Fryer

Lynne Askham Perpetual Rose Bowl (Most Points in Home Crafts – Cookery, Handicrafts & Flower Arranging) – Rosie Jackson

Viv Golding Memorial Trophy (Runner up Most points in Home Crafts) – Barbara Borrell

Brian Dundon Cup (New Exhibitor with most points all classes) – Ali Charnick

Gordon Locke Shield (Most Points Ardleigh Resident all classes) – John Culley

Mrs R Parsons Shield (Most Points All Classes) – John Culley

Some Photos from the show

Best Flower Exhibit A vase of 10 stems of  mixed flowers of at least 3 different genus - Kevin Jackson	Best Gladiolus Exhibit 3 spikes of Gladioli - Robert Moss	Best Dahlia Exhibit A vase or bowl of mixed dahlias to be judged for all round effect - Roger Cook
Best Vegetable Exhibit 5 Ripe Tomatoes - John Culley	Best Cookery Exhibit 3 pieces of tray bake - Claire Harrington	Best Handicraft Exhibit Any piece of embroidery or tapestry -  Barbara Borrell
Best Decorative (Flower Arranging) Exhibit An arrangement of 5 flowers - Rosie Skeet	Best Wine Exhibit A bottle of sweet red wine - Linda Spinks	Best Children's Exhibit An Animal made from Fruit & Vegetables (aged 5 to 8 years) - Leo Bruce
Best Photography Exhibit  Close Up - Roger Barker
		Wide choice of cakes available to enjoy with your cup of tea/coffee

The 2026 Show Schedule is below

Ardleigh Annual Show Schedule 2026 (Booklet format)