AGS Tewkesbury Show on Saturday 13th July

[Martinr]

At AGS shows aren't the entry cards already  placed on the bench and you must put your plant where the card is placed? That seems to be what I have seen 

For Martin: Do you really all have to show your AGS membership cards to gain access ?  At SRGC shows we take people on trust.

On the first one, you put your plant where you want in the space allocated to the class and place the card in front of it. If there isn't enough space, or if things would look generally better if your tall plant was behind instead of in front of an already staged short plant it is considered polite to either talk to the other exhibitor or engage the services of a steward to ensure fair play.

On the second one, it depends who is on the door and how well known your face is. I just consider it polite to flash my card rather than put some poor volunteer in an awkward position.

[Martinr]

But surely there is only so much you can do with when staging one pot - apart from turning to its best advantage?  I suspect I am very niave on this matter

Ah, you've got the first one right but there are many other 'tricks' to learn

[Maggi Young]

Well, of course one seeks a steward if anything needs to be moved but  I'd seen folk laying their plants exactly where the cards are and was told years ago when I asked that that was the way it was done at AGS shows.  I'm glad to hear things are not so regimented as I feared.

Yes, it is polite to have one's card to hand if you can. There is very little chance you'd not gain free entry to a Scottish show though, just by explaining you are a member. Martin B's comment suggested  he thought he wouldn't get in on Saturday.....

[Tim Ingram]

I wouldn't worry about anyone coming in to the Show; the trick is not letting anyone out unless they have a bag of plants in their hands! Hope the Show goes really well... and you must let us know if you get a red card Helen!

[Martin Baxendale]

Drat! Looks like I can't go after all! Have to help with scenery shifting for youth drama thing in the morning 

[Martinr]

Well done Helen! Not bad for a first show

[Helen Johnstone]

Well done Helen! Not bad for a first show

Why thank you kind sir and thank you for your advice today, it was much appreciated.  I am planning to enter more shows in the future 

[Maggi Young]

What happened, what happened?     

[Helen Johnstone]

What happened, what happened?     

I got aa third for my flowering semp
a second for my 3 distinct rock plants - geranium, another semp and fern
and a 1ST!!!!! for my bulbous plant - allium sikkimense

thrilled - Martin was very helpful

[Maggi Young]

Wow! What a great beginning - well done Helen 

Lots of fun isn't it? 
Hope  Martin showed you where the tea and toast were to be found as well?

Was it a busy show....= lots of visitors?
A good show ..... = great cakes?? 

[Martinr]

Very good show, don't know about the cakes. Farrer won by the show secretary with a big pan of Helichrysum plumeum in full flower but oh dear did it stink

I'll try and post a few pictures tomorrow

[Maggi Young]

Oh, Congratulations to Eric Jarret for the Farrer for his Helichrysum plumeum -  yes, those Helichrysum can be somewhat whiffy - worse indoors on a warm day of course 

[Helen Johnstone]

Wow! What a great beginning - well done Helen 

Lots of fun isn't it? 
Hope  Martin showed you where the tea and toast were to be found as well?

Was it a busy show....= lots of visitors?
A good show ..... = great cakes?? 

Tea, toast, cake??  No Martin didnt show me where these were located 

[Maggi Young]

 He didn't? The Bounder!
 Earlier in the thread there was talk of tea and toast for the early exhibitors, wasn't there?
And  can this be the only show in the country with no tea and cakes?  I'm beyond shocked....... Martin,  please explain what I might be missing.......

[Palustris]

Perhaps it us just us, but we thought it was a very poor show. Thank goodness for Celia Coller's plants. It was also very poorly attended, at least while we were there. One Nurseryman said that he had had 1 paying customer between setting up and 10 am.  The members plant stall was good as was the Sewing Display, but otherwise......................
Sorry folks.