Barrow Gurney Flower Show
๐ซTo be held on Saturday 19th August 2023 at 2pm & the Village BBQ on Sunday 20th at 1pm ๐ฅ
The prettiest village hall there ever was ๐ธ
The vegetables and herbs ๐ฅ ๐ซ ๐ ๐ฅ ๐
Delicious ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ฐ
Until next year pretty plates! Cream tea sets all safely packed away for another fabulous Flower Show next yearโฆ..
โฝ๏ธThe Barrow Gurney Village BBQ is on Sunday at 1pm. We will be showing the Womenโs World Cup final on a projector from 11am and the bar opens at midday. If there is extra time or penalties ๐ฌ the food might be slightly delayed by 30 mins, we hope you understand! โฝ๏ธ
Today is the day! Barrow Gurney Flower Show starts at 2pm in the village hall, come along and join the fun ๐ธ
The first few entries were delivered this evening to the village hall and itโs all looking spectacular! We canโt wait to see you all tomorrow for another fabulous Barrow Gurney Flower Show!
๐ We have reduced the price of our village BBQ tickets ๐ & we would love to see you all at the BBQ this year. Best wishes, the Flower Show Committee โค๏ธ
๐ซItโs time to enter the flower show! ๐ซDear all, the time has come to get your entries together for the Barrow Gurney Flower Show 2023 ๐ So if you are finishing the final stitches on your handicrafts, writing the labels for your jam, or giving those tomatoes a pep talk in their last few days of growing, your efforts are nearly complete! We canโt wait to see what you have all been up to! Here is a reminder of how to enter. ๐ฅentry forms can be emailed to [email protected] or placed in the box at Gatcombe Farm Shop or the Village Hall, deadline is 5.30pm Thursday 17th August. Your entries must be delivered to Barrow Gurney Village Hall on Friday 18th between 6.30-7.30pm or Saturday 19th between 9.15-10.15am. ๐ฅShow starts at 2pm. Good luck everybody and see you there!
Did somebody say they have too many courgettesโฆ.. why not enter class no.47 a cake using a vegetable ๐ฐyou will need butter, for the tin
2 large eggs
125ml vegetable oil
85g soft brown sugar
350g courgette, coarsely grated
1 tsp vanilla extract
300g plain flour
2 tsp cinnamon
ยผ tsp nutmeg
ยฝ tsp bicarbonate of soda
ยฝ tsp baking powder
85g walnut, roughly chopped
It might be raining today, but in Barrow Gurney the apples keep on growing, ready to be entered in the flower show! You could enter class no.29 or no.30 5 eating or cooking apples, or no.42 with some apple chutney, no.52 some homemade cider or get artistic and paint your apples portrait for no.54! We โค๏ธ ๐
Itโs BBQ time! Come and get your early bird tickets ๐ญ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ป
Whilst the weather might have taken a little turn for the worse today โ๏ธ at least our future prize winners are enjoying the water ๐ ๐๐ซ I hope you have all managed to get yourselves a copy of the Flower Show schedule and have started to think of your entries ๐
๐ปBy now some of you may well have been lucky enough to get your hands on the 2023 Flower Show schedule. They are slowly filtering their way through the village and surrounding area. They will be delivered with your parish magazine, but you can also pick up a copy from Gatcombe Farm shop,The Princes Motto or Long Ashton Post Office. Pour over the pages, plan your entries and start getting excited, with just over 7 weeks to go itโs nearly Flower Show time! ๐ปYou can place your entries in a box at Gatcombe or the Motto, you can also hand in your form to a committee member or email it to us at [email protected]
Some photos of last year to get you in the flower show mood ๐ธ ๐ฏ ๐ ๐ฅ ๐น this year shall be even โญ๏ธ BIGGER & BETTER โญ๏ธ
Time to plant those seeds, look up those recipes and get crafting, the Barrow Gurney Flower Show 2023 is comingโฆโฆ
You could smell these beauties a mile off ๐น ๐
This was the first time we have had a childrenโs activity area along with their competition and it was absolutely fantastic ๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป๐๐ผ๐ป
Delicious! Well done honey cake bakers! ๐ ๐ฏ ๐ฐ
Well done to all the competitors! An excellent effort by all! Better get planning for next year! ๐ป๐๐ฅฌ๐๐ผ๐๐ธ๐๐ฅฆ
Wow! Thank you Barrow Gurney for such a fantastic flower show ๐๐ ๐ฅฌ๐ป๐ธ๐ฐ๐ง๐ฏ๐ช
Its Fl๐ผwer Sh๐ผw day!! Get yourself down to Barr๐ผw Gurney Village Hall for 2.45pm!
Itโs T๐ปMORR๐ปW ๐ฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฝ๐ฅ๐ฅฆ๐ฝ Barrow Gurney Flower Show is tomorrow Saturday 3rd September in the village hall! Please come on down to look at the amazing exhibits, flowers, fruit, veg, photos, jams, beer and much more! Doors open at 2.45pm and the prizes are given at 4pm ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ป
Important dates ๐ปthe deadline for the tallest sunflower competition is Sunday 28th August, just email us your name and address if you want to enter. ๐ The deadline for all other flower show entries is Thursday 1st Sept.
There are now less than 3๏ธโฃ weeks until show time! Copies of the entry form can be downloaded from https//bit.ly/bgfsentry (not the 20p charge is wavered this year) Or you can pick up a copy from Gatcombe Farm shop or just email us your entry details, address in the bio. You must deliver your entries to the show on Friday 2nd Sept between 6.30-7.30 pm. The show takes place on Saturday 3rd Sept 2.45-4pm with prizes announced at 4pm ๐
Horray! ๐ปโ๏ธ๐ปโ๏ธ๐ปโ๏ธ
Tickets are now on sale for the Annual Village BBQ. This is a long running tradition following the flower show and is always a great event. It is a chance to catch up with others from the village and beyond, congratulate and commiserate with your fellow competitors and enjoy some delicious food.
This year the BBQ will be held on
Sunday 4th September
1pm at the Village Hall
There are vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options available and an ice cream is included in the price.
Tickets are available online via the Eventbrite website, link below:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/barrow-gurney-flower-show-village-bbq-tickets-381609202397
[email protected]
We look forward to seeing you there ๐ญ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ป
The flowers ๐ and vegetables class ๐ฅฌ๐ฝ๐ง