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Milton
Country Park Produce Show Sunday 27th September 2009 (next show: Sunday 12th September 2010) |
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| The Milton Country Park Produce
Show is being
held as part of the Food,
Farming and Countryside Day organised by Cambridge Sports Lakes in Milton Country Park on the edge of Cambridge. |
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| The 2009 show was a
great success, with almost 160 entries from 35 people. The winner of the Cook Award for the Overall Winner was Clarke Brunt - congratulations to him and thank you to everyone who took part and helped bring the show about. Next year's show will be on Sunday 12th September 2010. As 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, the Produce Show will have a heritage fruit & veg element to it as a celebration - watch this space for more details nearer the time. Click here for photos from the 2009 show. Rules: Essentially, entries must be grown/created/produced by the entrant, as appropriate. More details are in the entry form and we've drawn up some extra guidelines to help you out - click here for .doc format or here for .pdf format. If you are not sure about anything, please contact the organisers at produceshow@milton.org.uk . Each class has awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place. In addition, The Cook Award for the Overall Winner will be presented to the person who earns to the most points, with 1st place giving 4 points, 2nd place 3 points, 3rd place 2 points and unplaced entries 1 point. So the more you enter, the more points you add up. Cups will also be awarded to the best exhibit in each category. |
"It sounds great but nothing of mine would be good enough" The produce show is intended as a fun event.We'd love to see you there so don't be shy - give it a go! |
| Vegetables Fruit Flowers and Plants Home produce Creative food Handicrafts Photography Children and young people Vegetables 1) 5 tomatoes 2) 2 courgettes 3) 1 cabbage 4) 5 potatoes 5) 1 leek 6) 3 carrots 7) 3 onions 8) 6 shallots 9) 1 squash 10) 3 beetroot 11) 3 chillies 12) 5 runner beans 13) Longest runner bean 14) Heaviest potato 15) Biggest pumpkin (measured around widest part) 16) 3 different herbs in water 17) Living salad in a container (max. 40cm x 30cm - state size on entry form) 18) Ugliest/most misshapen vegetable 19) 1 of any vegetable not in schedule Fruit 20) 3 cooking apples 21) 3 dessert apples 22) 3 pears 23) 6 blackberries 24) 6 raspberries 25) 3 of any fruit not in schedule Flowers and Plants 26) 1 rose in a vase 27) 3 dahlia stems of the same variety 28) A houseplant in a pot 29) A cactus in a pot 30) Plant(s) grown in an unusual container for overall effect 31) Arrangement - 'Autumn' theme 32) A table centrepiece, including a candle Home produce
33) Jar of strawberry jam 34) Jar of any other type of jam 35) Jar of marmalade 36) Jar of honey 37) Jar of pickled produce (whole or chopped/mixed) 38) 3 eggs 39) Victoria sponge cake 40) Ginger cake 41) 4 biscuits 42) 4 scones 43) 4 bread rolls Creative food 44) Decorated cake 45) 4 decorated biscuits 46) Carved fruit/vegetables (non-food items can be included for effect) 47) An example of sugarcraft Handicrafts 48) An item of cross stitch or tapestry 49) A knitted item 50) an item of lacework 51) An item of pottery 52) A decorated hat (the hat itself may be bought) 53) A handmade greetings card 54) Any other handicraft item Photography
55) Red 56) Sport and games 57) Light and shadow 58) A scene from Milton Country Park 59) A manipulated photo Children up to 6 years old 60) Cress in a decorated yogurt pot 61) A miniature garden or scene (max 40cm x 30cm) 62) A painting of an animal Children 7 to 11 years old 63) Cress in a decorated yogurt pot 64) A miniature garden or scene (max 40cm x 30cm) 65) A drawing or image created on a computer Young people 12 to 18 years old 66) A flower arrangement 67) Something made from wood or metal (max 30cm length x 30cm width, any height) 68) A miniature garden or scene (max 40cm x 30cm) 69) A drawing or image created on a computer |
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Milton
Country Park Produce Show produceshow@milton.org.uk The produce show 2009 was kindly supported by Notcutts. A big thank you to them. |
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