Page 41 - ALG Issue 4 2021

Harrogate and District Allotment Federation Diamond Jubilee Show
An arrangement made using recycled materials
Joe Lofthouse (Horticulturalist from RHS Harlow Carr) judging the onions watched by Steward, Rob Gooderidge
from the Show benches was donated to Resurrected Bites, a Harrogate and Knaresborough based community organisation aiming to reduce food waste and food poverty.
But special thanks have to go to all
the volunteers in HDAF who set up
the Show, looked after our stalls and dismantled everything at the end of the day. The Show couldn’t have gone ahead without them.
Angela Dicken,
Harlow Hill Allotments
2020 should have seen the Harrogate & District Allotment Federation celebrating our 60th annual allotment show, but sadly the festivities had to be cancelled due to the pandemic. So, it was with great relief and pleasure that, once again, we were able to go ahead on 15th August this year in the beautiful Sun Pavilion in the Valley Gardens, Harrogate.
We had a thoroughly enjoyable Show.
It was fantastic to be able to exhibit our best vegetables, flowers and baking again and, with a few Covid-19 safety measures in place in the Sun Pavilion, the atmosphere was warm and relaxed, and everyone had a great time.
To celebrate our Diamond Jubilee, the Show Schedule included a Diamond Jubilee Top Tray and Top Vase, a Diamond Jubilee Celebration Cake, an Allotment Cake, a miniature bug hotel and an arrangement using recycled materials together with the
many other vegetable, fruit, flower, and cooking classes all examined by our experienced judges, Joe Lofthouse, Roger Brownbridge, Ann Kent and Janet Morrow.
A Diamond Jubilee Competition
saw plotholders across the district producing arrangements from the Diamond Jubilee Sweet Peas, Jubilee Tomatoes and Jubilee Boy Dahlias that they had grown during the season. The resulting arrangements were brought together in a display at the Show with garden writer and presenter, Martin Fish, choosing the winner.
The Mayor of Harrogate, Councillor Trevor Chapman opened the Show, and it was great to welcome Phil Gomersall, NAS President, to the event.
Every year, the Federation donates the profits from the Show to a local charity. This year’s chosen charity was Ripon Museums Trust. The surplus produce
It was fantastic to be able to exhibit our best vegetables, flowers and baking again
Visitors looking around the Show benches
Entries in the largest pumpkin class 6
Our Diamond Jubilee display and competition entries
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