Gates open on 128th Shrewsbury Flower Show
The gates have opened on the 128th Shrewsbury Flower Show - one of the country’s premier flower show events, attracting visitors and exhibitors from all over the country.
For the next two days TV personalities, gardeners, celebrity Chefs, singers and spectacular arena acts will entertain visitors for 12 hours each day, ending with a magnificent firework display.
The main Quarry Marquee, which is non-competitive, is host to some of the top horticulturalists in the country. With more than 50 exhibitors vying for the top awards the standards are very high.
Severn Marquee is home to the various societies, amateur growers plus Bees & Honey exhibitors. Competition is fierce amongst the amateur growers who provide some wonderful displays.
Dingle Marquee is home to the popular Floral Art Exhibitors, a new photographic competition and the WI who recently have a portion of the marquee for their displays.
The popularity of the Outside Show Gardens grows each year with the theme for 2015 is ‘Climate Change’.
For food lovers’ celebrity chef Tom Kerridge returns with demonstrations at 10.30am, 2pm and 4.30pm each day. Also on the taste stage are Yossi Glicksman, Matt Smith, Chris Burt and Warner Edwards creating mouth watering dishes.
The Children’s Area features a fantastic line-up offering a wide variety of entertainment for all ages (adults included!). Many of the show’s favourite performers return including Mr. Boom, Malcolm Malan and Jack the Jester.
Other exhibits at the show include the locomotive Lilla, from Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railway in North Wales, which will form the centrepiece of the railway’s exhibit. Alongside the venerable loco will be a brand new Pullman observation carriage built in the railway’s own workshops and comes to the Flower Show, having spent most of the month of June on show at Paddington Station.
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Related Article: Flowers, fireworks and fun at Shrewsbury Flower Show 2015
Clips from the 2014 Shrewsbury Flower Show, the show commemorated the Great War which started in 1914:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/0uMFTX-rOH4?list=UUH__G9WXfWcPs06Y8vloO8Q
