Saturday 12th September 2009 – 12 Noon to 5pm

Home Grown Flowers, Fruit & Vegetables & Home Produce & Handicrafts, Cakes, Baking & Cream Teas, Farm Animals & Horse riding, Green Stalls & Children’s Activities & Fancy Dress & Pedal-powered Performance Stage. ADMISSION FREE! REGISTRATION BY POST OR EMAIL (see below).
Hello there! Will you be coming to the the Lordship Rec Community Festival on Saturday, 12th September?? Back 2 Earth have comandeered a whole section of the festival which will be centred around our annual Tottenham Flower and Produce Show. This is an opportunity for all of Haringey’s green-fingered gardeners, allotment owners and back-garden wonder workers to get involved and show how abundant this borough is for growing fresh produce. There are so many categories which people can enter, not just fruit and vegetables…

So if you didn’t know about our marquee then please have a look through the leaflets attached to this e-mail. And even if you don’t enter (even with categories for best weed, flower arranging, minature gardens, jam making etc), we’d love you to come along on the day, to see some beautiful flowers and produce. And join in with the general community atmosphere. There is a lot going on, literally, fun for all the family.

We hope to see you there

regards

Felix Waterhouse
Volunteer and Trainee Co-ordinator, Back 2 Earth – Broadwater Farm Community Centre

You can download an entry form here. 

Entry forms to: mab.prospect@tiscali.co.uk , or by post (see below)

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HOW TO ENTER
CLASSES OF ENTRY:
Please enter as many classes below as you can (registration is free!), fill in and return the entry form at the end of this email…
send to: mab.prospect@tiscali.co.uk
DIVISION 1: HOME GROWN FRUIT
100: Apples – with stalks of one variety
101: Pears – with stalks of one variety
102: Plums – with stalks of one variety
103: A Dish of Soft Fruit – home grown
DIVISION 2: HOME GROWN VEGETABLES
104: Potatoes— 5 of one variety
105: Carrots— 5 of one variety
106: Brassicas: Cabbage or Cauliflower — 1 head
107: Brassicas: Calabrese or broccoli heads— Collection of 3 heads
108: Beans — 5 of 1 type
109: Peas – 5 in their pods
110: Leeks— 3
111: Salad Leaves – a collection of salad leaves – at least 3 types
112 Onions – 3
113: Cucumber – 1
114: Tomatoes—5 fruit with calyx
115: Pumpkin or gourds — 1 or collection of 3
116: Marrows or courgettes– 1 or collection of 3
117: Peppers— 3 of red, green or yellow
118: Chillies— 5 red or green
119: Aubergines—2
120: Amaranth - 1 bunch
121: Kudu— 1
122: A collection of vegetables—5 distinct kinds
123: Oddest shaped vegetable
124: Longest Runner bean
125: Best Giant Vegetable (Any type)
126: Any other vegetables — 1 or collection of 3
DIVISION 3 HOME GROWN HERBS
127: 3 Bunches of Herbs, 3 varieties
128: 1 bunch of Mixed Herbs
DIVISION 4: HOME GROWN FLOWERS & PLANTS
129: A Cactus or Succulent – one in a pot
130: Flowering pot plant – one of any kind
131 Foliage pot plant – one of any kind
DIVISION 5: HOME GROWN CUT FLOWERS
132: Roses, – 3 blooms of one or more varieties
133: Annuals – a mixed collection
134: Perennials – a mixed collection
136: Trees and Shrubs – one spray each of 2 different flowering varieties
137: Dahlias - 3 blooms of any variety
138: Chrysanthemums - 3 blooms of any variety
139: Seed heads - a mixed collection
141: Best garden flower – 1 -3 blooms
142: Best weed/wild flower
DIVISION 6: FLOWER ARRANGING
143: Fresh cut flower arrangement– any type
144: Dried flower arrangement - in an imaginative container
DIVISION 7: HOME MADE PRESERVES
145: Jar of Chutney – any kind, any size of jar
146: Jar of Pickles - any kind , any size of jar or bottle.
147: Jar of Strawberry Jam - 1lb approx.
148: Jar of any other kind of Jam or Jelly – 1lb approx.
149: Jar of locally produced honey - 1lb approx.
150: Jar of marmalade – 1lb Approx. – any type
DIVISION 8: HOME MADE DRINKS
151: One bottle of Lemonade
152: One bottle of Ginger beer
153: One bottle of any other fruit/flower or root drink
DIVISION 9: HOME COOKING
154: A plate of 6 cookies– any type
155: 6 iced and decorated Fairy cakes
156: 6 scones – any type
157: A chocolate cake
158: A ginger cake
159: A carrot cake
160: A coffee and walnut cake
161: A Victoria sponge cake
162: A fruit cake
163: Tottenham cake
164: An iced and decorated special celebration cake – any type
165: 6 of any other small sweet cakes – any type
166: 6 onion bhajis
167: 3 vegetable samosas
168: 3 meat patties or pasties
169: Organic bread loaf /Roti- white flour - any shape or size
170: Organic bread – brown/wholemeal flour - any shape or size
171: A savoury vegetarian flan or quiche – (min. 7” diameter)
172: A fruit tart/tort – (min. 7” diameter)
173: A fruit pie
DIVISION 10: CHILDREN’S SECTION (aged 12 and under)
174: A dish of home-made sweets – minimum of 6– any type
175 : 6 cakes or tarts – any type
176: 6 biscuits or cookies – any type
177: A miniature garden in a recycled box or tin – any type
178: A pot plant (any variety)
179: Cress grown in a pot or in any other way
180: A face made from fruit and vegetables
181: An edible necklace
182: A wild flower and foliage arrangement in a jam jar
183: A painted/printed teashirt
184: A decorated hat made from paper or card
185: A model made from recycled materials
186: Best fancy dress character ( to be shown at 2-30 pm)
DIVISION 11: HANDICRAFTS
187: A hand-knitted – or crocheted article
188: An article of embroidery – or tapestry
189: A patchwork – or appliquéd article
190: A knitted soft toy – or a dressed doll
191: A hand made article of wood
192: A hand made article of pottery
193: A hand made article of basketry
194: A collage – maximum size 50cm square
DIVISION 12: SWEETS
195: 12 x Chocolates
196: 12 x Pieces of fudge
197: 12 x Coconut sweets
198: 12 x any other kinds of sweets
GET INVOLVED
If you want to enter or support or take part in this show in any way, please contact us at: Felix Waterhouse, Back to Earth Projects, Broadwater Farm Community Centre, 1 Adams Road, N17 6HE Tel: 020 8885 7775/4185 or OR Martin Burrows on : 07831 219032, 1 Prospect Place, London N17 8AT    e-mail: mab.prospect@tiscali.co.uk

Haringey in Bloom is back…

The free Council competition, sponsored by the Sunshine Garden Centre, encourages and rewards residents, businesses, schools, voluntary and community groups who take pride in their environment by brightening up and improving the borough using floral and shrub displays.

This year there’s a new emphasis in the competition. To coincide with the launch of Haringey’s Greenest Borough Strategy, and to encourage gardeners to make the most of Haringey’s green spaces and think about the ways in which they garden, judges will be looking at whether the entry is an example of sustainable gardening.

Winners of Haringey in Bloom could see their entry form part of Haringey Council’s borough submission into the London in Bloom competition, where efforts may be recognised as being among some of the best in London!

For more information and an online entry form visit Haringey’s Bloom 2009 webpage.