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The 84th
Southport Flower Show - 2013
Photographs by Patrick
Trollope.
THIS years Southport Flower
Show was the 84th event held on Victoria Park and it ran over 15
August and 18 August 2013. The theme this year we where informed
was 'Pride' and that is just what the people of Merseyside,
poetically Southport should feel when you talk about this show.
Looking at how many people the show attracted over its 4 days,
it is not surprising that the Flower Show is still the UK's
largest independent flower show. With over a million blooms
according
to the organisers, and featured more than 350 exhibitors and 18
show gardens, this was a heavy fever sufferer’s nightmare, but a
botanist’s heaven. At this point we have to say well done to the
this year's amateur and society displays, as we think they out
classed themselves, as they where outstanding. That is not
knocking the professionals who also delivered equally high, if
not higher standards of exhibits than in previous years. The
spotlight should also be focused on HM Prison Kirkham's garden
display, as it was phenomenally well planned feature, which
showed great imagination along with both extremely high
horticultural and artistic skill. It was not all flowers as the
event also had other entertainment to offer the shows many
visitors. This years event's North West Book Festival and North
West Food Festival. The gourmet food festival was very popular,
featuring a marquee that had a full working kitchen in it, where
celebrity chefs whipped up their signature dishes. But it was
not just the food and flowers that brought people out to the
show as local and national authors took part in the book
festival area, organised by the leading independent book shop,
Broadhursts of Southport. If all that was not enough, the event
was opened by Carol Vorderman and other top UK TV stars
attended, with Coronation Street's Jennie McAlpine – ‘Fiz’ and
others appearing over the other 3 days. It was very hard to cram
it all in, as when all that was on you also had in the main
arena entertainment medieval knights jousting and birds of prey
and dog displays... plus other side shows, including live
musical performances on the bandstand that provided a rich and
varied programme of easy listening music. Not forgetting the
chance to sample wines at stands like Pieroth Wines, who have
consistently had a stand at the show for as long as we can
remember… This years coverage by us is going top be split over 2
editions. To see Part 1 please click on
here now!
for more information about the Flower show and for dates and
updates on future shows we suggest you visit these 2 links:-
Facebook and the official
website for the show.
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B.O.A. 70th Anniversary DVD
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have taken at the 70th BOA events this year in Liverpool has
now been
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