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- 2008 Events
- BNCS Carnation World Championship
- Southport Show Report 2008
- Florists Symposium
- Great Northern Carnation Society 2008 show Report
- Bakewell 2008 report by Ivor Mace
- Harrogate 08
- VISIT TO HIGHGROVE HOUSE - HOME OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE DUCHESS OF CORNWALL
- Bakewell Show 08
- Harrogate Great Yorkshire Show – 2008
- June Show 2008 report
- Lady Salisbury at the June Show
- Pinks and Carnations Day 2008
- BNCS visit to Southview Nursery 2008
- Chelsea 2008
- Westminster Show report 2007
- Harrogate Autumn 2007 Show Report
- Southport Show 2007
- Notts Carnation Show
- Allwoods visit 2007
- BNCS at Gardeners World Birmingham
- BNCS AGM Report 2007
- PF's at The Royal Welsh Show 2007
- Floral Art at Westminster
- Behind the scenes at Westminster
- Visit to Whetmans nursery 2006 report
- 2005 Show Reports by Neville Smith
- The Annual General Meeting 2006
June Show 2008 report
The BNCS June Show took place at Wisley on the 17th and 18th of the month. It was a great success and much appreciated by all those attending. The second day coincided with Pinks and Carnations day and this brought in large numbers of the public to the Hillside Centre.
With 15 exhibitors the show benches were full; pinks, PFs and a few early borders together with sweet Williams.
For the first time the distinctive rosettes provided by Mr and Mrs Walters were used.
The Floral Art competition was well supported and there were many entries in each class. Pictures of all together with more detail are given on the Flower Arrangers Page Here we see Rachel Slowe our Floral Art secretary infront of one of her spectacular creations!
We were delighted to see our patron Lady Salisbury, who spent an hour with us despite recent eye surgery. She eagerly viewed all the exhibits and also the pinks trials ground. A full report of her visit is here
Also it was good to see Roy Tolley who has done so much for the Society over the years. Despite poor mobility he regularly supports our shows and is seen here on the trials ground.
There was a steady stream of visitors on the first day but this increased to a torrent on the 18th when the doors opened on Pinks and Carnations Day which is reported elsewhere.
It is often forgotten the hard work done by all the unsung heroes of the society and here we see the clearing up underway.
Whilst at the show Nev Smith raised an interesting question about laced pinks. His article Look alike pinks is here