Thousands of people will be descending on Shrewsbury’s Quarry Park for the annual Shrewsbury Flower Show this weekend.
The show promises incredible displays of flowers and vegetables judged by the experts, with dozens of food and craft stalls, music, entertainment and a gardeners’ question time too.
This year the members of the public are invited to choose their favourite exhibit from the glorious display of plants and flowers in the Quarry Marquee. The winner will be presented with their prize on Saturday afternoon by celebrity gardener Pippa Greenwood. The Prize for the Winner of this competition is a generous £750.00 and it is hoped this award will become a regular feature of the Show.
The arena entertainment is set to entertain the crowds with Knights of the Damned, Dingle Fingle Comedy Car Act, Grade A Showjumping, Pony Club Inter-Branch Competition, Redtail Falconry, Jason Smyth Quad Bike Stunts, Bob Hogg and his Sheepdog and The City of Chester Male Voice Choir. Performing on Friday evening are Ancora, a sensational classical crossover vocal harmony group made up of four of the UK’s finest classically trained young voices. Saturday will see The Proclaimers take to the stage. The brothers are best known for the songs “I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles)”, “Sunshine on Leith”, “I’m On My Way” and “Letter from America”. Each evening the show will draw to a close with the massed bands arena finale and a stunning fireworks display.
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.
Throughout the two day show the bandstand will be home to the Band of the Yorkshire Volunteers, The Royal Corps of Signals (Northern Band) and The City of Chester Male Voice Choir.
In the lecture marquee talks include: Flower Arranging ‘Purely for Pleasure’ with Anita Wright, Orchids – Chris Channon, Maintaining Trees in a Small Garden – Matthew Finney, Gardeners Question Time. Panel: Pippa Greenwood, Margaret Thrower, Frank Hardy and Alan Wilding (MC), Lecture Time and Book Signing – Pippa Greenwood, and Growing Tuberous Begonias – Robert Bryce.
The Children’s Area for 2015 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.
Frank Hardy, a past Vice Principal of Pershore College of Horticulture will be teaching children how to plant and grow flowers. Jack the Jester will be making a return with his mix of juggling skills, storytelling and shows to captivate every audience.
New comer to the show – Key Theatre Academy – is a Shropshire-based performing arts school performing an eclectic mix of songs from the musicals including Les Misérables and Matilda.
If that isn’t enough excitement for you, there will also be Martial Arts displays from the Lee Mathews Black Belt Academy, a penalty shoot-out competition with Shrewsbury Town Football Club, a circus workshop, balloon modeller, arts and crafts tent, face painting and subsidised rides.
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.
The Shrewsbury Flower Show, the world’s longest-running flower show, as certified by the Guinness World Records, and takes place this Friday 14 & Saturday 15 August 2015.
For more information visit: http://www.shrewsburyflowershow.org.uk
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