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2014 Sweet Pea Show
The GFGS 4th Open Sweet Pea Show was held on 19th July 2014.
The Show was held at the Shurdington Community Century Hall as the Link Room had become too small and did not have enough room for visitors. The number of exhibits entered had gone up from 52 upto 84, but the violent storms on the Thursday before the show reduced the number of vases staged to 64. This was an impressive site as visitors entered the hall. Unfortunately the weather intervened again reducing the number of visitors.
The Judge was Len Harvey from Bristol who has judged all the previous shows. He stated that the standard was greatly increased every year since the first show and this year was no exception. Stewards were provided by our Guilde of Judges for this and the Fuchsia Show in the Millenium Hall. Rosemary Smith was our Show Secretary.
The Federation wish to thank The Cotswold Fuchsia & Pelargonium Society for their help and support, especially Rosemary, Robert Champion and Alan Cursue. The Cheltenham Horticultural Society kindly lent the Bikini Vases and we thank them for their support. Lastly, we must not forget about the exhibitors who produced such a wonderful Show. We had no new exhibitors this year but we are hoping that you may come and have a go next year.
 GFGS Info Stand at Sweet Pea Show |
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 Class 1 Five stems per vase. One distinct cultivar per vase |
 Class 2 One vase, white or cream. Five stems per vase |
 Class 3 One vase, red, orange-red or orange. Five stems per vase |
 Class 4 One vase, magenta, maroon or purple. Five stems per vase |
 Class 5 One vase, mauve, lavender or blue. Five stems per vase |
 Class 6 One vase, pink. Five stems per vase |
 Class 7 One vase, picotee or fancy. Five stems per vase |
 Class 8 One vase, mixed cultivars. Five stems per vase |
 Class 9 A Bowl of not more than 20 stems of sweet peas. Spencer type. To be viewed all round and judged for quality and decorative effect. Foliage may be used |
 Class 10 A vase of sweet peas five blooms. Not spencer type |
 Class 11 A vase of Perennial flowering pea (Lathyrus latifolius) five blooms |
 Class 12 One pot or container of flowering pea plants, growing. (maximum pot size 8" or 204mm) |
 'Best Single Vase' in Show - Sweet Pea 'Olvia Grace' |
 Phil and Jane Champion with their 'Best Single Vase' in Show |
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| GFGS Sweet Pea Show 2014 Winning Cultivars | |||
| Class 1. | First:- White Frills: Oliver Grace: Gwendoline. | ||
| Class 2. | First:- White Frills. | Second:- White Frills. | Third:- Jilly. |
| Class 3. | First:- Daily Mail. | Second:- Red Ace. | Third:- Restormel. |
| Class 4. | First:- Gwendoline. | Second:- Luy Price. | Third:- Not Known |
| Class 5. | First:- Karren Harod. | Second:- Not Known | Third:- Bristol. |
| Class 6. | First:- Sophisticated Lady. | Second:- Not Known | Third:- No prize |
| Class 7. | First:- Anniversary. | Second:- Not Known | Third:- John Shands. |
| Class 8 - 12 | Cultivars not recorded | ||
Please follow these links for photographs of previous Sweet Pea Shows:
We also have photographs of the GFGS stand at various Malvern Shows:
A forerunner of the Malvern Show was the Gardener's Gala, which was held at Hartpury College: