Ballymena Garden Club Spring Show

The show, which is organised in conjunction with Broughshane and District Community Association Ltd, will be open for viewing from 2.00 pm until 4.00 pm with the prize distribution at 3.00 pm. The special guest this year is Stanley Johnston, a keen gardener from the Cullybackey area.

The show is almost the last of a series of Saturday shows across the province but members of the Northern Ireland Daffodil Group will have late varieties in peak condition to exhibit. The range of colours displayed is truly remarkable.

As well as the numerous daffodil classes there are classes devoted to foliage and flowering pot plants, cacti and succulents, and cut flowers.The Floral Art Section is well supported by the local floral art enthusiasts including the Women’s Institutes.

The Schools and Young Persons Section provides an opportunity for young people to express their creative talent in classes with artistic and practical gardening themes while a popular class with both exhibitor and spectator invites the exhibitor to create a creature made from vegetables and/or fruit.

Afternoon teas will be available and there will be an opportunity to purchase plants from a well-stocked plant stall where an extensive range of garden, house and greenhouse plants grown by members will be available for purchase at bargain prices.

You don’t need to be a Club member to exhibit. Bring your favourite pot plants, cut flowers and flowering shrubs to the Community Centre on Friday 25th April from 6.30 pm to 9.00 pm or Saturday 26th April between 8.30 am and 11.00 am when an official will help you put them on show. Vases will be supplied for exhibiting cut flowers and flowering shrubs.

However, it is important that exhibits must have been grown by the exhibitor for at least three months prior to the show. The entry fee is only 20p for each exhibit with free entry for school-aged children.

A free Schedule of Classes and further information can be obtained from the Club Secretary, Mrs Heather Meban; Tel: 2565 2442.