CORNWALL GARDEN SOCIETY Spring Show

SPRING FLOWER SHOW
to be held at
BOCONNOC
nr Lostwithiel.
Turn of A390 at Middle Taphouse and follow signs
on the Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th April

PRESS RELEASE 2009



Plans are well advanced for the 2009 Cornwall Spring Flower Show, to be staged by The Cornwall Garden Society in the lovely setting of the Boconnoc Estate near Lostwithiel, on Saturday 4th and Sunday 5th April.



Show Director Debbie Evans reports an encouragingly high level of interest already, and the number of booked Trade Exhibitors, who contribute so much to the interest and content of the show, shows no indication of being affected by the current economic climate.



In addition to the magnificent displays that can be guaranteed from the competitive classes, which comprise the heart of what is one of the West Country’s oldest and largest horticultural shows, there will be much else for visitors to enjoy.



‘We are giving extra space and opportunities for children to participate this year’, explains Debbie. ‘As well as the perennially popular scarecrow competition, we hope local schools will be attracted to the new classes - for A Garden in a Wheelbarrow, and A Decorated Plant Pot.’



‘The Floral and Botanical Art exhibitions have proved highly popular and I am confident that entries to those and the Photographic competition will be up to the usual high standard. We shall be staging the usual Gardeners’ Question Time in Boconnoc Church, and Boconnoc House will be open to view by guided tours over the weekend’.



‘It needs no fewer than 100 volunteers from the Garden Society’s membership to organise and run the event; we all look forward to welcoming everyone with an interest in gardening to what is a special day in the calendar’.