Blooming great turnout as spring show returns

HORTICULTURALISTS showed off their talents as an annual spring show returned at the weekend.
By ron Melton
Published 24th Mar 2019, 22:17 BST
Updated 24th Mar 2019, 22:26 BST
Peter Pyatt, 10, Toby Pyatt, eight and Jess Sheehan, eight from the Hayling Island Horticultural Society Growing Together Club at Mengham Junior School. Picture: Duncan ShepherdPeter Pyatt, 10, Toby Pyatt, eight and Jess Sheehan, eight from the Hayling Island Horticultural Society Growing Together Club at Mengham Junior School. Picture: Duncan Shepherd
Peter Pyatt, 10, Toby Pyatt, eight and Jess Sheehan, eight from the Hayling Island Horticultural Society Growing Together Club at Mengham Junior School. Picture: Duncan Shepherd

Bosses at The Hayling Island Horticultural Society were stunned to receive more than 300 display entries as the fixture descended on the Hayling Island Community Centre on Saturday. 

Daffodils, pot plants, cookery, floral art, handicrafts and photographs were all exhibited, but what was most encouraging for organisers, they said, was the fact there were more than 100 displays from local schoolchildren – the yearly event’s highest ever. 

Publicity officer Liese Holden said: ‘This is a huge event and it was so pleasing to see so many young entrants this year.’