The Caterham & District Horticultural Society held its spring show on Saturday, 27th April at Hillcroft school in Chaldon road, Caterham. Society president Roger Davies presented the trophies at 4.30pm. Twenty-seven hopefuls entered the forty-two classes. Entries ranged from floral arrangements to marmalade and children's handwriting.

Show secretary Robert Kelly was running the Spring show, he said:

"The show was a great success. Considering the weather we had a far greater response than anticipated. Twenty-seven local people entered. I particularly enjoyed the high standard of the horticultural exhibits."

Summary of prize winners:

1) The Spring cup for the best exhibit (horticultural classes) in show - Mr Peter Daniels.

2) F.G. Brind cup for the most points in adult categories 10-22 (which included Spring flowers and an exhibit of vegetables) - Mr Joe Perera.

3) The Rudd cup for the winner of three vases, five stems in each, of distinct varieties of daffodils or narcissi - Mr Peter Daniels.

4) The Johnston cup for the best exhibit in the floral arrangement classes - Ms Debbie Fox (society chairman).

5) Display of flowers and/or handicrafts by a school class or youth organisation sponsored by Caterham Valley Parish Council - 1st prize 9th Caterham Guides (see below).

6) Woolwich building society cup for the best in children's classes - Tabitha Wren.

Caterham Valley Parish Council sponsored an exciting new category in the Spring show. The children's table exhibits were made up of flowers and/or handicrafts.

Parish council Chairman, Michael Lincoln, presented the first prize of £25 to the 9th Caterham Guides. The exhibit included many individually designed paper flowers planted into two grassy hillocks. Guide Penny Brown volunteered to set up the exhibit.

Penny said: "We just went for it! We wanted it to be colourful and varied. We built the exhibit over two sessions.

The second prize of £15 went to the 1st Caterham Brownies for their exhibit. It included 'stained glass' cards made as part of the Brownies' world culture badge. Seven Brownies set up the exhibit, which took two weeks to prepare.

The third prize of £10 went to the 4th Caterham Brownies for their egg-cellent exhibit of easter decorations.

For more information about the Caterham & District Horticultural Society visit http://caterhamdistricthorticulturalsoc.weebly.com , call chairman, Debbie Fox, on 07717 678968 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.