The Tiptree Garden Club host spring competition event

The Tiptree Garden Club held its yearly Spring Show on Saturday at Thurstable School from 2pm.

Alongside its autumn event, which is held later in the year, the show’s purpose is to celebrate homegrown plants, vegetables, and more through competitions.

The Spring Show focuses on flowers of the season, such as daffodils, tulips, primroses and hyacinths.

Competition - Flowers and a trophy at The Tiptree Garden Club's Spring Show (Image: Steve Brading)

On show - Some of the plants presented at the spring Show (Image: Steve Brading)

This year's event received close to 350 individual entries for the competitions, each of which was placed into the relevant categories.

These included general flowers, floral art, vegetables, cooking, crafts, children’s, and photography, and there was a school shield challenge as well.

Tiptree Garden Club’s chairman, David Mansfield, was thrilled with how the day went.

David, who purchases bulbs the previous year, plants them in October, and uses them for the following year’s show, said: “I think it went very well.

Proud - Tiptree Garden Club's chairman, David Mansfield at the show (Image: Steve Brading)

Winner - Phyllis Woodiwiss and her winning blooms (Image: Steve Brading)

“I am a major contributor and ordered £200 of bulbs but they are still in their bags as I previously broke my femur in Greece.

“So, I had no chance at all to plant my plants, but we still had a really good show.

“Phyllis Woodiwiss is the vice chairman and because I’ve been out of action, she has undertaken a lot of work to make this show a success, without her I don’t think it would have been."

The Tiptree Garden Club was established in 1903 by Peter Wilkin as the Tiptree and District Horticultural Society, but the name was changed to The Tiptree Garden Club about ten years ago.

Some of the trophy winners included Norman Crowder who took home the trophy for the general flowers category, floral art winner Jean Worlledge, and Leigh Arnold who won the vegetables category.

Judge - Spring Show judge, Robin Carsburg (Image: Steve Brading)

Inspecting - judge Sue Game looking through the children's category (Image: Steve Brading)

Tasty - Phyllis Woodiwiss looking at some of the baking entries (Image: Steve brading)

Youngster Finn Wood won the children’s category and Tiptree Heath Primary School won the school shield.

“I am passionate about it there is an awful lot of people who really look forward to the show, from young to old, they look forward to putting something in," he added.

“If you get told yours is the best, it is such a lovely feeling, when the public come in and are normally wow, it’s a sea of colour with the tulips, it’s really something to behold.”

Autumn show takes place on August 31 at Thurstable School.