Payhembury Spring Bulb & Flower Show

After having to cancel this year’s show, we are hoping that by next year things may be different. So we have provisionally booked the village hall for: Saturday 20th March 2021 So please make a note in your diary. As we are unsure, we haven’t changed the schedules from last year, so if you have one the classes all remain the same. Obviously, if we can put on the show the dates written in there will change and I will let you know the changes in due course. In the meantime, don’t forget to put away your preserves just in […]

Despite the inclement weather being against us, I’m sure you’ll agree the hall looked a picture on the day of the show. It was great to see so many bulbs and flowers which made it spring-like even though the day was freezing, and it kept trying to snow.   On behalf of the committee I would like to give thanks and acknowledge those that helped make the show the success that it was. Thank you to: • Mo for the beautiful and enormous fruit basket donated for the raffle. • Joan and Clare for stewarding and also Joan for running […]

Please note that due to unforeseen circumstances the date of the show has moved to: Saturday 17th March Please pass it on to all interested parties! There will be a notice in the February Parish Paper. Everything else stays the same, times, registering an entry etc. Please make sure your entries are made by: Saturday 10th March Any queries please feel free to phone me 01404 841843. Jane Wood

By the time you’re reading this, the schedules for the 2018 Bulb Show will be available in the village shop. I know next March seems like a long way off but if you get one now, you can plan and put away your preserves for next year. So far, I’ve made apple chutney and plum jam. It’s the first time I’ve made this jam with plums from our garden, although it didn’t set as much as I’d hoped. However, my son who is a chef in London, said that’s the way the French prefer their jam and so does he, […]

It may seem a long time away but, with fruit ripening, now is the time to make jams for entry in the Bulb Show. This year we are asking for Raspberry and Plum jam. Good Luck! Jane Wood

The hall looked beautiful on show day thanks to the concerted efforts of all those who displayed exhibits, and it smelled pretty good too. Thank you to all those who entered – without you there would be no show, and it proved yet again that there are a lot of talented Payhembrians out there. I would like to thank the committee first and foremost; for some it was their first show and everyone rose to the challenge and helped make sure everything ran smoothly. Also to Jo Vincent, Joan Jarvis, Julie Moore, Pat Holdaway and all the committee children who helped in one way or another. […]

I am sure you will all agree that the hall looked and smelt fabulous last Saturday for the show. Thank you to everyone that came and took part making it another successful village event. We had 426 entries and were pleased that Dr Tim Cox came and opened for us. Congratulations to all those who won prizes. In the children’s categories, Caitlin Brook, William Bentley and Amelia Wadsworth all won a Book Token. And well done to Lucy Weekes, Connor Williams, Naomi Gammon, Amelia Wadsworth, Sam Bentley and Will Wood who won Easter Eggs. The silver salver went to Amelia […]