This list includes the different competitions that can be entered in the Flower Show, and will appear in the pre-show brochure when it’s published at the end of May. 

Cut Flowers

Gent’s buttonhole

Lady’s buttonhole

4 sprays floribunda roses

1 hybrid tea rose

Vase of 4 roses

Best bowl of roses

5 pinks

10 sweet peas

3 stems of the same flower in a vase

Best bowl of flowers

A vase of your favourite blooms

Widest sunflower head

Pot plants

1 pot plant (foliage)

1 pot plant (flowering)

A cactus or cacti in a pot

A succulent in a pot

1 orchid

A favourite plot plant

A patio container

Soft fruit

10 stalks of redcurrants on stalk

10 stalks of blackcurrants

10 raspberries on stalks

10 green or yellow gooseberries

10 red gooseberries

Any other fruit not mentioned above

Vegetables

5 white potatoes (any type)

5 coloured potatoes (any type)

10 pods of peas

10 pods of broad beans

10 pods of French beans

5 onions with tops

5 beetroot with tops

5 carrots with tops

Heaviest onion with top

10 dressed shallots

3 courgettes

A vegetable, fruit or flower grown by a person living with dementia or cognitive decline

Collection of 5 vegetables on a tray

2 cucumbers

5 radishes with tops 

2 lettuces

5 tomatoes (any colour)

3 bulbs of garlic

Collection of 5 pieces of salad on a tray

Any other vegetable not mentioned above

A mutant or rude vegetable

Potato in a bucket (bucket should be no more than 10 litres in volume, bring the whole bucket with potato growing in it)

Potato in a bucket grown by someone living with dementia or cognitive decline (bucket should be no more than 10 litres in volume, bring the whole bucket with potato growing in it)

Gardens, allotments, hanging baskets, scarecrows etc (entries in this section must come from no further than 6 miles from Burnham Market. The judges will visit during the week before the show)

Best garden

Best allotment

A wild or rewilded space

Splendid hollyhocks

Best hanging basket

Tallest sunflower

Photography (photos may be colour or black & white, size 6”x4”. Each class has a subsection for 16yrs & under) 

Burnham

Hilarious

In the wild

Free choice

Flower Arranging

A textural arrangement (featuring items with different textures)

A romantic arrangement

An arrangement inspired by a painting 

An arrangement of herbs and weeds

An arrangement in an unusual container

A petite arrangement, not to exceed 6” in any direction

Cookery

A coconut cake

5 pieces of shortbread

5 pieces of parkin (using recipe provided)

5 sausage rolls

A loaf of bread (not breadmaker)

A savoury vegan treat

Jar of jam/jelly

Jar of marmalade

Jar of lemon curd

Jar of chutney

Homemade wine & drinks

Bottle of homemade wine (still or sparkling)

Bottle of homemade beer

A fruit liqueur

Bottle of homemade fruit cordial 

Bottle of ginger beer (recipe provided)

Handicraft

Piece of jewellery

A greetings card

A knitted item

A crocheted item

A sewn item

An item made from hard material 

An embroidery or cross stitch picture (kit)

An embroidery or cross stitch picture (own design)

A picture or drawing (framed or unframed)

A work in progress

An item that you have repaired or mended

Any other piece of handicraft not mentioned above

Children’s section

Art

“Magical” is the theme for the children's art competition this year. The picture may be in any medium, size A3 or smaller.

Handicraft (classes judged in 3 age groups, 5-7, 8-11, 12-14)

Something made from Lego (your own design) maximum size 20cm x 20cm

A stick person or creature

A decorated stone

A decorated plate

A collage made using beads, buttons and bows

A flower arrangement in an unusual container

A nursery rhyme written in your best handwriting

Cookery 

3 decorated biscuits (3-5 yrs)

3 fairy cakes (6-9 yrs)

A cake (10-14 yrs)

Gardening (garden scarecrow & sunflower within 6 miles from Burnham Market)

Something I have grown (fruit or vegetables)

Something I have grown (flowers or pot plant)

Potato in a bucket (no more than 10litres volume)

Widest sunflower head (bring to tent)

Tallest sunflower (judged at home)

Best garden

A scarecrow