Bunclody Show - 2012 - Results

Results for all classes are now available here

Wexford Garden Trail

The latest information regarding member gardens of the Wexford Garden Trail, special events etc can be viewed on the Wexford Garden Trail website.

Fota Garden Seminar 29th September 2012

Members may be interested in the Fota Garden Seminar. The programme of events can be seen here
Further details about Fota and the speakers is available here

Garden Competition Results 2012

We know that a lot of people are anxious to find out the results, so breaking with tradition we are providing a link to the results for those with a degree of mental agility. Work out the following puzzle and click on the link to see if you can successfully access the results:
Choose a number between 1 - 10
Multiply this number by 9
If the answer is a two digit number add the two digits together
Subtract 5 from this number
Now select the letter in the alphabet that corresponds to that number,1=A, 2=B, 3=C etc
Think of a country that begins with that letter
Remember the last letter of that country
Think of an animal that begins with that letter
Remember the last letter of the name of that animal
Think of the name of a fruit that begins with that letter

Now click on this link to enter your answer to unlock the access to the Garden Competition Results

Bunclody Show 18th August

Bunclody Horticultural Society's 61st Show takes place on Saturday,August 18. The doors open to the public at 2.30pm. 

Schedule of classes and entry forms available at Redmonds' Newsagents, Main St, and other outlets in the area, ring Secretary Carmel 053 9375994 or mail name and address to bunclodyhs@gmail.com

Garden competition results will be announced at the Show. A digital photo presentation will be displayed of gardens visited. 

We are having an After Show Dinner at Millrace Hotel,  in the evening after the show, Aug 18. Members and non members are very welcome to come along. Contact Nicholas 053 9375994 for further details or to make a booking.

Glenavon Riverchapel Garden Visit 27th June

We have arranged an evening visit to Glenavon Japenese Garden on Wednesday 27th June. We are meeting outside the RC Church at 1730hrs and will be travelling by car share. Further details from Nicholas Ryan.

Garden Competition 2012

This year’s garden competition gets underway in the week beginning Monday, July 2, 2012.

Entry forms can be downloaded from this site, or from Redmonds Newsagents, Main St, Bunclody.

These paragraphs will hopefully give further explanation with updating of competition.

The Garden Competition is open to all members, with no restrictions on distance from Bunclody. Non-members are restricted to a 10 kilometre radius of Bunclody town. 

The purpose in saying it gets underway on the Monday is in case judging cannot be completed in the one day due to the number of entries and how distant the gardens are scattered around the counties, Carlow and Wexford. And, of course, due to possible inclement weather conditions. Gardens don’t often look well in atrocious weather, and wet and cold judges and assistants don’t make perfect arbiters. Further information is included on entry form.

This year we have made a few changes to the competition with the purpose of encouraging entries, and to award entrants who have gone to a lot of trouble to erect special features and are conscious of the need for biodiversity.

Special Features include specimen trees/shrubs, flower borders, colour, arrangements, gazebos, summerhouse, nest boxes, insect hotels, sculptures, mirrors, unusual displays, scarecrows, ponds, water features, etc. While the garden, overall, might not win a First it could be worthy of Meritorious Mention for which we intend to award a Special Merit Certificate.

Biodiversity is an area which may not lend itself to the formal aspects of  a ‘Show Garden‘. Usually we associate biodiversity with ‘wild habitats’.  However, we are conscious of the need to lay out our gardens in a special way and grow plants which will encourage insect life. Pollination is the key to a continued healthy environment. In rural towns and country where farming is increasingly one of mono-culture we need to be conscious of  how we can compliment the landscape with plants which will provide bees, hoverflies, birds, etc, with a habitat which will ensure their continued existence. Without our pollinators there is so much food we would not enjoy, and not only honey, but apples, plums, pears,  to mention a few.

Garden Size: We have taken on board suggestions that there may be an unfair advantage in different garden sizes competition in the same class, eg, the Best Ornamental Garden. So, this is why we have decided to include semi-detached, terraced and detached houses with gardens under ¼ acre in size, and Best Ornamental Garden over ¼  acre. Two reasons here: smaller gardens might be easier to maintain and prepare for judging; bigger gardens might lend themselves to bigger and better features.