We're really looking forward to welcoming you again to the 2024 Buckland St Mary Flower Show on Sunday 18th August 2024. Pop it in your diary now. We know how much you love it and don’t want to miss it.

 

The schedule is here right now, just click on the dropdown boxes above.  This will allow you to think about things that need longer preparation time, such as what seeds you might like to purchase, nurture and grow. We’ve also got a couple of new classes this year for you to get your minds around. We’ll be having a ‘crafty corner’, where we will be asking you to ‘create an item using a craft of your choice that would be useful in any home’ and we are going to ask your sense of humour to come to the fore by writing a a limerick that captures ‘what it is like to live in the Blackdown hills’. Please be clean, it’s a family show (no bad words allowed)!

 

Many of the items that we use to put on the show are quite old and damaged, such as the trestle tables and photo boards. With this in mind this year we will using many of the funds raised to update what we have, ensuring that the show stays safe and sustainable. We’ve also managed to win some lottery funding to support us with some of this. The remainder of the funds that we don’t use, will go to support a local charity that has been suggested by a regular supporter of the show.

 

The Open Door is a day centre for Taunton’s homeless community. In the first instance they provide a warm welcome, a smile and a cuppa. After that they work to ensure people have their basic needs met. They have showers, a clothing store and provide a laundry facility. They also serve breakfast and lunch. This all works to increase people’s self-esteem and gives them a positive sense of belonging to the community. This year the show will have a ‘home theme’, so look of for the classes in the schedule that support it.

 

As always, schedules will arrive in people’s letter boxes nearer the time but for those of you that like to get plotting and planning head to the tabs above

 

Happy plotting and planting.

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Julie, Kathy & Sal xx