Summer Show - Saturday 10th August 2024
Our friendly local Show has been running for over 60 years, and a spectacular and attractive display greets visitors when the Hall opens on Saturday afternoon. Most entries and visitors come from the Black Isle, with some from further afield. Often, people come to the Show as visitors, think that they’ve got something better than a winning exhibit in their own garden, and enter the following year. We welcome new exhibitors, and are delighted to help them display their exhibits. It’s good fun and not as daunting as you might think.
The Show isn’t all about giant onions and perfect dahlias (although we do have those). Most people who enter have ordinary gardens or allotments, grow flowers that look nice and reasonable-looking veg, or make tasty jam, and want to put them into the Show. There are classes for Cut Flowers, Pot Plants, Fruit, Vegetables, Baking, Preserves, Crafts, and Photographs. We've also got a section for under 14s, a Novice section for people who haven't entered or won before, and a relatively new class for Botanical Illustration. As well as being a competition, the Show is a great opportunity to meet other gardeners and bakers, compare notes and pick up tips. We also have some of the best Cream Teas around, served outside on the lawn!
You can see full details, including all the classes that can be entered in the show, in the Show Schedule.
Gardening has changed over the years, and we rightly think more about sustainability, seasonality and biodiversity. Over the years we've made changes to our Schedule to reflect this, while keeping quality and skills in growing, baking, preserves, craft, and photography at the core of the Show.