Flower Shows

May 2026 Flower Show

This spring’s Flower Show and Tell event will take place at our May meeting, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. We will follow the same format as last year: there is no formal judging  – any Peterborough Horticultural Society member may enter and everyone attending may vote for their choice. There will be four categories (three specimen classes and one design class). You will be able to vote on your favourite in each category and the exhibit with the most votes in each category will be deemed the ‘Winner’.

Even if you have never entered a flower show before, this is the time to take a chance and have some fun. It’s fun and easy, we are not concerned with types and sizes of containers, or length and size of blossoms. Winners are picked by the membership, chosen for what appeals to them on a spontaneous and personal basis.

Rules:

1. Exhibitors are members of the Peterborough Horticultural Society.

2. Only one entry per person per class.

3. Exhibits must be in place by specified time (6:45 pm).

4. In the specimen classes, plant materials must be grown by the exhibitor. Plant material is restricted to the named specimen(s), no other additions to be added.

5. Entries in the design class must be designed by the exhibitor; flowers, vegetables, foliage and other materials must be garden grown (from exhibitor’s garden or foraged) but not commercially grown.

6. A label with the exhibitor’s name and class must be submitted with each entry.

Specimen Class:

1. Section 1 – Perennials – Any perennial(s), named, single or multiple (maximum 5) stems of the same or different species.
2. Section 2 – Spring flowering bulbs –  Any spring flowering bulbs (corms,) named, single or multiple (maximum 5) stems of the same or different species.
3. Section 3 – Flowering branches – spring flowering branch(es), named, – 3 branches of the same or different plant.

Design Class:

‘Au Naturel’ – Free form design, using fresh spring blossoms and materials from nature. The design should be suitable for a coffee or kitchen table – not exceeding 30” high and 30” across.

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