Top show comes up smelling of roses

HUGE onions and beautiful blooms were just some of the delights on show at the 83rd St Merryn Gardening Society annual show.

As well as all the usual goodies on display this year there was also a number of bright scarecrows made by groups of pupils from St Merryn School.

The best scarecrow winners were Levi, Louie, Daniel and Oliver.

There were also two special children's classes for the cover design of the 2010 show catalogue. Oliver Stevens won the front cover design and Elliot Stevens won the back cover. Secretary David Kendall said: "Entries were unfortunately down on last year but we still had a good display." Winners were as follows:

St Merryn Gardening Society Challenge Cup for Vegetables, Cottagers: Rex Trenouth.

Lt Col H J W Scanes Challenge Cup for Vegetables, Open: Rex Trenouth.

C Paris-Jones Challenge Cup for Flowers, Open: David Garrod.

Cup for Fruit, open: Rose Johns.

Mrs E G Needham-Cooper Rose Bowl Challenge Trophy for Cookery and Home Craft, Open: Lynn Martin.

W H Trenouth Challenge Cup for Best exhibit in Vegetable section: Mark Raymont.

J Grey-Hawken Memorial Challenge Cup for Best exhibit in Flower section: Jean Raymont

Stanley Old Memorial Cup for Best exhibit in Cookery: Lynn Martin.

Mrs M Hellyar Challenge Cup for Most points in Children's Cookery section (11 to 16): Oliver Stevens.

Cup for most points in Children's Cookery section (under 11): Elliott Stevens.

Padstow Garden Machinery Challenge Cup for Most points in Children's:

Vegetable section (11 to 16): Oliver Stevens.

Cup for Most points in Children's Vegetable section (under 11): Elliott Stevens.

G Brown Challenge Cup for Most points by a pupil of St Merryn School: Elliott Stevens.

D Knowles Challenge Cup for Vase or Bowl of cut flowers from exhibitors own garden: David Garrod.

L Hawken Challenge Cup for Collection of Vegetables: Mark Raymont.

Andrew Davies Memorial Cup for Bowl of Roses: David Garrod.

Trenouth Brothers Cup for Collection of Potatoes: Rex Trenouth.

Trengwainton Garden Challenge Cup presented by Rev & Mrs P Horder for Most points in Flowering Shrub classes: Joint winners Jean Raymont and Esther Leverton.

D Darke Memorial Cup for Heaviest Onion: Rex Trenouth.

St Merryn Gardening Society 1932 Cup for The Exhibitor with the most points who has not won a cup at this show before: Wendy Kitto.

Mr & Mrs L Hawke Cup for Best exhibit in Dahlia classes: John Raymont.

Mrs B Boardman Cup for Single Rose: John Raymont.

Cup for Children's Miniature Garden in a seed box (under 11): Elliott Stevens.

Cup for Children's Miniature Garden in a seed box (11 to 16): Polly Stewart.

Laura Green Memorial Cup for Best Geranium: Esther Leverton.