PREPARATIONS are ‘revving up’ for the annual flower and produce show in Wootton Courtenay in August.

The show, the village hall’s largest event of the year, is on Tuesday, August 5, from 2 pm to 5 pm.

Flower show chairman Ingrid Popplewell said: “It is not necessarily winning prizes that is the thrill, it is taking part and contributing to the benches full of beautiful exhibits which creates such a jolly atmosphere in the hall and brings us all together.”

Mrs Popplewell said schedules for this year were available in the village stores and included many different classes to suit everybody.

She said: “If you do not have much of a garden, you can bake, knit, sew, take photographs, and/or create a flower arrangement to enter for the show.

“If you do have a garden, why not take a look at the schedule and consider how many classes you might enter.”

Mrs Popplewell said an exhibitors’ advice sheet was available with guidance on what the judges hope to see when they assess entries, a copy of which was on display in the shop.

Hanging baskets to be judged at the show were available from Marion Jay for people to fill with their choice of plants, the colour theme for which was red, pink, and purple.

Photographic entries this year would be on the themes ‘village life’, ‘vegetables’, or ‘decay’.

Mrs Popplewell said the flower and produce show was the main source of income for the Wootton Courtenay Gardening Club, while any fruit and vegetables not claimed by exhibitors would go to the village shop to be sold in aid of the West Somerset Food Cupboard.

She said foodie treats, such as bottles of drink, chocolates, and biscuits, and gardening-related items were still being sought for the show’s raffle and could be left at the shop.