 24th Annual Sweet Pea Show
The Eckford Sweet Pea Society, in 2012 welcomes the National Sweet Pea Society with its Late Show to Wem, North Shropshire.
Seventy five competitive classes include Formal Vases, Bowls, Baskets, Special section for Victorian Old Fashioned varieties, Floral Art, Children's section and Decorated Shops and Businesses and an Extensive Display of Wem History in Photographs, cuttings and memorabillia in St Peter & St Paul Parish Church, to include the Eckford family history.
21st & 22nd July 2012, Wem, Shropshire
Henry Eckford V.M.H F.R.H.S 1823-1905
The SWEET PEA SHOW is held in WEM each year in July, to celebrate the close association the town has with sweet peas, which all started over 100 years ago.
The link dates back in fact to 1888 when the world famous hybridist HENRY ECKFORD moved to Wem to continue his work with Sweet Peas and to start what was to become a seeds business famous throughout the world.
A special feature of the show, is the section for Old Fashioned Sweet Peas, most of them raised in Victorian Times by Henry Eckford V.M.H., with seeds available by post or from the society.
Within the show will be an numerous stands offering, Advice, Membership, Raffle, Horticultural accessories, Willow weaving demonstrations, Gifts, Cards, Souvenirs, Perennial plants etc, and of course, seeds for Old fashioned Eckford and Spencer Sweet Peas. |
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