Killearn Cottagers' Horticultural Society
Syd the Snail is currently having a snooze after the Show, but before he slithered off to the greenhouse he managed to tell us that he had lots of positive comments about the 2024 Show.
We had 238 youth entries and 866 entries overall, up on last year’s 852 entries.
We had 342 visitors who came in via the main entrance.
The flower sale made £163.05 for Strathcarron Hospice and Orla, the 10-year old running her bracelet stall at the Show, has donated £25 to the hospice too.
We've donated all the fruit, veg, jam, cakes and scones that were kindly left over after the Show to the Drumchapel Food Bank. They were very appreciative.
Here is a one-minute video of some of the people at the Show, which you also can see on our Facebook page.
And we appeared as the centre-page spread in the Stirling Observer!
We've uploaded lots of photos here.
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Stirling Observer
6 September 2024
Updated: 29 August 2024
Annual Show | 2024
Saturday 31 August 2024
Killearn Kirk, Village and Church halls
Based around the Kirk, Village and Church halls the Show is a family-friendly event in which everyone can join in — young or not so young. Read below about how we are encouraging youngsters to enter the Annual Show.
Everyone is welcome not just to attend on the day, but also to enter the Show competition itself.
Below is a timetable showing what happens throughout the day.
Ahead of the Show, our online competition for Section M below closed on 23 August.
It’s not just about plants: there are more than a dozen sections all told, including ones for baking, craftwork, art and photography, as well as the very popular cut flowers, vegetables and pot plants, to name but a few.
If you sign up to our site, you can see all the Sections in our Schedule.
Further down are details about how to enter the Annual Show, where to place your exhibit, the Categories and the timetable.
The Show is open to the residents of Killearn and to people from outwith the area.
All cut flowers will be made available for sale to the public on the afternoon of the Show unless otherwise stated by displaying a 'NOT for SALE' sticker on your vase.
Proceeds of this sale will go to a charity as nominated by the Horti committee.
How to enter the Show
The Schedule has all the details of how to enter the Show, with all of the Categories and Classes.
You don’t need to register to enter the competition – just bring your Schedule with you on the day.
The halls will be open for staging of exhibits on Friday evening and on the day of the show.
Ensure that your name and the class number are clearly written on the supplied entry cards.
The village and church halls will be open for staging of exhibits the evening before and early on the day of the show. See timetable below.
Placing your exhibit
The halls will be open for staging of exhibits from 7.30pm to 9pm on Friday evening and from 7.30am to 9.45am on the day of the show.
Bring your scarecrows BEFORE 2pm on Saturday for display in the Scarecrow Competition.
The Society shall provide entry cards and the competitor must ensure that their name and class number are clearly written on the card.
Remember, Plants and Cut Flowers should be NAMED as far as possible and staged in Society vases.
Exhibit locations:
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Cut Flowers is in the Village Hall. The preparation room is next-door in the Committee Room
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Floral Art is in the Kirk
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Pot Plants is in the Kirk
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Vegetables is in the Village Hall
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Fruit is in the Village Hall
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Baking is in the Church Hall
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Preserves is in the Church Hall
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Wine & Cordials is in the Church Hall
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Craftwork is in the Kirk
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Class Paintings is in the Village Hall
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Youth (Art & Craft | Floral | Photos) is in the Kirk
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Youth (Horticulture veg/fruit) is in the Village Hall
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Youth (Baking) is in the Church Hall
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Photos is in the Foyer of Kirk/ Church Hall
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Art is in the Foyer of Kirk/ Church Hall
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Scarecrow Competition is along the Car park fence
Exhibits may not be removed until the Show closes at 4.30pm.
Cut flowers sale
All cut flowers will be made available for sale to the public on the afternoon of the Show unless otherwise stated by displaying a 'NOT for SALE' sticker on your vase. Proceeds of this sale will go to a charity nominated by the Horti committee.
If you have a question please ask a Member - who will be wearing a green rosette.
Show timetable | 2024
🎭 Place your exhibits on Friday evening from 7.30pm to 9pm or Saturday from 7.30am to 9.45am.
📋 From 10am Saturday only judges & stewards are allowed in the Halls.
🧵From midday Saturday Killearn Country Market's stalls behind the Village Hall and in the Garden Room, 12-4pm.
⏰ Admission to halls from 2pm on the Saturday.
♿︎ Restricted mobility visitors from 12.30pm
🎫 Entry is free with a Schedule for anyone and their family – or pay £3 on the door.
🏆 Presentation of prizes at 2.30pm
🫖 Tea & cakes in the Church Hall from 2.45pm
💐Flower sale at 4pm
✋Closes 4.30pm.
Throughout the afternoon
🐕 Dogs are welcome on a lead outside, but they’re not allowed in the Halls.
🎵Live music from The Almost Credible String band.
🎪 Visit the Horti-related contributors stalls, including:
🐝 B Moore Bees – selling local honey
🥀 Colourful Killearn – fundraising plant sale
🦆 RSPB – conservation of birds and nature
🧵Killearn Country Market's Horti-related stalls
🚲 Cycling Killearn – village eco bike scheme
🚜 Vintage tractor on display by Church Hall
🥌 Floor curling in the Games Room of the Village Hall
👩🏻💻Find our event on wherecanwego.com
About the Schedule
Volunteers sell the Annual Show Schedule for £3 door-to-door around Killearn from mid-May.
The Schedule has a very special offer from The Old Mill when booking in advance (T&Cs apply).
The Schedule also entitles you and your family to free entry to the Annual Show.
You can see the Schedule by registering on this site.
Our sellers will have visited everywhere in the main village by the end of July, but if you miss them, please call 07788 373142, or message our Facebook page.
Every year we review suggestions by exhibitors about the Schedule sections and classes and make changes accordingly.
One idea which we made recently was a Class for a "Vegetable box" which after the Show gets donated to a local foodbank, if the exhibitor agrees. We are happy to promote this excellent idea which can be found in Section D of the Schedule.
The Horti committee is always considering its green credentials and would like to see a reduction and eventual elimination of the use of oasis-type plastic foams. Each year a box of natural biodegradable floral foam is available for use by exhibitors in the flower preparation area.
After each Show most of the cut flowers are available for sale, if the exhibitor agrees. In 2023 we raised nearly £200 for Strathcarron Hospice.
Encouraging youngsters to enter the Annual Show
The Horti committee is very keen to ensure that there are lots of entrants in the Youth section of the Annual Show.
The Show is a family-friendly event in which everyone can join in — young or not so young – and the Youth section is split into three school age groups under 18.
Have a look through the downloadable Youth Section – in the green box – and encourage your youngsters to enter one or more of the Youth classes.
While there are some categories that younger children may need help with, there are many that children of all ages can tackle themselves.
As an incentive, there are even prizes!
Full details in the downloadable Youth Section.
If you have any questions, do get in touch and we’d be happy to assist in any way we can.
Thanks
Download the
Annual Show Schedule 2024 for youth
The Art & Craft section is split into 15 categories for all three age groups. Some categories are easier to create while others will take longer.
The Horticulture section features fruit and vegetable entries with three categories for two age groups as stated. For the “Basket of plenty” we are looking for a basket filled with fruit and vegetables, displayed in a decorative way. Don’t forget the most amusing misshapen vegetable category either!
The Floral section has two categories for three age groups. Here the imagination can run wild for the “Arrangement in an unusual container” and the “Arrangement in a mug”.
Lastly, the Baking section has four categories for younger children and four categories for teenagers. Don’t eat too many test products though when practising(!)
Having said all that, youngsters can enter ANY class in the Show — not just the Youth section.
Section M “My Garden” online competition
Killearn’s Annual Show is in August, and our online competition opened at the end of July and closed on 23 August.
Although the majority of entries will be physical, Section M “My Garden” is an online competition with six classes.
There will be a trophy for the Hidden Garden class and we’ll be putting large printed photos of all the top entries on display at the Show.
Find out if you are one of the winners at the Show!
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M1 – Hidden Garden (Killearn)
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M2 – Hidden Garden (Other Locations)
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M3 – My Vegetable Plot
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M4 – A Hanging Basket or Hanging Pot
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M5 – A Planter or Container
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M6 – An Animal in My Garden
For the Show we print an A5 size colour publication.
The “Schedule of Classes” has a three month shelf-life and is distributed across a wide local area starting at our Plant Sale in May.
In the weeks afterwards, the Schedule is sold door-to-door in Killearn, as well as to outlying show contributors in the surrounding villages.
And everyone who attends the Show on 31 August will have to purchase one to gain admission.
If you wish to place an advert please email info.kchs@btinternet.com as soon as possible.
Facebook: For an additional £10 we will put your advert on our Facebook page.
Banner: We are also offering for an advertiser to be named on the Schedule’s front cover AND on an advertising banner for the Annual Show: “XXX is proud to support the Annual Show”. Price +£25