Port Eliot Festival Flower Show

The Port Eliot Flower Show is held during the Port Eliot Festival in the beautiful Orangery in the grounds of Port Eliot. The show is curated by internationally acclaimed production designer Michael Howells. The show pays homage to the traditional British Flower and Vegetable Shows which are the backbones of horticultural life across the country.

However, our show is a little bit different. It features floral art classes and demonstrations, alongside music, art and fashion. We do not follow the NAFAS Competitions Manual. Experience is not essential. We are interested in the displays showing imagination, and a love of flowers. Last year the winner of our Best in Show Cup had never entered a flower show before in her life! Have a go, you might surprise yourself.

If you didn’t come to last year’s festival, you can watch the Guardian’s film of this unique event, Surrealism in Full Bloom, here and get a flavour of what it’s all about.

>> Download this year’s Flower Show Guide.

Exhibitors Classes

1. OVERTURE AND BEGINNERS PLEASE
A miniature arrangement of flowers for an actress’s dressing room
6 x 6 inches

2. SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW A SCARECROW
Lifesize. A fixed post will be provided on which the Scarecrow can be attached

3. A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
An arrangement to depict any opera
30 inches deep x 36 inches wide

4. OH WHAT A BEAUTIFUL MORNING!
E.G: Oklahoma! Sound of Music! Carousel! South Pacific! Flower drum song!
An arrangement to depict any Rogers and Hammerstein musical
30 x 30 inches

5. INTERVAL
A table arrangement for an interval supper
18 x 18 inches

6. DANCE, DANCE, DANCE LITTLE LADY
An arrangement to depict any ballet
30 x 30 inches

7. GREENSLEEVES
An arrangement of foliage
30 x 30 inches

8. LEND ME A TENOR
An arrangement of black and white
30 x 30 inches

9. SALAD DAYS
An arrangement of vegetables
36 inches wide x 30 inches deep

10. ENCORE, ENCORE
A bouquet for a prima donna
30 x 30 inches

11. VEG FACTOR (OVER 8 YEARS)
A vegetable sculpture to depict a singer/popstar
12 x 12 inches

12. IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY (UNDER EIGHT YEARS)
An arrangement of flowers for a teddy bears picnic in a honey jar

13. WE’RE ALL GOING ON A SUMMER HOLIDAY
An arrangement of weeds and things found on the beach in a children’s Seaside bucket.
12 x 12 inches

All heights in every class are unlimited.

Cups and Awards

THE ROO ST GERMANS CUP – Best exhibit by a child over 8
THE LARK ST GERMANS CUP – Best exhibit by a child under 8
BEST IN SHOW
THE JUDGES CUP
THE JOAN BALL MEMORIAL CUP – Best Exhibit by a WI Member
THE FESTIVAL CUP – Best exhibit chosen by popular acclaim