Bee the best – Family scoop awards at Hampstead Horticultural Society Autumn Show

Published: 16 September, 2010
by STEVE BARNETT

THERE was flower fortunes for the Rowlatt family from Gospel Oak on Saturday when they blossomed at the Hampstead Horticultural Society Autumn Show. 

Held at the Gospel Oak Methodist Church in Agincourt Road, mother Bee won first place in the single rose category, while her daughters Eva and Zola finished first and second respectively in the children’s six-years-old-and-over seed tray garden category. 

Keeping the winning streak going, youngest daughter Elsa, 4, won the children’s five-or-under domestic category for her cheese straws.

Committee member Carol Bateman then joked that six-week old William Rowlatt was Hampstead Horticultural Society’s youngest member, and that he would soon be winning his own categories. 

Miss Bateman, who lives in Kentish Town, added: “It was a really successful show following a difficult season with drought and then downpours.”

Hampstead Horticultural Society Autumn Show

FULL RESULTS
HORTICULTURAL CLASSES

Class 1: Dahlias: Winner was Marysa Norris, 2nd Dennis Xavier and 3rd Hilda Gill
Class 2: Fuchsias: Winner was Kalyani Pal, 2nd Mary Betts and 3rd Elizabeth Bristow
Class 3: Annual Flowers: The winner was Margaret Scanlon
Class 4: A single rose: Winner was Bee Rowlatt, 2nd Margaret Scanlon and 3rd Hilda Gill
Class 5: Bowl or vase of roses: The only award given out went to Margaret Scanlon
Class 6: Pot plant, flowering: Winner was Hilda Gill, 2nd Kalyani Pal and 3rd Joan Payne
Class 7: Pot plant, foliage: The winner was Kalyani Pal
Class 8: Pot plant, from seed or cutting: The winner was Kalyani Pal 
Class 9: Perennial flowers: Winner was Marysa Norris, Elizabeth Bristow took 2nd place. 
Class 10: Garden shrubs in flower: Winner was Rosa Bacharach, Elizabeth Bristow was 2nd  
Class 11: Foliage: Winner was Elizabeth Bristow, 2nd Joan Payne and 3rd Carol Bateman
Class 12: Fruit: Winner was Jill Kelly, and 2nd was Joan Payne
Class 13: Soft fruit or grapes: The winner was Jill Kelly 
Class 14: Tomatoes, outdoor: Winner was Elizabeth Bristow, 2nd Marysa Norris and 3rd Carol Bateman  
Class 15: Tomatoes, indoor: Winner was Carol Bateman, and 2nd was Margaret Scanlon  
Class 16: Runner beans: Winner was Dennis Xavier, 2nd Caroline Kwouk and 3rd Elizabeth Bristow
Class 17: Vegetables: The winner was Susie Ray
Class 18: Herbs: Winner was Marysa Norris, 2nd Carol Bateman and 3rd Margaret Scanlon  
Class 19: Trug of garden gleanings: Winner was Carol Bateman, 2nd Margaret Scanlon and 3rd Frances Radford
Best in Horticultural Classes: Dr Kalyani Pal for Class 7, pot plant, foliage

FLORAL ART CLASSES

Class 20: A miniature arrangement: Winner was Frances Radford, and 2nd Marysa Norris
Class 21: Petite arrangement: Winner was Carol Bateman, and 2nd Margaret Scanlon  
Class 22: Japanese style: The winner was Carol Bateman
Class 23: Autumn Glory (An interpretive arrangement): Winner was Margaret Scanlon, while Carol Bateman was awarded 3rd place. 
Class 24 (A): Children’s Class (under 6 years old) seed tray garden: Winner was Elsie Singleton
Class 24 (B): Children’s Class (six years old and over) seed tray garden: Winner was Eva Rowlatt and 2nd was Zola Rowlatt
Best in Floral Art classes: Margaret Scanlon for Class 23 Autumn Glory

DOMESTIC CLASSES

Class 25: Jam or Jelly: Winner was Margaret Scanlon, 2nd Marysa Norris and 3rd Joan Payne        
Class 26: Chutney: Winner was Marysa Norris, 2nd Joan Payne and 3rd Carol Bateman
Class 27: Open apple tart: Winner was Carol Bateman, and joint 3rd was Joan Payne and Margaret Scanlon
Class 28: Victoria Sponge: Winner was Carol Bateman, 2nd Margaret Scanlon and 3rd Griselda Vrolyk
Class 29: Vegetable samosas: Winner was Margaret Scanlon, 2nd Frances Radford and 3rd Carol Bateman
Class 30: Children’s Class (5 or under) Cheese straws: Winner was Elsa Rowlett
Best in Domestic Classes: Carol Bateman for Class 28 Victoria sponge