The
2006 UK flower show season
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The
North of England Horticultural Society will again
be organising two flower shows in 2006
   
The
Harrogate Spring Flower Show
and
The
Harrogate Autumn Flower Show
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Harrogate
Spring Flower Show 2006
27
- 30 April 2006
Great
Yorkshire Showground
Tickets and full details will be available from
1 November 2005
Pre-booked Indicative Prices on the day
Thursday 27 April 9.30 - 17.30 hrs £11 £13
Friday 28 April 9.30 - 17.30 hrs £9 £11
Saturday 29 April 9.30 - 17.30 hrs £9 £11
Sunday 30 April 9.30 - 16.30 hrs £8 £10
14.00 - 16.30 hrs n/a £5
(note
prices may change)
Harrogate
Flower Shows 2006
Wheelchair users and visually impaired visitors
may bring in one companion free of charge. If
you wish to pre-book these tickets, please call
the Ticket Hotline:
0870 758 3333 before noon on Tuesday 18 April
2006.
For further information for disabled visitors
please Click Here
Under
16s are free of charge, if accompanied by an adult.
No
dogs other than guide/hearing dogs are allowed
on the Showground or car parks. Please do not
leave your dog unattended in the car - there is
no shade and the police will be called if it is
reported as showing signs of distress.
Show
catalogues available: £2 in advance (inc.p&p)
or £1.50 on the day
Horticultural nurseries
The Harrogate Flower Shows 2006 are regarded by
many as the start of the UK's gardening show season.
Flower Halls 1 and 2 are home to over 100 of the
country's leading horticultural nurseries, all
exhibiting and competing for The Premier Award
and NEHS Trophy for Best-in-Show. All the nurserymen
are experts in their field and are happy to offer
specialist advice.
Horticultural sundries
A huge range of gardening accessories on sale:
summerhouses, statues, a ceramic pot, gardening
tools... Harrogate Spring Flower Shows 2006 has
got the lot! Much of the Showground is hard-surfaced
and over 70% of the Show is under cover, either
in fully ramped and floored marquees or in the
two permanent exhibition halls. A grand day out…whatever
the weather.
Floristry & Flower Arranging
This spectacular 18000 sq ft ruche-lined marquee
provides a wonderful backdrop for flower arrangers
and florists from all over the UK to show off
their skills at the Harrogate Flower Shows 2006.
Tickets
for NAFAS demonstrations (Thurs / Fri / Sat at
2pm) can be bought from the NAFAS stand in the
marquee @ £1.
Take
a look at the bright new floristry section ...
the perfect place to pick up new ideas to add
colour and flowers to your home.
Plant Societies' Marquee
A new look marquee:
The
Wakefield & North of England Tulip Society
joins the Daffodil Society's Northern National
Show to put on two spectacular shows-within-a-show
Many of the UK's plant societies are have exhibits,
demonstrations and information stands where their
enthusiastic members are happy to give advice
at the Harrogate Flower Shows 2006.
Plant Societies' container competition
The NEHS-sponsored Student Garden Design competition
gives horticultural students an opportunity to
showcase their talents
Miniature gardens and promotional stands by professional
garden designers at the Harrogate Flower Shows
2006.
Alpine
Garden Society Show (Saturday only) is in separate
marquee
Art & Crafts
An opportunity to buy something special…jewellery,
hand-made soaps, leather goods, knitwear….the
choice is yours.
Fine Country Foods & Deliciouslyorkshire
Choose from a wide range of regional specialities
in these food marquees.
more
here and here
specialised
flower cutters and flower scissors for sale
Living in the UK ? - If you live in the
UK - you can buy garden tools from my affiliate
site as below - brackets ( ) indicate number of
garden tools available per category - so there
are plenty to choose from :
Knives (20) Shredders (18) Grass trimmers
(102) Lawn mowers (81) Rakes (51) Axes (61) Bulb
planters (3) Edging irons (15) Loppers (57) Spades
(41) Hand Forks/Trowels (76) Lawn scarifiers (18)
Scythes& hooks (6) Tree pruners (9) Chain
saws (74) Hedge trimmers (9) Log splitters (3)
Secateurs (99) Watering hose & accessories
(50) Garden shears (5) Shredders (9) Spreaders
(3) all from Wilkinson Sword, Wolf, Spear &
Jackson and other top makes.
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