Harrogate Spring Flower Show is a florist’s delight, with NAFAS regional societies and colleges competing in a number of categories, so here are the floral art results for 2022. Thanks to Gary Welford for the photographs! Here’s my full show review. You can see the results for 2023.
Floral Art results Best in Show
- Flower Arrangements: David Baker, Class A11 – Double Vision.
- Floristry The Ogden Trophy: Laura Pannitt, Class B1 – Zodiac.
Flower Arrangement Classes
Class A1 – Make A Song Or Dance About It, North of England Horticultural Society Cup
- 1st: Parbold and District Flower Club, Susan Bodill and Diane Faunch.
- 2nd: The Yorkshire Flower Club, Judy Walker and Pam Kitchen.
- 3rd: Northallerton and District Flower Club, Maggie Price and Kath King.
- Commended: The Capelle Floral Art Society, Sue Spencer and Mary Adam. Barwick in Elmet Flower Club, Barbara Leeming and Denise Smith.
Tropical Waterfall – Class A2
- 1st: Sally Brass.
- 2nd: Arthur McDonald.
- 3rd: Eleanor Griffiths.
- Highly Commended: Ian Buxton.
Class A3 – Dancing Shoes, The Joyce Hemmingway Trophy
- 1st: Joyce Hearnshaw.
- 2nd: Pat Bundy.
- 3rd: Lindsey Smith.
- Commended: Ken Hough, Ewa Kawalec.
Class A4 – Bejewelled Glenwood Trophy
- 1st: Anne Davison.
- 2nd: Pauline Foster.
- 3rd: Pat Bundy.
- Highly Commended: Tanya Smith.
- Commended: Lindsey Smith.
Upwardly Mobile – Class A5
- 1st: Paula Routledge.
- 2nd: Eleanor Griffiths.
- 3rd: Pauline Foster.
- Very Highly Commended: Jane Burns.
- Highly Commended: Lynn Bottamley.
Class A6 – Verdant Fusion
- 1st: Paula Routledge.
- 2nd: Pauline Foster.
- 3rd: Jenni Baker.
- Commended: Kathleen Shaw, Arthur McDonald.
Class A7 – Tempus Fugit
- 1st: Pat Bundy.
- 2nd: Rita Braithwaite.
- 3rd: Ken Hough.
- Very Highly Commended: Nicola Robinson.
- Highly Commended: Anne Davidson.
- Commended: Elaine Bedford.
Let Nature Take Over – The Eleanor Shaw Trophy – Class A8
- 1st: Jade Loftus.
- 2nd: Nicola Robinson.
- 3rd: Ken Hough.
- Highly Commended: Gillian Jackson.
- Commended: Carys Harrison.
Class A9 – Free and Easy – The Evelyn Mary English Trophy
- 1st: Jade Loftus.
- 2nd: Sue Oliver.
- 3rd: Lynn Bottamley.
- Very Highly Commended: John Hawkridge.
- Highly Commended: Paula Routledge.
- Commended: Dot Maguire.
Class A10 – Trigonometry
- 1st: Janet Schofield.
- 2nd: Sylvia Bower.
- 3rd: Kathleen Shaw.
- Very Highly Commended: Gillian Jackson.
- Highly Commended: Barbara Inskip.
- Commended: Eileen Barraclough.
Double Vision – The Anne Fallas Trophy – Class A11
- 1st: David Baker.
- 2nd: Ian Buxton.
- 3rd: Carys Harrison.
Class A12 – Secret Garden – Sheila Mathews Trophy
- 1st: Ian Buxton.
- 2nd: Joan Davy.
- 3rd: Margaret Breaks.
The Jeannie Watson Trophy
- Awarded for the Best Use of Colour: Ian Buxton, Class A12, The Secret Garden.
The Pat Hutchinson Trophy
- Awarded for the Best Use of UK Garden Plant Material: Sue Oliver, Class A9, Free and Easy.
The Grenfell Medal
- Jade Loftus, Paula Routledge.
NAFAS Areas 20th Century Eras
- North East Area 1920s – Gold.
- South Midlands Area 1940s – Silver.
- Three Counties & South Wales Area 1960s – Gold.
Best in Show Floristry – The Ogden Trophy
- Laura Pannitt, Class B1 Zodiac.
- The Student Trophy Awarded to Overall Winner of B4/B5, Class B4, #Smoothie, Stephanie Banks.
Floristry Classes
Class B1 – Zodiac – Mrs JHC Hodgson Trophy
- 1st: Laura Pannitt.
- 2nd: Jessica Moore.
- 3rd: Danial Spillane.
Class B2 – In Loving Memory – The Bretherick Flowers Trophy
- 1st: Paula Routledge.
- 2nd: Michelle Hunter.
- 3rd: Julie Dickinson.
Class B3 – Masquerade – The Passion Flowers Trophy
- 1st: Emma Greveson.
- 2nd: Simma Malik.
- 3rd: Sara Clarke.
#Smoothie – Class B4
- 1st: Stephanie Banks.
- 2nd: Emma Beever.
- 3rd: Jemma Hanratty.
Class B5 – Colourful Celebration
- 1st: Deborah Scott.
- 2nd: Rachel Bragg.
- 3rd: Amanda Turner.
Floral Art results – Florist Colleges Masterpiece
- Overall Winner: Shipley College – Gustav Klimt, The Kiss – Gold.
- East Durham College (Houghall Campus) – Steven Brown, Highland Cows, Gold.
- Tyne Metropolitan College – Leonid Afremov, She’s Left – Silver.
- Askham Bryan College – John William Waterhouse, The Lady of Shalott – Silver.
- Wigan & Leigh College – Mondrian, Composition in Red, Yellow and Blue – Silver.
- Doncaster College – Monet, The Japanese Footbridge – Silver.
For more information, visit www.flowershow.org.uk.
