East of Scotland Begonia Society

Dundee Flower Show 2015

                         

This page is dedicated to the popular Dundee Annual Flower and Food Festival  held at Camperdown Park,  in early September. This show is held over 3 days, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Making this one of the main venues in Scotland.

                                Well worth visiting for a great day out.



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Pot section
Six Pots

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Class 340. Six pot plant





Class 340.                     1st           Alistair Barnard   Glenrothes


Winner of the East of Scotland Begonia Pot Plant Open Championship

The Millenium Trophy


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New section
Three Pots

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Class 341  3 Pots





Class 341.                     1st        Mrs Lilian Lowden   Dundee


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New section
One Pot

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Class 343 One Pot white or cream





Class 343.                     1st        Mr M Hay   Dundee



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New section
One Pot

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Class 346 One pot Orange or Red




Class 346.                     1st       Dr Alistair Crozier       Broughty Ferry


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New section
Foliage

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Class 349. One pot plant foliage, Rex.




Class 349.             1st            Mrs Rosemary Slater, Monifeith.


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New section
Small flowered

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Class 350. One small flowered Begonia





Class 350.       1st              Dr Alistair  Crozier     Broughty Ferry  

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Class 350.       2nd             Bruce McLeod      Meigle.


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New section
One pot pendula

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Class 351 One Pot pendula





Class 351.             1st           Mr A Weepers     Leven

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Class 351.      2nd              Dr Alistair  Crozier     Broughty Ferry  


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Class 351.            3rd           Mrs Lilian Lowden   Dundee


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New section
Species

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Class 352 One Pot Species






Class 352.             1st             Bruce McLeod    Meigle


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New section
Novice

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Class 365.      1st              Dr Alistair  Crozier     Broughty Ferry

Best exhibit in novice section


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Cut Bloom Section
Six Blooms

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Class 353. Six Begonia Blooms on a board



Class 353.          1st          John Hamilton.   Coalburn

      Winner of       A J Paterson Quaich.      Best in Class 353, Six board
 
Varieties                  Tom Brownlee              Colin Hamilton
                                   Mrs Dan Ramage          Tom Brownlee
                                     Tom Brownlee              Joyce Mihulka

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Class 353.                2nd              Bruce McLeod   Meigle.

Varieties.                 Ruby Young              Geoff Bizley 
                           Fair Maid of Perth          Alexandria
                           Mrs E McLaughlan     Fair Maid of Perth   
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Class 353.                3rd                   Ian Baird, Perth.

Varieties.                    Hercules                     Gay Gordon
                                 Sweet Dreams             Peach Melba
                                   Peach Melba              Powder Puff



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New section
3 Blooms

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Class 354. Three Begonia Blooms on board White or Cream




Class 354        1st                Bruce McLeod   Meigle

Varieties.                                        Billie Langdon
   Whispers
   Billie Langdon


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New section
3 Blooms Bi colour or Picotee

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Class 356. Three Begonia Blooms on board Bi-colour or Picotee





Class 356            1st             John Hamilton  Coalburn

Varieties.                                 Fair Maid of Perth
Fair Maid of Perth      
                                                Fair Maid of Perth                                            

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Class 356            2nd           Bruce McLeod.   Meigle

Varieties.                                      Ruby Young
                                                    Powder Puff
 Can Can       
                                                      
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Class 356            3rd            Ian Baird, Perth.

Varieties.                                   Ziggy       
                                             Isobel Keenan            
                                                  Ziggy


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New section
Three Blooms Mixed

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Class 357. Three Begonia Blooms Mixed on board






Class 357.        1st                  John Hamilton    Coalburn

Varieties.                                         Tom Brownlee    
            Falstaff          
 Mary Heatley


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 Class 357.            2nd                Bruce McLeod  Meigle

  Varieties.                                         Rob Young    
            Whispers           
 Moonlight

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Class 357.               3rd               Ian Baird,      Perth.
 
Varieties.                                         Peach Melba       
       Powder Puff       
 Hercules

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New section
One Bloom Pink

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Class 360. One Bloom Pink




Class 360.                 1st         John Hamilton    Coalburn

 Variety.                                          Sweet Dreams.


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Around the Show.
Carnations

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A nice example of a fine edged picotee

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Another fine vase of carnations
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Nice to see as many vases entered

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New section
Sweet Peas

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Amazing array of colour
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The scent from sweet peas is absolutely amazing in your home
and the effect set in a fan display as above shows them at their best

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Sweet peas set up in a bowl, look great with
 a few pieces of gypsophila mixed in.
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Another fine bowl of sweet peas
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An excellent exhibit to finish with

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New section
Roses

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Very traditional flowers still hard to better in a vase
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More lovely colours

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An attractive bowl of roses

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New section
Cactii

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These plants give you thoughts of dry hot places
Alan Weepers,   Leven

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A view of the staging with an array of different types

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This plant stands up well and must be a fair age.

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Another outstanding plant

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Another well grown plant

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This one is another excellent example

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An attractive group of pots
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You had better be careful around this cactus

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A varied selection of plants displayed in a box
a very impressive exhibit
Alan Weepers  Leven

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New section
Gladiolus

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Lovely spikes on display

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The size and quality is obvious

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Three sets of staging with Gladiolus an impressive sight

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Fuschias

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Widely grown by many people making it a firm favourite at the show

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This year I decided to concentrate on bowls of blooms rather than pots

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Each one is very different but still very interesting

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The blending of the colours is what really makes them very individual

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Less blooms but still worth setting up

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A great example to finish on, found these very appealing

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New section
Chrysanthemums

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                                          Callum Smith.  Anstruther.
Winner of                            Forsyth Challenge Cup
                                           &   John Watson Trophy
with a fabulous display of Sprays
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                                            Robert Jackson   Tillicoultry
Impressive three pots of three Blooms
Winner of The Haggart Cup

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                                         Robert Jackson   Tillicoultry
Marvellous four vases of five blooms
Winner of Andrew Pinkerton Trophy


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New section
Pot Plants and Cut Flower

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Good display  by Bruce McLeod   Meigle

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Another fine display by Andrew Child,  Newbiggan

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A fantastic display by Terrance Scott  Aberdeen

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Staging showing some of the cut flowers
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A splendid vase, outstanding

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A good three vase exhibit by William Stewart   Dundee

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New section
Fruit and Vegetables

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 Fantastic Fruit and Berries on display

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Gorgeous apples and grapes

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A view of vegetable staging
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Extensive display of shallots and carrots

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New section
Carrots

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It takes a lot of skill preparation and effort to get carrots like this
well done.

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New section
Celery

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Good celery heads, well worthy of displaying

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A full staging of celery

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New section
Onions

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A good number of onion sets, with shallots in the background
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Onions 1kg to 1.5 kg Top rate exhibit
Ronnie Jackson
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Onions Large Exhibition
Peter Clark, well done
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A fantastic show bench filled with good onions
These are grown from seed.


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New section
Leeks

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A nice pair of pot Leeks
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Five fantastic blanche leeks
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A lovely display of blanche leeks

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New section
Vegetable Collections

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The collection of six vegetables is the pinnacle of the vegetable exhibits

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This excellent collection was exhibited by Peter Clark

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Diplays

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A marvellous stand from National Vegetable Society

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This NVS section stands out as something completely different,
 a barrow load of produce,they all look tremendous.
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NVS Welsh Branch winning exhibit

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NVS Scottish Branch Second place exhibit

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NVS Southern Branch  Third place exhibit

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Dundee Allotment Holders exhibit well put together

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Dundee Chrysanthemum and Dahlia Society Display

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Pallet Garden

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An extremely eye catching display of Gladiolus
by Glens Garden Gems

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Display of lovely Lilies by Glens Garden Gems

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A glimpse of the Honey Section
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Alice in Wonderland
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A fantastic display

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New section
Bonsai

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A lovely collection of mainly deciduous bonsai

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A good example of bonsai

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This is a truly classic style of bonsai

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The angle of this picture makes it look strange

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I wonder how old this plant is, these truly are
 the result of many years dedication

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A true mixture of styles of bonsai in this group picture


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New section
Dahlias

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They are called giant decoratives you can see why

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A staging full of bright colours and good blooms

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Good quality cactus dahlias

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An eye catching group of dahlias

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This staging is full of gloriously coloured dahlias

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These exhibits are a mixture of decorative and cactus, really top quality

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New section
Food Festival
We end with the Smokies

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A very traditional way to cook fish, known as Smokies
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The very famous Arbroath smokers. Iain Spink

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Here you see the haddock racked up ready to be placed in the smoker

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Here you see one of the smokers in operation covered with a hessian sack

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Here you see the end product you can see by the colour
 they are cooked and ready to eat.
Truly scrumptious believe you me.


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