My friend Anne, from Sweden, and I were invited to stay for the weekend at Fibrex Nurseries, where the Pelargonium & Geranium Society (PAGS) were once again holding their Annual National Show. Anne arrived here on a Wednesday evening, and we travelled up to Fibrex together the next day. We spent Friday helping the staff at the nursery get ready for the show - setting up tables and chairs, sweeping out glasshouses, and trying not to get in the way.
I had 'volunteered' Anne to Steward at the show. This is something I like to do and as we were short of Stewards, I volunteered her. She was very happy to do this and as I thought, felt it was a great experience to see how the judges here judge the plants. So very early - 8.15 am - we were both in the show tent ready for the judging to start at 8.30. Basically, a Steward, usually two, goes around with a judge to assist and to take the award tickets to the Show Secretary's desk for the marks to be collated. Very often the judge will explain their markings to the stewards which I find helpful and very interesting.
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| I think this was called Orkney Rose - a hardy Geranium and it won Best in Show |
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| Anne Stewarding for the Judge (David Newman) |
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| Anne with two visitors from Norway - Eli and Heidi |
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