The event, now in its 58th year, was held in the Millennium Hall in Flore, with categories for vegetables, flowers, fruit, flower arrangements, culinary, handicrafts and children.

Society secretary Sally Miller said: “The number of entries was slightly down because it’s been a bad year for growing things, vegetables in particular.

“But people did make an extra effort to try and enter something.

“In the handicraft section we had photographs of a horticultural theme and one lady had made a decorated cake.

“The children made miniture gardens and some other handicrafts.

“And there was a really nice bag that someone had knitted using recycled plastic carrier bags.”

The dozens of competitors were given several hours to set out their exhibits during the morning, before the judging panel set to work from 11am.

The show was officially opened to the public from 2pm with donated exhibits being auctioned off at the end of the day.

The show was open to members of the garden society, no matter where they lived, and any other resident of Flore and Brockhall.

Mrs Miller said: “It was a really good show. People don’t take it too seriously – it’s meant to be fun.

“We encourage people to enter and we keep the cost down, so it’s only something like 10p per entry and free for children.

“The prizes are only 30p for a winner, 20p for second place and 10p for third.”