Bream veg growers produce bumper crop

ENTRIES in the vegetable classes at last weekend’s Bream Summer Show were up on last year despite the scorching summer.

The show was the 161st organised by the Bream Gardening Society, and attracted more than 850 entries from 145 exhibitors across the horticulture, domestic and craft classes.

Show secretary Elizabeth Gardner said: “Vegetables are really up from 2025 and its our highest number for a number of years.

“We had 314 vegetable entries compared with 269 last year which was quite a surprise given the weather.

“Flowers weren’t so good this year so people focused on watering their vegetables.”

There was a bumper crop of cups for Martin Thompson who said he learnt about gardening from the internet.

He won six cups one of which was for the best horticultural exhibit in the show.

Suzanne Snowden won five cups in the domestic and handicrafts sections.

Tom Dunbar’s photo of people in St Anthony’s Well at Littledean was judged the best non-horticultural exhibit in the show.

Bream won the “Battle of the Villages” against St Briavels and Blakeney to create a miniature garden in a wheelbarrow using local produce.

The theme was inspired by the wheelbarrow entry by the Bream Young Gardeners at the Badminton Show.

There was also a competition for Bream groups to create a wheelbarrow which was won by the Life Services group which meets on Friday at the village community centre with the Lego Club second.

The group Dream for Bream also provided money for local organisations to create wheelbarrows which are dotted around the village.

Some of the cups were presented by Vice Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire Mr Roger Deeks.

He said the show and gardening society were important to the village because they promoted growing food, sustainability and well-being.