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| Newsletter Archive | Press Releases | Unsubscribing from our newsletter ....We never knowningly send out our newsletter to people who do not want it, if you have changed your mind and would like to be removed, please follow the link below. Unsubscribe from our newsletter | If you have not recieved your newsletterThere is no fixed day for the newsletter to be sent out to you, we aim to send one out once a month so if you have not yet received it, you will always be able to download the latest from the website (latest newsletter). Newsletters can be filtered out by email programs, so if you have not received it and the newsletter has been up dated on our website, please check your setting plus send us an email to let us know that you are not getting it and we will follow it up at our end. |  The "Village" ShowWe will be running this again in 2011, will let you know more details closer to the time. Over the year we get a lot of customers telling us of their wonderful crops and lovely gardens/allotments. We thought we'd like to share the comments with other customers and the idea of a Village Show followed. This is just a "fun" show and we hope you'll join with us - we hope to be able to show to everyone that anyone can grow some brilliant crops - and probably show us "professionals" up in the process. Your photographic skills are now to be put to the test and of course the chance to win £10.00 gift voucher which can be used on our website (winner for each category will receive this). Below are the categories you can enter in this year's show.
| The "Village" Show ~ Photos (a) Largest pumpkin (Jack O’Lantern) | 
WINNER ~ Image entered by Susan.
Image entered by Susan.
Image entered by Susan.
Image entered by Susan.
Image entered by Lesley, a 52lb monster! Sadly as it was from seed, doesn’t qualify but we really liked it so thank you for share it with us..
| (b) Group of 5 runner beans (Enorma) | No proper enteries this year.
Image entered by Fred. 
Image entered by Fred.
| (c) Best photograph of vegetable plot | 
Image entered by Helen.
WINNER ~ Image entered by Helen.
Image entered by Peter and Val.
Image entered by Fred.
| (d) Best photograph of a herb garden | No photos were entered, good opportunity for next year. | (e) Best photograph of tomatoes | 
Image entered by Claire.
Image entered by Claire ~ variety Sakura F1 .
Image entered by Claire.
Image entered by Feather.
WINNER ~ Image entered by Feather.
Image entered by Feather.
Image entered by Feather.
| (f) Best photograph of peppers | 
Image entered by Feather ~ variety Bell Boy.
Image entered by Feather ~ variety Bell Boy.
WINNER ~ Image entered by Claire ~ variety Bell Boy.
Image entered by Claire ~ variety Long Red Marconi.
Image entered by Claire ~ variety Long Red Marconi.
Image entered by Claire ~ variety Long Red Marconi.
Image entered by Claire ~ variety Long Red Marconi.
| (g) Longest cucumber | No photos were entered, good opportunity for next year. | (h) Best photograph of group of picked vegetables | 
Image entered by Claire ~ we had problems taking photos as we kept on eating what we had grown!.
WINNER ~ Image entered by Claire.
Image entered by Claire.
| (i) Funniest shaped vegetable | These are not quite funny individual vegetable like a strange shaped tomato, squash, potato, beans etc., but are fun.
Image entered by Becs. 
WINNER ~ Image entered by Becs.
| (j) Best Container of Flowers and/or vegetables | No photos were entered, good opportunity for next year. | | Categories:(a) Largest pumpkin (Jack O’Lantern) – photograph will be to judge size, rather than weight, as this is difficult to judge by photograph – take photograph by with a tape measure around the pumpkin.
(b) Group of 5 runner beans (Enorma) – photograph by the side of a ruler so we can judge length.
(c) Best photograph of vegetable plot.
(d) Best photograph of a herb garden.
(e) Best photograph of tomatoes – either a truss of tomatoes or one single example of a tomato (with the calyx still attached) It would be an advantage if there was a label advising us of which variety the tomato is.
(f) Best photograph of peppers (Bell Boy, Long Red Marconi, Jalapeno etc.)
– either a single study or a whole plant.
(g) Longest cucumber (Marketmore or Melen – the Vega should be quite small)
– take photograph by the side of a ruler.
(h) Best photograph of group of picked vegetables (must be more than 5 varieties – ie beetroot, lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers etc., etc., etc.).
(i) Funniest shaped vegetable (this could be a strange shaped tomato, squash, potato, beans etc.)
(j) Best Container of Flowers and/or vegetables (this should be any size container/pot, photograph of the best view).
This is our first year of running this competition so bear with us, we haven't chosen too many categories as a start…… if you can think of any other categories that we should use please advise us so we can add them for next year (click to email new category suggestions). | Rules:1. All entries must have been purchased from either online or telephone orders - the entries will be checked against our database. 2. We only accept entries as photographs not physical produces. 3. Photographs must be sent to info@organicplants.co.uk before 31st October, or a hard copy (which will not be returned to the sender) to Delfland Nurseries Ltd, Benwick Road, Doddington, March, Cambs PE15 0TU. 4. Photographs will be published on the website*, please indicate if you would like your name to be published with your photograph, (* we endeavour to publish all the pictures on the website but that is dependant on quantity). Please indicate which category you are entering. 5. The Directors of Delfland John Overvoorde and Jill Vaughan will judge all categories except Funniest shaped vegetable. 6. Funniest shaped vegetable category will be judged by a public vote through the website. 7. The judging will take place during the week commencing 1st November 2010. 8 The prizes will be awarded to the pictures judged the best example of plant(s) supplied by organicplants.co.uk. 9. All prize winners will be notified by post and/or email. 10. The first prize in each category will consist of a £10.00 gift voucher which can be used on our website www.organicplants.co.uk. 11. Photograph copyright - copyright for any photographs entered in the Village Show will remain with the person who took the photograph. Entrying the photograph for the Village gives permission for Organic Plants Defland Nurseries to publish, however, this permission is non-exclusive to Organic Plants so the photographer can continue to use the image in any way they choose including the ability to allow others to use them. 12. Entrance to the competition is free to all our customers and you may enter as many categories as you wish, a maximum of 2 entries per category per customer.
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