The idea
The show will be held on Kirkham's Peoples and Memorial Park on the 28th and 29th June 2025.
Charities, Schools and members of the community will be invited to take part to showcase their talents and stimulate personal growth.
This is a revival of a once popular event for the villages and the people are keen to see its return.
Horticulture shows stimulate interest in growing and showing horticulture, creating floral designs, and expressing creativity, they also stimulate local economy in villages.
The run up to the show will allow the creation of new groups and invigorate existing groups
What we'll deliver
- Hire Stage and Sound equiptment for 2 days
- Gazebos for competitions
- Advertisement in Kirkham and Wesham Advertiser
- Easel stands for art / photography competition
- Hire of tables for stalls
- Outdoor lighting
- Stage props & costumes
- Generator hire
- Balloon decoration
- Advertising posters
Why it's a great idea
Encouraging Younger Generations
Most local shows have categories for children to enter, be they amusing vegetable constructions or themed bookmark design and colouring competitions. It’s important to get children involved in community events, to present them with the full range of nature’s bounty and to have them engage with older local people so that they learn to respect them. Competition is also an important life lesson, I like my children to see me working hard in the garden or at the allotment, preparing exhibits and NOT always winning at a show. It teaches them tolerance, patience, humility and that perseverance and hard work bring reward… life is not full of instant gratification
Community Building
The majority of visitors to our local shows are elderly, this is to be expected because gardening is something of a popular hobby among the retired of society.community benefits from local event like this and their upkeep is vital for community cohesiveness – reduced vandalism
Steps to get it done
- Community Support
- Facebook page
- Approval off local councellor
- Event area mapped out
- Businesses and Stalls identified
- Charities Identified
- Production team and actors for show
- Judges
- Stage and sound system hire
- stress test lamp posts for bunting
- Arrange decoration hire
- Advertising in local news sources
- Sign up merchants for stalls
- Kirkham in Bloom support
- Sign up entrants for competitions
So many elderly people go days or weeks without a visitor or decent conversation with anybody but the postman or cold caller. A local show provides these people with an opportunity for exercise, floral eye candy, conversation and above all company.
