Manaton
Show & Fair
SATURDAY 9TH AUGUST 2025
Arts & Crafts, Horticultural & Home Produce Show
The arts & crafts, horticultural and home produce competitions are very much the historic feature of the show; it is always fun to see who can bake the best cake or grow the most impressive vegetables or flowers to win one of the many trophies. Entries are welcomed from everyone!
2025 Schedule
The schedule for the 2025 show is now ready for you to start preparing your wonderful creations! See below for the full list, or download the complete schedule here. The 2025 entry form is available to download here.
Please submit your entries to The Kestor Inn on Monday 4th August between 7pm and 8pm. Alternatively you may email your entries to us at [email protected].
Please submit your entries to The Kestor Inn on Monday 4th August between 7pm and 8pm. Alternatively you may email your entries to us at [email protected].
Classes
Garden Produce
1. 5 potatoes any colour
2. 6 pods peas
3. 6 pods runner beans
4. 6 pods French beans
5. 2 beetroots trimmed
6. 3 carrots
7. 3 onions trimmed
8. 6 shallots
9. 2 courgettes
10. Tomatoes 5 fruits shown with calyx
11. A small bowl of mixed salad leaves including herbs and edible flowers
12. Any vegetable not shown in this section, labelled
13. 3 sticks of rhubarb trimmed
14. A plate of fruit any variety
15. 6 hens eggs mixed or single colour from the exhibitor’s hens
16. The most impressive vegetable or fruit
Flower Arranging
17. Dartmoor Inspired, an arrangement of flowers and foliage any size, accessories encouraged
18. A display of flowers and grasses in an unusual container, any size
19. A small posy of dried or fresh flowers in a teacup with saucer
Flowers
20. A single bloom – ‘the best from my garden’
21. One hydrangea flowerhead, any cultivar
22. Dahlias, Decorative - a single bloom.
23. Dahlias, Cactus or Semi Cactus, 3 blooms, one colour or mixed.
24. Dahlias, Miniature Ball or Pompom, 5 blooms, one colour or mixed, not exceeding 10cms in diameter.
25. Dahlias, 3 blooms of any cultivar, one type or mixed for example waterlily or collarette, any colour.
26. Cut Flowers – Annuals or herbaceous perennials including roses, a mixed collection of 5 stems
27. Sweet Peas, 9 stems one or mixed varieties
28. Sweet Peas, 3 stems of a single variety
29. Sweet Pea, one stem of any colour to be judged for scent
30. A small vase of sweet peas with 7 stems including a section of the vine with leaves and tendrils
Children’s Classes
31. (7 & under) 3 decorated funny face cakes
32. (7 & under) A mug of bright garden flowers
33. (7 & under) Colouring in – ‘Onboard to Manaton Show & Fair!’ (download the picture here)
34. (All ages 12 & under) A glued pattern on A4 card made of dried pasta, rice and/or lentils – optional felt pen outline
35. (All ages 12 & under) A miniature garden on a dinner plate
36. (All ages 12 & under) A Lego model
37. (All ages 16 & under) Longest homegrown runner bean
38. (All ages 16 & under) 5 chocolate covered peppermint creams
39. (All ages 16 & under) Handwriting – the title, author & first sentence of your most loved book on A5 paper
Home Produce - Cooking and Preserves
40. A vegetable pasty
41. 3 fruit scones
42. Chocolate ‘Devil’s Food Cake’ decorated with icing/frosting of your choice
43. 3 gluten free biscuits, any recipe (labelled)
44. A plaited Harvest Loaf
45. A portion of gazpacho or any other cold soup of your preference (labelled)
46. An apple cake, own recipe
47. A Victoria sandwich cake
48. A ramekin of crème brulee
49. 3 shortbread fingers
50. A Dundee Cake
51. 1 jar of marmalade, any citrus fruit
52. 1 jar jam, any fruit
53. 1 jar jelly, any fruit
54. 1 jar chutney
Photography
55. Manaton Show & Fair
56. Dawn or Dusk
57. Celebrations!
58. The Farm
59. On the Beach
60. An interesting interior detail or unusual exterior view of St Winifred’s Church
Art
61. A windy day, any medium
62. ‘Creatures Great & Small’ any medium including sculpture
63. A printed design for wallpaper
64. A landscape made with collage
Crafts
65. A mobile for a baby based on two wire coat hangers – joint family & friends entry welcomed
66. A model or abstract design using recycled materials
67. A knitted, crocheted, or sewn garment or accessory
68. Any other craft item
Garden Produce
1. 5 potatoes any colour
2. 6 pods peas
3. 6 pods runner beans
4. 6 pods French beans
5. 2 beetroots trimmed
6. 3 carrots
7. 3 onions trimmed
8. 6 shallots
9. 2 courgettes
10. Tomatoes 5 fruits shown with calyx
11. A small bowl of mixed salad leaves including herbs and edible flowers
12. Any vegetable not shown in this section, labelled
13. 3 sticks of rhubarb trimmed
14. A plate of fruit any variety
15. 6 hens eggs mixed or single colour from the exhibitor’s hens
16. The most impressive vegetable or fruit
Flower Arranging
17. Dartmoor Inspired, an arrangement of flowers and foliage any size, accessories encouraged
18. A display of flowers and grasses in an unusual container, any size
19. A small posy of dried or fresh flowers in a teacup with saucer
Flowers
20. A single bloom – ‘the best from my garden’
21. One hydrangea flowerhead, any cultivar
22. Dahlias, Decorative - a single bloom.
23. Dahlias, Cactus or Semi Cactus, 3 blooms, one colour or mixed.
24. Dahlias, Miniature Ball or Pompom, 5 blooms, one colour or mixed, not exceeding 10cms in diameter.
25. Dahlias, 3 blooms of any cultivar, one type or mixed for example waterlily or collarette, any colour.
26. Cut Flowers – Annuals or herbaceous perennials including roses, a mixed collection of 5 stems
27. Sweet Peas, 9 stems one or mixed varieties
28. Sweet Peas, 3 stems of a single variety
29. Sweet Pea, one stem of any colour to be judged for scent
30. A small vase of sweet peas with 7 stems including a section of the vine with leaves and tendrils
Children’s Classes
31. (7 & under) 3 decorated funny face cakes
32. (7 & under) A mug of bright garden flowers
33. (7 & under) Colouring in – ‘Onboard to Manaton Show & Fair!’ (download the picture here)
34. (All ages 12 & under) A glued pattern on A4 card made of dried pasta, rice and/or lentils – optional felt pen outline
35. (All ages 12 & under) A miniature garden on a dinner plate
36. (All ages 12 & under) A Lego model
37. (All ages 16 & under) Longest homegrown runner bean
38. (All ages 16 & under) 5 chocolate covered peppermint creams
39. (All ages 16 & under) Handwriting – the title, author & first sentence of your most loved book on A5 paper
Home Produce - Cooking and Preserves
40. A vegetable pasty
41. 3 fruit scones
42. Chocolate ‘Devil’s Food Cake’ decorated with icing/frosting of your choice
43. 3 gluten free biscuits, any recipe (labelled)
44. A plaited Harvest Loaf
45. A portion of gazpacho or any other cold soup of your preference (labelled)
46. An apple cake, own recipe
47. A Victoria sandwich cake
48. A ramekin of crème brulee
49. 3 shortbread fingers
50. A Dundee Cake
51. 1 jar of marmalade, any citrus fruit
52. 1 jar jam, any fruit
53. 1 jar jelly, any fruit
54. 1 jar chutney
Photography
55. Manaton Show & Fair
56. Dawn or Dusk
57. Celebrations!
58. The Farm
59. On the Beach
60. An interesting interior detail or unusual exterior view of St Winifred’s Church
Art
61. A windy day, any medium
62. ‘Creatures Great & Small’ any medium including sculpture
63. A printed design for wallpaper
64. A landscape made with collage
Crafts
65. A mobile for a baby based on two wire coat hangers – joint family & friends entry welcomed
66. A model or abstract design using recycled materials
67. A knitted, crocheted, or sewn garment or accessory
68. Any other craft item
The 2024 Show
Thank you to all our splendid contributors for 2024! Below is a sample of the fabulous creations our competitors delivered.
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