The Alnwick Garden Show Weekend & Market

Join us for a family friendly community show weekend.

Saturday 15th - The Alnwick Garden Show Competition
Judged categories for flowers, veg, cakes with rosettes in the show marquee on the lawn. More information on show categories see below.

To enter any of the categories please fill in this form
For full information and entry requirements please see our information pack here


Sunday 16th - Dog Show Competition
Bring along your dog, as it's Sunday one of our Dog Days why not enter your pooch in our dog show and a have a go agility course.

Over the weekend you can enjoy:

- Village fete games provided by Alnwick & District Round Table
- Rides and inflatables 
- Gardeners' Q&A with our Head Gardener 
- Market Stall Holders in The Pavilion (Saturday - Food and Craft Market / Sunday - Dog Lovers’ Market) FREE ENTRY TO MARKET

If you are a stall holder and would like to attend please email: hospitality@alnwickgarden.com)

Saturday 15th - The Alnwick Garden Show Categories

Roses
Milk bottles provided for staging

- Single rose in a milk bottle
- 3 roses of the same variety in a milk bottle
- Vase of mixed roses in collaboration with the Alnwick spring show

Poison Garden

All entries must be handled, transported, and displayed safely. Clearly label plants and avoid exposing others to unnecessary risk.

- Poisonous Plant in a Pot
A living specimen of a toxic or poisonous plant, grown in a container. Entries should showcase species known for harmful effects. Plants must be safely contained and clearly labelled.

- Deadliest Bouquet
A cut arrangement composed entirely or predominantly of poisonous plants. Judges will consider both aesthetic impact and the toxic reputation of the species included. Beauty is essential—but so is lethality.

- Scariest Looking Plant in a pot
A plant whose appearance alone suggests danger. Entries may include unusual, sinister, or grotesque forms, with preference given to species that combine visual menace with genuine toxicity.

Garden flowers

- A floral celebration of 25 years with The  Alnwick Garden- presented how you choose but with a foot print no bigger than 30cm x 30cm 
- Mixed garden flowers in a vase
- Bouquet including weeds- a collection of flowers that shows beauty from unexpected places including plants classified as weeds

Veg
Presented on a plate – plates provided

-  3 varieties of mixed veg on a plate
- Heaviest potato
- Biggest onion as pulled with top
- Wonkiest veg (vegetable most unusual when compared with its usual counterpart)
- Bouquet of herbs

Baking
Please present all baked goods with a see through cover over the top

- Victoria sandwich cake baked in one tin, jam filled, no sugar dusting.
- Cake made with a vegetable (vegetable to be stated)
- 1 Jar of fruit jam labelled and sealed
- 1 jar of chutney labelled and sealed
- 4 fruit scones
- 1 tier home-made cake decorated to celebrate 25 years of The Alnwick Garden

Children’s categories
The age stated is that on the day of the show. A child, for this event, is someone under 16 on the day of the show.

- Best potato person
- Animal made from veg
- Decorated home-made biscuit celebrating 25 years of The Alnwick Garden.