Garvald Show – set up and donations

It’s countdown to Garvald Village Show this Saturday – 2-4pm. We are setting up the hall at 7pm on Thursday and would be grateful for any help with shifting the tables and chairs. Also all donations of baking (including Show ‘cast offs’!) and raffle prizes welcome! Please bring on the day.

Don’t forget to involve the four-footed, furry, hairy, woolly, feathered, scaly (?) members of our village in the Pet Show at 3pm.

Finally there is a new display table for any items that you’d like to show off, but don’t fit the show classes.

Hoping for a dry afternoon..

Garvald Show – calling all photographers

We now have lovely new display boards crying out to show photographs at the Village Show next Saturday – see below. A massive thanks to Graham Barnes for design and production. Remember photographs should be printed no larger than A5, unmounted, with or without a border. Here are the classes:

  • Local Wildlife
  • A dramatic sky
  • Your favourite place in East Lothian
  • A close-up of a pollinating insect
  • On holiday
  • A black and white photograph with or without caption
  • ‘Beast from the East’

Time to get printing!

Gifford Flower Show 2018

Gifford Flower Show is this weekend, 18th/19th August. Come along on Saturday from 2.00 – 8.00 p.m. and Sunday 9.00 – 4.00 p.m. As well as the Flower Show competition classes, there will be a Scarecrow competition, various craft stalls, face painting, teas in the Village Hall, plant sale etc. This year the Rotary Club are running a children’s dog show on the Green behind the Marquee on Saturday afternoon.

Full details are on www.giffordhorti.org.

Stories in Stone – Exploring Garvald Church and Graveyard

Sunday 9th September, 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm

Join East Lothian Council Archaeology Service and the Friends of Garvald Church for a guided tour of the historic church and graveyard.  We will explore the hidden history of this beautiful building and examine gravestones to uncover the stories that they can tell.  We will also discuss the plans to restore the church and create a heritage hub for the village.

Free.  Booking required.

For more information and to book a place visit: https://www.eastlothian.gov.uk/archaeologyfortnight

 

It’s (Village) Showtime!

Gifford Flower Show – Sat/Sun 18th-19th August, Gifford Green

Garvald Village Show – Sat 25th August, Village Hall 

It’s that time of year again! Garvald (67th) and Gifford (170th!) Shows are nearly upon us. See further details in the posters below. We are delighted to welcome George Anderson back to Garvald to judge the horticultural categories for a second year. Also new for this year: “Anything goes” – bring something along that you have made, baked or grown for the display table (non-competitive). We look forward to seeing you there!

 

GHS Committee.