Garden & Allotment Competition

The Melplash Agricultural Society is delighted to announce the winners of its annual Garden and Allotment Competition, celebrating the creativity, care and dedication of local gardeners of all experience levels. Open to anyone who loves their garden, whatever its size and whatever their level of expertise, the competition recognises the joy, effort and community spirit that go into creating beautiful, […] Continue Reading

Eighteen Gardens and allotments entered this year’s Melplash Agricultural Society’s Gardens & Allotment Competition. The competition was judged over two days by Julie Lamb and Ronald Gow (small garden and allotment winners 2024) and Rev Carole & Dr Barry Peters King (the overall and medium garden winners 2024), they were accompanied by the Society’s 2025 President John Bugler and his […] Continue Reading

Eleven gardens and three allotments entered this year’s Melplash Agricultural Society’s Gardens & Allotment Competition.  The competition was judged over two days by Ms Alison Waterman and Mr Richard Middleton (2023 overall and medium garden winners) and Mrs Gillian Livingston (2023 large Garden Winner).  They  were accompanied by the Melplash Agricultural Society President Mr Martin Cox and his wife Vanessa, […] Continue Reading

The results are in for the Melplash Agricultural Society’s Gardens and Allotment competition 2023, regarded as the most prestigious garden competition in the area!  The competition is open to all residents within a 12-mile radius of Melplash Village Church and celebrates the hard work, creativity and care that people put into their gardens.  All types and sizes of gardens and […] Continue Reading

Considered as the most prestigious garden competition in the West Dorset area, the Melplash Agricultural Society’s Annual Gardens and Allotments Competition is open to all residents within a 12-mile radius of Melplash Village Church.  Each year the competition celebrates the hard work and pride that people put into their gardens.  All types and sizes of gardens and allotments are encouraged […] Continue Reading

The month of June saw the return of our annual Garden & Allotment competition after the competition was cancelled in 2020.  We were delighted to receive 20 entries from all corners of West Dorset which gave our judges and stewards two very busy days visiting all the entrants.  We were fortunate that the judging was carried out in glorious sunshine […] Continue Reading

The Melplash Agricultural Society’s annual Gardens and Allotments Competition is the most prestigious garden competition in the West Dorset area.  It is open to all residents within a 12-mile radius of Melplash Village Church.  This year there were 25 gardens and allotments entered.  They were judged over 2 days by Mr & Mrs Tim and Gill Tarling, the 2018 Medium […] Continue Reading

The annual Melplash Agricultural Society’s Garden Competition, the most prestigious garden competition in the West Dorset area, saw 24 gardens and allotments entered this year, stretching from Lyme Regis to Hinton St George.  The competition was judged over two days by last year’s overall winners and large garden winners, Mr & Mrs Colin and Sue Dyer from Long Bredy and […] Continue Reading

The annual Melplash Agricultural Society’s Garden Competition, the most prestigious garden competition in the area, saw 19 gardens and allotments entered this year, stretching from Lyme Regis to Hinton St George.  The competition was judged over two days by last year’s large garden winners, Mr Jason Smith and Mrs Nic Darby from Mangerton, and the overall garden winner, Mrs Erika […] Continue Reading