Here are the results of Dalgety Bay Horticultural Society (DBHS) 50th Anniversary Annual Show held on Saturday 6th September 2025:

DBHS Show Awards 2025

Closed Sections

• Confined Vegetables: Dalgety Quaich — P. Brennan
• Confined Flowers: DBHS Members Trophy — I. & A. Rennie
• Confined Pot Plants: Maureen Trotter Memorial Trophy — I. Bryson
• Most Points in Confined Sections 1–3: DBHS Championship Quaich — I. & A. Rennie
• Confined Industrial: Joe Meldrum Trophy — E. Bryson

Open Sections

Vegetables & Fruit

• Vegetables: Prathouse Farm Trophy — G. & W. Bennet
• Best Vegetable Entry: NVS Medal — I. Simpson
• Fruit: Millennium Quaich — D. & D. Baty
• Herbs: DBHS Silver Jubilee Quaich — I. & A. Rennie

Cut Flowers

• Herbaceous & Annuals: Rosenbaum Bowl — I. & A. Rennie
• Roses: Stewart Rose Bowl — I. & A. Rennie
• Carnations: Carnation Bowl — I. & A. Rennie
• Chrysanthemum: Wee Glasshouse Bowl — A. Davidson
• Dahlia: Garden Plan-It Trophy — G. & W. Bennet
• Sweet Peas: Society Quaich — F. Shenfield
• Gladioli: Conway Bowl — K. Brand
• Most Points in Cut Flowers (Sections 8–14): BAE Systems (Dalgety Bay) Trophy — I. & A. Rennie

Pot Plants

• Fuchsia: Douglas Boath Memorial Trophy — A. Stirling
• Pot Plants: 50th Anniversary Trophy — A. N. Weepers
• Alpines: MJG Bowl — I. Bryson
• Begonia: D. & J. Forrester Trophy — R. Bryson
• Cacti & Succulents: Pitcairns Trophy — R. Arnott
• Bonsai: DBHS Decanter — A. Rae
• Most Points in Pot Plants (Sections 15–20): Bruce Shaw Ltd Trophy — A. N. Weepers

Overall Awards

• Most 1st Placed Entries (Sections 5–20): Printing Services Show Champions Shield — I. & A. Rennie

Floral Art & Displays

• Floral Art: DBHS Silver Jubilee Plate — M. Haynes
• Floral Displays: Sign Plus Trophy — G. & W. Bennet

Food & Drink

• Wines & Beers: D. H. Chalmers Trophy — M. Simpson
• Baking & Sweets: New Lambert Trophy — E. Bryson
• Preserves: Dalgety Bay Sports & Social Club Trophy — G. & W. Bennet

Handicrafts

• Handicrafts (Traditional): Scothomes Trophy — J. Boah
• Handicrafts (Contemporary): Curtis Motors Trophy — C. McKinnell
• Most Points in Industrious Sections (24–27): DBHS 2006 Trophy — C. McKinnell

Photography

• Photography: Rebecca Lee Photography Trophy — P. Stanford
• Young Photographers: DBHS Young Photographers Cup — E. Henderson

Special Categories

• Nursing & Residential Homes: Broon Trophy — No Entries
• Novice: St David’s Quaich — E. Henderson
• Green & Recycled: Laughlan-Deans Trophy — G. Shah
• Just for Fun: Pat and Pat Bacon Fun Cup — G. & W. Bennet

Youth & Community

• Young Gardeners: DBHS Young Gardeners Cup — E. Butchart
• Local Groups: PJG Trowel Trophy — 1st Dalgety Bay Brownies
• Schools: Community Council Schools Cup — Dalgety Bay Primary School
• Allotments: DBHS Allotments Cup — F. Gray

Special Awards

• Fabulous Florals: Crosbie Matthew Trophy — K. Brand
• DBHS Top Tray: A. & M. Sherry DBHS Top Tray — D. & D. Baty
• DBHS Top Vase: A. & M. Sherry DBHS Top Vase — D. & D. Baty
• Choice of the Sponsor: DBHS Sponsor’s Trophy — Emelia Henderson (for her photograph)
• Chairman’s 50th Anniversary Trophy: Amelia Robertson (for her 3.73m sunflower)

Our Minister, Rev Andrea Fraser, presented all the trophies this year. There were one or two new trophies to celebrate 50 years of DBHS, and each trophy winner was presented with a small engraved glass as a memento. Andrea chose something from all the exhibits in the show that caught her eye and that exhibitor was presented with the Sponsor’s Choice Trophy. Andrea received a copy of this trophy. Once again, the Young Gardeners and Young Photographers trophies were presented by members of the from the Gala Royal Party. They carried out their tasks with great dignity, as you would expect. The Gala provided an additional £10 each for the winner of each of the two Young Sections. Andrea did quite enjoy the trophy presentation, and she did a good job.

Tickets for the show are sold at the door of the Community Centre and at the door of the church. The craft fayre was being held in the church again this year, which meant there was an additional door for entry. This helped with footfall. In each bundle of tickets was a red ticket. When these tickets are sold, the entrant is given a spot prize, which was a good bottle of red wine.

It was another successful show, entries were good, and it didn’t rain. There were plenty of visitors and many compliments about the show were received. We had five trade gazebos, and they all seemed pleased enough. Once again, the Gala Committee ran a very successful tearoom. It always seemed busy when I was in there. They will be asked to join us again next year. Volunteers to lift and shift before and after the show were well received. We got finished at ten past seven this year. I think that is an all time record. Thank you to all the volunteers who helped and thank you and well done to all the exhibitors. We will see you next year.

Our next meeting is a talk by Brian Johnston from Dalgety Community Trust about the Heritage Trail in the town. This will take place on Friday 3rd October 2025 at 7:00pm in Dalgety Bay Community Centre. Come along. You will be welcome.