At the Holker Hall Garden Festival in 2004 a Gold Medal and Best in Show was awarded. The theme for the exhibit was "All for £4.00 and a little patience". The exhibit was aimed at promoting one of the benefits of membership of the HARDY PLANT SOCIETY. Each year members may, for £4.00 order up to 20 packets of seed from an extensive list together with a packet known as "Distributor's Choice". All the plants used in the garden exhibit, except for those on the ropes, could be grown from one year's entitlement of seed - but patience would be required to get plants to the size of the those exhibited. There are more than 20 types of plant in the exhibit. This is because the packet known as Distributor's Choice contains many other types and can often produce some interesting surprises.

In 2003 our exhibit on behalf of the Hardy Plant Society at Holker was called "The Hexagonal Garden". We were delighted to be awarded a Gold Medal for our efforts.Have a look at the garden in the photo galleries below for views of our exhibits.

Our group was invited by the Hardy Plant Society to stage the HPS exhibit at the RHS Chelsea Show in May 2002. The design of our exhibit called "The World in a County" was by Mr Ray Lakeland, a member of our group. The hardworking team created an exhibit which was awarded a Bronze medal. After Chelsea the exhibit was dismantled and re-created for Holker 2002. The effort of transporting and re-creating the garden was well worthwhile. The judges awarded the exhibit a Gold Medal and Best in Show.

At the Holker Hall Garden Festival, held in June 2000, we had a show stand and won a Gold Medal. This was the first time we had staged the exhibit on behalf of the Hardy Plant Society. Our theme for the exhibit was "A Corner of Cumbria". The team effort which designed and set up this successful, award winning display came from within our group membership.