Whissendine Craft and Produce Show Saturday 30th August 2025 Something for everyone Artists, gardeners, photographers, crafters, bakers and flower arrangers. You can join the fun if you live in Whissendine, if you are a member of a village organisation (e.g. WI, choir, brownies or rainbows ), a pupil at the school or pre-school or you [...]
Craft and Produce Show Saturday 31st August By now you should have received the schedule for the 2023 Craft and Produce Show. But you have probably noticed a slight technical glitch.  Some of you may be old enough to remember the Morecambe and Wise piano sketch with Andre Previn and the phrase ‘all the notes [...]
Craft and Produce Show Saturday 2nd September St Andrew’s Church  Art, fruit & veg, photographs, craft, baking and flower arrangements Join the fun by entering or come along after 2pm to view and enjoy tea & cakes in the church Â
       Whissendine Craft and Produce Show Saturday 3rd September 2022 The schedule for the 2023 Whissendine Craft and Produce Show is out! We hope you like it and will use these short, cold, wintery days to start ordering your flower and vegetable seeds, getting out the crochet hooks and knitting needles and designing your [...]
The Craft and Produce Show Whissendine Craft and Produce Show was held on Saturday 3rd September at St Andrew’s Church. It was another great show with 86 exhibitors and over 460 exhibits and the Church looked magnificent again with so much colour and wonderful scents. For full results and photographs, see the Craft and Produce [...]
       Whissendine Craft and Produce Show Saturday 3rd September 2022 There are many of your favourite classes and some new ones. A hard copy of the schedule will be coming through you post box in January and can also be downloded from www.whissendine.net/craft-produce-show/ For more information contact Sarah (474226) or David (474008)        [...]
       A date for your diary Whissendine Craft and Produce Show Saturday 3rd September 2022 There will be many of your favourite classes and some new ones. A hard copy of the schedule will be coming through you post box in January. The schedule will also be on our website by 1st December. www.whissendine.net/craft-produce-show/ [...]
The Craft and Produce Show Annual General Meeting (AGM) is on Thursday 23rd September 2021 starting at 11.00am in St Andrew’s Church and everyone is welcome. For full results for the Craft and Produce Show 2021, see the Craft and Produce Show page Â
Whissendine Craft and Produce Show 2021 Another great show! Whissendine Craft and Produce Show was held Saturday 4th September at our village church of St Andrew. It was another great show with many exhibitors and over 420 exhibits! It is amazing how many talented people live in Whissendine in terms of art, craft, baking, photography [...]
Craft and Produce Show Saturday 4th September 2021 St Andrew’s Church  Something for everyone  Artists, gardeners, photographers, crafters, bakers and flower arrangers. You can join the fun if you live in Whissendine, if you are a member of a village organisation (e.g. WI, choir, brownies or rainbows ), a pupil at the school [...]
A date for your diary Whissendine Craft and Produce Show 2021 Saturday 4th September 2021 Look out for the schedule that will be coming through your post box in January. We look forward to seeing you all again. For more information contact Sarah (474226) or (David 474008)
Whissendine Craft and Produce Show – Saturday 5th September 2020 With regret, the committee have had to make the very difficult decision to cancel this year’s show. Taking everything into account we needed to consider the safety of the exhibitors, the visitors and all those involved in the organisation of our show. We feel, reluctantly, [...]
Whissendine Craft and Produce Show – Saturday 5th September 2020 You will be pleased to know that the 2020 show in September is still going ahead as planned! The committee will, of course, review arrangements nearer the time bearing in mind coronavirus regulations. But with all the lovely weather and the ‘imposed’ spare time we [...]
It’s not long now until our show and we hope all your preparations are going well! We know August is holiday time, so this year up to 4 entries may be registered and staged by a person nominated by the entrant. Therefore if you are to be away sunning yourself, you can still enter that [...]
Last year there were a total of 167 exhibits in the Vegetable and Fruit section of our annual show. That was a great achievement considering the challenging weather conditions in 2018, with a cold wet spell in spring, followed by a long summer drought. This year there are four new classes, Brassica, Dwarf French Beans, [...]
Thank you for your great support in making the show a success this year. It is wonderful to see so many people taking part. Who knew we had so much talent in the village?! What is special is that this is a community event and not a fundraiser for any organisation. The committee seek sponsorship [...]
What a great show! Whissendine Craft and Produce Show was held on Saturday 1st September at our village church of St Andrew. It was another record year with well over 700 exhibits from 116 exhibitors! We had lots of new classes including the longest runner bean, the most interesting gourd, the ugliest vegetable and, for [...]
Not long now until our 2018 Whissendine Craft and Produce show so we hope all your preparations are going well. Over the past months you have had hints and tips on the show and all the sections, but we wanted to point out some of the things that are new or a bit different this [...]
Not long now until the show, so we thought we would remind you of the times for you to register and stage all your exhibits as we have changed things a bit this year. Friday evening (31st August) from 4pm – 6pm you can come to the church and register your show exhibits early. This [...]
Two of the most popular sections in the Craft and Produce Show are for preserves, chutneys and baking – yummy. And it’s no wonder as we have so many great cooks in the village! The same experienced judges look at both these sections. For the preserves they ask for ‘either 12oz or 1lb jars with screw [...]
In previous years the craft section has been so popular with so many entries we have overflowed! So this year we have separated out soft such as embroidery, quilts and lace from hard materials wood, wicker and metal. We have asked the judges what they look for and this is what they said: ‘When judging [...]
Do you enjoy flowers? How about entering flowers or a flower arrangement in the craft and produce show in September? Here are some hints and tips to help you to get the best from your flowers! • Look at the brief very carefully and make sure you meet the criteria specified - if it says [...]
The schedules have now been delivered either through your letterbox or by school email. So why not take a look at some of the activities in the craft and produce show schedule and start planning your entries! The Junior section is packed with ideas to keep you busy on those rainy days. Here's just a [...]
Generally what the judges look for in the photography section is good composition and a shot that is well ‘framed’ and catches the eye. So photos that are unusual in terms of lighting, colour, subject and character are all important. This year the rules for the photographic section have changed. All entries must be the [...]
The Craft & Produce Show, to be held on Saturday 1 September 2018, is made up of 113 classes across 12 categories or sections (of which 2 categories are for juniors only). For a complete list of classes, show rules, show timetable, hints and tips as well as previous winners, please visit the Craft and [...]
Every month in the run up to the Craft & Produce Show, the organisers will share hints and tips relating to one of the categories in the show. Check the Craft and Produce Show page for a complete list of hints and tips. This month Keith Dugmore offers advice about fruit and vegetables … This [...]
Save the date: Saturday, 1 September 2018 There will be many of your favourite classes and some new ones including the longest runner bean and an item made of recycled materials. We are also introducing a home brew section. For more information contact Sarah (Whissendine 226) or David (Whissendine 008)
Don’t forget the Whissendine Craft and Produce Show, held on Saturday 9th September 2017, St Andrews Church. Click here to see the complete list of classes, rules, tips and sponsors for 2017. Staging of exhibits 8 -10.30am Show re-opens at 1.30pm Every child who enters the show gets a rosette Prizes awarded at 4.00pm followed [...]
Wow, what a talented village we all live in! 102 exhibitors braved the elements, and an early start, to stage their entries, with even more returning in the afternoon to view the event, and have an excellent afternoon tea. The church was humming with excitement, a few squeals of delight were even heard, and it [...]
The date for the much-awaited Whissendine Annual Produce & Craft Show 2016 has been announced: 3rd September 2016. The show will take place at St Andrew's Church and the 104 classes are open to exhibitor, who must be resident in the parish, a member of a village organisation or the school. For a full list [...]
Saturday 3rd September 2016 We are going to hold the first annual Whissendine Produce & Craft Show next year in St Andrews church. There will be something for everyone, from beginners to the more experienced, with a mixture of fun classes and the more traditional. So start planning and planting now, get the seeds ready, check out [...]
