Llanteg Virtual Winter Show 2020

 

Llanteg Christmas Virtual Gardening/Craft/Photography/Painting Show

Please be aware you don't have to be resident in Llanteg to enter, or be an expert in a particular field.

For all entries, you should email a photograph of your produce/creation along with your entry details by 10am on the 7^th of December 2020 (closing date).

All virtual winners will be posted on the Llanteg Facebook page and website and blog in late December.

Some of the winning entries in each category could be included in a virtual 2021 calendar, which is under consideration.

Virtual Rules

All entries will be judged by independent anonymous judges, their decision will be final.

No entries will be considered if they are submitted after the closing date/time.

Virtual Certificates shall be awarded for First, Second and Third places in each category, and there will be no entry fee or prizes.

To enter just send an email to llantegshow@gmail.com and the entries should include the following:-

·        Your name (age for children).

·        Picture of your show entry.

·        The category your entry is being submitted into.

·        The first line of your address.

·        You can submit two entries (photos) in each category.

·        Only photographs can be submitted.

·        A category is defined as Art or Craft etc.

Note if you don’t want your photograph (entry) on our Face book page and or website and blog etc, then please say so.

Here's a breakdown of what you can enter:- 

For Children’s Categories:
Age 5 & under

Age 6 – 11

Age 12 - 15

Art

·           Christmas card either a drawing or painting.

Craft

·           Christmas decoration made from natural materials like:- driftwood/pebbles/leaves/pine cones etc.

Photography

·           Photograph of one or more of the following; wildlife, a plant or your pet, but photographed in your garden/home.

Cookery

·           Any cookery creation with a Christmas theme and decorated by you.

 

Adult 16 & over

 

Art

·           Recreate a Christmas song or carol in fancy dress or a photographic image.

·           Draw or paint a winter scene with an animal or inanimate object as the focus.

Craft

·           Make a Christmas door decoration from natural materials.

·           Make a Christmas decoration from driftwood or wood found in your garden or hedgerow

Photography

·           Photograph of an Autumn/Winter scene you have created within your garden or community area.

·           Photograph of any wildlife found in your garden or community area.

Floral Art

·           Create a floral display in a tea cup/mug.

·           Create a table centrepiece decoration from greenery etc.

Flowers and Vegetables

·           Take a picture of any flower(s) growing in your garden during the Autumn/Winter.

·           Take a picture of any vegetable(s) growing in your garden during the Autumn/Winter.

 

Digital Craft

·           Create a digital logo for Llanteg Gardening Group.

 

13 October 2020 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are well and not too busy, although we can at least see blue sky and the , so just enjoy!

If you step outside tonight, then have a look in the Eastern sky and the bright red planet (Mars), will be the brightest it's been since 2003, or you can wait till 2052 (year).

Meanwhile on earth, I have confirmed a visit to Llwyngarreg garden on Saturday the 17th of October and starting at 2pm, anyone wishing to come along can either meet us at Llwyngarreg or we can travel in convoy from the village hall (leaving at 1:15pm). The charge is £5, and we can wear masks, apply social distancing, and sanitize.....

Just take care.

Many thanks to all who cut and weeded the Old School Garden (OSG) last Saturday, it really is looking good now, and hopefully in the spring the snowdrops and bluebells will have a chance to bloom again. There is a little more cutting and weeding to do, so we are planning another session on Saturday the 24th of October and between 1pm and 4pm, so any help would be appreciated.

Also, we have some fruit bushes to plant out and there are a few apple tree's on their way from Keep Wales Tidy, so we can create a community orchard, and in the spring there is a plan to sow some wild flowers, so hence the need to cut back the brambles and ivy etc at the OSG.

As for our zoom meeting on Friday, can we discuss having a virtual Christmas show and along the lines of the summer show please, we should have some more information regarding the village hall ? 

Finally, if you are interested in cutting the weeds/grass at Crunwere churchyard, then please get in touch?

Kind regards,

Roy

8 Oct 2020 Update

 Good day everyone,

Many thanks to all who submitted entries into the virtual show and for the quality and creativity of your entries, all of which is much appreciated.

 

The judges have now made their choices and thanks go to all the judges for their time and effort in making their decisions, well done.

Appreciation also goes to Ruth Roberts for creating the virtual show blog and for all the virtual certificates and for hosting our zoom meeting, and making this all work. Can’t thank you enough Ruth!

 

When you open the virtual show blog (link below), then you can see all the entries and the judges choices, the virtual certificates are available to print, although Ruth will be emailing all certificates to the successful entrants.

https://llantegshow2020.blogspot.com/?zx=cfda33eda336c93b

If I’ve missed any entries, then my sincere apologies! 

We are contemplating holding a Christmas Virtual Gardening – Craft – Photography – Painting show, more information to follow soon. Any suggestions are welcome. 

 

As for the winter gardening talks (see below), the hall remains closed at the moment, so not looking good for the talks!

The WAG is strongly advising us to carry out activities digitally and to avoid indoor activities such as meetings.

So with this in mind and after contacting Liz and Paul O'Neill, we've had to cancel the talk on the 21st of October. 

However, if you're interested in visiting Llwyngarreg on Saturday the 17th of October and at 2pm, then please get back to me ASAP. If you've not visited before, then use the link below to have a preview. 

https://youtu.be/d-NwFjiXv0I

October 21^st         Paul/Liz O’Neill (Llwyngarreg) Plants we’ve Killed

November 11^th      Joseph Atkin (Aberglasney) Title to be confirmed

December 9^th        Carole Whittaker (Glynbach) History of Medicinal Qualities of Monardas

January 20^th       Jake Rayson (Forest Garden Wales) the Making of a Forest Garden

February 17^th       Piers Lunt (Abergwili) Designing Hidden History

March 10^th            Trish Cormack (Llanteg GG) No Dig

April **                 Bryony (Georgina’s daughter) Growing Crops by Aeroponic Methods

 

With regard to the Old School Garden clean up. Then weather permitting, it should be Saturday the 10^th of October (not Sunday typo), otherwise, if the heavens open, it’s the 24^th of October and between 1pm and 4pm.

Any time you can spare us would be a bonus, as long as you can identify weeds and in particular brambles, and apply social distance rules!

Also, there is a plan to cut around the churchyard, date and time to be announced, so if you've got the bug by then (sorry not Covid), then you are more than welcome.

Finally, our Gardening Group zoom meeting is on Friday the 16th of October and at 7pm.

Trish is kindly hosting this for us. 

2 Oct 2020 Update

 Good afternoon everyone,

I hope you are all well, and keeping safe from both the virus and weather?

To begin with, many thanks to all who entered the Virtual Show. We received one hundred and thirty five pictures, which are very inspiring considering our small community and the fact that we didn’t publicise the show until midsummer.

I’m sure that when you see the entries you will be impressed by the quality of the subject matter, and both the creativity and talent there is within the community.

The judges are now starting off the process of making their choices, so we will get back to you as soon as is practicable.

Please don’t forget, If you do not want your pictures and names publicised then e-mail Roy.james1536@gmail.com

 

As far as winter gardening talks, there is a plan in place, but bearing in mind there may be restrictions preventing us from meeting up at the hall, so will update you closer to the dates.

 

The autumn / winter talks look like this:

October 21^st                Paul/Liz O’Neill (Llwyngarreg) Plants we’ve Killed

November 11^th            Joseph Atkin (Aberglasney) Title to be confirmed

December 9^th               Carole Whittaker (Glynbach) History of Medicinal Qualities of Monardas

January 20^th                 Jake Rayson (Forest Garden Wales) The Making of a Forest Garden

February 17^th               Piers Lunt (Abergwili) Designing Hidden History

March 10^th                   Trish Cormack (Llanteg GG) No Dig

April **                        Bryony (Georgina’s daughter) Growing Crops by Aeroponic Methods

 

During the lockdown period a number of us have enjoyed the Old School Garden, Claypits, Mountain Chapel and Footpaths.

With this in mind, it has been suggested by Roger Harries and Gill and Trevor Bendall that we get together to remove brambles and weeds from the Old School Garden. So weather and virus permitting! If you could please spare some time either on Sunday the 10^th or 24^th of October and anytime between 1pm and 4pm, then this would be appreciated. Although, if these dates and times don’t work for you, then any time you can spare removing brambles, weeding and raking paths, would be absolutely wonderful.

So why start with the Old School Garden? Earlier in the year Keep Wales Tidy awarded the village some wild flower seeds and fruit trees etc and we’re hoping to sow/plant these in part of the OSG. In addition, Trevor has kindly offered to help us with wild flowers.

 

With regard to an annual Gardening Group meeting at the Village Hall , we are still awaiting more information from the WAG. In the interim I suggest we have a zoom meeting on the week commencing the 12^th of October, the exact details to follow, once I've spoken to Trish. If you have any ideas for the agenda, then please get back to me soon.

Some suggestions:

Llanteg Gardening Group YouTube channel.

Winter garden visits instead of talks?

Allotments and grant funding?

Virtual Winter Show with a Winter/Christmas theme?

Finally, Polly Raymond and family are moving from the village, many thanks Polly for all you have done to raise funds for the Gardening Group and support community activities, good luck, take care! 

 

Kind regards,

Roy