Regrettably the Packington show, which every year is held on the first Saturday in September and is organised and presented by Packington Horticultural Society (PHS), has unfortunately had to be cancelled because of the Corona epidemic.
As regular visitors will know the various parts of the day, which this year would have been on September 5th, involves many people collecting in one place and for us this is the Village Hall. The close proximity of people together for the viewing and later our all-important auction of produce (proceeds of which are then distributed around various village organisations) does not conform to the best health advice that is available so unfortunately the show cannot go on.
Your committee has been working hard this year to make the 2020 show a great success and as this is the first time in our 70 plus year history we are unable to put on a show, you can imagine how we feel knowing we are unable to carry on a great Packington village tradition.
Whilst we are unable to proceed with the main show we had already decided to try something a little different this year. With that in mind and providing there are not any further health issues we will be holding a flower arranging workshop in November with a follow up event in December. Tickets for these we hope will be in demand so please look out for further information to be published very soon.
I would like to thank the PHS committee for their hard work this year, Daybreak services who as usual were standing by in support of the event, the various sponsors for their promised financial involvement, the Village Hall committee and perhaps most of all the growers, bakers, crafters, photographers who had prepared or were preparing entries. I must also offer our apologies to the organisations that would normally have benefited.
Whilst the 2020 show is not going ahead the thoughts of the PHS committee have already turned to the 2021 show and all that entails. Make a note of next year’s date, the show will be on Saturday 4th September 2021…… WE WILL BE BACK.
Regards
Mike Powell
Chairman Packington Horticultural Society.
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