Special Memorial Shield to be presented at Kehelland Giant Vegetable Show this Saturday
This Saturday from 10am until 4pm, Kehelland Horticultural Centre will be hosting the 14th Annual Giant Vegetable Competition - a show where beauty is very much second best to beast. Over 100 entries have been received -Yard long carrots, 500lb pumpkins and cabbages that would struggle to fit on your average kitchen table.
This year, Kehelland is delighted to announce that a special shield has been made in celebration of the life of one of the shows founder members, Dick Jacka, who died last year, aged 75.
“Mr Jacka has had a passion for giant vegetable growing, that has taken him all over the country” says Horticultural Centre Manager Colin Williamson “but it is in the local community in Camborne that he will be so fondly remembered. Dick Jacka was demonstrating ‘Community’ and ‘inclusion’ long before they became buzz words in adult social care. He knew all our trainees names, took the time to find out what they’d been doing and gave them the encouragement to participate in the vegetable shows. We are all very grateful to have known Dick and are delighted that we now have an opportunity of immortalising his influence with a memorial shield”.
The unique shield has been beautifully handcrafted in yew, by talented young village resident Stuart McQuarrie. It is a beautiful piece that will grace any mantelpiece and a style of trophy always favoured by Mr Jacka.
This year’s judge, Mr George Blake - also an exhibitor at the Giant Vegetable Show since its inception - has the task of awarding the shield for the first time. Mr Blake’s personal memories of Mr Jacka are his infectious enthusiasm for growing giant vegetables and his great sense of humour. Coupled with this was a generosity of spirit that meant he was always happy to share his knowledge as well as his vegetable seeds, gaining as much enjoyment from seeing others’ successes as from his own.
The Centre welcomes all visitors to the show on Saturday. The entrance fee is 50p for adults and children are free. The new-look centre shop and café will be open. Cakes on a vegetable theme will be for sale alongside locally made Pete’s pasties, Vicky’s bread and local meat, fish and cheese.
This Saturday from 10am until 4pm, Kehelland Horticultural Centre will be hosting the 14th Annual Giant Vegetable Competition - a show where beauty is very much second best to beast. Over 100 entries have been received -Yard long carrots, 500lb pumpkins and cabbages that would struggle to fit on your average kitchen table.
This year, Kehelland is delighted to announce that a special shield has been made in celebration of the life of one of the shows founder members, Dick Jacka, who died last year, aged 75.
“Mr Jacka has had a passion for giant vegetable growing, that has taken him all over the country” says Horticultural Centre Manager Colin Williamson “but it is in the local community in Camborne that he will be so fondly remembered. Dick Jacka was demonstrating ‘Community’ and ‘inclusion’ long before they became buzz words in adult social care. He knew all our trainees names, took the time to find out what they’d been doing and gave them the encouragement to participate in the vegetable shows. We are all very grateful to have known Dick and are delighted that we now have an opportunity of immortalising his influence with a memorial shield”.
The unique shield has been beautifully handcrafted in yew, by talented young village resident Stuart McQuarrie. It is a beautiful piece that will grace any mantelpiece and a style of trophy always favoured by Mr Jacka.
This year’s judge, Mr George Blake - also an exhibitor at the Giant Vegetable Show since its inception - has the task of awarding the shield for the first time. Mr Blake’s personal memories of Mr Jacka are his infectious enthusiasm for growing giant vegetables and his great sense of humour. Coupled with this was a generosity of spirit that meant he was always happy to share his knowledge as well as his vegetable seeds, gaining as much enjoyment from seeing others’ successes as from his own.
The Centre welcomes all visitors to the show on Saturday. The entrance fee is 50p for adults and children are free. The new-look centre shop and café will be open. Cakes on a vegetable theme will be for sale alongside locally made Pete’s pasties, Vicky’s bread and local meat, fish and cheese.
