Shrewsbury Flower Show

The Shrewsbury Flower Show. First of all, don’t let the name scare you, it is not all about flowers. OK, maybe the main attraction is flowers but it is also a great day out for the whole family. There are flowers for the horticulturalist of the family, there is garden furniture for sale for the lazy person, there is plenty of cider and other alcoholic drinks for the men and there are amusements for the kids. At one end of ‘The Quarry’ (this is the park that it is held in) there is an arena where there are displays, shows, fun and amusements. There are about 3-4 big marquees for the flowers and you could spend ages in there looking at them, ...  Read the complete review

First of all if you've never been to the Shrewsbury Flower Show regardless of what you here you have to go. It's always the second weekend of August. Having lived in Shrewsbury for 18years I think I am qualified to say that this is about the only event worth going to. Tickets start at around £15 for a weekend pass but if you go after 3pm on either day you can get in for about £5 and after 7 i think it's only £3. The flower show is not just flowers, although that does take up a large proportion naturally. The best way to descibe this is to think of a village fete, where people show off their prize marrows and the WI sell jam. It's exactly the ...  Read the complete review

I can't believe that no one has mentioned this before: The Shrewsbury Flowershow. The Shrewsbury Flowershow is the towns' only internationally famous event. Held annually first week of August in The Quarry park, it attacts blue rinse brigade from far and wide. The 2 days event hosts a mindboggling amount of flowers in oven-like tents if sunny, or a muddy battlefield when raining. It culminates in the judging of the flowers on the last day. This, for me, is the best part, as it always has the chance of an entertaining fight between the competitors. Believe me, the flower growing world is a ruthless business, full of more sabotage and steriod abuse than ...  Read the complete review