2015 Holker Garden Festival - photo special
PUBLISHED: 00:00 26 June 2015 | UPDATED: 14:45 21 November 2017
PHOTOGRAPHY: KIRSTY THOMPSON

Iona and Ewan Finney with Andy Jester
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More than 20,000 people flocked to the Holker Garden Festival with the numbers attending the sunny Saturday session breaking all previous records.
2015 Holker Garden Festival
Beth Ashcroft and Georgina Mae Townsend. Georgina of Marsh Road Nurseries, Hesketh Bank won Silver Gilt for her display of patio plants
East of Eden Nursery, Ainstable, Carlisle won a Gold for their display in the Horticultural marquee
Chrysanthemum display
The Devil's Horsemen display in the arena
The WI Cumbria-Westmorland Federation; Stella Dean, Eileen Kirby, Anne Timmins, Lorraine Parker and Christine Kingsley-Chase
Crowds gather around the arena
Irene Hastings and Sheila Baxter
Olivia, Sophie, Grace and Emma have fun in the GSK Ulverston Holker Tipi making some Elephant Toothpaste
The Devil's Horsemen display in the arena
Nina Claridge (NKC Photography) with Anne Greenwood
Bees, Buzz and Betty in the garden
Nancy Perrygrove, Wendy Berry and Pam Meats
Owen Jones, Oak swill baskets, Nibthwaite
Sylvia Ingham and Tracey Ingham
Flowers available to purchase
Tracey Peake and Alyson Woods, Beetham Nurseries
Steph Baron, Summerfield Nursery, Upper Poppleton
Crowds gather around the arena
Drakes of Hazard in the arena
Trish Thompson and Morag Hopkins at the Smokery HMP Haverigg stall
Charles and Edith Walker with Jason Hill of Eden Brewery, Penrith
Jacki Edmundson of More? the Artisan Bakery, Staveley
Cargoes display
Phoebe Robinson modelling a snowdrop fascinator by Tracy Wells, Designer Millinery
Stella Dean and Eileen Kirby, The WI Cumbria- Westmorland Federation holding one of the entries in the Tree or Trees in any media competition
Fun in the Holker Garden Theatre with Gary Murdock and Pete Taylor, The Big Allotment Challenge semi-finalists
Photographer, Jack Eminton
Ten year old, Eleanor Scotland
Emily, Sophie, Isobel and Jo Gostling
Peter James holding Terri-Lee in front of the HMP Haverigg garden, Somewhere down the Lazy River, which won a Gold Festival Garden Award
Iona and Ewan Finney with Andy Jester
Abi and Tom's Garden Plants at Halecat won the trophy for Best in show, large Gold Horticultural display and the Lucy Cavendish Award
John Roberts, Sharp Paving Ltd, Kendal in the Artists Retreat which won Large Gold Festival Garden and Lake District Historic Houses and Gardens Trophy for Best in Show Festival Gardens
Lucy Cavendish, Lord Cavendish and Lady Cavendish
Lucy Cavendish, Lord Cavendish and Lady Cavendish
Graeme Iddon, Hesketh Bank
Lucy Cavendish with Richard Proctor of Sue Proctor Plants, Huddersfield which won Large Gold Horticultural display and the trophy for Best in show up to 15' length
Abi and Tom's Garden Plants at Halecat won the trophy for Best in show, Large Gold Horticultural display and the Lucy Cavendish Award. Tom and Abi are photographed here with Lucy Cavendish, Lady Cavendish and Lord Cavendish
Seven year old, Olivia Sweeney with Bell and Bullock, Mind your Peas and Cues
Matthew Smith of Brighter Blooms in Preston won Large Gold for his display of Zantedeschia
Horticultural judges; Rae Beckwith, Nigel Bishop and Maurice Woodfield
Sheila Lowe from Highpark Nursery, Southport won Silver Gilt for her display of hanging baskets and patio plants
Awards were presented by the judges and Cavendish Family on the Friday with Sharp Paving, of Burneside, winning Large Gold and Best in Show for their garden named ‘The Artist’s Retreat’. The trophy for Best in show (Horticulutural Marquee), Large Gold Horticultural display and the Lucy Cavendish Award went to Abi & Tom’s Garden for a display which also won Best in Show and a Large Gold. Tom and Abi Attwood’s nursery at Halecat featured in Lancashire Life last year. Preston’s Brighter Blooms won a Large Gold
John Laking Gardens, of Heysham, won Best Newcomer and a Gold award for his Show Garden ‘Nice ‘n’ Easy’ which is his first at the Holker show.
Manager Jillian Rouse said: ‘I think we were breaking records in the Garden Theatre too. When James Wong took to the stage, people were standing at the sides, back and even at the entrance just to see the gardening guru.’