Sponsored by Kingsleigh Estate Agents, our Autumn Show takes places on Saturday 5 September at Dedham’s Assembly Rooms on the High Street CO7 6HJ. The Show is open to visitors from 2-4pm.

For exhibitors, it’s free to enter as many classes as you like (but only each class once please) and you can choose from flowers and plants, cookery, floral arrangements and photography. Read the rules here.

Download the Show Schedule here and the Entry Form here for the Autumn Show. Get your entries in by 5pm on Tuesday 1 September.

Autumn is a time to exhibit your dahlias and we have expanded our dahlia classes to seven. There will also be a chance to win a new trophy, the Walter Reginald Appleby Cup.

We continue to encourage more people to exhibit in our village show for the first time, with our Novice Cup. To be eligible for the trophy, you must not have exhibited at either of our shows in the past two years (ie the previous four shows). In practice this means that to qualify for the Cup in our Autumn Show 2026, you will not have entered our shows in Spring 2026, Autumn and Spring 2025, and Autumn 2024. If you have never entered our shows, then you could also win this trophy.

The winning exhibitor will be the person with the most points in Sections A-D in Autumn Show and Sections A-B in the Spring Show. Like all our trophies, winners have their names engraved and keep the cup for a year.

If you have any questions about exhibiting, please email us. We know it can be a little intimidating but we’re a friendly village show and we’d love new people to join in. We can help you on the day too if you’re not sure what to do with your exhibits.