Loughton Horticultural Show 2025
Published: 10 September 2025
PRESS RELEASE
Loughton Horticultural Show 2025 and
Town Mayor’s Best Allotment Awards
The 6th Loughton Town Council’s Horticultural show was staged on Saturday 6 September proving a great success. Open to any Loughton resident with an interest in gardening, baking and flower arranging – the afternoon proved to be a delightful and welcome community event. Exhibits included upcycled wind chimes, leaf art on an A4 sheet of paper homemade windmill, beautiful blooms, an array of assorted flavoured chutneys and jams, home baked orange and ginger cakes and tables laid full of prize worthy vegetables and fruit!
Loughton Town Council is extremely grateful to the Judges and Volunteers who gave their time and expertise in making the show a success.
Winners of the ‘Best in Show’ went to Tom Egan for his entry in the Vegetable Class of 2 x Sweet Corn with husks!
The public were treated to a plant sale with a wonderful selection of hardy perennials, and winter bedding from Matthews Plants; and teas and coffees were served with mouth-watering homemade delicious cakes along with a selection of cakes kindly donated by Cook Loughton - all donations on the day that were raised went to the Town Mayor’s chosen charity, St Clare Hospice.
Judging took place for the Town Mayor’s Best Allotment in Loughton, now in its 15th year, in July with plots from the Loughton Potato Ground, the Roding Road and Willingale Road allotments. Over 200 allotments were inspected by shortlisting volunteers, from these shortlisted plots the final judging was made on 8 July 2025 by Ray How and Robin Warner representatives of the National Allotment Society.
The prize presentation took place at the end of the Horticultural Show. The Town Mayor, Cllr David Wixley, presented the overall winners, Eugenia Iacob from the Roding Road allotment site who received The Best Allotment Cup engraved with their name, (and a replica cup to keep), a certificate and a £25 gift voucher. The judges thought that the plot had very good water conservation, a good use of netting and loved the raised beds and fencing.
The Town Mayor’s Overall Best Newcomer award was won by Graham Blowers at Roding Road Allotments
If you would like information about vacancies on local allotment sites, contact the Town Council.
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For more information contact:
Debbie Taylor on 020 8508 4200
Date: 8 September 2025
‘Best in Show’ winner, Tom Egan (L) who
won for his entry in the Vegetable Class of 2 x Sweet Corn with husks,
receiving his award from Town Mayor, Cllr David Wixley (R)
Overall Best
Allotment Winner 2025 - Eugenia Iacob from the Roding Road allotment
site receiving her engraved cup and certificate from Town Mayor, Cllr
David Wixley.
The Town Mayor’s Overall Best
Newcomer award won by Graham Blowers of Roding Road Allotments (L) with Town Mayor, Cllr David Wixley (R)
Display of flowers, fruit and vegetable entries at this year's Horticultural Show
Display of flowers, cakes, jams and chutneys and fruit and vegetables at this year's Horticultural Show.