Wessex Group

DAFFODIL SOCIETY – Wessex Group ANNUAL SHOW 

The Wessex area covers the traditional county boundaries of: Gloucestershire; Somerset; Dorset; Wiltshire; and Hampshire.

This year the Wessex Group’s 25th anniversary show will take place on Sunday 14th April at the Village Hall, Henton, near Wells.

TIMETABLE                                                                                                                            Setting up the show from 8am ( All offers of help will be much appreciated   )                 Staging of Exhibits:-           8:30am – 11:00am                                                                               Show open to public:-         2:00pm – 4:30pm                                                                     Presentation of awards       4:00pm                                                                                                   Show closes:-                        4:30pm 

Entries  for Classes 1-5 & 53 in advance to the Show Secretary:   Jackie Petherbridge      Tel: 01934 833641             Email:

Other entries can be made on the day                                                                                            The 2013 Show Schedule can be downloaded here

For details and pictures from the 2013 Nailsea & District Horticultural Show click here

Wessex Area Show Dates 2013 from Basil Billinger, Secretary

Sat 9th March – Burnham on Sea H.S. Somerset.
Contact:   David Bryant 01278 788058 

Sat 16 March – Broadwey, Upwey & D H S. Weymouth, Dorset.
Contact:    E G Wilkinson   01305 816772

Sat 16 March -  Yatton & D H S, Yatton,  North Somerset.
Contact:    H Beck  01934 834889 

Sun 17 March  -  North Somerset C & D S. Paulton, Somerset.
Contact:      B Collier   01761 411384 

Sat 23 March -  West Moors H S. West Moors, Dorset.
Contact:      Mrs S Barrett   01202 892902 

Sat  6th  April – Nailsea H.S. Nailsea, North Somerset.
Contact:       Martyn Davis 01278 855563 

Sun 7 April -  New Forest & District D & CS,  St. Leonards, Ringwood, Dorset.       Contact:       Mr C Beale   01425 613991 

Sun 14th April – The Daffodil Society, 25th Anniversary Wessex Group Show, Henton, Somerset.         Contact:      Jackie Petherbridge 01934 833641

Not forgetting: -
Sat/Sun 20th & 21st April – The Daffodil Society Show, Warwick.
Contact:          Mrs T Braithwaite.   0115 9255498 

NEWSLETTER                                                                                                                            The Wessex Group produces a Newsletter outlining its activities.                                     Recent copies are downloadable here;                                                                              Newsletter May 2012       Newsletter November 2012     Newsletter June 2013


For other enquiries about the Daffodil Society-Wessex Group please contact the Secretary, Basil Billinger

  • Mr Basil Billinger
  • 19 Sunnymede Road
  • Nailsea, Bristol
  • North Somerset
  • BS48 2NF
  • Telephone:  01275 855675
  • E-mail: