The King and Queen visit the Sandringham Flower Show
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The King and Queen have visited the Sandringham Flower Show, meeting exhibitors and members of the public.
The Sandringham Flower Show, now in its 141st year, takes place in Sandringham Park with Sandringham House and the Church of St Mary Magdalene as a backdrop. The one-day show attracts around 20,000 visitors each year.
Arriving by carriage, The King and Queen proceeded to the Committee tent before touring the Show meeting guests, members of local gardening and horticultural clubs and charity supporters, including members of Medical Detection Dogs, of which The Queen is the Patron.
Many of East Anglia's leading nurseries and horticultural specialists exhibit at the Sandringham Flower Show, and in addition it features display gardens by leading designers, around 200 trade stands (both horticultural and general), a number of charity stands, children's entertainment and the Springwood High School band.
The Royal marquees host competitions in vegetables, fruit, flowers and floral art, with the entries grown by local residents; there are also some open classes which anyone may enter. In the amateurs' marquee, local gardening and horticultural clubs enter a display competition, which is judged, whilst the horticultural trades marquee features displays by nurseries.
The profits from each show are donated to local charities. To date, the Show Committee has given around £825,000 to good causes.
