Croston Flower, Produce & Craft Show

15/01/2026

Can you help?

We need YOUR HELP to save our local heritage varieties of apples and pears 🍎🍐

From the 1700s (at least!) until the advent of supermarkets in the 1950s, the area around south Leyland, Croston and Eccleston was renowned for its orchards but, sadly, many of these orchards that defined our region have been lost.

With them, many of our heritage varieties of apples and pears which could only be found in this region.

We need your help to locate any old fruit trees from this area, so we're able to propagate them in our orchard and preserve them for generations to come.

Do you know of any old fruit trees from this area? If so, please click on the link in the comment section and fill out the form and I'll be in contact in due course.

Many thanks in advance!

Liam

23/09/2025

AGM Details

Our 2025 AGM will be held at 7:30pm on Wednesday, 8th October. We'll be in the back room of Croston Community Centre so please use the courtyard entrance.

We'd love to see you there, you can hear about the behind the scenes and share your thoughts and ideas.

18/09/2025

Can you spot your entry?

This is a very quick tour of every entry we had this year, all 351 of them!

As you can see we have a large variety of classes and something to suit everyone 🥕 🧵 🫙

16/09/2025

This year we had an incredible 351 entries

The most popular class was class 3 Dessert Apples with a whopping 19 entries

The most popular new class for 2025 was Class 32; A Single Dahlia in Bloom followed by Class 1; Croston Cornucopia, we had 6

We had 158 entries across the produce classes and 47 different items of crafts

Are there any classes you'd like to see in 2026?

15/09/2025

The trophy winners of 14th Croston Flower, Produce & Craft Show 2025 are...

C Vosper Watering Can for best Produce exhibit
John Twinn - 'Basket of Fire' Chillies

R Dalton Vase for best Floral exhibit
Lesley Dunleavy - Pineapple Lily

The Grapes Trophy for best Food exhibit
Susan Twinn - Orange Chutney

Crown Hotel Keg for best Homebrew exhibit
John Dean - Damson Gin

J Bradshaw Pig for best Craft exhibit
Kath Almond - Twilight over Winter Hill rag rug

Croston Show cup for best Photography exhibit

Croston In Bloom Trophy for Best Exhibit by a child 7 & under
Peggy Cubbin - Sewn Bag

The Matthew Littlewood Trophy for Best Exhibit by a child 8 to 12
Rhodri Wynn Jones - Food of the world model

Millins' Chartered Insurance Trophy for Children’s section Champion
Rhodri Wynn Jones

The Lord Nelson Shield for Children’s reserve Champion
Peggy Cubbin

Best in Show
Kath Almond - Twilight over Winter Hill rag rug

Reserve Champion
John Twinn - 'Basket of Fire' Chillies

07/09/2025

Wow!! Thank you to everyone who supported the Scouts café yesterday.

Bringing together the community is at the heart of Croston Show's ethos. Seeing people come together yesterday; sharing gardening tips, catching up on life events, helping our scouts buy new camping equipment, it is amazing to see. Thank you!

06/09/2025

Thank you, thank you to everyone who made today happen

To the people who brought carrots, handicrafts, photographs, took entries, made brews, judged entries, wrote prize cards, moved tables and everything else it takes to put on Croston Show.

There will be lots of posts in the next few days with prize winners, all the amazing entries, the jaw dropping queue!!! But for tonight, feet up and a chilled glass

Thank you 💚

04/09/2025

This year we have a café being run by Croston St. Michaels Scout Group to raise funds for new camping equipment ⛺

☕ Cakes and refreshments
⏰ 2-3:30pm
👛 Cash only

Scouts have kindly donated a prize for this year's show. Any child currently invested in Croston Scouts will receive a raffle ticket, this will go into a draw for a months free subs, so please make sure you tell us when you enter!

02/09/2025

Are you harvested and ready, or crossing fingers for tomatoes to ripen?

Just 50p per exhibit, exhibits accepted 6:30pm - 8pm Friday and 9-11am Saturday

Open to the public from 2pm for the presentation of trophies and auction of donated produce, with a café run by Croston Scouts