11 June 1838
Leeds Times 1838 The show venue was the Old Royal Oak, Wrengate. Both John Gill and his son John were judges rather than exhibitors.
6 May 1839
Wakefield Journal 1839 This Auricula show report does not give full details of the classes, but at least indicates the exhibitors.
3rd June 1839
Leeds Times 1839 Detailed Report 1839 This Tulip show is the only one which is known to have been held in the…
18 May 1840
Originally this Tulip show outside of Wakefield, albeit close-by at Heath, was thought to be a Society Show as newspaper reports found showed all the exhibitors were ‘the usual suspects’,…
25 May 1840
The Floral Register1840 This show was held at the Royal Oak, Wrengate, a week after a show with similar classes had been held at Heath. Gardener’s Gazette1842
23 July 1842
Would appear to have been a small show for pinks with a class of pansies. Mark Blackburn has featured before but not Mrs Holdsworth for whom it is assumed he…
20 August 1842
Gardener’s Gazette 1842 A show with the usual exhibitors and dominated by Benjamin Ely. Both John Gill and his son exhibited and won most of the prizes.
24 April 1843
A good Auricula show with all the usual exhibitors. Gardeners’ Gazette Part1 1843 Gardeners’ Gazette Part 2 1840
30 May 1843
Both reports state that the show was held on a Tuseday, instead of the normal Moday and Tuesdaye. The Gardeners’ Gazette published the full results whereas the York newspaper limited…
5 July 1843
Gardeners’ Gazette1843 Gardeners’ Gazette1843 This was a Pink show with the usual exhibitors
14 August 1843
Gardeners’ Gazette1843 part 1 Gardeners’ Gazette1843 part 2 This is a Carnation report with the usual exhibitors
21 May 1844
Gardeners’ Gazette1844 Gardeners’ Gazette1844 Gardeners’ Gazette1844 Part 1 A Show held at the Royal Oak as normal. One…
5 July 1844
Gardeners’ Gazette1844 This is a Pink show with the usual Exhibitors. Amazingly, the person who had sent the report to the Gazette was George Pearson,…
June 1845
Gardeners’ Gazette1845 The Report in the Gardeners’ Gazette 14 June 1845 does not give a show date. The report was sent to the Gazette by Abraham…
5 July 1845
Gardeners’ Gazette1845 part 2 Gardeners’ Gazette1845 part 1 This was a Pink show, though Geraniums and Pansies were also exhibited. Abraham Holmes…
11 August 1845
Gardeners’ Gazette1845 part 1 Gardeners’ Gazette1845 part 2 This Carnation show was held on Monday 11 August. Abraham Holmes was once more…
25 May 1846
British Florist 1846 No venue is given for this show, or the Society name, but it is thought that there were two shows in the same…
31 May 1847
West Riding Herald 1847 For many years no report had been found for this show, although it was advertised in the West Riding Herald a few…
7 June 1847
Leeds Intelligencer It is very clear from the exhibitors mentioned that this was a special show indeed and immediately brings to mind the Great Northern Tulip…
20 September 1847
LEEDS MERCURY 1847 Although the flower/s at this show is not identified the lateness of the year suggests that it was for dahlias. Abraham Holmes and…
Various 1848
In 1848 the Midland Florist published a report which showed on one page the results from four shows of the Society. 24 April Auricula and Polyanthus show at the Griffin…
4 June 1849
Midland Florist1849 Although the venue for this show was the Griffin Inn, the location for the previous year’s show, there was serious doubt as to whether…
26 May 1851
The Midland Florist1851 The meeting place of the Griffin Hotel together with the regular exhibitor names confirms that this is a Wakefield Floral Society Show. In…
5 July 1851
The Midland Florist 1851 Carnations The Midland Florist 1851 Pinks The Pink show and the Carnation show held on 11 August 1851…
31 May 1852
Wakefield Express 1852 The Wakefield Express began publishing under that name in this year 1852 and this show report was included. The newspaper has continued to…
29 May 1854
Midland Florist 1854 An Eastmoor show with what appears to be very few exhibitors and flowers
11 June 1855
Wakefield Express 1855 This Eastmoor show for tulips also included a wide range of classes for other flowers and vegetables.
29 May 1857
The Midland Florist 1857 William Mellor had a very successful show, particularly in the class for Bizarre Feathered.
2 June 1857
It is believed that the Wakefield Florists Society held a show at the Sportsmans Inn on this date.
31 May 1858
Wakefield Express 1858 The report of this shows adds a great deal of confusion in the search for a continuous path through the years for the…
25 May 1859
LEEDS MERCURY 1859 BARNSLEY CHRONICLE 1859 In the late 1830s and 1840s a number of shows for the Yorkshire Horticultural Society were…
27 May 1860
The report named the location as Estmore instead of East Moor. All the traditional exhibitors were present and it is interesting that Mr Hartley exhibited as well as being named…
4 June 1860
MIDLAND FLORIST 1860 This show was held by the Wakefield Floral Society just one week after that held by the Eastmoor Society and with many of…
27 May 1861
MIDLAND FLORIST 1861 Described only as a Wakefield Tulip Show by the Midland Florist which also published the details of the Eastmoor show for that year….
? June 1861
MIDLAND FLORIST 1861 Once more described by the Midland Florist as the Estmore show. Note among the flowers exhibited Charles X (Royal Sovereign) and Sir Joseph…
28 May 1862
WAKEFIELD EXPRESS 1862 This was the second show held at the Brunswick Hotel and therefore a Wakefield Florist Society show. Unfortunately no names of the flowers…
25 May 1863
Gardeners Weekly 1863 This Eastmoor show was held at the Fox and Grapes. Among the flowers shown were Sir Joseph Paxton and Charles X (Royal Sovereign),…
23 May 1864
WAKEFIELD EXPRESS 1864 The show was held at the Sportsman Inn and flowers included Charles X (Royal Sovereign), Sir Joseph Paxton and Juliet
3 June 1865
WAKEFIELD EXPRESS 1865 This was an Eastmoor Show, no report of a Wakefield show has been found.
? May 1866
WAKEFIELD EXPRESS 1866 This is an Eastmoor show and once more there is no record of a show at Wakefield
23 May 1874
Wakefield Express 1874 Although it is known that at least two shows, 1861 and 1862, had been held previously at the Brunswick Hotel, this show was…
24 May 1875
The four Gill brothers showed here. The report speaks of there being nine classes, all single blooms, with breeder, flame and feather from each of the three colour types, rose,…
29 May 1876
Wakefield Express 1876 ‘Lady Catherine Gordon’ was the Premier Bloom though in what form is not shown. The report mentions where many of the flowers were…
4 June 1877
The report of this show defined it as the 42nd, which was the source of the Society’s traditional claim to have been ‘Established 1836″. What led to this decision to…
27 May 1878
Wakefield Express Part two 1878 Wakefield Express Part one 1878 The show was on the usual Monday until 11pm on that night,…
16 June 1879
Wakefield Express 1879Wakefield Express 1879 Wakefield Express1879 For some unknown reason there are three different reports found from the Wakefield Express with significantly different text accompanying the results. One report…
31 May 1880
Wakefield Express 1880 The reporter at this show for the Wakefield Express certainly waxed lyrical about the reasons why the Society had existed for so long….
6 June 1881
Wakefield Express 1881 A report without any detail of individual flowers. The Society seemed to have decided on a policy of continuity in their choice of…
29 May 1882
Gardeners Chronicle1882 Part 2 Gardeners Chronicle1882 Part 1 The full show report in The Florist and Pomologist can be found here together…
4 June 1883
Wakefield Express 1883 The Gardeners Chronicle 1883 Blight (Tulip fire) struck the beds of many of the exhibitors this year but still…
2 June 1884
Wakefield Express 1884 A large number of blooms were shown, said to be over 2000, however none are named. The show was open for three days.