Royal Easter Show Sydney 2023

Many of our members competed in the various Decorative sessions of the Sydney Royal Easter Show managed by the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW under (mostly) Royal Horticultural Society of NSW judging rules. This is a competition held over the full 12 days of the Show with each 2 day session having a new set of design requirements. Competitors often work through the night as designs need to be ready for judging by 8am.

The theme for this year’s Show was “Poetry In Motion”. Class titles were from the works of well known Australian poets.

The results shown here are for our NSWFAA members.

CLASS: 255 – “A mist of colour”. A Contemporary Design. To be staged on supplied base 1m square raised 75mm from the floor with attached backing 2m high, coloured grey. No attachments to backing. Viewed and judged from both front and sides.

1. Madhu Shah
2. Michael Cordeiro
3. Gayle Robinson

CLASS: 256 – ‘Love her far horizons’. Bench space allowed 70mm square. Judged front and back.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
3. Ngaire Gamack

CLASS: 257 – Petite Arrangement ‘All tragic to the Moon’. Scale is the most important principal. All material including container must be in proportion and should be more than 100mm overall but less than 250mm.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Gayle Robinson
3. Madhu Shah

CLASS: 258 – ‘The hot gold hush of noon’. To be staged on a supplied cube 600mm dimensions, coloured grey. Judged all around.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
3. Kim Baillie

CLASS: 259 – Collage – ‘I love a sunburnt country’. Backing material and overall dimensions, height 800mm x 600mm wide. To be displayed on a supplied easel coloured black.

1. Ngaire Gamack
2. Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 260 – ‘Of green and shaded lanes’. Foliage only.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
3. Kim Baillie

CLASS: 261 – ‘I love her jewelled seas’.

1. Ngaire Gamack
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
3. Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 378 – FLORAL ART AWARD. A traditional Symmetrical pedestal arrangement. Space allowed 1.25m. Judged front and side. (Supply own pedestal).

1. Lilli El-Issa
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

CLASS: 379 – ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ Banjo Paterson. To be staged on a supplied plinth, dimensions 1m high x 400mm square, coloured grey. Space allowed 1m square. Judged all around. Limited to the first 10 entries.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

CLASS: 380 – ‘Where the seasons come and go’ Banjo Paterson. Bench space allowed 800mm wide.

1. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
2. Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 381 – ‘A walk in the bush’ Banjo Paterson. Foliage only but can be fresh and/or dried. Bench space allowed 700mm wide.

1.Lanny Pramana

3.Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

CLASS: 382 – Mobile – ‘Reed beds weep and sway’ Banjo Paterson. To include fresh and/or dried horticultural material. Bench space allowed 700mm.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Lanny Pramana
3. Gayle Robinson

CLASS: 383 – ‘Mulga Bill’s Bicycle’ Banjo Paterson featuring Dahlias flowers. To be staged using supplied black mesh, height 1.8m, width 900mm. Space allowed 1m square. Judged front and back. Limited to the first 8 entries.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
3. Lanny Pramana

Highly Commended: Gayle Robinson

CLASS: 384 – ‘With the wonderful scent of big red roses’ Banjo Paterson – to include some red roses. Natural embellishments only. To be staged on a supplied cube 600mm dimensions, coloured grey. Judged all around. Limited to the first 10 entries.

1. Lilli El-Issa
2. Lanny Pramana
3. Gayle Robinson

CLASS: 417 – ‘Sunrise’. To include some roses.

1. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
2. Gayle Robinson
3. Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 418 – ‘Decorative Parallel’.

2.Gayle Robinson

3.Michael Cordeiro

Highly Commended: Lilli El-Issa

CLASS: 419 – ‘Pave’.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Gayle Robinson

Highly Commended: Glynis Hayne

CLASS: 420 – ‘Roses and Succulents’. To include Roses and Succulents.

1.Gayle Robinson

3.Michael Cordeiro

Highly Commended: Glynis Hayne

CLASS: 421 – ‘Italian layered’.

2.Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

Highly Commended: Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 560 – Collage – ‘As good as new’ Henry Lawson. Using a circle 900mm in diameter, space allowed 900mm. To be displayed on a supplied easel coloured black.

1. Lanny Pramana
2. Ngaire Gamack

CLASS: 561 – ‘While the billy boils’ Henry Lawson. To include some Australian Native horticultural material. To be staged on a supplied cube 600mm dimensions, coloured grey. Judged all around.

1. Kim Baillie
2. Ngaire Gamack
3. Michael Cordeiro

Highly Commended: Gayle Robinson

CLASS: 562 – ‘By barren creeks the bushman loves’ Henry Lawson, using fresh and/or dried Australian Native horticultural material.

1. Kim Baillie
2. Michael Cordeiro
3. Gayle Robinson

CLASS: 563 – ‘Abstract Design’. Including fresh and/or dried Australian Native horticultural material.

1. Ngaire Gamack
2. Lanny Pramana
3. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

CLASS: 564 – Creative Miniature Design ‘The parasol of days gone by’. Scale is the most important principal. All material including container used must be in the same proportion, and should not be more than 100mm overall.

1.Ngaire Gamack

3.Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 566 – ‘The sun is fast ascending’ Henry Lawson. No artificial embellishments.

1. Lanny Pramana
2. Kim Baillie
3. Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 565 – ‘From the depth of marsh and wood’ Henry Lawson. Mixed Australian Native flowers and foliage. To be staged on a supplied plinth, dimensions 1m high x 400mm square, coloured grey. Judged all around.

2.Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

3.Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 567 – ‘Basic Modern’.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Lanny Pramana

Highly Commended: Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

CLASS: 568 – Four Day Floral Display. The Competition will be conducted as a “Surprise Display”. All material will be provided to construct your design, including a selection of Australian Wildflowers, accessories and sundry items. The display can be completed by an individual or a team of two.

1. Gayle Robinson and Madhu Shah
2. Peter Rainger and Francis Drysdale
3. Michael Cordeiro (and Melanie Van Til)

Highly Commended: Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame

CLASS: 601 – ‘A wilful, lavish land’ Dorotea Mackellar. To be staged on a supplied cube 600mm dimensions, coloured grey. Judged all around.

1. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
2. Michael Cordeiro

Highly Commended: Ngaire Gamack

CLASS: 602 – ‘And nights of blue and pearl’ Dorothea Mackellar.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Ngaire Gamack
3. Gayle Robinson

CLASS: 603 – Still Life Design – depicting the outback. To include fresh and/or dried horticultural materials. Any embellishments allowed. Supply own staging.

1. Michael Cordeiro
2. Ngaire Gamack

CLASS: 604 – ‘One ceaseless shower of gold’ Dorotea Mackellar. Bench space allowed 700mm.

1. Ngaire Gamack
2. Lilli El-Issa

CLASS: 605 – ‘Colour by Dorothea Mackellar’ – Extracted line/s or verse/s to be displayed. To be staged on supplied 1m square raised 75mm from the floor with attached backing 2m high, coloured grey

1. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
2. Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 606 – Petite Design ‘And sunset hearted opals’ Dorothea Mackellar. Scale is the most important principal. All material used including container must be in proportion and should be more than 100mm overall but less than 250mm.

1. Ngaire Gamack
2. Michael Cordeiro

CLASS: 607 – Wall hanging. ‘Yellow as sunburnt wheat’ Dorothea Mackellar. Using fresh and/or dried material. Drop 1m x 500mm wide, no backing to be used. To be displayed on a supplied black carpeted screen.

1. Ngaire Gamack
2. Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
3. Gayle Robinson

MOST SUCCESSFUL EXHIBITOR IN THE DECORATIVE SECTION. Bronze Medal, presented by The Royal Horticultural Society (UK).

Michael Cordeiro

HIGHEST POINT SCORE IN THE DECORATIVE SECTION Bronze Medallion supported by the Royal Horticultural Society of NSW Inc.

Michael Cordeiro

Congratulations to all members who entered designs over the Show.