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What is the Guild of Judges?
The Gloucestershire Federation of Gardening Societies (GFGS) is a registered Charity, offering advice, help and support to its member societies.
The Federation prodides, to its member societies, a list of people who are willing and able to be Judges for shows arranged by Gardening Clubs and Societies.
In 1998, the Federation decided to extend and improve this important function, by setting up a Guild of Judges
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The Aims of the GFGS Guild of Judges
- To assist Horticultural Societies and Gardening Clubs in Gloucestershire by providing list of Judges for their shows.
- To maintain standards of judging for existing Judges.
- To ensure that there will be Judges for shows, to take the place of those who have to retire.
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The Activities of the GFGS Guild of Judges
As standard guidance for judging at shows organised by gardening clubs and societies, the guild uses the revised edition (1999) of the Royal Horticultural Society's Show Handbook.
To gain practical experience, trainee judges are encouraged to attend as many shows as possible, in the company of experienced judges.
Seminars are held on general aspects of judging and also, with the help of specialist judges, on the finer points involved in the judging of particular flowers, plants, fruit and vegetables. Each seminar includes practical involvement, such as judging of exhibits related to the subject of the seminar.
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