Join us at the prize-giving to celebrate this year's Snowdrop Festival  award-winning poets and photographers
Church of St Peter and St Paul: Saturday 15th February - 2:00pm

The mission of the Poetry & Photography Competitions is to shed light on the beauty and mystery of snowdrops, and pay homage to the astonishing work of the self-taught horticulturalist, James Allen, in his home town of Shepton Mallet. His passion for snowdrops led him to breed, and lose, the greatest known collection of snowdrops within his lifetime of 1830 to 1906. See James Allen's story to find out more.

A selection of Photographs and Poems entered into the competitions will be on display during the festival, plus there will be readings from shortlisted poems and prizes presented for both competitions at an event featuring the Judges, ​Jane Draycott and Jo Stephen

​The Readings and Prize-Giving take place
at the Church of St Peter and St Paul on Saturday 15th February at 2:00pm in the heart of Shepton Mallet
If you would like to reserve a free place then book here on Eventbrite

The beautiful Church of St Peter and St Paul in Shepton Mallet dates from the 12th century but was largely constructed in the 15th century, it features a remarkable timber roof that includes 350 panels of different designs and 36 carved angels along the sides, which was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "the finest 15th century carved oak wagon-roof in England"