LONDON (AP) 鈥� Vegetable likenesses of U.S. President Donald Trump and singer and a papal 鈥淐ornclave鈥� went on display Saturday at the Lambeth Country Show, an urban take on a country fair held annually in London鈥檚 Brockwell Park.
The two-day show features sheep-shearing, livestock competitions, food, music and a vegetable sculpture contest that has attracted national renown for its quirky creativity.
This year, several sculptures referenced the or movie on the same subject, including one featuring cardinals made of maize, titled 鈥淐ornclave.鈥�
Other entries included Irish rap trio Kneecap in potato form, 鈥淐auli Parton鈥� in a movie-inspired tableau titled 鈥�9 to Chive,鈥� a vegetable 鈥淢o Salad鈥� likeness of Liverpool and animated icons Wallace and Gromit made from butternut squash.
Trump also got the butternut squash treatment, while some entries referred to local politics. In Lambeth, as in other parts of London, local authorities have turned to holding large concerts and festivals in parks as a way to raise money, to the chagrin of some neighbors.
鈥淲olf Hall鈥� actor Mark Rylance, one of a group of local residents opposed to big events in Brockwell Park, is represented as 鈥淢ark Rylunch,鈥� with an apple-carved head and satirical signs branding him a NIMBY (not in my backyard) campaigner.
鈥淓very year, this is what we get so excited about, is the vegetable sculptures,鈥� Country Fair regular Maddy Luxon said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just so unique and just so witty and we love the political ones.鈥�
鈥淎nd the puns,鈥� said Marek Szandrowski, who was with her. 鈥淭he vegetable puns, definitely.鈥�
The Associated Press
