LONDON (AP) ā Vegetable likenesses of U.S. President Donald Trump and singer and a papal āCornclaveā went on display Saturday at the Lambeth Country Show, an urban take on a country fair held annually in Londonās 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 āCornclave.ā
Other entries included Irish rap trio Kneecap in potato form, āCauli Partonā in a movie-inspired tableau titled ā9 to Chive,ā a vegetable āMo Saladā 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.
āWolf Hallā actor Mark Rylance, one of a group of local residents opposed to big events in Brockwell Park, is represented as āMark Rylunch,ā with an apple-carved head and satirical signs branding him a NIMBY (not in my backyard) campaigner.
āEvery year, this is what we get so excited about, is the vegetable sculptures,ā Country Fair regular Maddy Luxon said. āItās just so unique and just so witty and we love the political ones.ā
āAnd the puns,ā said Marek Szandrowski, who was with her. āThe vegetable puns, definitely.ā
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