Covid Lockdown Extension Hits CHAS Summer Show
Children's classes remain open but other events cancelled
Rula Lenska and Paul Lynch present prizes at last year's virtual Summer Show
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Due to the Covid lockdown extension, the Chiswick Horticultural & Allotments Society (CHAS) Summer Show has been cancelled but the children’s classes remain open for entries.
These will be accepted on Friday 25 June at the society’s Trading Centre on Staveley Road between 2.30pm-4.00pm or on Saturday 26 June between 10.30am-12.00pm.
Judging begins at 12.30pm and, though not open to the public, the exhibits will feature on the growchiswick.org website.
Entrants need not be affiliated with schools and any child can enter.
For more information click here.
It was hoped that the full show could return on Saturday 26 June after being held virtually last year and the Mayor of Hounslow Councillor Bishnu Gurung had been lined up to present prizes with a sizzling Nepalese barbeque, drinks and a range of delicious home-made cakes in the afternoon promised for the afternoon.
CHAS is a charity originally founded in 1915 as the Chiswick Allotment Holders Association, whose objectives are the promotion and encouragement of the art, science and practice of horticulture.
It is entirely run by volunteers from the committee to the Trading Centre.
The Society provides its members with free advice, seeds, bulbs, fertiliser, compost and tools at a lower cost than commercial garden centres and organises shows, talks, tours and events throughout the year.
Membership of the Society is open to everyone, whether or not they have an allotment, garden or window box and costs just £8 per year.
CHAS normally holds two shows a year at which novices or seasoned gardeners young or old are encouraged to exhibit a range of produce, including their flowers, vegetables, fruit, cakes, chutneys and photos.
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June 18, 2021
