Chiswick Horticultural and Allotments Society Holding its Summer Show
65 classes to enter for growers, photographers, poets, preservers, bakers and children
The Mayor of Hounslow, Karen Smith
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June 23, 2024
On Sunday 30 June the annual Chiswick Horticultural and Allotments Society (CHAS) Summer Show is taking place at the society’s Trading Centre on Staveley Road.
It is open for entries at 9.30am-11.45am. It aims to be friendly competition for all ages for plants grown in gardens, allotments or on windowsills. Anyone can enter as you don’t have to be a member of the Society. Admission is free and it’s 25p per class entry.
Judging is from noon until 2pm, when the show reopens to the public, and prizes are presented at 4pm. The guest presenter of the awards this year will be the Mayor of Hounslow, Councillor Karen Smith.
There are 65 classes for growers, photographers, poets, preservers, bakers and children’s entries that include decorating a wooden spoon.
There are lots of cups and prizes to be awarded and anyone can enter as many categories as they wish.
If that’s not enough to tempt you to exhibit, there is a BBQ, home-made cakes and refreshments.
For more information from the classes to the rules see here or contact shows@growchiswick.org.
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 holds two shows a year where 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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