Healthy, good quality soil is the root of all garden and allotment goodness, so get yours shipshape now. ADDING ORGANIC MATTER. Organic matter is a blanket term for a number of natural soil improvers or fertilisers of varying nutrient levels. Soil on its own can lack sufficient texture and nutrient content, so to grow […]
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Well, the sun shone, the burgers sizzled and all had a good time. Yes, it was the CHAS Autumn Show. 41 participants exhibited over 120 displays of flowers, fruit, vegetables, cakes, photographs and of course the children’s entries. There was food aplenty from the barbeque and cakes from our fantastic catering team. Liquid refreshments in
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Members may have wondered how the Sensory Herb Garden we donated last Spring to neighbouring Chiswick School has fared over the dry Summer months of the school holiday. We’re happy to report that, thanks to the efforts of Sue Gewanter (pictured below), the school’s Enrichment Officer and a stalwart member or our Catering Team, the
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Chiswick Horticultural and Allotment Society are active members of the RHS Campaign and John Gill our Schools coordinator is very active in encouraging schools to get involved in gardening. CHAS supplies schools with all the gardening materials they need to start growing their own produce and John delivers it and gives encouragement to the children..
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Our show secretary reports as follows:- “Despite that national event and a few other local ones we had a reasonable attendance of entrants and visitors. The greatest difference, numerically and decoratively, was the additional 114 entrants with 132 exhibits from local school displays. Their displays really did fill the viewers with wonder, and
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