CHAS Virtual Summer Show 2020

CHAS Virtual Summer Show 2020  

It happened, the Virtual Show became a reality, first to submit photo entries (roses) was Elaine Hughes, who would have expected that one of our most senior members would be first to enter into what may be the first ever virtual allotment and gardeners show? Neatly from senior to junior, the last entries came from Strand on The Green Nursery and Infants School with their “make you smile” colourful flower drawings. .

In between came entries not just from west London, but from California, Singapore, Wales, Bristol, Norfolk, Hampshire, Hove, Brighton, Isle of Wight and maybe Cyprus, Skye thinking that was where her aunt Tissie (highly commended for her gooseberries) now lived.

It was a joy to upload the photos, each batch a reassurance somewhat akin to a pigeon fancier watching his birds come home to roost, perhaps a metaphor too far given recent pigeon devastation on the allotments, but that’s how it felt. May the “joy vibe” be with you as you peruse the accompanying entrant’s photos.

It was a team effort, so rather than name any individuals, know that without the support of the Chiswick Horticultural and Allotments Society committee, this groundbreaking internet adventure would never have happened, so a big thank you to them.

Let’s break the rule and be a “name dropper”, Rula Lenska, who bowled us all over with her charm and wit when presenting the virtual certificates at a very real prize ceremony on Dukes Meadows Allotments. Witness the presentation on the website www.growchiswick.org as well as on Buzzfeed and you too can be bowled over.

Michael Flinders

Presentation By Rula Lenska and Paul Lynch

 

CHAS Virtual Summer Show 2020  Gallery

———Roses———

1. A bowl of roses not to exceed 30cm
2. Rose pink, 1 bloom
3. Rose red, 1 bloom
4. Rose yellow, 1 bloom
6. Rose, 1 bloom, any colour
7. Rose 3 blooms single variety
8. Rose 3 blooms different varieties

  —–Sweet Peas——  

11. Sweet peas
12. Sweet peas mixed
13. Novice sweet pea

—-Flowers General—-

14. 1 bloom any
15. Garden flowers, bowl
17. Vase of mixed flowers, excl roses
18. Vase of 'weeds' and or wildflowers
19. Vase of pinks
20. Bowl of pansies 6 blooms
22. Arrangement in unusual container, flowers with or without accessories , not exeeding 30cmx30cm

Plants in pots or containers 

23. 1 plant in bloom
24. 1 cactus or succulent grown in pot or container
25. 1 pelargonium or geranium grown in pot or container
26. Noah's Ark collection matching pair of flowers, matching pair of fruits and matching pair of vegetables

—–Displays——

27. Display of 4 pelargonium or geranium leaves
28. Display of flowers, fruit and veg, not exc 45x45
29. 2 dishes of fruit and or veg, 2 distinct varieties

——–Fruit———

30.Strawbery,1 dish of 7 with stalks
31. Gooseberries, 1 dish of 7 with stalks
32. Raspberries, 1 dish of 7 with stalks
33. Blackcurrants 1 dish of 5 strigs
34. Currants, red or white, 1 dish of 5 strigs
35. Any fruit not listed above, 9 or less

——-Vegetables——–

36. Lettuces, 2 washed with roots
37. Peas, excl mange tout, 5 pods
38. Mangetout, 5 pods
40.Broad beans, 5 with stalks
41. Asparagus, 4 spears
43. Onions, 4 under 250g, tops dressed, roots trimmed
44. 3 stems or differentof 3 different named herbs in separate vases
46. Rhubarb 3 sticks with at least 5cm of leaf
47. Any other vegetable not listed, max 3
48. Beetroot, 3
49. Potatoes, 4 of same variety

——-Photography——- 

57. Photograph, themed 'Something in the air'
58. Photograph, themed 'Anything with wheels'
59. Photograph , themed 'Trees'

——-Poetry——-

60. Poem themed ‘Ifs and buts’

(Click the name to read the poem)

60 -1st Henry Gewanter      

60- 2nd Skye Palmer-Jones     

60-3rd Mia Clarke (14 Yrs old)

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