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Shows 2025

SPRING DAFFODIL AND FLORAL SHOW
Sunday 13th April 2025, Sewards End Village Hall

The Show Schedule of Classes and Regulations for Showing can be found here

SUMMER ROSE AND FLORAL SHOW
Saturday 21st June 2025, Sewards End Village Hall

AUTUMN FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW
Sunday 28th September 2025, Sewards End Village Hall

Schedules for the Summer and Autumn Shows will be published in due course.

Other Society Events Planned For Spring 2025

Chile Top to Toe
Monday 3rd March, 7:00 p.m., Saffron Community Link

Liz Livermore has visited Chile twice, both times with expert botanist guides (Martin Gardner and Sabina Knees of Edinburgh Botanic Garden, and David Hazelgove, past President of the Alpine Garden Society, and Daniel Montesinos, a Peruvian botanist who has described 29 new species in the Andes mountains). She will give an illustrated talk about her travels and the plants she met along the way. This will be followed by question time and refreshments. Members £2, guests £5.

His Lordship’s Food and Flowers
Monday 7th April, 7:00 p.m., Saffron Comunity Link

As a young man of 17, Thomas Challis went to work as an undergardener in the wonderful gardens at Audley End, arriving in June 1795 and staying until 1798. Thomas was literate and kept a recently discovered, neatly written diary of his daily work, which reveals a fascinating picture of what was going on in the vegetable and flower gardens of a great county house in the early Regency period. Susan Jellis has transcribed his diaries for English Heritage. There will be time for questions and refreshments after her talk.
Members £2, guests £5.

A Guided Tour of the Gardens at Audley End House
We hope to arrange a special Horticultural Society visit to the gardens at Audley End House - details to be announced.

Summer Garden Party
This will be at a member’s house in Radwinter in early July - date to be confirmed

Committee

Chairman	David Livermore 6 Cambridge Road, Barley, Royston SG8 8HN Tel 01763 848757 Email david.g.livermore@gmail.com
Treasurer	Robin Crouchman Email sueandrobinare@gmail.com
Membership Secretary	Hilary Shibata 4 Mount Pleasant Cottages, Debden Road, Saffron Walden CB11 4AE Email hilary@mikehibbs.net
Publicity Secretary	Charlotte Heales Email mrsheales@googlemail.com
Summer Show Secretary	Liz Livermore 6 Cambridge Road, Barley, Royston SG8 8HN Tel 01763 848757 Email liz.livermore@gmail.com
Autumn Show Secretary	Peter Cranfield
Committee Member	Christine Mayle
Committee Member	Vera Willson

News

Winter Newsletter

Our latest newsletter is available here

Summer Rose and Floral Show

Vera Wilson receiving the Russel Green Cup

THE SUMMER ROSE AND FLORAL SHOW IN JUNE was a very enjoyable event, with more exhibitors and more visitors than for several years. The Mayor of Saffron Walden, Cllr. Deryk Eke, presented the awards. The Veerman Rose Bowl and the SWHS Cup for the best exhibit in the Rose Classes were won by Sharon Davey, who was also joint winner with David Livermore of the R.A. Butler Cup. Vera Willson (pictured) won the Russell Green Cup, the Walden Trophy and the Rickett Shield for her strawberries and other exhibits in the Domestic Classes. Peter Cranfield and David Livermore were joint winners of the Denning Bowl in the Fruit & Vegetable Section, and in the Junior Classes Chloe Hollidge won the Scrivener Cup, and Ariella Quantrill was the winner of the Caroline Dowling Award. Many thanks to Mike Baxter and David Livermore for the photographs

MEMBERS’ DISCOUNT AT SPRINGWELL NURSERY AND GARDEN CENTRE

Springwell Nursery & Garden Centre in Little Chesterford (CB10 1UE) have very kindly agreed to give Members of Saffron Walden Horticultural Society a 10% discount - so remember to take your membership card with you and show it at the checkout before they ring up your purchases. The garden centre is open from 9:00 to 5:30 Monday to Saturday, and 9:00 to 5:00 on Sundays and is very well stocked with plants, seeds and just about everything you could want for your garden or allotment. You can check out their website at https://www.visitspringwell.com/

Data Protection Policy

The General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) came in to force on 25 May 2018. Under the new regulations, the society needs to advise members how we use the personal data that they provide as part of membership applications. You can read our full policy by clicking this link.

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