Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society Est.1893
Our Society has been active in the area since its formation in 1893. It has a long and prestigious history and has always maintained close ties with our local community.
The object of the Society is the promotion, advancement and enjoyment of horticulture and gardening.
We pride ourselves on being a friendly Society. If you need advice on growing plants or vegetables you are likely to find members who will be only too happy to give you some advice.
The Society holds two Shows a year,four informal Evening Meetings with guest speakers and an Annual Quiz.
Our shows take place in July and September, at St Dunstan's Primary School. for Flower, Vegetable, Fruit and Domestic classes. With seperate classes for Children.
You can see photos taken from our previous shows in the above Show Gallery tab.
We publish four newsletters during the year, keeping members up to date with events and often incorporating useful gardening advice and information. You can view current and previous editions of these newsletters in the above Newsletters tab.
There is no need to own a large garden, or grow rarities to enter our Shows. As we encourage all our members to enter in the shows.
If you enjoy growing your own food or gardening, then do please consider joining our Society. It is only £3.50 for a single person or £6.00 for a couple for the year. You can join us via this site, in the above Join Us tab.
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AGM Notice
Weds 19th November at 8PM
I am sure you are all looking forward to attending our Annual General Meeting which will be held at:-
St Christopher’s Church Hall
Dallas Road
Cheam, SM3 8RS.
In order for the AGM to take place, we need to have a quorum of 12 members.
After the AGM we will be presenting our Annual Awards (except for the Children’s Classes) for this year. May I remind members who won cups and other trophies last year to bring them, duly cleaned and engraved, to the AGM please.
Agenda:-
1. Chairman to open the meeting
2. Apologies for Absence
3. Minutes of the last AGM
4. Matters Arising from the minutes of the last AGM
5. Report of the Committee
6. Hon. Treasurer’s Report and adoption of the accounts
7. Subscription for 2025
8. Election of Officers
• President
• Vice Presidents
• Chairman
• Vice Chairman
• Hon. Secretary
• Hon. Assistant Secretary
• Hon. Treasurer
• Hon. Membership Secretary
• Hon. Publicity Officer & Newsletter Editor
• Hon. Show Secretary
• Hon. Assistant Show Secretary
• Hon. Website Administrator
9. Election of Committee & Appointment of Auditor
There will be tea/coffee and cakes on sale and our usual raffle.
There is ample free off road car parking.
New Thomson & Morgan Discount Scheme
Guidelines For Making Sauerkraut.
For those who attended the 16th Apr evening talk on Fermentation & Sourdough for Beginners. Penny has produced a guide to help those who would like to have ago for themselves.
Just click on the link below.
Guidelines For Making Sauerkraut.pdf
Facebook Page & WhatsApp Group
For the info of our members, are you aware that the Society has both a Facebook page at
and a
WhatsApp Group at:-
This will take you to the invitation page, from which just need to accept the invite.
If you have any problems the just send an email to Lauren at :
Or click on the Facebook Icon (f) at the top of the page.
You will of course need to have a Facebook account to access this site.
Just 'Like' the page and then you can comment on our posts.
Once you have 'Liked' us, you can always mention us in your own posts. (especially if you are taking photos that are horticultural-based) by typing @ and the option to type cheamandcuddington or cheamccs will appear. Click on it and that will help our Facebook profile.
Lauren, who has just taken over as administrator of our Facebook page, is in the process of starting to add posts and information.
Untangling our Long, Local History – Can You Help?
Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society has a long and prestigious history and has always maintained close ties with the local community. We are in the process of putting together as much information as possible about our history. Members old and new, and their families, often find awards, trophies, photos, memories and memorabilia from the Society. We would certainly appreciate it if you or your family could help us.
We have published several articles on our history in our Newsletter over the past years. Special thanks to Richard Bailey and Linda Scanlon who contributed to these articles. We have now gathered them together. You can find them by clicking on the History tab in the menu above.
