Events

2025 Challis Horticultural Show & Fete: Saturday 6th September

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Bring entries to set up from 9am to 10.45am. Judging at 11am. Show opens at 2pm.

Adults £2; children free.

2025 application form for details of the classes you can enter.

  1. Open to all.
  2. No fees to enter classes.
  3. Open classes (excluding children’s classes) are limited to two entries per person per class, but only one will go forward for a first, second or third.
  4. All entries must be made on an official entry form which must be returned by Thursday 4th September to the Challis Garden or to 68 High Street, Sawston or online at challistrust.org.uk.   LATE ENTRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
  5. Entries that have previously been in the Show will not be accepted.
  6. Staging from 9am to 10.45am. Judging from 11am. Public admission from 2pm. Presentation of trophies at 3.30pm, followed immediately by an auction of exhibits.
  7. No exhibit to be removed before 4pm.
  8. Three points to be awarded to the winner in each class, two to the second and one to the third.
  9. All trophies must be left for engraving.

Trophies

The Garden News Trophy for the best exhibit in Classes 1 – 21

The Trustees’ Trophy for the highest number of points in Classes1-21

The Dixon International Group Trophy for the best exhibit in the Domestic Classes

The Mary Challis Trophy for the Best Floral exhibit

The Women’s Institute Trophy for the best exhibit in the Handicraft Classes

The Sue Reeve Trophy for the best exhibit in classes for children aged 8 – 12

The John Falkner Trophy for the best exhibit in classes for children aged 7 and under

The Chairman’s Trophy for the family winning the highest number of points in the show

The Norman Carver Trophy for the best exhibit in the entire show

 

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The garden is open — come and see!

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On Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, the garden is open from 9.30am to 12.30pm all year round.

On Sundays, the garden is open but the times depend on the season:
• from November to March, the garden is open 1pm to 3pm on Sundays.
• from April to October, the garden is open 2pm to 4pm on Sundays.

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