Saturday 13th September 2025 2.30-5.00pm
Our Autumn Flower and Vegetable Show will be taking place this year on Saturday 13th September 2025. It will be held in the Holy Redeemer Church Hall, in Churchmore Road SW16, as usual. The Show opens to the public at 2.30pm and closes at 5.00pm with a nominal entry charge of 50p. Please try to attend, and support our annual community event. We have A4 posters to promote the event and can get some to you if you can help us advertise the Show. Please let us know if you would like one, and if you want them to be laminated first.
Last year we welcomed some excellent new exhibitors, and would like this trend to continue. Hopefully you will be able to join us. We welcome all members of our community and beyond to come and enjoy the exhibits and the socialising. ANYONE may submit an entry into the Autumn Show. You don’t have to be a member of the SVPOA, an allotments plot holder or even live in Lambeth to submit an entry and win first prize. However, it is worth noting that only SVPOA members may win a trophy.
If you are thinking of placing an entry for the Show, please note we can accept your completed forms at any time from now until the Thursday before the Show (11th September). You can submit your forms by dropping them off at the Trading Hut or popping them into the letterbox on the gates to the Allotment Grounds (between 151 and 153 Streatham Vale). An entry form is printed in this issue of Vale Topics Click to see full show guide and entry form, with more available at the Trading Hut. Please remember, to submit an entry you must complete and submit an entry form in advance, it is not acceptable to come along on the Saturday of the Show with something to display, without prior notification.
If you are considering entering into the Show, the full detailed rules and regulations together with additional information and an entry form, is available via a link from this issue of Vale Topic https://svpoa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Autumn-Show-Schedule-2025.pdf.
We could also drop the schedule and regulations around to you at your request or you can pick up a copy from the Allotments Trading Hut any Sunday morning between 10am – 12noon.
We are again asking if you would be willing to donate any of your entries to the SVPOA. These donations will be offered for sale at the Autumn Show. This is a way for us to raise some additional funds. However, whilst some exhibitors are happy to donate, we know that many contributors want to keep their produce, so please do not feel pressured to offer your items.
Lastly, at the Show we also hold a raffle. Could you have anything that you could donate to this? We would welcome anything that is new, such as unwanted gifts, unused purchases or maybe you have a service that you could donate, such as gardening etc. If you have something to donate, it would be helpful if you could let us know in advance. Please send us an email, pop along to the allotments on a Sunday morning or pop a note into our letterbox on the allotments gate. Alternatively, just give us a call or text on 07768 683609.
Geoffrey Cox
Allotments Secretary