123 YEARS
The Cape Horticultural Society (CHS) was established in 1903 to encourage, improve and extend the cultivation and decorative arrangement of flowers, shrubs, vegetables and other plants by arranging lectures, exhibitions and other activities.
This group of enthusiastic gardeners continues to this day, encouraging and improving the knowledge of members through the talks, garden visits and fellowship with garden enthusiasts, whether experienced or new to the joy of gardening.
The CHS is a member society of Mediterranean Gardening International.
MISSION STATEMENT
The Cape Horticultural Society …
- … promotes the growing of a variety of different plants for the benefit of all animal and insect life and believes that a garden with birds, butterflies, chameleons, lizards and frogs, and alive with insects, represents a healthy garden in which plants flourish and the balance of nature exists;
- … advocates the growing of water-wise plants, both indigenous and exotic, provided that the exotic plants are not invasive; and
- … encourages the use of natural, organic fertilisers, and discourages the use of chemical fertilisers and poisons in gardens and would only support the use of chemical supplements under certain conditions such as to enhance nutrient-deficient soils.
HONORARY PRESIDENT
Marianne Alexander
HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS
Marianne Alexander, Adam Harrower, Mary Smith, Bill Elder, Ernst van Jaarsveld, Pam Hart, Jenny Scarr and Glenda Thorpe
The Society is led by a very capable Committee …
Chairperson : vacant, for now; Vice-Chairperson : Chris Wren-Sargent; Hon Treasurer : Joy Currie; Hon Secretary : Glenda Thorpe
Members : Susan Armstrong, Cherise Viljoen, Anne Gleeson, Belinda du Rand, Lisa Otto, Barbara Patton and Georgina Charlesworth