Christmas Flower Market Going Ahead on the High Road
Tier 2 confirmation means event can take place
Chiswick Flower Market back in December. Picture:
Gwen Shabka
A Christmas Chiswick Flower Market will be taking place on Sunday 6 December. Now it’s been confirmed that Tier 2 restrictions apply in London businesses the market organisers have confirmed the market will be back, selling fresh cut flowers, plants and plant accessories.
They will also be selling Christmas wreaths and decorations, but not Christmas trees, so as not to compete with Chiswick’s existing tree sellers.
As last time, the market will be in the Old Market Place, from outside Chiswick Police Station, down to Lea & Sandemans, and will extend down Devonshire Road.
It will open from 8.30 – 9.30a, for ‘tender perennials’ – people over 70 or who are vulnerable to infection – to shop in peace and quiet, with a friend to do the carrying if needed. Register for free tickets on the Flower Market website. Everyone else is welcome from 9.30am – 3.00pm. You are asked to wear a mask when at the market.
More established traders who have sold their plants at Columbia Road for many years are seeing the attraction of setting up their stalls in Chiswick. Isabella Flowers is joining the London House Plants, Finest Plants, Andrew Barker, Steve Burridge and Rose Lily Flowers’ Joe Brown (the one who shouts like a proper East End barrow boy).
“We said we wanted to make the Chiswick Flower Market into the Columbia Road market of west London. I think we can say we’ve done it!” said the Flower Market organisers.
Back in the market also will be Chiswick traders Pot Pourri and W4 Flowers, regular stalls who have been popular with Chiswick shoppers at the previous two markets and some new additions especially for Christmas. The Botanical Baker will be selling highly creative cakes that look very like real plants in pots.
As before, there will be a plant creche, so you can leave your plants while you do other shopping in the High Road, or enjoy a cup of coffee or a meal. A team of volunteer cyclists will also be standing by to pedal your produce home for you for free (within Chiswick) if you wish.
Also new from the Chiswick Flower Market team is a Christmas gift bag full of lovely things made by people locally.
It includes a selection of products from local independents, from the famous and well-established to the intriguing and new. There are limited numbers available for this exclusive and original offer.
Contents include chocolates from Michelin-starred La Trompette, coffee from Chiswick’s very own secret roastery, apple juice pressed from Chiswick’s fruit trees, honey from local award-winning hives, antique flower prints, blended teas, dried flowers, bulbs and seeds all sourced from Chiswick and lots more. All this in the Chiswick Flower Market’s very own sustainable jute bag.
It costs £75 including free delivery within the Chiswick area – total retail value of goods over £100. Any profits go back to the market and the High Road.
The Chiswick Flower Market is run by volunteers who are all local residents. If you’d like to get involved in the market, as a marshal, or offering your time and skills in another way, get in touch via info@chiswickflowermarket.com.
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November 28, 2020