First District Wildflower Show held
Enriching the Community in Diverse Ways Since 1909
Enriching the Community in Diverse Ways Since 1909
A not-for-profit organisation dedicated to enriching the lives of our local and surrounding communities.
We provide platforms, activities and events that encourage participation in agricultural and horticultural interests, cultural and artistic pursuits, sport and recreational pastimes which enrich the community through the use of the resources of the Society.
We have around 450 diverse events, classes, workshops, expos etc held in our Cannington Exhibition Centre & Showgrounds each year.
The Canning Show is our key annual event, with approximately 15,000 people annually being entertained and inspired, including through the Exhibition, one of the largest in the state of its kind.
We also promote the development of agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, viticulture and industrial resources of Western Australia through a range of activities over the last 112 years, but are continually striving to adapt and reflect current changes, technologies and community interests.
A not-for-profit organisation dedicated to enriching the lives of our community, the objectives of the Canning Agricultural, Horticultural & Recreational Society Inc aka CAHRS are:
To promote the development of agricultural, pastoral, horticultural, viticulture and industrial resources of the State of Western Australia.
To provide platforms, activities and events, that encourage participation in agricultural and horticultural interests, cultural and artistic pursuits, sport and recreational pastimes which enrich the community through the use of the resources of the Society.
CAHRS is affiliated with the Royal Agricultural Society of Western Australia and is a m ember of the Western Australian Horticultural Council and Agricultural Shows Australia Inc.
The Committee Members are the persons who, as the Management Committee of the Society, have the power to manage the affairs of not-for-profit Canning Agricultural, Horticultural & Recreational Society Inc.