2025 programme

Here are the meetings and events for 2025:

January 14th

Second Tuesday, 7.30pm

AGM and Cheese & Wine Party

February 4th

Tuesday, 7.30pm

”The Winter Garden” by Mark Porter

March 4th

Tuesday, 7.30pm

“Preparation & Care of Lawns” by Paul Patton

March 30th

Sunday, 2pm

The Spring Show

April 8th

Tuesday

Outing to RHS Wisley

May 6th

Tuesday, 7.30pm

“British Alstroemeria & The Cut Flower Industry” by Ben Cross

May 13th

Tuesday

Outing to Leonardslee Gardens & Lakes

May 17th

Saturday, morning

The Annual Plant Sale, in The Triangle Centre 

June 3rd

Tuesday, 7.30pm

“Big Ideas, Small Spaces” by Martyn Cox

September 7th

Sunday

The Summer/Autumn Show

September 11th

Thursday

Outing to Sussex Prairie Garden

October 7th

Tuesday, 7.30pm

“Spring Bulbs” by Tim Woodland

November 4th

Tuesday, 7.30pm

“Talk from Hinton Ampner”, topic to be confirmed

December 9th

Second Tuesday, 7.30pm

Christmas quiz, followed by wine and mince pies.

Programme for 2024

Jan 9thTuesday @ 7.30AGM and Cheese and Wine Party
Feb 6thTuesday @ 7.30” National Garden Scheme” by Mark Porter
Mar 5thTuesday @ 7.30“Hardy’s Perennials” by Rosy Hardy
April 7thSunday 2pmThe Spring Show
May 2ndThursdayCoach Trip to Pashley Manor
May 7thTuesday @ 7.30“Plants inspired by his Travel” by Peter Catt
May 18thSaturday morningThe Annual Plant Sale
June 4thTuesday @ 7.30“Flower arranging” by our very own Phoebe Tomlinson
June 22ndSaturdayNewman Collard Sumner Fair – LHS plant sale
July 3rdWednesdayCoach trip to Hidcote Manor(NT)
July TBAOpen Gardens with tea and cakes – Peter Catt’s personal garden
Sept 1stSundaySummer/Autumn Show
Sept 3rdTuesdayCoach trip to Mottisfont Abbey (NT)
Oct 1stTuesday @ 7.30“Talk on Sir Harold Hilliers Gardens” by David Jewell
Nov 122nd Tuesday @ 7.30Mark Saunders, topic to be confirmed
Dec 10th2nd Tuesday @ 7.30Christmas quiz followed by wine and mince pies.

2024 Outings

We have 3 coach trips this year and details are shown below

Thursday 2nd May

Pashley Manor, Wadhurst East Sussex. We leave at 9am from Hillbrow Road Car Park and should be back about 6.30pm. Pashley Manor is having the Tulip festival, it is also a very nice House and Gardens

Wednesday 3rd July

Hidcote Manor(NT) in Gloucestershire. We leave at 8.30am from Hillbrow Road Car Park and should be back about 6.30pm. Hidcote Manor is called sanctuary where formality meets unrestrained beauty, we also include the gardens.

Tuesday 3rd September

Mottisfont Abbey (NT) Romsey.

We leave at 9.30am from Hillbrow Road Car Park and should be back about 5.30pm. Mottisfont is a very romantic house set in beautiful Riverside gardens, it also has an Art Gallery.

Happy New Year 2024

Hope fully this year will bring a better growing season 🙂

After Careful consideration I have decided to restrict new posts to this are only, all of the other data is still available should you wish to use it as a reference.

There 2 new posts following, one for the 2024 Programme and the other describing the Outings.

July 2023

Latest additions to the Programme for 2023

September 6th Outing to Polesden Lacey

September 10th Sunday Summer/Autumn Show

October 3rd 7:30 The Art of Propagation presented by Marina Christopher, Phoenix Perennials

November 7th 7:30 Wreath Making presented by Pembrokes of Liss

December 12th 7:30 Christmas quiz followed by wine and mince pies.

Important Update

CONFIRMATION OF THE 2021 AGM

TUESDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2022

Dear Members,

Whilst I do appreciate that some of you might still not wish to be seen gathering together, circumstances have thrown us an opportunity to hold our previously postponed AGM for last year.

Our planned speaker for the evening of 1st February has informed us that he is unable to attend as planned. Rather than trawl through our known speakers at this late stage, your committee has agreed to hold the postponed AGM on that evening. This will prevent us from trying to “squeeze-it-in” in our increasingly busy, planned schedules for 2022. There are also indications that many of the current restrictions are possibly due to be lifted in the near time-frame.

We will hold the AGM, and have a wine-n-cheese platter on that Tuesday.

I have copied this to you all, but do appreciate that not all members are on-line. If you do see other members, please do chat about the date! We will attempt to get a short newsletter out beforehand!

Mike Boocock

January 2022

Happy New Year to one and all

So the new year is with us and it’s time to start on the annual gardening tasks, hopefully you have ordered and received your seeds.

Unfortunately we haven’t been able to secure anybody to run the Hut and so it is closed with immediate effect 🙁 if you liked the compost that we supplied we have discovered that it is available at Keydell Nurseries in Hordean and currently on offer at 3 bags for £12

Also the latest News letter has been distributed, if you haven’t got yours then it is available on this website.

Talking of this website, if you have any suggestions to improve it please email me and I will see what I can do. bighairyspider@outlook.com