GARDENING AND RELATED GROUPS CHORLEYWOOD AND DISTRICT HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

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Gardening and related groups

GARDENING AND RELATED GROUPS

Chorleywood and District Horticultural Society

Mr H Albert, Show Secretary

Pindari, Quickley Rise, Chorleywood, Hertfordshire WD3 5PE

Phone: 01923 283643
Fax: 01923 283643

or Mr C W Kemp, Honorary General Secretary

Phone: 01923 284665

Details of flower shows, events and garden visits are available. The schedule for the society is available at Chorleywood Library. The facilities of the Royal National Rose Society are available to members.

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Croxley Green Flower Group

Meets every second Tuesday of the month except August, at 7.45pm at the Croxley Green Red Cross Centre. The annual membership fee is £20.00 and there is a flower demonstration each month, as well as other activities and events for members.

Mrs Jean Scott

Phone: 01923 720 238.

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Croxley Green Gardening Club

Croxley Green Gardening Club, Barton Way, Croxley Green, Herts

www.croxleygardeningclub.co.uk

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Gardening for Disabled Trust

Hayes Farmhouse, Hayes Lane, Peasmarch, Rye, East Sussex TN31 6XR

Phone: 01424 882345

www.gardeningfordisabledtrust.org.uk

The Trust helps people with a disability to enjoy gardening.

Activities:

Provides grants for adapting private gardens to meet the needs of disabled people
Grants for tools, raised beds, paving and greenhouses
Provides help with special gardens in hospitals, institutions and schools
Distributes information on garden aids and techniques
Providing a forum for disabled gardeners by publishing the Garden Club's newsletter

The Trust also provides a Garden Club of which membership gives access to:

Advice on garden design
Answers to horticultural questions
Grants from the Trust

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Hertfordshire Herb Group

Mrs Mary Barton, Ayot Place, Ayot St Peter, Welwyn, Hertfordshire AL6 9BH

Phone: 01438 716733
email: [email protected]

The Herb Group aims to share information, enthusiasm and knowledge about all aspects of herbs.

They meet at St Bonaventures Church Hall, 83 Parkway, Welwyn Garden City on the 1st Wednesday of every month (except August) at 8.00pm. Visits to gardens are also arranged.

The monthly meetings include talks and workshops, covering - herbal papermaking, dyeing with herbs and herb garden design. Topics covered are:

The propagation of herbs;
Herbs in cooking;
Aromatherapy;
Herbs in cosmetics;
Herbs for use around the house;
Potpourri making;
Planning a herb garden;
Companion planting;
The medicinal properties of herbs.

The meetings sometimes feature a plant stall where members’ spare plants are sold at reasonable prices.

All ages welcome, and all are welcome to attend meetings, garden visits and the annual herbal quiz.

Most members are enthusiastic amateurs, plus herbalists, gardeners and aromatherapists.

Publications: Monthly Newsletter, Booklets on Herbs, eg. cookery.

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Hertfordshire Organic Gardeners

Dagmar Brook, Secretary, 15 Bishops Road, Tewin, Hertfordshire AL6 0NR

Phone: 01438 798593
email: [email protected]

www.btinternet.com/~hogs

The group meets every 4th Thursday in the month at 7.45pm, at St Michael's Parish Centre, St Michael's Street, St Albans, AL3 4SL.

This group is a local group of the Henry Doubleday Research Association (Garden Organic), and affiliated to the Soil Association.

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Rickmansworth and District Horticultural Society

Mrs E Strickland, Secretary

38 Shepherds Way, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire WD3 7NL

Phone: 01923 778975

or Mr V C Hind, Chairman

Phone: 01923 778829

The Society offers shows, discounts and monthly talks, some with slides. Three flower shows are held annually. There are three coach outings each year, and one 4-5 day holiday.

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Hardy Plant Society (Herts Group)

Mrs Heather Osborne, Secretary

20 St Stephens Avenue, St Albans, Herts AL3 4AD

Phone: 01727 856354
email: [email protected]

www.hardy-plant.org.uk

Venue: The Wheathampstead Memorial Hall, Marford Road, Wheathampstead, AL4 8AY.

Times: 1st Saturday of month from October to April at 2.00pm.

Herts Group HPS is one of 41 groups belonging to the National Hardy Plant Society.

In Addition to a monthly winter programme they have a 'grand plant sale' each May, an annual seedling exchange, a summer programme of outings to gardens and nurseries of interest and visits to members’ own gardens.

Knowledge and expertise abound making the group an ideal focus for anyone wishing to expand their gardening horizons.

Newsletter twice a year.

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Not on the list? Please email [email protected] with your details

With thanks to Hertfordshire County Council.

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