Design by Chris Ellis.

 

West Bridgford and Rushcliffe Horticultural Society

Gardening for over 100 years

 

West Bridgford & Rushcliffe Horticultural Society    

Membership is open to allotment holders and private gardeners living in Rushcliffe. The society sells fertilisers , compost, pesticides and fungicides. There is a seed scheme with Kings seeds of Colchester which generally gives 40% discount. A show is held early in September with vegetable, flower, floral art, home produce and children’s classes. The society also runs three trips a year to places of interest to gardeners. To join the society go to one of the society huts on Loughborough Road or Stamford Road allotment sites on a Sunday morning.

 Membership;- £2.00 per year, Life Membership £20.00. Over 60s half price  

 Horticultural Society Committee

 

Best Kept Plot

 

Home

 

Huts

 

Trips

 

Show

Chair  MaryO’Reilly

M N Talbot *

Fiona Boyd

Vice Chair  Chris Ellis *

I Seedhouse

Chris Grafton

Secretary  Mr A J Rootham *

I D Sutton   

 

Treasurer  Mr R Crofts *

S Miles *

 

Show Secretary   Fiona Scott *

R Nuttall

 

The West Bridgford and Rushcliffe Horticultural Society

 

Annual General Meeting – Friday 23th February 2024.

The AGM will be held this year on Friday 23th February 2023 at Gamston Community Hall, off Ambleside, Gamston, NG2 6PS, adjacent to MorrisonsSupermarket, Gamston starting at 7.15pm. Followed at 8.15pm by the AGM of the West Bridgford Allotment Holders. We are looking for new Committee Members to help with running the Society. Committee meetings are held monthly on the second Tuesday of the month at 7.30pm. The next meeting is Tuesday 12th March at the Gresham Sports Pavillion, situated off Wilford Lane, West Bridgford opposite the entrance to the Emmanuel School.

 

Trips and Outings 2024 – New - Events sub-committee

Over the last few years, many of our regular Society events have been disrupted by the nationwide covid shut-downs. However, in the last two years we now been able to restore the Annual Show (see below), an annual outing and the Best Kept Allotment Competition. The WBRHS Committee now feels it is time to expand our activities, especially now the membership is increasing. Consequently, the Committee has sanctioned the setting up of an Events sub-Committee. The sub-committee aims to establish a bimonthly/monthly range of events that could include talks and demonstrations, workshops, and visits. It is anticipated we will have a programme of events set up by late Spring 2024. These will supplement our regular events. In order to provide the widest range of opportunities for members to participate, it is hoped to run these activities on weekends, evenings and weekdays. Additionally, while we would aim to make these events cost neutral, it is anticipated that the Committee will

be able to subsidize some of the events The sub-committee will report progress to the WBRHS Committee at its monthly meetings, and to have the programme approved. We will keep members aware of events by updating the Societies website (www.wbrhort.co.uk) and communicating directly by email and notices. To gauge response to this initiative and to gather mebers' suggestions it would be helpful if you could complete a short on-line survey which can be accessed by clicking the link below. When complete, click the Submit button. We would be grateful if the survey could be completed by 16 th February. Thanking you in anticipation.

https://forms.office.com/r/zFpm9Jb1Pk

 

Annual Subscriptions

Members who pay annually are reminded that subscriptions are now due. Please pay your subscription at one of the Society Huts or at the AGM.

 

Kings Seed Orders

The final early season order will be Sunday 3rd March. N.B. The 40% discount is on seed orders only, not plants or sundries

 

Annual Show – Saturday 31st August 2024

The date for 2024 Annual Show is set for 31st August. The venue is St Pauls Chuch Hall, Boundary Road.

 

Society Huts and Supplies

The huts will be stocked during February and a new price list will be issued for 1st April 2024. Prices of inorganic fertilizers are likely to rise again. Some stock from the current year is still available. Onion sets and shallots should be available from late February.

 

Newsletter by Richard Croft

The Huts

 

The trading huts are open on Sunday mornings for the sale of compost, fertilisers and chemicals to members. The huts are on the Loughborough Road, Burleigh Road and Stamford Road sites. Membership is open to plot holders and gardeners in Rushcliffe.

Links

 

Affiliations :

National Vegetable Society

https://www.nvsuk.org.uk/

 

National Dahlia Society

https://www.dahlia-nds.co.uk/

 

Royal Horticultural Society

www.rhs.org.uk

 

 

Society History.

 

A lady came to one of the trading huts late in 2022 with a written history of the Society which we think was compiled by her deceased Father

unfortunately we don’t know their names but the history which goes back to 1915 is very interesting. Download the WORD document here.

 

West Bridgford and Rushcliffe Horticultural Society History

Contact

 

If you want to contact the West Bridgford and Rushcliffe Horticultural Society please send an email to

 

 admin@wbrhort.co.uk

* Members of the Show Committee