ABOUT THE SOCIETY

Warlingham & District Horticultural Society has almost 700 members. New members are always welcome - come and join us for social, horticultural and community events! Everyone - not just gardeners are welcome - at just £3 per year it is tremendous value!

2020 CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Friday 13th March Quiz Night at Warlingham Church Hall Contact to make a booking £9 per person
Saturday 28th March Annual General Meeting in the Church Hall Warlingham 3.30pm-5.30pm. All welcome, though only members can vote
Saturday 16th May Annual Plant Sale 9.30 -11.30 am at the Church Hall, Warlingham It is hoped that members will be able to contribute some pot plants, rooted cuttings, seedlings and any plants they have surplus to their requirements. Contact Peter Kerry on 01883 623156 for more information
Saturday 20th June Warlingham Fair at Blanchmans Farm. Volunteers needed to help on our stand.
Saturday 22nd August Annual Flower Show, Church Hall, 2.30-4.30pm. Contact Mark Coram on 01883 380665 for more information

OUTING MAY

Thursday 21st May 2020
HINTON AMPNER AND THE WATERCRESS LINE

Hinton Ampner is an elegant National Trust house set in superb Hampshire countryside with magnif icent vistas across parkland towards the South Downs.The house has an outstanding collection of furniture,paintings and objets d'art whilst the garden which includes a dell, a sunken garden with fine topiary and a recently restored walled garden, is w1dely acknowledged as a masterpiece of 20th century des1gn.
The Watercress Line is a hertiage steam railway running through 10 miles of beautiful Hampshire countryside along the edge of the South Downs National Park. We will join the train at the beaut1ful Georg1an town of New Alresford from where you w1ll expenence the nostalgiC sights, sounds and smells of steam as the locomotive works hard on the 1 in 60 climb to Medstead and Four Marks, the highest station in Southern England. Cost £45 (£33 for National Trust members)

OUTING SEPTEMBER

Thursday 11th September 2020
FISHBOURNE ROMAN PALACE & WEST DEAN GARDENS, WEST SUSSEX
The largest Roman home with the finest collection of early mosaic floors to be found anywhere in Britain. Only discovered in 1960 and almost destroyed by building development, the north wing of this remarkable building is jaw dropping in scaleand an important historicalattraction. The gardens are also an enjoyable part of any visit and have been replanted just as they would have been nearly 2,000 years ago. There 1s also the Roman Plants Garden, showcasing a w1de select1on of fruit,vegetables,herbs,shrubs, dye and medicinal plants that were used in Roman times. In the afternoon we move on to West DeanGardens nestled at the foot of the South Downs and one of the greatest gardens open to the public in England Visitors canexplore a wide range of historic features on a gentle walk around the grounds which include a Walled Kitchen Garden, 13 working Victorian glass houses, extensive andrichly planted grounds as well as a stunning 300 foot Edwardian Pergola, and the f1fty acre St Roche's Arboretum. Cost £42.50

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

Annual plant sale – great plants at great prices
Use of the Allotment Society trading store on Sunday mornings
Annual flower show – a chance to show off your skills and win a prize!
30% off entry to RHS Wisley – with the club ticket (not valid on Sundays)
Quiz night
Outings to places of interest – such as Lavenham
Entry (at £1) to National Vegetable Society meetings (show membership card)
10% discount off bouquets from Black Orchid Florists at Hamsey Green
10% discount off most plants and soils at Knights Garden Centres (Chelsham and Woldingham)

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