Welcome to Hellesdon Horticultural Association

A friendly club which meets on the 3rd Monday of each month from 19.30 to 21.30 at Hellesdon Community Centre, Wood View Road , NR6 5QB.

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Get a Welcome and Membership Form here! For more information on coming events, visits and other news go to News.

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March 2025 News

Our thanks to Shirley King for organising our Visits and Events and providing notes for the following:

Next Hellesdon Horticultural Association meeting:

The HHA talk at our next event at the Hellesdon Community Centre on Monday, 17th March at 7.30 pm - St Patrick’s Day -  is about ‘Staging at Shows’ given by Anne Bridge & Michael Ottaway. 

We are introducing a Seed Swap and Magazine Library at this event. An initial selection of seeds and gardening magazines will be available with a leaflet explaining how the scheme will work. The idea is not new but will allow us to exchange seeds from commercial sellers and those we have collected ourselves.  Please bring seeds and magazines to the event next Monday to start things well.

The event on Monday 7th, April combines our Spring Show with a talk entitled NWT Sweetbriar Marshes a Wilder Norwich for All, given by Matt Wickens

Cambridge Botanic Garden on Wednesday, June 18th:

Some places remain for the coach outing to Cambridge Botanic Garden on Wednesday, June 18th. We are now offering seats to friends and family! Tickets will go on sale at our next event on Monday night. They can be paid for by cash, cheque, or BACS.

HHA Garden Visit Thursday, 29th May:

The first local garden visit will be on Thursday, 29th May, to Broadway Farm, SCARNING, beginning at 2 pm. The cost is  £10 and includes refreshments. This is a 1/2 acre cottage garden surrounding a C14 clapboard farmhouse. There are herbaceous borders and a planted pond. And 'A Plantswoman's Garden'!!  Again, tickets will be sold at our next event on Monday night.

Other dates for your diary are:

Saturday, 21st June, Hellesdon Parish Fete/Fayre—HHA will have a stall to raise funds and awareness. Please consider bringing some plants to sell.  We will also need help manning the stall. It would be appreciated if you could help, so please put your name down on a planned rota sheet this coming Monday.

Wednesday 16th July - visit to Salle Park/Manor - 2 pm, £15 to include refreshments, more details & sale of tickets at a later date.

Saturday, July 26th July - Alan Bidewell, will open his garden for us to visit again. More details later.

Tuesday 12th August - a garden visit to High House Gardens, Shipdham - more details later.

Norfolk & Norwich Horticultural Society Events:

NNHS will hold their Spring Show on Sunday, 13th April, at the Costessey Centre from 10.00 - 16.00. 

This year, there is to be a special Daffodil competition in memory of Peter Firman, who was a very special grower/exhibitor at NNHS who sadly died last year - you can enter just one stem of any daffodil cultivar, which will need to be taken to the Costessey Centre on Saturday morning of the 12th April.   On the afternoon of the 13th at 13.30, there will be a talk by Gwenda Kyd on 'Twelve Tremendous Trees' tickets are £5.

Wednesday 25th- Thursday 26th June - Royal Norfolk Show   - This year, HHA would like to enter into the Affiliated section, and we would like to involve members to join in with this, so please let us know if you think you'll have -  3 large blooms of roses, two flowering pot plants and two foliage plants 

Saturday 2nd August - Dereham Memorial Hall - Gardening, Plants and Floral Art Day. A special Question Time will be in the morning with Alan Gray, Ian Roofe, and Jonathan Moseley chaired by Richard Hobbs. In the afternoon, there will be a Flower Arranging Demonstration by the famed English flower arranger Jonathan Mosley. There will be trade stands and other events still to be announced.

Tickets are on sale on the NNHS website (https://www.nnhs.org.uk/)

Photograph Competition - Monday 17th November

The Association holds an annual photograph competition each year on the night of its Annual General Meeting. Now is the time to start thinking about taking photographs when you are out in the natural world. Entries should be printed 5" x 7" without white borders.
The themes for this year are:

• Plants Close-up
• Public Gardens
• Trees in Fruit
• Climbing Plants
  

Use your Membership card:

Your HHA Membership Card provides proof of membership to access the following discounts at certain local outlets:

1. 10% reduction on production of a membership card is available at Woodgate Nursery , Cawston Road, Aylsham, NR11 6UH (this excludes compost)
2. 10% reduction at Edgefield Nurseries , Norwich Road,  Melton Constable, NR24 2RL (this includes compost)
3. Priced items at Hellesdon Allotments on Bush Road at the the Allotment Hut - usually manned on Saturdays from 10.00 am to 12.00 noon:

• Blood, Fish & Bone, Growmore, Chicken Pellets all at £1.50 a kilo
• Soil testers at £5
• They have a book exchange and Coffee & Tea is available at 50p
• Pre ordering can be done on Facebook or phone Mark Vincent 07305 737 577

You can send your £12 Annual Membership fee through BACS • NEW Members and those renewing please use the following:

Account details:

Santander

Hellesdon Horticultural Association

SORT CODE: 090154

A/C NO:12773902

REF: YOUR NAME

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Please check these links regularly for updated features and many interesting opportunities.

The links below to take you to the latest news from various organisations with which we are either affiliated, are members, have a working relationship with or h an interest in their activities.

RHS - Royal Horticultural Society

NNHS - Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society

NGT - Norfolk Gardens Trust

NOG - Norfolk Organic Group

HAHA - Hellesdon Allotment Holders Association Facebook Page

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