Hello and welcome to the Surrey Horticultural Federation Early Autumn newsletter!
Please share this newsletter with your members and help them stay up to date with all the events happening in Surrey and the surrounding areas.
Sad News: the Passing of local Judge, Dave Burton
I’m sorry to start with some sad news, but Sheila Rapley asked me to let you know that sadly after a long and determined battle with cancer, Dave Burton of Cobham has passed away. Dave was a well respected Judge, Manager of the Cobham Show, and the Allotment Shop Manager. Dave will be missed by all who knew him. He was a gentleman in the truest sense.
Borrow a Wildlife Recording Kit from the Surrey Wildlife Trust and Discover the Wildlife in your Area!
Photo credit Tom Marshall.
Surrey Wildlife Trust have announced the launch of their new ‘Wildlife Recording Kits’ – boxes filled with surveying equipment to help community groups undertake species monitoring on sites from gardens and churchyards, local green spaces, and woodlands. The kits are available to borrow (free of charge) from the Trust’s head office in Pirbright, from What Next? (Godalming Library of Things), or ZERO Carbon (Guildford Library of Things). Surrey Wildlife Trust’s Wildlife Recording Kits can be reserved for one or two weeks at a time.
With one-third of our local species in trouble, Surrey Wildlife Trust are on a mission to encourage more people to take action to protect and provide homes for native plants and animals. Their kits can help you identify what wildlife live and grow in your area, from mini beasts to plants, to small mammals. The results will enable community groups to make informed land management decisions that benefit nature. After surveying your area you may opt to put up signage to encourage people not to walk on wildflowers, instal bird feeders filled with suitable food for a particular species, instal bat boxes, plant hedgerows to support butterflies and moths, or create ponds for newts.
Surrey Wildlife Trust currently has the following equipment available:
- Bat kit including high-viz jackets for working at night, a bat detector and call frequency guide.
- Pond kit including nets, trays for specimens and identification guides for a range of species.
- Minibeasts kit including magnifying pots, equipment for handling specimens and ID guides.
- Small mammals kit including footprint tunnels and plates, feeding kit and ‘tracks and signs’ ID guide.
- Soil kit with a corer and tester kit to establish soil chemistry.
- Plant kit including quadrats, magnifiers and ID guides for a huge range of local native flora.
- A trail camera kit is also available. This can be set up to record badgers, foxes, hedgehogs, birds, mice and other creatures that might visit when you are not present.
Once people have completed their surveys, the Trust is encouraging users to report their findings to the Surrey Biodiversity Information Centre (SBIC) to help it gain important information on the distribution and abundance of species and habitats across the county.
Photo credit: Jon Hawkins – Surrey Hills Photography.
If you’re interested in becoming a member of Surrey Wildlife Trust, you can join online on their website, here’s a link.
Visit Surrey Wildlife Trust’s website to find out more about the equipment they have available.
Help the Royal Horticultural Society understand how climate change is affecting UK gardens
What patterns and surprises have you observed in your garden? Take part in a survey to share your experiences and contribute to scientific research. A new collaborative PhD project aims to explore what the future of UK gardening could look like, how gardening practices could shift in a changing climate, and which plants are the most resilient. The results of this survey could help us future-proof our gardens. Please share this collaborative research on climate resilience, gardening, and garden plants – here’s a link to the survey.
The Rural Life Living Museum in Farnham needs your help!
The Rural Life Living Museum is unique collection of the discarded buildings, implements and objects of everyday life, collected by Madge and Henry Jackson since 1968. The couple opened their back garden to the public in 1973. Tragically, both of the couple’s children died young, and the Old Kiln Museum Charitable Trust was formed in 1984 to protect their legacy.
The Rural Life Living Museum has been created by many thousands of people who have donated objects and volunteered their time, support, and skills. In 2024, the Museum now has 20 buildings and a collection of 40,000 displayed objects. Read the museum’s mission statement here.
The Rural Life Living Museum is owned and operated by the Old Kiln Museum CIO, Registered Charity Number 1200370. The museum receives no external funding and has survived hand-to-mouth through ticket sales and donations. The rising cost of operating the museum now means that expenditure outstrips the income generated through ticket sales and donations.
The Rural Life Living Museum have already attempted to curb the effects of rising expenditure by restructuring the staff team, including making redundancies. All maintenance has been cut back so remaining resources can be concentrated on public delivery.
What would closure mean?
- The collection would be broken up and offered to other museums, but the museum feels that it’s unlikely that this collection would be relevant elsewhere, and so it would go to waste transfer.
- Whilst the site is ancient, it is not protected, and therefore could be developed upon and the museum in the garden would be gone forever. Therefore, much loved events, such as Weyfest and Village at War, would be left without a home.
- There would be a loss of half a million pounds to the local economy.
- A loss learning support to over 50 schools and educational groups that visit every year.
- The purpose that brings together the community of over 150 volunteers would be gone.
- The legacy of a great day out will be gone for the Rural Life Living Museum’s 41,000 visitors each year.
What is the Rural Life Living Museum’s goal?
- Their goal is to raise £150,000 by the end of October 2024.
- If every onsite visitor donated £3.75, they will reach their target.
- Alternatively, if every online follower the Rural Life Living Museum has on social media donated £17.25, they would reach their target.
- Or, if only 3,000 people donated £50, they would reach their target.
What will the funds allow the Rural Life Living Museum to do?
- Solve an immediate cash flow crisis and sustain the museum through the winter months, when income is at its lowest.
- Bring on board high level professional help to grow our audience to make our basic offering sustainable.
- Return depleted reserves so they can plan for the future and move to a sustainable operating model.
How can you help the Rural Life Living Museum?
- Bring your spare coins to put in the campaign milk churn in the Rural Life Living Museum’s shop.
- Donate to the Rural Life Living Museum online via their website.
- Tell your friends and share the Rural Life Living Museum’s fundraiser with your networks and on social media.
- Buy a ticket to visit the Rural Life Living Museum.
- Share your memories and share or what the Rural Life Living Museum means to you with the museum on their website.
Make a ”Mains to Rains” pledge and water the way nature intended
Have you made any ‘Mains to Rains‘ pledges yet? The mains2rains website helps us recognise how by adopting a few simple changes in our gardens and allotments, we can all help our gardens and outdoor spaces thrive without using mains water. We’re encouraging people to collect rainwater and re-use rainwater during dry spells.
What mains2rains pledges could you make?
- Could you install a water butt to collect rainwater from your roof?
- How about pledging to place container plants on saucers and trays during spring and summertime? This small change has a big difference, reducing the need for watering and fertilising, and making watering easier for you during the hottest months of the year.
- Can you switch to using self-watering containers? Self-watering containers save water and are easier to manage than traditional containers.
- Pledge to add a mulch of bark or homemade compost around any new plants you plant.
- Pledge to plant the right plant in the right place. For example, plant drought tolerant plants in free-draining sandy soils and moisture loving plants in wetter soils – be sure the plants you plant out are suited to the soil and conditions in your garden or allotment.
- Can you lift any paving slabs and plant up a flower bed or even sow a lawn instead?
- Instead of concreting your patio can you use permeable paving?
See all the pledges on the mains2rains website. The ‘Mains to Rains’ pledge is part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership between the Royal Horticultural Society and Cranfield University, part-funded by Innovate UK. Find more information and make your pledges on the mains2rains website.
The Branching Out Fund is now open for applications!
The Branching Out Fund is now open for applications! Branching Out supports schools, Tree Warden Networks and community groups with grants of between £250 and £2,500 for tree, orchard, or hedge planting, non-plastic tree protection, and mulch. Visit their website to see Branching Out’s revised application guidance and eligibility criteria.
The deadline for applications is Sunday 1 December 2024, so don’t delay and get your applications in early to plant your trees from National Tree Week 2024!
Surrey Wildlife Trust Courses
Surrey Wildlife Trust is offering a limited number of FREE places to Surrey based community groups on each of the courses listed below.
How to book: To book your space free of charge, please contact Sue O’Regan with your name, email address, phone number, and community group name at adult.learning@surreywt.org.uk
Squire’s Charity ‘Plantathon’ takes place on Friday 6th September 2024 at all Squire’s Garden Centres!
The first event of Squire’s charity year will support of each of Squire’s Garden Centres‘ charities; it’s part of Squire’s ‘Charity of the Year’ programme. Each centre has chosen a local charity to support, and throughout the year they host various fundraising events to support their charities. This forms a great platform for charities to communicate their messages and share information about the work they’re doing for their local community. Representatives from the charities will be in attendance at Squire’s Garden Centres during the ‘Plantathon’ on Friday 6th September 2024, when the charities will be working with Squire’s Garden Centre teams to plant up an abundance of colourful containers. The profit from the sale of these containers will go to each centre’s local charity.
Thursley Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show is on Saturday 7th September 2024!
Thursley Horticultural Society are holding their Autumn Show from 2.30pm until 4.30pm, on Saturday 7th September 2024, at Thursley Village Hall, Dye House Lane, Thursley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 6QD. New members and visitors are always very welcome.
Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show is on Saturday 7th September 2024
Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show will be held on Saturday 7th September 2024 at St Dunstan’s Cheam, C of E Primary School, Anne Boleyns Walk, Cheam, Surrey SM3 8DF. The show opens to the public from 2pm until 4.30pm. At this show, visitors can admire the entries in the Flower, Vegetable, Domestic & Children’s Classes. NB: Only Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society Members can exhibit at this show. Exhibits must be staged between 8.30am and 11am. Admission is free to members and 50p for non members. Craft goods and plants will be on sale. Refreshments served from 8.30am. Ample free parking in the school grounds. Prize giving and Awards at 4.30 pm.
Ecolocal’s Workshop: Permaculture for Gardeners on Saturday 28th September 2024
Permaculture is a lifestyle movement with the aim of providing a more sustainable way of living. Going beyond organic gardening methods, permaculture encourages us to consider how the different systems in nature fit together and how we can mimic those systems to benefit ourselves and the wider ecosystem.
This one-day workshop will give you an overview of some permaculture principles that apply specifically to gardening and producing home-grown food.
The workshop will cover: caring for our soil, improving diversity, water and energy use and designing a sustainable system.
Date: Saturday 28th September 2024
Time: 10.30am – 3pm
Price: £35
For more information and to book your place, please click here.
Timothy Walker will be giving The Arts Society East Surrey Area Group a talk about Fine Art in the Garden on Friday 8th November 2024
Timothy Walker is a lecturer and horticultural expert, and a well known and very entertaining speaker. Timothy will give the Arts Society East Surrey Area Group two talks on how artists and gardeners paint with a similar colour palette, and how gardening has changed over the last 150 years, since colour was first introduced into the formal gardens of Europe. He explains how Gertrude Jekyll herself was inspired by JMW Turner, and how garden borders and contemporary paintings have evolved along similar lines. Timothy will show Attendees how the influences of Rothko and Pollock can be seen in the modern gardens of today. Come and be inspired! This event takes place from 10am until 1pm on on Friday 8th November 2024 at The Menuhin Hall, Cobham Road, Stoke D’Abernon, Great Bookham, Cobham, Surrey, KT11 3QQ. Tickets are £25, to purchase tickets, please click here.
Sunday Gardening Programme on BBC Radio Surrey
Don’t miss the Sunday Gardening programme on BBC Radio Surrey from 10:30am until 12 noon. Each week, the show have a segment where they promote gardening events in the local community; from talks to workshops, from fairs to meet-ups. No matter if it’s big or small, ticketed or free, the team want to hear from you and your society about what events you’ve got planned.
If you have any events to promote, then get in touch via email: Sunday.gardening@bbc.co.uk. It’s possible you could also have the opportunity to come on the programme and tell the listeners about your group and what it is you do.
Additionally, please do let your members know that if they ever have any gardening questions, they can reach out to the Sunday Gardening programme via email Sunday.gardening@bbc.co.uk or call the team from 10am on Sundays on 0800 587 1046. The Sunday Gardening programme are joined every week by a gardening expert who is ready to answer any question you may have.
Report Asian Hornet Sightings
I am sharing this early, to allow you to have time to share this information with your members, so they’re informed and prepared, ready for summer. Asian Hornets have been sighted in the UK in recent years. Why does this matter? The Asian Hornet is highly aggressive predator of our native insects; entomologists feel that the Asian Hornet poses a significant threat to honey bees and other pollinators.
Two Asian hornet nests were found in Surrey in September 2023. The nests were subsequently destroyed by experts from DEFRA. Keep up to date with Asian hornet sightings by clicking here.
If you think you’ve seen an Asian Hornet, take a photo if you can. Please take care and do not disturb an active nest. Members of the public who suspect they have found an Asian Hornet should report it to the NNSS through their online form or by emailing alertnonnative@ceh.ac.uk.
A free ID sheet is available from the GB Non-Native Species Secretariat (NNSS). Click here to view detailed pictures to help you correctly identify an Asian Hornet.
Do you need certificates for your Flower Show?
The Surrey Horticultural Federation Certificates of Merit are available from our Chairman, Janet Arm. If you would like to receive Certificates of Merit, please post an A4 or Foolscap sized, stamped addressed envelope with a large second class stamp (£1.55) to Janet Arm at Redleaf Nursery, Green Lane, Tilford, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 2AP.
Spreadsheets for Show Cards
John Manches has devised a special computer spreadsheet to cope with printing show entry cards and adding up the points won for cup presentations. If any Surrey Horticultural Federation Clubs and Societies are interested in receiving John’s template, please contact John by email at: johnmanches74@gmail.com or phone 01252-702752.
Speaker Feedback
Has a speaker given a talk to your society over the past few months? Please share your confidential feedback by emailing me your thoughts, both positive and negative on the speakers you booked last year, and I will share your feedback privately (via email) with the other clubs that are members of the SHF – thank you. My email is beth@pumpkinbeth.com.
NB: Speaker feedback is private and confidential and is not to be shared with anyone other than your group’s programme secretary.
Publicising Your Club or Society’s Events
If your club or society is a fully paid up member of the Surrey Horticultural Federation, I will be delighted to add your society or club’s events to our website. Please email me, beth@pumpkinbeth.com. To successfully publicise your event, I need to know:
- What date your event takes place.
- What time your event starts.
- Where your event is held.
- What type of event you’re holding? If it’s a talk, please let me know the name of the speaker and their talk title.
- Finally, I need to know the entrance fee for non-members and visitors.
Do You Have Anything You Would Like Me to Add to the Next Surrey Horticultural Federation Newsletter?
If you are a member of the Surrey Horticultural Federation and you have something you would like me to add to the next newsletter or an event you would like me to add to the website, please contact me, Beth Otway, the Surrey Horticultural Federation’s Website & Events Secretary – my email is beth@pumpkinbeth.com.
On behalf of our Chairperson Janet Arm, Our Membership Secretary and Treasurer, Katharine Deaville, and all the Surrey Horticultural Federation Council, I’d like to send you our very best wishes.
Kind regards
Beth
Beth Otway
Website & Events Secretary
Surrey Horticultural Federation
Upcoming Events:
| September 2024 | ||||
| Wed 4-Sep-2024 | Asian Hornets: a talk by Vanessa Jones | Godstone Gardeners Club | Silvia Pocock | 01883-712627 |
| Thu 5-Sep-2024 | Aldershot Floral Design Club Demonstration: Annette Urquhart “Dabbling in Day Dreams” | Aldershot Floral Design Club | Dee Kelly | 01252-350944 |
| Fri 6-Sep-2024 | Herbs: a talk by Jacqueline Aviolet | Lightwater Gardening Club | Ms. Lynn Bull | 01276-502497 |
| Fri 6-Sep-2024 | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club Meeting | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club | Louise Clubley | 07843 962421 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Churt Horticultural & Produce Society Autumn Show | Churt Horticultural & Produce Society (CHAPS) | Mandy Martin | |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Ewhurst Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Ewhurst Horticultural Society | Mrs. Anne Dyball | 07980 122530 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Thursley Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Thursley Horticultural Society | Mrs. Pat Clake | 01252-706869 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club’s Autumn Flower Show | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Wonersh & District Garden Club’s Autumn Show | Wonersh and District Garden Club | Mrs. H. Goodridge | 01483-535108 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society | Sharon Miller | 07766 573856 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Ashtead Horticultural Society’s 71st Autumn Show | Ashtead Horticultural Society | Mrs. Jennie Pilfold | 01372-373348 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Witley Gardening Association Autumn Show | Witley Gardening Association | Christine Cox | |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Onslow Village Garden Club’s 78th Annual Show | Onslow Village Garden Club | Mrs Anne Bradbeer | 01483 563421 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society | Georgia Lacey | 01428 683120 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Milford Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Milford Horticultural Society | Mr Stewart Miskimmin | 01483-421509 |
| Sat 7-Sep-2024 | Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society’s Autumn Show | Cheam and Cuddington Horticultural Society | Mr. N. Clarke | 0208-644-9291 |
| Mon 9-Sep-2024 | Gardening for Colour: a talk by Vincent Gladwell | Elstead Garden Club | Mrs. Alison Gravett | 01252-703318 |
| Tue 10-Sep-2024 | Salvias: a talk by Steve Edney | Worplesdon Garden Club | Tim Bonnert | 07708 455096 |
| Tue 10-Sep-2024 | Companion Planting: a talk by Belinda Allen | Pirbright Horticultural Society | Lucy Baker | 07815 847 941 |
| Wed 11-Sep-2024 | Step into Autumn: a talk by Jean Griffin | Cheam and Cuddington Horticultural Society | Mr. N. Clarke | 0208-644-9291 |
| Wed 11-Sep-2024 | Lessons from Great Gardeners: a talk by Matthew Biggs | Grayshott Gardeners | Sue Wheeler | 07719 457821 |
| Wed 11-Sep-2024 | The Veg Garden in Autumn: a talk by Barnaby Millard | National Vegetable Society (NVS) Surrey District Association | Beth Otway | |
| Wed 11-Sep-2024 | Droughts, deluges and dust devils: a talk by Weatherman, Ian Currie | East Grinstead Horticultural Society | Helen Gabrielides | |
| Thu 12-Sep-2024 | Egham Gardens & Allotment Association Late Summer Show & Quiz | Egham Gardens and Allotment Association | Mrs. Wendy Flight | 01932-455910 |
| Thu 12-Sep-2024 | Plant Heritage in-person & Zoom talk: ‘People, Plants and Places’ a talk by Iain Parkinson (Curator of Wakehurst Gardens) | Plant Heritage, Surrey Group (NCCPG) | Wendy Bentall | 01276-858256 |
| Fri 13-Sep-2024 | Gardening Should Be Fun! A talk by Jean Griffin | Leigh and District Cottage Garden Society | Penny Taneborne | 01306 611515 |
| Sat 14-Sep-2024 | Leatherhead Horticultural Society Annual Show | Leatherhead Horticultural Society | Mr. Euan Niven | 01372-279079 |
| Sat 14-Sep-2024 | Banstead Horticultural Society Autumn Flower Show | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Sat 14-Sep-2024 | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society Main Horticultural Show | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society | Paul Goudie | |
| Sat 14-Sep-2024 | Ellens Green & Rudgwick Gardening Association Autumn Show and Art Exhibition | Ellens Green and Rudgwick Gardening Association | Richard Haigh | |
| Sat 14-Sep-2024 | Ashford Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Ashford Horticultural Society | Mr. B. Muggeridge | 01784-254986 |
| Sat 14-Sep-2024 | Elstead Garden Club Autumn Show | Elstead Garden Club | Mrs. Alison Gravett | 01252-703318 |
| Sun 15-Sep-2024 | Tilford Gardening Club’s Autumn Show | Tilford Gardening Club | Mrs. Janet Arm | 01252-783133 |
| Mon 16-Sep-2024 | Nature’s First Aid: a talk by Belinda Allen | Basingstoke Horticultural Society | Mr. Philip Wraight | 01256-324185 |
| Tue 17-Sep-2024 | Dailias: a talk by Richard Ramsey of Withypitts Dahlias | Witley Gardening Association | Christine Cox | |
| Wed 18-Sep-2024 | Companion Planting and Gardening the Organic Way: a talk by Belinda Allen | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society | Georgia Lacey | 01428 683120 |
| Wed 18-Sep-2024 | Market Garden Farming: a talk by Tom & Grace Reynolds | Churt Horticultural & Produce Society (CHAPS) | Mandy Martin | |
| Wed 18-Sep-2024 | Vegetables for Showing & KItchen: a talk by Geoff Peach | Onslow Village Garden Club | Mrs Anne Bradbeer | 01483 563421 |
| Thu 19-Sep-2024 | Ponds and Water Plants: a talk by Ray Broughton | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Sat 21-Sep-2024 | The Chobham Agricultural & Horticultural Society Show | Chobham Agricultural and Horticultural Society | Mrs. Susan Hallam | 01276-858653 |
| Sat 21-Sep-2024 | Wokingham Horticultural Association’s Autumn Show | Wokingham Horticultural Association | Pauline MacBrayne | 07941 352411 |
| Sat 21-Sep-2024 | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society | Christine Hockham | 01243 824726 |
| Sat 21-Sep-2024 | Caterham & District Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Caterham & District Horticultural Society | Mrs. Karen Murray | |
| Sat 21-Sep-2024 | Godstone Gardeners’ Club Annual Summer Show | Godstone Gardeners Club | Silvia Pocock | 01883-712627 |
| Sat 21-Sep-2024 | Sanderstead Horticultural Society Autumn Show | Sanderstead Horticultural Society | Julie Caplin (Chair) | 07816 374 636 |
| Tue 24-Sep-2024 | Current Trends and New Varieties in the Bulb World: a talk by Tim Woodland | West End Village Gardening Club | Mrs. Judy Douch | 01483-475133 |
| Tue 24-Sep-2024 | Gardens of the Lake District: a talk by Eric Swidenbank | Milford Horticultural Society | Mr Stewart Miskimmin | 01483-421509 |
| Wed 25-Sep-2024 | Epsom Garden Society Autumn Display & Plant Sale | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Thu 26-Sep-2024 | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society’s Social Evening | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society | Sharon Miller | 07766 573856 |
| Sat 28-Sep-2024 | A talk by Steve Edney of No Name Nursery | Kingswood, Walton, & Tadworth Horticultural Society | Mr. K.G.Lewis | 01737-210707 |
| Sun 29-Sep-2024 | Growing Redhill: Spring Bulb Planting at Merstham and Reigate Train Station | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| October 2024 | ||||
| Tue 1-Oct-2024 | Arts and Crafts Gardens in the South East | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Wed 2-Oct-2024 | Companion Planting: Gardening the Organic Way: a talk by Belinda Allen | Brooklands Horticultural Society | Barbara Royston | |
| Wed 2-Oct-2024 | Forty Years a Gardener: a talk by Dean Peckett (and Wonersh & District Garden Club’s AGM) | Wonersh and District Garden Club | Mrs. H. Goodridge | 01483-535108 |
| Wed 2-Oct-2024 | What to sow in Autumn for Winter/Spring harvest and what to sow in Spring: a talk by Paolo Arrigio | Godstone Gardeners Club | Silvia Pocock | 01883-712627 |
| Thu 3-Oct-2024 | Aldershot Floral Design Club Workshop | Aldershot Floral Design Club | Dee Kelly | 01252-350944 |
| Fri 4-Oct-2024 | Flower Arranging by Debbie | Lightwater Gardening Club | Ms. Lynn Bull | 01276-502497 |
| Fri 4-Oct-2024 | Climbers: all you need to know: a talk by Pip Bensley | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club | Louise Clubley | 07843 962421 |
| Sat 5-Oct-2024 | Banstead Charities Christmas Event | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Sun 6-Oct-2024 | Growing Redhill: Bulb Planting in Redhill Memorial Park. | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Tue 8-Oct-2024 | Rhododendrons: a talk by David Millais | Tilford Gardening Club | Mrs. Janet Arm | 01252-783133 |
| Tue 8-Oct-2024 | A Veg Grower’s Year: a talk by Alan Williams | Worplesdon Garden Club | Tim Bonnert | 07708 455096 |
| Tue 8-Oct-2024 | New England in the Fall: a talk by Paul Whittle | Merrow Horticultural Society | Ms. Veronica Plested | 01483-569498 |
| Tue 8-Oct-2024 | Workaid: Secondhand tools for Africa: a talk by Chris Stewart | Pirbright Horticultural Society | Lucy Baker | 07815 847 941 |
| Wed 9-Oct-2024 | Fun Quiz Night! | Cheam and Cuddington Horticultural Society | Mr. N. Clarke | 0208-644-9291 |
| Wed 9-Oct-2024 | Plight of the Bumble Bee: a talk by Nikki Gammans | Ashtead Horticultural Society | Mrs. Jennie Pilfold | 01372-373348 |
| Wed 9-Oct-2024 | Winkworth Arboretum: its Trees & History: a talk by Peter Herring | Grayshott Gardeners | Sue Wheeler | 07719 457821 |
| Wed 9-Oct-2024 | Bees: Pollinating Fruit, Vegetables, & Herbs & Challenges to Bees and Pollinators in 2024: talks by the Guildford Beekeepers Association | National Vegetable Society (NVS) Surrey District Association | Beth Otway | |
| Wed 9-Oct-2024 | Growing success with peat free compost by Nikki Barker (Mhort) (RHS) | East Grinstead Horticultural Society | Helen Gabrielides | |
| Thu 10-Oct-2024 | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society Annual General Meeting & Evening Lecture | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society | Paul Goudie | |
| Thu 10-Oct-2024 | World Food Garden, Wildlife Well Being Garden at Wisley: a talk by Sheila Das | Egham Gardens and Allotment Association | Mrs. Wendy Flight | 01932-455910 |
| Thu 10-Oct-2024 | Plant Heritage in-person & Zoom talk: ‘Summer in the Upper Engadine’ with Martyn Denney from The Alpine Garden Society | Plant Heritage, Surrey Group (NCCPG) | Wendy Bentall | 01276-858256 |
| Fri 11-Oct-2024 | Plants have feelings too: a talk by Peter Almond | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Mon 14-Oct-2024 | Houseplants: a talk by Geoff Hawkins | Elstead Garden Club | Mrs. Alison Gravett | 01252-703318 |
| Tue 15-Oct-2024 | Growing Dahlias the Withypitts Way: a talk by Richard Ramsey | Ewhurst Horticultural Society | Mrs. Anne Dyball | 07980 122530 |
| Wed 16-Oct-2024 | Behind the Scenes at Wisley Nursery: a talk by Sam Gallivan | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society | Georgia Lacey | 01428 683120 |
| Wed 16-Oct-2024 | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club’s Quiz Night | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Wed 16-Oct-2024 | Witley Gardening Association AGM | Witley Gardening Association | Christine Cox | |
| Wed 16-Oct-2024 | Container Planting for a Year of Flowers: a talk by Tim and Jo Woodland | Onslow Village Garden Club | Mrs Anne Bradbeer | 01483 563421 |
| Wed 16-Oct-2024 | The Magic of Houseplants with Sarah Foss | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society | Christine Hockham | 01243 824726 |
| Thu 17-Oct-2024 | A Head Gardener’s Year at Fittleworth House: a talk by Mark Saunders | Churt Horticultural & Produce Society (CHAPS) | Mandy Martin | |
| Thu 17-Oct-2024 | New Society Camberley AGM & Plant Sale | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Sat 19-Oct-2024 | The History of the London Square: a talk by David Marsh | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group | Anne Grabaskey | |
| Sun 20-Oct-2024 | Growing Redhill: Planters Working Party Reigate | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Mon 21-Oct-2024 | Earlstone Manor & Box hedging: a talk by Bruce Ginsberg | Basingstoke Horticultural Society | Mr. Philip Wraight | 01256-324185 |
| Tue 22-Oct-2024 | West End Village Gardening Club’s AGM, Wine & Cheese Party | West End Village Gardening Club | Mrs. Judy Douch | 01483-475133 |
| Tue 22-Oct-2024 | Painshill Garden Restoration: a talk by Michelle Howes | Milford Horticultural Society | Mr Stewart Miskimmin | 01483-421509 |
| Thu 24-Oct-2024 | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society AGM & Social Evening | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society | Sharon Miller | 07766 573856 |
| Sun 27-Oct-2024 | Growing Redhill: Merstham Planters Working Party at Merstham Train Station | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Wed 30-Oct-2024 | Garden design: a talk by Simon Horrill | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| November 2024 | ||||
| Fri 1-Nov-2024 | For the Love of Roses: a talk by Gillian Taylor | Lightwater Gardening Club | Ms. Lynn Bull | 01276-502497 |
| Fri 1-Nov-2024 | No Work Gardening: a talk by Bob Flowerdew | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club | Louise Clubley | 07843 962421 |
| Sat 2-Nov-2024 | Scentsational Gardening: a month by month look at plants to give us wonderful scents in our garden: a talk by Caroline Halfpenny | Kingswood, Walton, & Tadworth Horticultural Society | Mr. K.G.Lewis | 01737-210707 |
| Tue 5-Nov-2024 | Demonstration: How to Make a Christmas Arrangement | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Tue 5-Nov-2024 | Merrow Horticultural Society AGM, followed by Treading Gently Through the Borders: a talk by Ben Pope | Merrow Horticultural Society | Ms. Veronica Plested | 01483-569498 |
| Wed 6-Nov-2024 | Heavenly Hostas: a talk by John Baker | Brooklands Horticultural Society | Barbara Royston | |
| Wed 6-Nov-2024 | Showing: a talk by Geoff Peach | Wonersh and District Garden Club | Mrs. H. Goodridge | 01483-535108 |
| Wed 6-Nov-2024 | Sloe Gin & Chocolates: a talk by Katharine Hook | Godstone Gardeners Club | Silvia Pocock | 01883-712627 |
| Thu 7-Nov-2024 | Aldershot Floral Design Club AGM and Christmas Demonstration | Aldershot Floral Design Club | Dee Kelly | 01252-350944 |
| Sat 9-Nov-2024 | Banstead Horticultural Society Late Autumn Show | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Tue 12-Nov-2024 | Alpines: a talk by Jon Evans | Worplesdon Garden Club | Tim Bonnert | 07708 455096 |
| Tue 12-Nov-2024 | Autumnal aspirations, looking forward to spring: a talk by Paul Patton | Pirbright Horticultural Society | Lucy Baker | 07815 847 941 |
| Wed 13-Nov-2024 | Grayshott Gardeners’ AGM | Grayshott Gardeners | Sue Wheeler | 07719 457821 |
| Wed 13-Nov-2024 | Demonstration of Christmas Decorations by Elizabeth Barralet | Ashtead Horticultural Society | Mrs. Jennie Pilfold | 01372-373348 |
| Wed 13-Nov-2024 | Growing Unusual Fruit: a talk by RHS Fruit Expert, Jim Arbury | National Vegetable Society (NVS) Surrey District Association | Beth Otway | |
| Wed 13-Nov-2024 | A Talk about Sheffield Park | East Grinstead Horticultural Society | Helen Gabrielides | |
| Wed 13-Nov-2024 | Cheam & Cuddington Horticultural Society Annual General Meeting | Cheam and Cuddington Horticultural Society | Mr. N. Clarke | 0208-644-9291 |
| Thu 14-Nov-2024 | Plant Heritage in-person & Zoom talk: Biodiversity & Sustainability: a talk by Prof Alistair Griffiths | Plant Heritage, Surrey Group (NCCPG) | Wendy Bentall | 01276-858256 |
| Thu 14-Nov-2024 | Shoots & Roots: a talk by Tanvir Hynes | Egham Gardens and Allotment Association | Mrs. Wendy Flight | 01932-455910 |
| Sat 16-Nov-2024 | Wokingham Horticultural Association’s Winter Show | Wokingham Horticultural Association | Pauline MacBrayne | 07941 352411 |
| Sun 17-Nov-2024 | Growing Redhill: Planters Working Party Reigate | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Mon 18-Nov-2024 | The Gardens of Surrey, a talk by Cherrill Sands | Ripley and District Horticultural Society | Mrs. Sue Stranger | |
| Mon 18-Nov-2024 | Basingstoke Horticultural Society AGM & Cheese and Wine Evening | Basingstoke Horticultural Society | Mr. Philip Wraight | 01256-324185 |
| Tue 19-Nov-2024 | AGM & Talk: Growing Vegetables: a talk by Mark Saunders | Ewhurst Horticultural Society | Mrs. Anne Dyball | 07980 122530 |
| Wed 20-Nov-2024 | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society AGM, Social Evening & Light Supper | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society | Georgia Lacey | 01428 683120 |
| Wed 20-Nov-2024 | The Savill Garden: a talk by John Anderson | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Wed 20-Nov-2024 | Onslow Garden Club’s AGM & Social Evening | Onslow Village Garden Club | Mrs Anne Bradbeer | 01483 563421 |
| Wed 20-Nov-2024 | Protecting our Pollinators a talk by Peter Smith | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society | Christine Hockham | 01243 824726 |
| Wed 20-Nov-2024 | Epsom Garden Society AGM | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Thu 21-Nov-2024 | The Arts and Crafts Garden: a talk by Cherrill Sands | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Thu 21-Nov-2024 | Churt Horticultural & Produce Society (CHAPS) AGM followed by The Creative Shrub Garden: a talk by Andy McIndoe | Churt Horticultural & Produce Society (CHAPS) | Mandy Martin | |
| Thu 21-Nov-2024 | Christmas Wreath Workshop | Witley Gardening Association | Christine Cox | |
| Fri 22-Nov-2024 | Banstead Horticultural Society AGM & Social Afternoon | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Sat 23-Nov-2024 | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group Christmas Party & In the not-so-bleak midwinter: a talk by Timothy Walker | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group | Anne Grabaskey | |
| Sun 24-Nov-2024 | Growing Redhill Merstham Planters Working Party at Merstham Train Station | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Tue 26-Nov-2024 | Franchi Seeds (Seeds of Italy) What to Sow, What to Conserve? A talk by Paolo Arrigo | West End Village Gardening Club | Mrs. Judy Douch | 01483-475133 |
| Tue 26-Nov-2024 | Milford Horticultural Society AGM & Cheese & Wine Evening | Milford Horticultural Society | Mr Stewart Miskimmin | 01483-421509 |
| Fri 29-Nov-2024 | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society Members’ Supper | Frensham & Dockenfield Horticultural Society | Sharon Miller | 07766 573856 |