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SURREY HORTICULTURAL FEDERATION 48th ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
Minutes of the Meeting held at 2.30 pm, Sunday 3rd November 2024 at East Horsley Village Hall
Present:- President Daphne Foulsham, Chairperson Janet Arm, Treasurer/Membership Secretary Katharine Deaville, Quizmaster John Negus and Council Members: Roy Lomax, Pam Lomax, Nicky Cornell, Barbara Boyse, Jane Swift, Anne Bradbeer, and Paul Yeoman.
Club Representatives: As well as the above there were a total of 23 club members present, representing the clubs:- Brooklands, Caterham & District, Hardy Plant Society, Jacobs Well, Lightwater, Merstham, Nutfield, Surrey Gardens Trust, Thursley, Tilford, and Worplesdon.
President Daphne Foulsham gave a welcome to all members and to the clubs who were entering into the quiz, and then Chairperson Janet Arm took the meeting.
- Apologies for absence: There were none.
- The 2023 Minutes were circulated and read, proposed by Sarah Wilson, seconded by David Woodall then signed.
- Matters Arising. There were none.
- Yearly Report. Janet read her report for 2024, as follows:-
CHAIRPERSON’S REPORT
This Spring we were pleased to host Nick Hamilton, son of the late Geoff Hamilton, with his talk about his family and Barnsdale Gardens. Nick talked about how the garden had come into his family and how it had progressed through the years when the BBC filmed there, and what has happened since. I think we would have liked to seen a bit more of the planting, but it was an interesting talk.
Sadly this year we didn’t manage to find that ‘special’ garden to visit, despite investigating several possibilities. The problem is often parking, and whether the garden is open to other visitors or the National Gardens Scheme – please let me know of somewhere you think other members would like.
I would like to mention how many garden events and shows Beth has managed to find to put into the Newsletters over the past year – she has done a wonderful job and the photos have looked great. I am only too sorry she is unable to join us on these occasions, but would like to thank her for all her hard work in keeping us in touch with one another.
I would also like to thank the President and all the committee for all their support over the past year, particularly Kathy for dealing with the Membership, the accounts, and sending out tickets for our talks. Kathy has suggested that we have a specific Surrey Horticultural Federation email address, which I think is a good idea and hope you will agree. If you would like to join the Council please let us know when we come to the elections – we would love some younger members and it’s only a year at a time.
- Treasurers Report.
A copy of the accounts for the past year was circulated. The Federation currently has £8,782.65 in hand.
Income for the year was £1,177.00 made up of subscriptions and donations from clubs and the AGM/Quiz raffle. Expenditure was £519.36 made up of affiliation fees, quiz costs, judges & lecturers lists, hall hire, insurance and newsletter/secretary expenses. This resulted in a surplus of £657.64.
This year’s Spring talk was by Nick Hamilton. The surplus of £183.60 was released from the reserve at the end of September 2024. The overall net result for the year was a surplus of £841.24 (£657.64 + £183.60).
We were delighted to welcome 4 new member clubs during the year and had a total of 88 member clubs in 2024 and we propose to keep subscriptions unchanged at £10 yet again for 2025 (this has been kept for over 20 years now!). Katharine then gave her thanks to auditor John Manches for examining the books.
The Chairman called for a proposer for the Report – Barbara Boyse, and a seconder – Anne Bradbeer and all agreed.
- Election of High Officers and Council Members.
President Daphne Foulsham said that after the change in high officers in 2021, the three positions of Chairperson, Janet Arm, Treasurer/Membership Secretary, Kathy Deaville, and Webmaster/Events Secretary Beth Otway had come to an end and all three were due for re-election, and had agreed they would stay on. She said it was a pity that Beth was unable to attend any meetings, but thanked her in her absence for the work she does.
Voting was as follows: Janet Arm (Chairperson) Proposed David Woodall, Seconder Patricia Barrett All agreed.
Katharine Deaville (Treasurer) Proposed: Nicky Cornell, Seconded: Pat Coles All agreed
Beth Otway (Website and Events Secretary) Proposed: Anne Bradbeer, Seconded Nicky Cornell. Agreed,
Council Members stand for a single year at a time. They are Anne Bradbeer, Barbara Boyse, Nicky Cornell, Roy Lomax, Pam Lomax, John Negus, Jane Swift, and Paul Yeoman who had all agree to stand again for a further year. These were proposed en-bloc by Janet Arm, seconded by Kathy Deaville, and agreed by all.
- Future Events, by Janet.
This year we are lucky enough that Beth has booked Ann-Marie Powell for our Spring Talk at 7.30pm on Tuesday 18th March 2025 which we have confirmed is booked at Normandy Village Hall as East Horsley wasn’t available. Tickets are available here today for this talk.
Ann-Marie is a multi-award winning garden designer, television presenter, journalist and author, who divides her time between designing innovative gardens for private clients, companies and charities, and enthusing people about gardening through her books, television appearances and articles in national newspapers and magazines.
Listed as one of the Top 50 Landscape and Garden Designers for five years in a row by House and Gardens, Ann-Marie and her studio have won a host of Awards. In 2024 she designed the Main Avenue Show Garden at RHS Chelsea 2024, which won Silver Gilt, Children’s Choice Award and BBC’s People’s Choice Award.
Ann-Marie’s articles have featured in national and international publications as diverse as The English Garden, The Guardian, The Telegraph, Times, House Beautiful and Gardens Illustrated. Her natural wit combined with down to earth advice and ‘can do’ style is much in demand by editors and readers alike.
Her talk to us will be her latest one, which is called ‘A Passion for Plants’. NB: Tickets will be available soon, please check the Surrey Horticultural Federation website and newsletters for details.
I do hope you will be able to come, but please note this is an evening talk (she doesn’t do weekends) and as last year, we will not be serving teas, so please bring a drink with you if you need one. We never know quite how long the speaker will talk for, or how many questions afterwards – to add teas usually takes up an extra half an hour plus clearing up afterwards which means that it can be quite late before we finish.
As I said earlier, I do hope that we will manage to find someone who is prepared to open their garden for SHF members and who aren’t already open to others! If you know of a garden that would fit the bill, please let me know. It would be lovely to have one nearer the centre or the east of Surrey – but so far no-one has come up with an idea. Could I ask who has been to Dunsborough Park Gardens at Ripley – I hear their Tulip Festival is fantastic – but if we wanted a special day I think we would have to have confirmed bookings and in the past we have never known just how many will turn up to a garden. (Several members present said they had already been.)
I am really sorry that we haven’t got as many teams for our quiz today, (probably everyone is trying to avoid the Wisley area) but I hope those of you who have not competed before enjoy the experience! In case you haven’t been before I thought I would just run through the way it works. (Brief description given.)
So, it’s on with the quiz, and good luck everyone.
- Any other business. It was suggested that the next Quiz and AGM should be held at that venue as it was easier to reach from the more easterly clubs. The talk will for now still be held at Normandy Hall as it is the largest in the area.
Inter Club Quiz.
After the AGM 7 teams took part in the quiz with Quizmaster John Negus. It was a close fought contest, with most clubs scoring well, and ended with a win for Hardy Plant Society Team 1, in second place were Tilford, and in third place Worplesdon. The final scores were as follows:-
| NAME OF ASSOCIATION | Total | Position | Prize |
| Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties – Team 1 | 56 | 1st | £30 |
| Tilford Gardening club | 50 | 2nd | £20 |
| Worplesdon Gardening Club | 48 | 3rd | £10 |
| Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties – Team 2 | 47 | ||
| Surrey Gardens Trust | 46 | ||
| Thursley Garden Club | 45 | ||
| Jacobs Well | 32 |
The President presented the Quiz Trophy and cheques to winners and runners-up, and audience prizes were handed out. Thanks were given to all those teams and council members who kindly brought along raffle prizes.
The Therapy Garden are Looking for Volunteers
The Therapy Garden works to have a positive and significant impact on the lives of people facing challenges in life. Whether by giving a sense of purpose to children with special needs, or reducing the isolation of a young person living with autism, or someone older living with dementia; building confidence in adults recovering from a stroke, or by helping to equip young people who have additional learning needs for a possible future in the workplace. The Therapy Garden aim to change lives for the better and they do this by creating a safe place to enjoy the power of gardening and to connect with nature.
The Therapy Garden are open to their clients five days a week, Monday to Friday, from 9.15am until 2.30pm. Their adult clients attend all year round, but teenagers only attend during school term times.
The charity is able to fund only about 50% of its costs from fee paying clients and has to raise the rest from donations and fundraising.
Do you have 5 hours a week to help people with challenges in their lives?
- Join the Therapy Garden’s committed team of volunteers and support students and adult clients with gardening activities.
- Help the Therapy Garden maintain their beautiful and tranquil garden.
Volunteer roles
- The Therapy Garden are looking for volunteer horticulturalist support workers to assist in the Garden alongside their horticulturists in the supervision of adult clients and teenagers with a variety of disabilities.
- Volunteers work in the garden with clients, helping them with various tasks such as planting, harvesting, pruning, mowing, and more; under the guidance of our team of horticulturists.
- As well as general gardening work, volunteers assist the Therapy Garden’s clients – both children and adults – with the opportunity to achieve a qualification in horticulture.
- Other tasks the Therapy Garden’s volunteers help with include general garden maintenance, DIY tasks, craft, and cookery activities.
- No gardening experience is required, just the ability to get along with others and muck in!
- Volunteering at the Therapy Garden can be a great stepping stone to further education or work opportunities.
- At present, the Therapy Garden are looking for Volunteers who can offer a regular weekly commitment.
Should you wish to apply, here is a link to the Therapy Garden’s volunteering page. NB: applicants will need to scroll down to find the link.
Growing Redhill’s Christmas Wreath Making Workshop is on the 4th December 2024
On Wednesday 4th December 2024 at 7pm, Growing Redhill are holding a Christmas Wreath Making Workshop at Dayspace, Reigate, 57 Albert Road North, Reigate, Surrey, RH2 9EL. To book your place, please follow this link to Eventbrite.
The Therapy Garden’s Christingle Evening
The Therapy Garden is not generally open to the public, but they open for a few events throughout the year. They are affiliated to the National Garden Scheme and have two annual Open Days. The Therapy Garden’s next event is an evening celebrating Christingle on Wednesday 11th December 2024 at 7pm. This is a Community Event with Christmas Carols, processions, and seasonal nibbles and drinks – all within the Therapy Garden’s beautiful garden.
Ascot Horticultural Society Christmas Show & Social Evening is on Wednesday 11th December 2024
Ascot Horticultural Society‘s Christmas Show & Social Evening is on Wednesday 11th December 2024 at King Edward’s Hall, Ascot, SL5 8PD. Staging of exhibits is from 7.45pm until 8pm. The meeting begins at 8pm and viewing of exhibits is at 9pm. Entrance is £1 for members and £3 for visitors, this includes refreshments.
Half Day Workshop: The Magic of Houseplants
EcoLocal are holding a half-day Houseplant Workshop from 10am until 1pm on Thursday 12th December 2024 at The Garden Hall, The Lodge, Carshalton, SM5 3NX. To book your place, please email food@ecolocal.org.uk or telephone 020 84041522.
Mark Gregory will be giving a talk about Designing and Building a Chelsea Show Garden to New Society Gardening Club on Thursday 16th January 2025
New Society Gardening Club are hosting a very special event where award-winning garden designer, Mark Gregory will share his insights on designing and building a Chelsea Show Garden. Learn from Mark’s experiences and be inspired to create your own stunning outdoor space! Mark will be talking about how he built the Savills Plot to Plate Garden at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. This garden pushed a lot of boundaries on the sustainability front, by removing all cements and discovering lots of new and old techniques that have long been forgotten.
This in-person event is a must-attend for anyone passionate about gardening and landscaping. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to learn from one of the best in the industry! As a designer, constructor, lecturer, mentor, judge, ambassador and managing director, Mark Gregory has been at the forefront of horticulture and landscaping for 35 years.
Mark Gregory was educated at Askham Bryan Horticultural College, trained at RHS Wisley, a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and a Chartered Landscape Architect. Mark has spent his life designing and creating gardens. In 2023 he was awarded the RHS Associate Of Honour, an award held for life which recognises his unique distinguished service to the practice of horticulture during his career. In 2022, Mark was the recipient of the Pearson Memorial Medal for outstanding service to the garden industry and he also became the RHS Ambassador for Landscapers. In 2017 and again in 2022, Mark was voted the Most Influential Person in the garden and landscape industry by his peers. Mark has built more RHS show gardens and has received more medals than any other constructor.
Mark hasn’t missed a Chelsea Flower Show since he started in 1989. Even when Covid cancelled the 2020 show, Mark was awarded Garden Of The Decade for his Welcome To Yorkshire Garden which captured a slice of Wensleydale at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2018. This design celebrated Yorkshire’s stunning scenery, natural materials, traditional crafts, and artisan food production. Celebrating quintessential buttercup meadows and rich flora, this show garden was set on the edge of a woodland and featured a tumbling beck running past a stone bothy into soft pastures. Who can forget Mark’s audacious 2019 Chelsea Flower Show design, which incorporated a pair of canal lock gates, a lock keeper’s lodge with private garden and vegetable patch with a towpath running next to a perennial meadow?
For RHS Chelsea 2023, Mark created his most complex build, The Savills Garden. This garden invited us into an intimate walled sanctuary with an abundance of beautiful ornamental and edible planting. At the heart of the garden was a working kitchen and adjoining dining area where Chelsea Pensioners enjoyed meals prepared with ingredients from the potager and walled garden – a true ‘plot to plate’ experience. Mark’s genuinely sustainable and environmentally sensitive design featured reclaimed hard landscaping materials; brick, pantiles, Yorkshire flagstone and cement-free concrete. Mark’s whole ethos was to build the garden in as sustainable manner possible and push boundaries. The garden lives on at a residential centre in Nottinghamshire, where it is used to teach cookery skills to young people.
This event will be held at St Paul’s Church, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 2AD.
Doors open at 7pm, the meeting will start at 7.45pm. The talk will last approximately 1 hour.
Tickets for this event are:
£2 for members (booking fee applies).
£10 for non members (booking fee applies).
Please click here to visit New Society’s website and buy tickets.
Refreshments will be available to purchase £2.50 for a drink and cake. (cash only)
Parking will be limited, so where possible please car share. Thank you.
The Therapy Garden’s Walk for Wellness
The Therapy Garden‘s Walk for Wellness is a sponsored walk taking place on Saturday 25th January 2025. The Therapy Garden are looking for as many people as possible to join them for a lovely walk followed by drinks and refreshments back at the Therapy Garden afterwards. To register please email stephen.jones@thetherapygarden.org. For more information, telephone Steve Jones or Stella Diamond on 01483 813846 or please click here to visit the Therapy Garden’s website.
Winter Fruit Pruning Workshop
EcoLocal are holding a Winter Fruit Pruning Workshop from 10.30am until 3pm on Saturday 25th January 2025 at Carshalton Community Allotment, Carshalton, SM5. To book your place, please email food@ecolocal.org.uk or telephone 020 84041522.
Alpine Garden Society Show at Wisley on Saturday 8th February 2025
On Saturday 8th February 2025, it’s the Alpine Garden Society Show in the Garden Room at Hilltop at RHS Garden Wisley from 10am until 3.30pm. Visitors can admire displays of alpine plants. Specialist nurseries will be selling rare plants at this event, which is free to visitors of RHS Garden Wisley.
Currant Growing & Pruning One Day Workshop
EcoLocal are holding a Currant Growing and Pruning One Day Workshop from 10.30am until 3pm on Saturday 22nd February 2025 at Carshalton Community Allotment, Carshalton, SM5. To book your place, please email food@ecolocal.org.uk or telephone 020 84041522.
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.
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.
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, 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:
| December 2024 | ||||
| Tue 3-Dec-2024 | Shamley Green Gardening Club Christmas Party and Quiz | Shamley Green Gardening Club | Mrs. A. Tomkins | 01483-892114 |
| Tue 3-Dec-2024 | Growing Redhill and Surrey Choices Working Party at Merstham Train Station: Clearing & Planting | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Tue 3-Dec-2024 | Growing Redhill and Surrey Choices: Creating a Bee Friendly Garden for LB’s Bee Keeping Project | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Wed 4-Dec-2024 | Godstone Gardeners’ Club AGM & Social Evening | Godstone Gardeners Club | Silvia Pocock | 01883-712627 |
| Wed 4-Dec-2024 | Wonersh Garden Club Members Only Christmas Social & Quiz | Wonersh and District Garden Club | Mrs. H. Goodridge | 01483-535108 |
| Wed 4-Dec-2024 | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society AGM & Social Evening | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society | Christine Hockham | 01243 824726 |
| Wed 4-Dec-2024 | Ashtead Horticultural Society AGM followed by wine, mince pies, and a garden quiz in the Ralli Room | Ashtead Horticultural Society | Mrs. Jennie Pilfold | 01372-373348 |
| Wed 4-Dec-2024 | Christmas Quiz & Coffee Morning | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Wed 4-Dec-2024 | Growing Redhill’s Christmas Wreath Making Workshop | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Wed 4-Dec-2024 | Shrubs – the backbone of your garden: a talk by Geoff Hawkins. | Brooklands Horticultural Society | Barbara Royston | |
| Thu 5-Dec-2024 | Aldershot Floral Design Club Christmas Workshop | Aldershot Floral Design Club | Dee Kelly | 01252-350944 |
| Fri 6-Dec-2024 | Home and Garden: a talk by Paul Whittle | Woodham & New Haw Horticultural Club | Louise Clubley | 07843 962421 |
| Fri 6-Dec-2024 | Lightwater Gardening Club Members’ Christmas Evening | Lightwater Gardening Club | Ms. Lynn Bull | 01276-502497 |
| Mon 9-Dec-2024 | Small Space Big Ideas: a talk by Simon Horrill | Elstead Garden Club | Mrs. Alison Gravett | 01252-703318 |
| Mon 9-Dec-2024 | Basingstoke Horticultural Society Members-Only Christmas Party | Basingstoke Horticultural Society | Mr. Philip Wraight | 01256-324185 |
| Tue 10-Dec-2024 | Growing Redhill and Surrey Choices: Creating a Bee Friendly Garden for LB’s Bee Keeping Project | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Tue 10-Dec-2024 | Growing Redhill and Surrey Choices: clearing and planting up the areas by Merstham Hub for Raven Housing | Growing Redhill | Karen Murray | 01737 903086 |
| Tue 10-Dec-2024 | Worplesdon Garden Club’s Christmas Social Evening | Worplesdon Garden Club | Tim Bonnert | 07708 455096 |
| Wed 11-Dec-2024 | East Grinstead Horticultural Society AGM & Christmas Social | East Grinstead Horticultural Society | Helen Gabrielides | |
| Wed 11-Dec-2024 | Christmas Flowers: a demonstration by Elizabeth Barralet | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Wed 11-Dec-2024 | Ascot Horticultural Society Christmas Show & Social Evening | Ascot Horticultural Society | Mrs Lindsey Payne | 07847511361 |
| Wed 11-Dec-2024 | Plant Hunting around the World: a talk by Nick Macer | Grayshott Gardeners | Sue Wheeler | 07719 457821 |
| Thu 12-Dec-2024 | Egham Gardens and Allotment Association AGM, Social Evening, Photographic Competition, & Quiz | Egham Gardens and Allotment Association | Mrs. Wendy Flight | 01932-455910 |
| Thu 12-Dec-2024 | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society Christmas Party & talk ‘Gardening to Save Time’ by Ben Pope | Dunsfold & Hascombe Horticultural Society | Paul Goudie | |
| January 2025 | ||||
| Tue 7-Jan-2025 | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club‘s meeting | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Wed 8-Jan-2025 | The History of Squires Garden Centres: a talk by Sarah Squire | Brooklands Horticultural Society | Barbara Royston | |
| Sat 11-Jan-2025 | Succession Planting for a Long Season: a talk by Fergus Garrett | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group | Anne Grabaskey | |
| Wed 15-Jan-2025 | Japanese Plants and Gardens: a talk by Vincent Gradwell | Onslow Village Garden Club | Mrs Anne Bradbeer | 01483 563421 |
| Wed 15-Jan-2025 | St Kilda And The Hebrides – Sailing To The Edge Of The World: a talk by Sarah Frost | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Thu 16-Jan-2025 | Designing and Building a Chelsea Show Garden: a talk by Mark Gregory | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Wed 22-Jan-2025 | Epsom Garden Society Quiz | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| February 2025 | ||||
| Mon 3-Feb-2025 | A Working Gardener: a talk by Dennis Moore | Merstham Horticultural Society | ||
| Tue 4-Feb-2025 | Dahlias: a talk by Claire Brown | Shamley Green Gardening Club | Mrs. A. Tomkins | 01483-892114 |
| Tue 4-Feb-2025 | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club’s meeting | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Sat 15-Feb-2025 | The Changing Seasons at Munstead Wood: a talk by Annabel Watts | Hardy Plant Society Southern Counties Group | Anne Grabaskey | |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | Manos Kanellos: Orchid Growing tips & Workshop | Banstead Horticultural Society | Gail Fraser | 01737-356576 |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | AGM & Flower Arranging on a Budget: a talk by Janice Tattersdil | Sandhurst & District Gardening Club | Julie Sheppard | 07711 056 815 |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | The Magic of Houseplants: a talk by Sarah Foss | Epsom Garden Society | Catherine Flitter | 07821-277708 |
| Wed 19-Feb-2025 | Gardening Quiz | Wallington, Carshalton and Beddington Horticultural Society | Christine Hockham | 01243 824726 |
| Thu 20-Feb-2025 | The history and future of Munstead Wood: a talk by Ian Molesworth | New Society Gardening Club (Camberley) | Sarah Wesley | 07400 850876 |
| Fri 21-Feb-2025 | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society Membership Renewal & Talk | Chiddingfold Horticultural Society | Georgia Lacey | 01428 683120 |