NEWTON PARK HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY
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WELCOME TO NEWTON PARK H.S.
Founded 1939 it is situated on the Newton Park West site alongside the park in Rayners Lane. Pedestrian entrance is by 321 Alexandra Ave just downhill of the Drake Road junction. Loading access for bulky items/large orders is via the access road by 1 Drake Road.
Open two hours every Sunday morning from 10.30 am to 12.30pm it stocks a wide selection of all the consumables any gardener usually requires sold at very competitive prices. Whether you want seeds, pots, composts, foods or poisons, netting, ground cover, hose adaptors or a whole host of many other items, it is always worth checking us out first.
In season we also stock bulbs and tubers such as daffodils, tulips, crocii, hyacinths, gladiolas, potatoes, onions (main and Autumn/japanese) etc..
Gardening advice of course is always freely available (and sometimes too freely available!).
Deadhead bedding plants and repeat-flowering perennials
Pick courgettes before they become marrows
Start picking tomatoes as they ripen, continuing to remove sideshoots
Clear algae, blanket weeds and debris from ponds, and keep them topped up
Deadhead, feed and water for a long-lasting show.
Put a saucer under containers to reduce watering
Don't worry if your lawn goes brown, as it will soon bounce back when we have rain
Water tubs and new plants if dry, but be water-wise
Helpers required to unload deliveries!
Approximately twice a year large deliveries arrive and need transporting from kerb to trading shed, if you can help please give your name in at the shed.
Volunteers Needed!
The Society urgently needs volunteers, without fresh blood the Society may have to close.
The commitment to the Shed Rota is not excessive just one two hour session every 5 weeks, just 10 sessions a year. The work is not hard and it can be good fun meeting all the different members.
If you can spare the time please consider volunteering as it would be a great shame to see our society close.
Watering Advice
A daily sprinkle of small amounts of water will encourage roots to the surface and make plants more prone to drought damage. To get water down to root level sink a plant pot or plastic tube beside the plant and fill with gravel. Watering through the device once every fortnight ensures the roots get the moisture and less is lost to evaporation.
Show Schedule
SHOW
Don’t forget to pick up or download a show shedule, let’s make the 2025 show a good one!
Show Date 6th September
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