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!).
Plant up summer hanging baskets and containers
Pinch out sideshoots on tomatoes
Use water wisely to keep your plants thriving
Harvest lettuce, radish, other salads and early potatoes
Hoe borders regularly to keep down weeds
Mow lawns once a week if needed – but consider leaving some areas uncut for wildlife
Plant out summer bedding
Stake tall or floppy plants
Shade greenhouses to keep them cool and prevent scorch
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.
Society AGM
After many years of service to the society Colin Carr stepped down as treasurer at the AGM. Mr Alan Dann was duly elected to take on the role.
The role of Trading Secretary is still vacant
Show Schedule
Plant Sale
The annual plant sale took place on 18th May and this year raised an impressive £450.
Many thanks to the team for all their hard work!
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