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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 now to boost the winter fragrance in your garden

 Inspect stored tubers of dahlia, begonia and canna for rots or drying out

Keep an eye on figs and olives & guard against frost by covering with sacking or old fleece in frost

Start forcing rhubarb

Plan your vegetable crop rotations for the coming season

Keep putting out food and water for hungry birds

Cut off hellebore leaves at the base to discourage black spot disease and show off the flowers

Prune apple and pear trees

Clean pots and greenhouses ready for spring

Keep an eye on watering houseplants




























































 







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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.

It is with great sadness that we announce that Christine Salter passed away peacefully at home on Friday 17th January 2025.  Many will know that the last few years have been difficult and painful  for her and John, coping with the relentlessly progressive nature  of her illness.


Christine was a busy person and a true homemaker. At home she loved to be in the garden growing amongst other thing , the most wonderful sweet peas. Indoors there would always be some knitting, cross stitch or a puzzle on the go. Or she would be in the kitchen making cakes or freezing some fruit or vegetables from the allotment.


As Show Secretary, for over 20 years, Chris was the consummate professional, organiser of NPHS Annual Show.  Preparations would be made and everything would be there, ready and waiting in boxes. On a funnier side, many of us show helpers will remember the organised chaos of covering those long tables with the infamous black tablecloths. Each cloth had been washed, ironed, folded and individually measured and length marked by Chris. Only she knew what she was doing!

Chris was the queen of the Handicraft classes, winning many classes and cups for her cakes, embroidery and jams  for many years running.


Christine also organised the Society Christmas party which was attended by many members. She was in charge of the raffle, selling tickets for the  many prizes which she had previously gone and bought.

 They were  fun times.