Kingston Horticultural Society - A Hidden Gardening Treasure In Kingston

Do you know about Kingston Horticultural Club? One of the hidden gardening treasures of Kingston?

Last

Sunday I went down to meet some of the group at the Sunday Gardening

Shop at the end of Park Road. Though I know Park Road well I wasn’t

aware  where the shop was located, but there is a map here to show

you.

I

arrived to over hear some of the members giving advice on the best way

to grow things and how to deal with plant diseases over cups of tea and

coffee.

The

club ,which has about 600 members of all ages, is a mixture of a

gardening and social club. They have social trips throughout the year,

monthly meetings and 2 plants sales per year. The plants on sale include

those grown on the clubs allotments.  In addition they have their

Annual Open Show every September. This year’s show is on 4th  September

at Barnfield Youth Centre, and everyone is free to come along.

Membership

of the society costs £3.50 a year. It allows you to get advice, go on social trips, join in on the monthly meetings which often are parties,  and use of the shop which sells compost, fertilizers,

seeds, plants and more. So if you want to join the easiest way is pop

along to the shop on Sundays between 10.30am-12.30pm.

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