WHAS NEWS: May 2025
Don't forget our annual May Plant Sale is almost here, when for every Sunday in May the Trading Hut will be open for an extra hour from 10.00am till 1.00pm. We hope to have a wide range of plants and seedlings available including vegetables, flowers and garden plants so do come along on one of the four May Sundays this year.
Also, if you have any that you can spare, please bring them along to the Hut and help to support the Society. If you have plants to donate but can't get to the Hut please email Janice at [email protected] and I'm sure we will be able to help.
Thank You
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We recently heard from Styvechale Open Gardens who have asked us to publicise their opening this year. Please click here to find out more.
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Very many thanks to Sarah Lever from Bee Friendly Warwick for her very informative talk this month about Wild Bees. We learned a great deal about the different species to be found in Warwickshire and hopefully, will be able to remember at least some of them!
Important changes to the Members' Meetings for May and July
Our first visit of 2025 is a guided tour of Hill Close Gardens in Warwick on Friday May 16th at 11.00am. The cost for Members is £16 which includes the tour with light refreshments afterwards. Booking forms for this visit and for our visit to Spetchley Park in July are available on the Calendar of Events page.
Our second May meeting is a change from the advertised programme. On Tuesday May 20th Dr Camilo Uribe Botta of the University of Cardiff will talk to us about "The British love affair with orchids in the 19th century", at our usual venue in Warwick Methodist Community Centre.
The talk originally scheduled for May will now take place on Tuesday 15th July "From Andes to allotment; the history of the potato" a talk by Dr Rebecca Earle, professor of history at the University of Warwick.
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We recently received the information below about the Feckenham Garden Festival on 17th and 18th of May which may be of interest to our members. Please click here for details www.feckenham-open-gardens.co.uk
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Non-Native Species Warning
We have received information about the non-native Asian Hornet. Please click here for more information and details of how to report any sightings.
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Also, if you have any that you can spare, please bring them along to the Hut and help to support the Society. If you have plants to donate but can't get to the Hut please email Janice at [email protected] and I'm sure we will be able to help.
Thank You
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We recently heard from Styvechale Open Gardens who have asked us to publicise their opening this year. Please click here to find out more.
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Very many thanks to Sarah Lever from Bee Friendly Warwick for her very informative talk this month about Wild Bees. We learned a great deal about the different species to be found in Warwickshire and hopefully, will be able to remember at least some of them!
Important changes to the Members' Meetings for May and July
Our first visit of 2025 is a guided tour of Hill Close Gardens in Warwick on Friday May 16th at 11.00am. The cost for Members is £16 which includes the tour with light refreshments afterwards. Booking forms for this visit and for our visit to Spetchley Park in July are available on the Calendar of Events page.
Our second May meeting is a change from the advertised programme. On Tuesday May 20th Dr Camilo Uribe Botta of the University of Cardiff will talk to us about "The British love affair with orchids in the 19th century", at our usual venue in Warwick Methodist Community Centre.
The talk originally scheduled for May will now take place on Tuesday 15th July "From Andes to allotment; the history of the potato" a talk by Dr Rebecca Earle, professor of history at the University of Warwick.
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We recently received the information below about the Feckenham Garden Festival on 17th and 18th of May which may be of interest to our members. Please click here for details www.feckenham-open-gardens.co.uk
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Non-Native Species Warning
We have received information about the non-native Asian Hornet. Please click here for more information and details of how to report any sightings.
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About the Warwick Horticultural and Allotment Society
*You don't need to be a Warwick resident to join and having an
allotment is not a requirement - all are welcome.
*The Society has been in existence for more than 80 years and the Mayor of Warwick is our President.
*Membership is open to everyone and children join free.
*WHAS organises talks, trips and events every year.
*WHAS is an affiliated member of the Royal Horticultural Society.
*Members are entitled to discount prices at the Trade Hut, Suttons Seeds,
Hintons Nursery in Warwick and Smith's Nursery in Baginton.
*A small group of WHAS volunteers help out at Myton Hospice, Warwick
every Thursday morning for approximately 2 hours. If you would like to join us
please drop us an email at the address below or ring Helen.
Contact: [email protected] or telephone Helen Pearson on 07757 253967
*You don't need to be a Warwick resident to join and having an
allotment is not a requirement - all are welcome.
*The Society has been in existence for more than 80 years and the Mayor of Warwick is our President.
*Membership is open to everyone and children join free.
*WHAS organises talks, trips and events every year.
*WHAS is an affiliated member of the Royal Horticultural Society.
*Members are entitled to discount prices at the Trade Hut, Suttons Seeds,
Hintons Nursery in Warwick and Smith's Nursery in Baginton.
*A small group of WHAS volunteers help out at Myton Hospice, Warwick
every Thursday morning for approximately 2 hours. If you would like to join us
please drop us an email at the address below or ring Helen.
Contact: [email protected] or telephone Helen Pearson on 07757 253967
