What's New
Reach Southwell and Flower Pod have been chosen to take part in the Co-op Local Community Fund
Members may remember that our first charitable donation, back in 2016, was made to Flower Pod in Southwell. The charity is a unique social enterprise that provides people with learning difficulties with the opportunity to enrich their lives through horticulture. The charity made the following announcement a couple of days ago. Exciting news! Reach Southwell and Flower Pod have been chosen to take part in the Co-op Local Community Fund 2020/21. Nominate us at to support us every time you buy Co-op branded products. Thank you! #NeverMoreNeeded More details about Flower Pod can be found on their website. Flowerpod.org |
Norwell Nurseries open for NGS on Sat 10th Oct - prebooking required
Saturday 10th October, 2 – 5 pm. Norwell Nurseries, Woodhouse Road, Norwell. NG23 6JX. This outstanding Nottinghamshire Nursery is home to the National and UK’s largest collection of Hardy Chrysanthemums and is opening it doors to welcome pre-booked visitors on Saturday 10th October. Set in a one acre plantsman’s garden visitors can enjoy extensive herbaceous borders still alive with colour and movement. There are new sand-beds featuring international planting, pond, alpine and scree areas together with woodland and shady areas. To prebook tickets, please visit www.ngs.org.uk Search for gardens open in the East Midlands area and this will take you to Norwell Nurseries, where you can pre-book entry tickets. Parking, plants for sale, wheelchair access to some areas. More information in the pdf attached below. |
Belvoir Castle Flower and Garden Show 5th and 6th of September at Belvoir Castle
We have a fantastic show lined up barring any changes in the Government Covid Guidelines. A superb talks and demos area including David Domoney, Rosy Hardy, Martin Fish, John Stirland, Jonathan Mosley, Karen Gimson and others. 18 mini show gardens, Chelsea gold winning exhibitors and live music. A poster is attached below. Full details can be found on our facebook page and tickets purchased via |
Plant Hunters’ Fairs in August and September 2020
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New set of HPS Greetings Cards
It wasn't easy selecting just 12 images from the thousands we have in our Gallery and we hope you'll agree that they are all super photos. Each comes with a little information on the back of the card about the plant too. For the time being, we are only selling complete packs of 12 (all images in the photo in this post) To keep things simple and especially in the current times, we are keeping pricing simple, so they will just be one price. £10 for anyone buying cards not being posted £12 for cards which are posted to you All payments are by bank transfer (details will be included) or by cheque payable to 'Hardy Plant Society Nottingham'. If you'd like to buy a pack, please contact us by email hps.nottingham.group@gmail.com |
The National AGM and Annual Lecture Day 28th March
We had an absolutely brilliant day! Our Group hosted the National AGM and Annual Lecture Day. Dr John Grimshaw and Bleddyn Wynn-Jones lectures had the audience enthralled. Sales of plants from the Nursery stands were brisk and everyone really enjoyed the day. We'll post some photos on our website soon. Here's one of Bleddyn and our President, Roy Lancaster. Thank you to everyone for coming - hope you all had a safe journey home. |
Pictures from Melton Mowbray Country Fair
We had a great day at Melton Mowbray Country Fair on Sun 7th July 2013. Click on the link to see all the photos. Lots of plants found new owners! |
Our own Website!
The Hardy Plant Society Nottingham Group now have their own Website. We hope to build a useful, interesting and informative website for all our members and anyone interested in joining us. Any comments, good or bad are very welcome. See Erica, Carol or Barbara at our meetings or send an email to hps.nottingham.group@gmail.com |