Events 2025

Well Hello to everyone, you seem to have found our Events page, here you will find a detailed calendar of events for this year.

All of our usual events at the site are listed here, including; all the Committee Meetings, the Coffee Mornings and Plant Sales, Apple Press Afternoons and all this leads up to the Annual Show our crowning glory of the year. The year concludes with the Annual General Meeting.

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2025 Events

January

The new Kings and D.T. Brown seed orders will soon be available, call in to the Trading Hut to pick up your orders.

This year’s seed potatoes will be available from January onwards and can be purchased from the Trading Hut.

This year’s varieties can be viewed on the Trading Hut page. You can order by weight or quantity, mix and match as we charge by the weight.

Due to the poor quality of onion and shallot sets we are unable to sell them this year.

February

Monday 10th Committee Meeting at 7.00 p.m. to be held at the Trading Hut.

March

Monday 10th Committee Meeting at 7.00 p.m. to be held at the Trading Hut.

Saturday 15th Seed Swap and Coffee Morning at 10.00 to 12.00 noon and will be held in the Trading Hut.

April

Committee Meeting will be held on Monday 14th at the Trading Hut at 7.00 p.m

Friday 18th GOOD FRIDAY

Friday 20th EASTER SUNDAY

Monday 21st EASTER MONDAY

May

Monday 5th EARLY MAY BANK HOLIDAY

Committee Meeting Monday 12th in the Trading Hut at 7.00 p.m.

Saturday 17th Plant Sale and Coffee Morning. Starting at 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon and will be held in the Trading Hut. Call in for a cuppa as well as meeting people and swapping stories, see if you can pick up a few plants into the bargain.

June

Monday 9th Committee Meeting to be held at the Trading Hut.at 7.00 p.m.

Saturday 14th Plant Sale and Coffee Morning. Starting at 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon and will be held in the Trading Hut. There’s not just coffee but tea as well and the odd raffle. Come and meet old friends and make new one’s there will be plants to buy.

July

Monday 14th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m. We welcome all new Committee Members at any time of the year.

August

Monday 11th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m. Call along and see us to get a flavour of what we do before joining us.

Monday 25th SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY

September

Saturday 6th Children's pre-show preparations for the Annual Show

Sunday 7th Annual Show

The main entrance to the Site is on Lumley Place, The Show opens to the public at 2.00 p.m. Planning for this year’s show is already in progress, please make a note of the date in your diary and come along and bring your family and friends with you to help make the show as successful this year as it has been in recent years. The show is for all plot holders and we’d like as many as possible to contribute. The schedule will be similar to previous years and copies will be available at the hut from late July. There will also be information and advice available for those who are novices at showing.

Monday 15th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m. All new members are welcome as are old ones as well. Please note this will be one week later than normal due to the annual show.

Saturday 27th Apple Pressing to be held at the Trading Hut from 11.15 a.m. until around 15.30 p.m. - Remember to bring some apples and bottles for the juice.

October

Monday 13th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m. All new Committee Members are welcome to join us. Come along and see what happens and find out how the site is managed.

Saturday 18th Apple Pressing to be held at the Trading Hut from 11.15 a.m. until 15.30 p.m. - Remember to bring some apples and bottles for the juice.

Saturday 25th Annual General Meeting. 11.30 a.m. at the Trading Hut. The usual format will be followed an introduction by the chair followed by the Officer Reports. Here members of the Association are given an update on the progress of the Association through the Officer Reports and are also invited to raise issues for discussion relating to the site at the meeting. A new Committee will be elected and then any changes to the Constitution and rules will be discussed and voted on. We would request that if there are any additional items for the agenda please let us know before the meeting

Saturday 25th. Pumpkin Carving. After the A.G.M. at the Trading Hut. After the success of last year this is an event for children of all ages. Be sure to grow some pumpkin’s and bring them along to carve some lanterns.

November

Monday 10th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m. After the Annual General Meeting a number of new Committee Members will no doubt have joined the committee. If you did not join us at the A.G.M. feel free to pop along and see your Committee in action.

December

The new D.T. Brown seed order catalogues will be available from the Hut by early to mid December, please call in on Saturday morning to pick up your copy.

Monday 15th Committee Meeting at the Trading Hut 7.00 p.m.

The Trading Hut will be closed on Saturday 20th and the 27th of December. It will re-open for all your gardening needs on January 3rd 2025