Category: 2025

  • Alresford Show 2025

    The annual Alresford Horticultural Society show took place on the 6th September as part of the Agricultural show….

  • Newsletter – August 2025

    The annual garden party, this year held in Val Ramshaw’s garden was a great success. 34 members and guests attended and a good time was had by all. Thank you Val for hosting especially at a time when the ongoing drought has forced us all to do a lot of watering, now only possible with…

  • Newsletter – July 2025

    June was a busy month. Fifteen members accepted an invitation from Hinton Ampner to visit the house and garden during their Celebration of Flowers on Monday 9th June and it was not a disappointment. Car sharing worked well and we had an excellent guide who gave us a tour of the gardens after which we…

  • Newsletter – June 2025

    Did you know that this is ‘The Great Big Green Week’ – the UK’s biggest celebration of community action to tackling climate change and protect nature. Many of our recent talks have focussed on ways in which we as gardeners can make a difference….

  • Alresford Show Schedule 2025

  • 2025-2026 Programme

  • Trip to Wisley 2025

    The Society chose May this year as the month for their annual visit to Wisley and 33 members and friends and were not disappointed. Climate change has influenced the seasons, and we were able to see wisteria, still in all its glory, including the famous wisteria arch, vibrant rhododendrons and azaleas on Battleston Hill and…

  • Newsletter – April 2025

    As I write, we are experiencing some beautiful Spring weather and the sunshine has been a real tonic. Weather patterns are completely unpredictable and we have had very little rainfall in March which means that we are now having to do some watering. But what a pleasure to be able to spend time in our…

  • Newsletter – February 2025

    Spring has arrived and many local gardens are now open for snowdrop days, including Bramdean House, Hinton Ampner, the Vyne and Mark Porter’s garden, the Downhouse in Itchen Abbas. You will find all the details you need in the latest issue of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight National Garden Scheme brochure which is readily…

  • 79th Annual General Meeting 2025