EHS Notices
Last updated 25th February 2020
Emsworth Horticultural Society
Annual Report 2019
The
Society
is
in
good
shape
after
its
Centenary
Year.
The
special
celebratory
events
were
well
supported,
as
well
as
the
usual
programme
of
talks,
trips
and
open
gardens.
The
Show
moved
to
a
new
site
at
the
New
Life
Christian
Church
in
Hermitage,
where
there
is
plenty
of
space
as
well
as
other
advantages
not
enjoyed
at
the
old
site.
The
Distribution
Hut
continued
to
supply
members
with
gardening
items
and
acted
as
a
social
hub.
Special Events.
In
March
the
EHS
hosted
BBC
Radio
Solent’s
‘Gardener’s
Questions’,
produced
by
Rebecca
Parker,
attracted
300
people
to
ask
advice
from
local
experts
Andy
McIndoe
and
Pippa
Bensley.
Members
enjoyed
a
garden
party
in
June
in
the
grounds
of
Hollybank
House,
kindly
lent
to
us
by
the
owners
Vic
and
Anna
Williams.
An
exhibition
charting
the
history
of
the
Society
was
held
at
Emsworth
Museum
in
July
drawing
on
both
old
records
and
newly
collected
photos
from
the
last
30
years
or
so.
In
September
there
was
a
trip
to
the
Bombay
Gin
Distillery
and
Rosy
Hardy’s
Nursery
in
Whitchurch.
A
horticultural
quiz
in
November
ended
the year.
Talks, trips and open gardens.
The
programme
of
talks
arranged
by
Naomi
Pattison
reflected
horticulture
of
the
last
100
years,
covering
Heritage
Apples,
the
Land
Settlement
Act
and
the
British
Flower
Industry,
and
the
EHS
President
Sarah
Sanderson’s
small
garden
entry
to
the
Chelsea
Flower
Show
in
2001.
As
usual
trips
went
far
and
wide,
to
gardens
in
Eltham
Palace,
Alton,
the
New
Forest
and
Chawton.
Members
opened
their
own
gardens
for
other members to visit, meet and chat with other members.
Distribution Hut Report.
A
new
team
took
over
the
running
of
the
Hut
in
September:
Colin
Beale,
assisted
by
Richard
Suter,
is
managing
the
stock
and
Jan
Butler
is
organising
the
volunteers.
A
working
party
re-arranged
and
cleaned
the
area
where
the
stock
is
stored
and
it
is
now
much
lighter
and
more
welcoming.
Unfortunately
Warwicks
of
Wickham,
our
main
supplier,
has
given
notice
that
it
is
going
out
of
business
in
September.
This
leaves
a
few months for the Distribution Hut sub-committee to make alternative arrangements.
Membership Report for 2019
by Colin Beale, Membership Secretary.
The
total
Society
membership
for
2019
was
373
comprising
19
life
members
and
354
paid
memberships,
an
increase
of
17
from
2018,
so
overall
a
very
healthy
position.
Whilst
there
were
43
memberships
that
did
not
renew for 2019, we were pleased to welcome 60 new memberships.
We
would
encourage
you
to
pay
by
Standing
Order
in
the
future
as
it
is
easier
for
the
Society
to
collect
your
subscription
in
this
way
and
should
also
be
easier
for
you.
Standing
Order
forms
are
available
at
the
hut,
at
the monthly talks, on the website or directly from Colin Beale.
We
don’t
currently
have
email
addresses
for
58
members.
Whilst
we
appreciate
that
not
everybody
has
email,
we
will
be
able
to
keep
you
updated,
(on
a
more
frequent
basis
than
the
quarterly
newsletters),
of
events and news regarding your Society if you supply us with an email address.
If
any
of
your
details
change,
please
let
Colin
Beale
know
so
that
he
can
update
his
records
so
that
we
can
keep in touch.
Thank you all for your continued support to the Society.
Volunteers.
The
EHS
is
reliant
on
volunteers,
and
I
would
like
to
thank
everyone
who
contributed
to
this
year’s
programme
of
events,
to
the
running
of
the
Society,
the
Distribution
Hut
and
the
Show.
I’d
particularly
like
to
thank
some
volunteers
who
are
standing
down
after
many
years
of
organising
and
support:
Jan
Butler,
Show
Secretary;
Suzanne
Holroyd,
stock
manager
at
the
Hut;
Shirley
Batterley,
organising
seed
orders;
and
Hut
volunteers Josette Fox, Jan Beynon and Dave Beynon.
Lyn Davies, EHS Chair