Welcome to Edgworth and District Horticultural Society

If you were unaware of our Society before reaching this site, perhaps it will arouse your interest to come to the Show or to one of our monthly meetings to find out more

Our meetings are held at 7:30pm in the Barlow Institute, Edgworth, (close to Bolton and Blackburn, Lancashire) on every 3rd Wednesday of most months. These feature interesting illustrated talks on a variety of gardening subjects or occasionally on broader nature topics.

We are pleased to see both members and non-members at all meetings
And as visitors or exhibitors at our Village Show (click for info and photos).This is held annually on
the third Saturday of August.  
See our Newsletter  and the photo gallery of our garden visits to the Lake District Gardens at Ridal and Holehird in Summer 2008 and to Castle Howard in Autumn 2008. Our 2009 day visits are to the Harrogate Spring Show and this Autumn to Yewbarrow House Garden, Grange-over-Sands. 
                                        Click for Yewbarrow booking inormation

4- DAY HOLIDAY FOR 2009

From June 26th to 29th we were visiting GALLOWAY GARDENS (pictures soon!)

Our 4-day mini-holiday in 2007 touring gardens in the North East was a new venture and so successful that we organised another 4-day mini-holiday in 2008 this time to Somerset. 




Tree Planting MARCH 19th 2009 At the talk Click here for a picture gallery
Roy Lancaster Plants a tree on behalf of E&DHS to Celebrate the 2009 Centenary of the
Barlow Institute at Edgworth.

Society secretary John King assists.
Roy Lancaster at our evening meeting where he talked about his garden and about the plants he has collected and grows there.

See Roy's letter to Pat Whalley and the society

** £170 raised for Blackburn with Darwen Mayor's charities by our Annual Show raffle **

OTHER LOCAL EVENTS
Click below for

North-West Garden Festivals in 2009
and for
Cheshire's  Gardens 2009
and for
Myerscough Fair & Open Day 2009
see also local seed supplier in Blacko:
Rebekah's Old Fashion/Unusual
Vegetable Seed

Take a look at our Gardening Tips
 including Sue Hoy's lists of
plant recommendations

Add your favorite tip by emailing us

see also Edgworth and North Turton

Our 2009 programme is: (click here for more information on the talks)

 Wednesday January 21st

Bugs, Pests and Diseases (Nikky Davidson-Kerr)

 Wednesday February 18th

Gladioli and Carnations (Frank Hartnell)

 Wednesday March 17th

My Garden (Roy Lancaster)

 Friday March 27th

Annual Dinner -The Chetham Arms, Chapeltown

 Wednesday April 15th

Dahlias – My way (Ian Sutherland) 

 Saturday April 25th

Spring Outing to Harrogate Spring Show 

 Wednesday May 20th

Fruit for the Smaller Garden (Phil Dunnett of Ribblesdale Nurseries)  -  bringing plants to sell 

 Wednesday June 18th

Container Gardening (Dean Peckett, RHS, Harlow Carr) 

 Friday June 26th to Tuesday 30th

Gardens of Galloway (Mini-holiday click here for details)

 Wednesday July 15th

Evening Visit to view local gardens 

 Saturday August 15th

Annual Show 

 Saturday September 5th

Autumn Outing to Yewbarrow House Garden,                  email organiser

Grange-over-Sands                                               Fully booked      

 Wednesday September 17th

Cold Greenhouses (Carl Brabin) 

 Wednesday October 21st

Autumn Shades (Jacqueline Iddon)

 Wednesday November 18th

AGM, Seed Swap and social evening   (Click here for AGM 2008 Minutes)

There is a charge of £1 at meetings (£2 for non members). This includes tea / coffee and home-made cakes

The society is a thriving local society of over 190 members supported by a committee who work voluntarily to organise our events. 

(click here to view the current committee, society constitution, AGM minutes  and other documents)

          Membership is £2.50 annually. This  entitles members to a 10% discount at Holland Nurseries in Bromley Cross

Contacts:    Barbara Kenny - 

Chairman
Chairman@edgworth-horticultural-society.co.uk

                      Phil Broughton -

Treasurer
Treasurer@edgworth-horticultural-society.co.uk

                      John King        -

Secretary
Secretary@edgworth-horticultural-society.co.uk

                      Pat Whalley    - 

Events
Events@edgworth-horticultural-society.co.uk
Membership Enquiries

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