The Widnes & District Horticultural Society

You are cordially invited to our Christmas party which will be held at the Halton Stadium on 11th December this year.   There will be festive carols sung by Torrid Star Productions choir (you are free to join in!), a tasty hot meal, Christmas crackers, sweets, raffle prizes and a bar.  In addition, you are invited to make and bring along your own design of a Christmas table decoration for our competition.  The competition will be judged by our Chair and the winner will receive a prize. The fu...
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Following our successes at RHS Tatton 2019, we had an enjoyable social evening with guests, Miss Ashleigh Scott and Miss Gemma Lynch of St Peter and Paul School and the children who designed and built their show garden.  The children confidently talked about their experiences and what they had learned. They took questions from society members and demonstrated how their horticultural knowledge had developed.  Miss Scott and Miss Lynch then presented them with Certificates of Recognition for th...
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For our Annual Show, held on 8th September 2019, we had an excellent response at our new venue - Upton Community Centre, Hough Green.

Our thanks to all those who helped with the staging;  Committee members; the exhibitors; plant sales team; Angela Hayler of the Wonky Garden; our market place stall holders Melanie Lathom of Holly Cottage Preserve, Faye Kitching of Leagram Organic Dairy and Marie Bellamy of Artful Artisan; Leanne, Kayleigh and Sue who provided the tea and cakes; and the staff o...
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The 2019  Annual Show is almost upon us.  It will take place at the Upton Community Centre , Hough Green Road , Widnes on Sunday the 8th September from 2 to 4.30pm.  I hope you have identified which categories you wish to enter (entry is free!).  Entry forms and details of how to register your exhibits either on Saturday 7th or the morning of Sunday 8th September at the Community Centre are given in our Events/Annual Show page.
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What a remarkable 5 days the Society had at RHS Tatton this year.  Our garden "The Constant Food Garden" attracted a huge amount of interest.  We talked to so many interesting people about the nature of the garden and people shared their desires and passions for growing their own food.  The key theme of the garden was that a wide range of fruit and  vegetables can be grown in a 3 x 3 metre plot making it a feasible project even for a small urban garden.  All the selected fruit and vegetables ...
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After researching, sowing, growing, lifting, transporting and planting we are finally at RHS Tatton Flower Show 2019.  There are tired backs and sore hands but the Society's Constant Food Garden is now a reality.   There has been a remarkable level of interest on the first day in the concept of a perennial vegetable garden.  Plants we have included are provided in our Photo Gallery/ RHS Tatton Photo Gallery page.

The show will be open until 5pm Sunday 21 July so try to get along and see our ga...
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We have had a great deal of rain and now some sunshine so officially for gardeners and growers Summer is here.  The weather brings opportunity to sow, grow and then show in September. Our Show does not limit you to fruit , flowers and vegetables because we offer you many other categories.  So for the creative and culinary experts out there, there are categories available for you too.  See our Show Schedule on the Events/ Annual Show page for more details.  We really want to break records this...
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Society members are continuing to assist the School with their gardens.  The children have been delighted to find that things do grow in their garden.  The School Council, which is made up students from Years 2  - 6, had the pleasure of picking the produce.  The broad beans and potatoes were given to the school kitchen, who were delighted with them and the peas were divided between the classes for a taste.  There are still many peas and broad beans to pick, so a good harvest for the first yea...
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The Society visited Bodnant Gardens this week.  After all the days of heavy rain, the sun shone and the gardens were glorious.The garden design and the planting are outstanding and rewarded us with herbaceous beds packed with texture, scent and riotous colour, all against the backdrop of the beautiful Conwy Hills.  Bodnant never disappoints - it was fabulous!
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