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Edgworth and District Horticultural Society
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Welcome to Edgworth and District Horticultural Society 

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We are a friendly and very active society in the North West of England, located in a small village between Bolton and Blackburn, but with members attending our meetings from a 20 mile radius.


We have meetings most months of the year (see Programme), together with day and evening visits to gardens large and small. Every summer, many of our members and friends take part in our long weekend mini-holiday, visiting gardens in other parts of the country.


Our big event of the year is the Annual Show, which takes place on the third Saturday of August. As well as the traditional horticultural classes of flowers, fruit and vegetables, we have classes for cookery, art and crafts, photography and flower arranging.  See our Show Schedule for full details.


Please have a look round our site, and if you have any questions or comments, contact our committee via the contacts page.

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THE MONTHLY EMAIL
Irene (our secretary) intends to continue sending out an email bi monthly for the time being. She tries with all our help to fill it with news and articles of garden and local interest.

She is keen to receive  articles from everyone - all members! Have you read, heard, or know something that might interest or amuse others? Perhaps you have an interesting horticultural experience to relate?  Jot down a few sentences and send it to her  New ideas give variety and keep it interesting for everyone!

If you know of anyone who isn’t on the internet or on email please try to help us to keep them in touch with what the Society is doing.  If members want, but are unable to see these reports and the subsequent AGM minutes please help if you can. Instead perhaps a friend or relative could print them. Otherwise members can ring Phil Broughton 01204 300541 or Jean Turner 01204 309394.
An active committee is vital to our Society
Please consider joining us

Next Meeting at The Barlow

Wednesday 16th July

Fantastic Food and Drink  from Garden Herbs
 Barbara Depledge, Macclesfield



Barbara is a pharmacist by profession, qualifying in the '70s from the Manchester School of Pharmacy in the days when students still read prescriptions in Latin and learned how to prepare every conceivable form of pharmaceutical product at the lab bench. Back in those days pharmacognosy was a large part of the syllabus, thestudy of the chemical and biological properties of drugs and potential drug substances from plant sources all around the world. After qualifying Barbara had a variety of jobs in the pharmaceutical industry, eventually setting up her own consultancy company and working as a guest lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University.

Barbara grows grow culinary, medicinal and fragrant herbs and writes on simple home medicinal remedies, recipes and how to have fun making simple cosmetics from herbs and flowers.She is a former Chairman of the Herb Society UK, served on the Council governing this charity for three years and has been a member for 22 years.

Now retired, Barbara is filling life-long ambitions to travel to as many parts of the world as possible, including the island of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands which is just about as far as it is possible to go from the UK.





Outings in 2025
Details are now available and booking is open for:


4 -day Holiday to Gardens of Cambridgeshire
         There are still a few places left but the holiday is filling up. Don't miss out.

Autumn Day Trip to Scampson Walled Garden, September 7th
        Contact Janet Faulkner/Phil Broughton Tel 07947 332823 / 01204 300541 outings@edgworth-horticultural-society.co.uk

Annual Show 2025


      

     
We welcome volunteers to steward or to help in the show cafe. If you would be interested in helping out this year please let one of our committee members at the next meeting.

                        
Edgworth and District Horticultural Society Grant Awards
In 2024 several grants have been offered and we await completion of the Bowling Club  work before paying the award.
  • Barlow Bowling Club - the green edges
  • Top of Hob Lane in bloom
  • TT Kitchen Garden plants for the new Bothy bed
In 2023 there was a wonderful response to our invitation to apply for a grant towards the cost of horticultural projects that would benefit the community. A group of committee members visited all the sites before choosing 6 as listed below.
  • Belmont Community Garden, Belmont
  • Fairy Garden, Hob Lane, Edgworth
  • Eyrie Scout Hut, Bromley Cross
  • Walmsley Church Garden of Remembrance, Egerton
  • Woodland Edge, Chapel Grange/Greens Arms Road, Chapeltown
  • Edgworth Primary School, Edgworth