Diary Dates
2022 Events
Listed below are events that ar currently scheduled to take place in 2022 which will have sweet pea and NSPS connections. Once again this year we invite you to include them in your leisure activities by making them a “day out”. Sadly all live events in 2020 were cancelled but there were some live events in 2021.
2019 and 2921 events were all interesting and successful and I am sure you will enjoy them in future. They are often more enjoyable when you participate in them. If you are a member your help and assistance is always welcome. If you feel you would like to be involved, please contact me and I will give you the details julia.nsps@outlook.com 07997950014
We often require support on the day/days before the events and also at the closure. These events are our Society’s shop window to the public and we often enrol new members at them. If you already a member please support our Society by helping, or at least visiting some of them. Non-members are welcome to visit all events.
You will enjoy it!
Dates for your 2022 Diary
Sat 11 June Royal Windsor 130th Annual Summer Show Display and Bureau
Royal Park , Windsor
Her Majesty the Queen is Patron of the Show..
The show will be opened by by Alan Titchmarsh, the NSPS Patron.
Sat 25 June Eckford Sweet Pea Society of Wem Show Members Competition
Thurs 5 - Sun 8 May RHS Spring Festival Display and Bureau
Malvern
Wed 29-Thurs 30 June Early National Show Members Competition
RHS Gardens, Wisley Display and Bureau
Sat 9-Sun 10 July Late National Show Members Competition
RHS Gardens, Harlow Carr Display and Bureau
Sun 10 July Chiltern Sweet Pea Society Members Competition
Lacey Green, Bucks
Wed 20- Sun 24 July RHS Show Display and Bureau
Tatton
Fri 29 - Sun 31 July North West Regional Show Members Competition
Chorley Display and Bureau
Thurs 19 - Sun 22 Aug Southport Flower Show Open Classes
Display and Bureau
AFFILIATED SOCIETY SHOW ADVERTS – 2022
11 June – Downton Horticultural Society
Show held at Downton Memorial Centre, SP5 3NB. Show open 2.00pm – 4.15pm. Show Secretary Tony Ashford, 51 Moot Gardens, Downton SP5 3LG. (01725510656. Email ashfordtony2@gmail.com. 9 open Sweet Peas classes plus 2 novice classes, plus rose and miscellaneous flower classes.
11 June – Royal Windsor Rose and Horticultural Society
Show held at The York Club, Prince Consort Drive, Windsor Great Park, Windsor, SL4 2HT. Staging Friday 10 June 3.00pm – 8.00pm and Saturday 7.00am- 9.00am Show open 11.00am – 5.00pm. Show Secretary Email rwrhs@comxo.com. 4 open Sweet Pea classes including a 3 vase class of 9 stems each plus a novice class. See www.rwhs.com/flower-show for the online schedule
18 June – Chipperfield Horticultural Society
Show held at Chipperfield Village Hall. Staging from 8.00am – 10.30am. Show open to public 2.30pm – 4.00pm. Show Manager John Hopkins (01923268852. Email chipperfieldhortsoc@hotmail.com Classes: 3 vases, distinct cultivars, 7 sprays of each; 1 vase, white or cream, one cultivar, 5 sprays; 1 vase pink, one cultivar, 5 sprays; 1 vase, lavender or mauve or blue, one cultivar, 5 sprays; 1 vase, cerise or magenta or crimson or scarlet, one cultivar, 5 sprays; 1 vase, any colour, one cultivar, 5 sprays;1 vase, mixed, 12 sprays.
18 June – Farlington and District Garden Club
Show held at The United Church, 282 Havant Road, Drayton, Portsmouth PO6 1PA. Doors open 1.30pm. Show Secretary Chris Batstone, 26 Farlington Avenue, Farlington, Portsmouth PO6 1DF. (02392381976
18 June – New Forest Sweet Pea Society
Show held at The Hulse Hall, Breamore, Fordingbridge SP6 2EA. Show open to visitors 1.30pm – 4.00pm. Show Managers Jim and Mary McDonald, St. Annes, The Hollow, Stockbridge S020 8BB. (01794301490. Decorative and Exhibition Sweet Pea Classes.
18 June – Wokingham Horticultural Association (WHA)
Show held at WHA Trading Store, Ormonde Road, Wokingham, Berkshire RG41 2RB. Staging 10.00am – 12.00am. Show open 1.45pm – 3.00pm. Show Secretary Mrs. Pauline MacBrayne, 12 Crutchley Road, Wokingham RG40 1XA. (07941352411. Email wha-shows@outlook.com.
25 & 26 June – Eckford Sweet Pea Society of Wem
Wem Town Hall in partnership with the Eckford Sweet Pea Society of Wem Sweet Pea Show on Saturday 25 - Sunday 26 June in the Town Hall from 10.00am until 5.00pm on the Saturday and 10.00am until 3.00pm on the Sunday. The Town Hall will be available for staging on Friday 24 June from noon until 10.00pm. Presentation of prizes will be at 3.30pm on the Saturday. Admission is £3 for the two days or £2 per day, children admitted free. There will be vase classes for Spencers and Grandifloras plus floral art and a children’s section. There will be trade stands too. Schedules will be available at Easter from Wem Town Hall rose@wemtownhall.co.uk
2 July – Bournemouth in Bloom – The Bournemouth Horticultural Society
Show held at St. Francis of Assisi Church Hall, Charminster Road, Bournemouth BH8 9SH. Show open noon – 5.00pm. Show Manager David Bassil, 31 Princess Road, Poole, Dorset BH12 1BG. (01202 752014. Email bdhsociety@tiscali.co.uk. Classes for experienced, intermediate and novice growers. All classes are open and not restricted to just members.
9 July – WARGAS
Show held at Wingrave Community Centre, Wingrave, Buckinghamshire. Open to public 2.30pm – 5.00pm. Show Secretary Adrian Reeve, 127 Winslow Road, Wingrave HP22 4QB. (01296 681372. Email showsecretarywargas@gmail.com 6 vases distinct, 3 vases distinct, single vase, bowl 30 blooms mixed or 1 cultivar and novelty class. Special class for exhibitors who grow less than 200 plants, 3 vases and bowl 20 blooms..
9 July – Witney Horticultural Society
Show held at The High Street Methodist Church, Witney OX28 6HG. Staging 8.00am – 11.00am. Opening to view 1.00pm - 2.30pm. Show Manager Diana Blackman (Chair), 68 Newland, Witney OX28 3JG. (01993702444. Email di.blackman@:hotmail.co.uk. Schedule will be available on-line in 2022 www.witneyhorticulturalsociety.com
10 July – Chiltern Sweet Pea Society
Show held at Lacey Green & Loosley Row Millennium Hall, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire, HP27 0QN. Staging 8.30am – 12.00 noon, bowls and baskets until 1.00pm. Open 2.30pm. Show manager Mr. Chris Gray, 68 Narbeth Drive, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP20 1NU. (01296 488160. Mixed open classes including sections for 100 and 200 cordon growers. All exhibitors welcome.