Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
The Sir Harold Hillier Gardens is an arboretum comprising 72 hectares (720,000 sq metres) accommodating over 42,000 trees and shrubs in about 12,000 taxa, notably a collection of oaks, camellia, magnolia and rhododendron. The Gardens are located 5 km northeast of the...
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Kevin Ahronson
Following on from last year‘s successful talks, CCGS will have the pleasure of Kevin Ahronson‘s company as he talks about his life in photography. Kevin is a professional international photographer living and teaching in Fleet as founder / director of the highly...
Latest News from the Society – 2023
2023 Latest News Trading Hut Open Saturdays 10 -11.30 am 11th February to 30th September Memorial Hall Car Park, Sandy Lane GU52 8LD PLANT SALES AND ADVICE most weekends AGM, SOCIAL EVENING & QUIZ – free to members / £3 non-members FRIDAY 24th February 2023 at...
Jim Buttress – Superintendent of the Royal Parks
Monday the 14th November at 7:15pm Dear members, We are delighted to host Jim Buttress at the WI Hall in Crookham Village on Monday the 14th November at 7:15pm for a 7:30pm start. You will see from the poster that Jim was Superintendent of the Royal Parks together...
Trading Shed Open on 29th October
The trading shed opened for the last session of 2022 on Saturday 29th October. It's now closed until February 11th 2023. Plants were donated to the Community Project for Crookham Infants School, who are refurbishing their containers in the grounds. Have you renewed...
Latest Hints & Tips
October Hints and Tips
Here we are, at the beginning of Autumn, the roar of leaf blowers filling the air! I do hope those leaves will be composted to make leaf mould! Most of the harvesting is done: potatoes lifted and stored cool and dark in hessian sacks, apples stored...
Hints and Tips for September
Autumn is early here this year. Leaves dropping, berries ripening and apples ready to pick in August. Although the apple crop is heavy this year, potatoes, beans and sweetcorn have not flourished for me in dry, hot conditions. There are still the asters,...
Hints and Tips for July – August 2022
Liz Kirton writes: Gardening is a hobby that can bring great joy! In June I have seen a wonderful display of irises, rambling roses and poppies – beautiful! BUT I have been much saddened by disease in the onion bed and box moth destroying my 20 year old box hedges....
June gardening Tips
There are jobs that must be done in hope of kind weather continuing… Here are some suggestions: Ornamental garden Gently remove spent flowers from Camellia and rhododendrons to make room for the leaf buds emerging behind. You can also trim back overgrown shoots to...
Welcome to Church Crookham and Fleet Garden Society
A vibrant garden society active in Fleet and Church Crookham, Hampshire. We hold several annual events and shows and run a comprehensively stocked stores hut with discounts for members.
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