Some of our members will have fond memories of two winter talks we had from Penny Green, resident expert on all things to do with Knepp Rewilding. Penny has released some podcasts updating us on the developments at Knepp. Here is a link to the August 2024 podcast about the reintroduction of beavers. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-knepp-wildland-podcast/id1516007432 You… Continue reading Knepp Rewinding Podcast
Horsham Horticultural Society
Summer Show Report August 2024
Horsham Horticultural Society held its summer show on Saturday 10th August at North Heath Hall, where some lovely exhibits of flowers, vegetables, cookery and handicrafts were on display. A good number of members entered the classes and there were over 200 exhibits. It was a lovely warm sunny day, which brought out a lot… Continue reading Summer Show Report August 2024
2023 Evening Garden Visits
EVENING GARDEN VISITS – 2023 Carol has organised three more Evening Garden Visits for this year. As usual, all visits are on a Tuesday evening to start at approximately 6.00pm. Carol will put the Sunflower signs out where appropriate. 33 THE PLANTATION, WORTHING, WEST SUSSEX BN13 2AE Mrs Judy Gordon This is a medium… Continue reading 2023 Evening Garden Visits
Review of the visit to Warnham Nature Reserve on 21st June 2022
I was disappointed that I was unable to join the 16 members for a guided tour of the reserve on the evening of the summer solstice. It sounds as though the visit was a great success, there were lots of birds on view from the hides including two pairs of Kingfishers who have managed to… Continue reading Review of the visit to Warnham Nature Reserve on 21st June 2022
Warnham Nature reserve visit 21st June Evening Visit. Details
We hope you will be able to join us at our evening visit this Tuesday to Warnham Local Nature Reserve. Jake Everitt, the Head Countryside Ranger, will give us a guided tour of the Reserve and tell us a bit about the new Discovery Hub, with its amazing views over the lake. We are a… Continue reading Warnham Nature reserve visit 21st June Evening Visit. Details
A visit to Tilletts Fields
The weather was prefect for a visit to see butterflies in this very special part of rural Warnham in West Sussex. Nine members of HHSoc visited at the invitation of David Bridges who had primed us at an earlier evening talk so we were ready to spot and identify butterflies. During our visit we saw,… Continue reading A visit to Tilletts Fields
Warnham Butterfly Reserve TIilletts Lane, Warnham
Due to the very high cost of hiring a coach this year we have made the decision not to run a coach outing in the summer. We have, however, organised an additional local visit to Warnham Butterfly Fields. This follows a very interesting talk recently by David Bridges and lots of members asking us… Continue reading Warnham Butterfly Reserve TIilletts Lane, Warnham
10th May Evening visit to Black Barn. Details
If you are intending to come with us to see the fascinating garden at Black Barn on 10th May please let Carol know on 01403 261737 so we can prepare enough refreshments to keep everyone happy after the tour. Here is a link for more information https://findagarden.ngs.org.uk/garden/42145/black-barn
Black Barn evening visit
Tuesday 10th May 2022 BLACK BARN Steyning Road, West Grinstead, Horsham, RH13 8LR Owner Jane Gates Our first evening visit of 2022. Self drive, car share if possible, the visit starts at 6.00pm. Black Barn Garden was designed and planted in January, 2018. The site was cleared and only the mature trees remained. A hedgerow… Continue reading Black Barn evening visit
Spring Show 2022. Report
Our 2022 Spring Show took place on Sunday 10th April. We would have preferred to have the Show on Saturday 9th but we would have been competing with a dance class who had already booked the Church Hall. We had a sunny dry day and a satisfying number of exhibits and visitors during the afternoon.… Continue reading Spring Show 2022. Report