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Chelsea Flower Show
Chelsea Flower Show begins Tuesday 20th May and there are opportunities to see Sweet Peas in the Great Pavilion. Both Darren Everest (GPF 098) and Phil Johnson from English Sweet Peas (GPF106) will be showing there. An article in the Telegraph explains the show and how best to navigate round it: click here to read
Read MoreNSPS Annual Now Available
The NSPS Annual is now available for members in the resources area. It contains information about the shows from 2024 and contains many articles of interest to growers and sweet pea enthusiasts.
Read MoreDebut at Chelsea for English Sweet Peas
Phil Johnson of English Sweet Peas will be exhibiting at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show in May. He will be launching a fabulous new Sweet Pea, Amy Dowden. To read more click here.
Read More125th Anniversary of the NSPS
This year marks the 125th since the inauguration of the Society. We are planning some special celebratory classes in our two National Shows and some more local events to recognise this historic occasion. We hope you will join us! For more information members can refer to our publications in the Members’ area or in hard…
Read MoreJohn Pratt
It is with great sadness that we report the death of our President Emeritus, John Pratt aged 87 who was a member of the Society and lover of Sweet Peas for over 55 years. John served as Treasurer of the Society for 40 years, in that time presiding over an increase in value of the…
Read MoreSpring Bulletin Now Available
The new Spring Bulletin is now available under the Members’ Resources page of this website.
Read MoreGrowing For Show zoom talk
The presentation by Darren Myers is now available for members to view under Members/ Resources page on this website. You will find a link and pass code to enable you to view the zoom recording. Well worth seeing! There are also further resources on showing under Resources as well.
Read MoreSweet Pea Trials 2025
Do you have any new varieties of Sweet Pea not yet in commerce? If you would like to take part in our NSPS Trials please click here for further information.
Read MoreGift Aid Update
The NSPS is a registered charity, and as such can benefit from government aid to boost the level of your donations by 25% – that is 25p for every £1 you donate. This helped Society funds to the tune of c£2000 in 2023. Signing a gift aid declaration costs you nothing and anyone who is…
Read MoreBenefits to Members
We are delighted to announce that Kings Seeds, who kindly sponsor classes at our National Shows are also offering members a discount of 20% off all flower and vegetable seeds. Please see the back of our Annual for the code to use when ordering from Kings.
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