events

Dates for your 2026 Diary

Saturday 7 March

NSPS AGM & Spring Social All paid up members

Wednesday 29 April

NSPS Committee meeting Committee members Face to face meeting, venue tbc

Wed 17 - Thur 18 June Early National Exhibition

Members’ Competition RHS Wisley Gardens Display &   Bureau

Sat 11 - Sun 12 July Late National Exhibition

Members’ Competition RHS Bridgewater Gardens Display & Bureau Worsely

Fri 31 – Sun 2 July North West Regional Show Members’ Competition

At Chorley Flower Show Display & Bureau  For Schedule click here

Thurs 20 – Sun 23 Aug Southport Show Display & Bureau

Thursday 2 Sept Committee meeting

By zoom - committee members

Thursday 11 Nov Committee Meeting

By zoom - committee members

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Affiliated Society Shows – 2026

.6 June – Royal Windsor Rose & Horticultural Society

The Royal Windsor Flower Show held at the York Club, Windsor Great Park.  Show open 10.00am – 6.00pm. Show manager Alex Denman.  Details of classes to be found on www.rwrhs.com/royal-windsor-flower-show

 

7 June – Downton Horticultural Society

Show held at Downton Memorial Hall, SP5 3NB.  Show open 2.00pm – 4.30pm.  Show Secretary Anthony Ashford, 51 Moot Gardens, Downton, Salisbury, Wilts. SP5 3LG. (01725 510656.  13 Sweet Pea classes including novice and other classes.

 

14 June – New Forest and District Sweet Pea Society

Show held at Hulse Hall, Breamore, Fordingbridge SP6 2EA.  Staging 6.00am to 10.30am.  Show open to visitors 1.00pm to 4.00pm.  Show Manager Ted Perren, Gay Correl, Amport, Andover SP11 8BE. (01264 772814.  Email eperren1943@gmail.com   Various specialist and novice classes.

 

20 June – Chipperfield Horticultural Society

Show held at Chipperfield Village Hall, The Common, Chipperfield WD4 9BS. Show open to public 2.30pm. Show Manager Sue Tyler.  Email chipperfieldhortsoc@hotmail.com

 

24 & 25 June – Norfolk and Norwich Horticultural Society

Show held at Royal Norfolk Show, Norfolk Showground, Dereham Road, Norwich NR5 0TT.  Staging on 23 June.  Show open 8am to 6pm each day.  Show Secretary Mrs  Lesley Webdale, Mirtna Cottage, Whinburgh Road, Westfield, Dereham, Norfolk NR19 1QL.  (01362 821549.  Email  showsecretary@nnhs.org.uk

 

28 June – Chiltern Sweet Pea Society 

Membership of the Society is OPEN TO ALL and now costs £5, which includes free any number of Show entries.  Show is held at the Millennium Hall, Lacey Green, Buckinghamshire HP27 0QT What3Words famous.october.advantage.  Staging 8.30am – 12.0 noon, bowls and baskets until 1.00pm.  Show opens 2.30pm.  Show manager Mr. Adam Heeley adamheeley@btinternet.com (01844343936.  Classes for All including novices, new growers, under 200 cordons, all types of lathyrus and ALL WELCOME.

 

4 – 5 July – Ainsdale Horticultural Society

Show held at Ainsdale Village Green.  Show open 11.00am – 5.00pm.   Show Manager/Secretary Paul Bradshaw, 5 Dunster Road, Southport PR8 3AG

 

4 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 – 4.30pm.  Show Manager David Bassil, 31 Princess Road, Poole, Dorset BH12 1BG.  (01202 752014.  Email dcbassil04@gmail.com  All classes are open to all.  Special sections for experienced, intermediate and novice growers

 

4 July – Gloucestershire Sweet Pea Show

Show held at Dundry Nurseries & Garden Centre, Bamfurlong Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL51 6SL.  Staging 7.00am – 11.00am.  Open to public 2.00pm – 4.00pm.  Show Manager Phil Champion, 3 Boswell Road, Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands B74 2NB. (07841 923301.  Email glossweetpeas@outlook.com  Classes 5 and 9 stem classers.  Non-spencer classes, vases and bowls.  First time exhibitors encouraged and welcomed. Schedule Here

 

4 July – Witney Horticultural Society (Summer Flower and Vegetable Show)

Show held at the Methodist Church, Witney OX28 6HG.  Show Schedule due end of March 2026.  Email for further information witneyhs.enquiries@gmail.com   WHS Website www.witneyhorticulturalsociety.com

 

 

11 July – Buckhurst Hill Horticultural Society

Show held at St. John’s Church, High Road, Buckhurst Hill IG9 5RX.  Show open 2.00pm – 4.30pm.  Show Manager Mrs. P. Thompson, 33 Spring Grove, Loughton IG10 4QD.  (02055 020106.  Email pthompson1@btinternet.com

 

 

18 & 19 July – Eckford Sweet Pea Society of Wem

Show held at Wem Town Hall, 28-32 High Street, Wem, Shropshire SY4 5DG.  Show opens on both Saturday and Sunday from 10.00am – 4.00pm.     Show manager Rose Horner, 8 Britannia Road, Cuddington, Northwich CW8 2FR, ( 07739461900  Email wemsweetpeashow@gmail.com  4 divisions for Spencer cultivars (including open classes).  Separate division for pre 1900varieties plus many decorative, novice, craft and floral art classes.  Schedule /entry forms also available I person from the Town Hall.  We are a very friendly show in Wem, the home of Eckford Sweet Peas.

 

18 July – Holymoorside Horticultural Society

Show held at Holymoorside Village Hall, Chesterfield, Derbys.  Staging 10.00am – 1.00pm.  Show open 2.30pm – 4.30pm.  Show manager/secretary Peter Forrow, 33 Gallery Lane, Holymoorside, Chesterfield S42 7ER.  (07807 270411.  Email peter.forrow@btinternet.com

 

20 – 23 July – Royal Welsh Agricultural Society

Show held at Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells LD2 3SY.  Show open 8.00am – 8.00pm.  Horticultural Secretary, Amanda Burton, RWAS Ltd., Llanelwedd, Builth Wells LD2 3SY. (01982 554409.  Email hort@rwas.co.uk  Classes, open, restricted, beginners, arrangements, petite etc.  Schedule appears on website in April www.rwas.wales or contact  Amanda Burton.

 

8 August – Clutton Horticultural Society

Show held at Rudges Field, Bendalls Bridge, Clutton, Bristol BS39 5SJ.  Entry forms needed by 9pm on 6 August.  Entries to be staged 7am – 10am on 8 August.  Show opens from 12 noon.  Show secretary Roger Snary, Brookfield, Carlton Close, Clutton BS39 5SF.  (01761 453063.  For description of classes and rules see website cluttongardening.com   4 Classes to enter.

 

 

 

 Additional shows not affiliated:

Ferndown & District Horticultural Society Summer Show

Sat 20 June 2026

United Church Hall, Wimborne Road East, Ferndown, BH22 9NF

Ruth Howarth 07790089889

Sitians Show