Talks
Talks

Talks by leading gardeners and experts

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Noticeboard
Noticeboard

Notices, experiences and musings from society members

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Open Gardens
Open Gardens

"Beyond the Garden Gate": details of our open garden events

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Annual Show
Annual Show

Everything you need to know about exhibiting or visiting our annual show

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Trips
Trips

Our annual outings to spectacular gardens and country houses

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Welcome!

The Society was founded in 1923 to combine the gardening interests of people in the adjacent Hampshire villages of Hale and Woodgreen. Our aims are to provide a wide range of interesting and informative events, raise significant funds for nominated charities and have a lot of fun. New members, experienced or novice gardeners, are most welcome.

Alternating between the two Village Halls of Hale and Woodgreen, we hold evening talks by invited speakers on a range of horticultural subjects, usually during February, March and April in the early part of the gardening year, and resuming again in September and October. We also hold a plant sale in April where plants can be purchased at very reasonable prices from both professional growers and our membership. Our Annual Show is held in July where members and non-members alike can enter a wide range of competition classes; flowers, vegetables, home produce and so on. The combined AGM and Social evening is held in December. During the year at least one coach trip to a well known garden or gardens is also arranged. Members open their gardens for public viewing biennially, in May for Hale and June in Woodgreen.

Forthcoming Events

The 2026 Programme has now been finalised: READ MORE...

Click here to download a printable copy of the programme.

18th July 2026

Annual Show

Woodgreen Village Hall

Entry forms to be returned by Tuesday July 14th.

Entries to be delivered to the Hall between 8.30am and 10.30am. Open to the public from 2.00pm.

Schedule

Entry Form

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9th September 2026

Local Outing (self-drive): West Green House, RG27 8JB

The National Trust’s West Green House Garden, Hampshire, is a series of walled gardens surrounding an 18th-century house. Rediscovered in 1993, over the last three decades, there are now beautiful new gardens, follies and structures restored for future generations.

13th October 2026

TALK: “An Introduction to Permaculture – Learning from Nature to Design for Resilience and Abundance”

by Milly Carmichael

Hale Village Hall, 7.30pm

Milly studied horticulture, worked as a gardener, and holds a master’s degree in public health. She is passionate about learning from nature and gardening, with soil health and wildlife in mind.