Programme of events 2025
Special events for the 150th Anniversary of AHS are highlighted
Date | Event |
Wed 12th Feb | Illustrated talk: Hever Castle Gardens by Neil Miller 8pm Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall |
Wed 12th Mar | Illustrated talk: Growing and Sowing Sweet Peas by Darren Everest 8pm Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall |
Sat 22nd Mar | Gardening for Beginners class – John Clachan Purchase your tickets at link below: Gardening for Beginners Tickets, Sat 22 Mar 2025 at 09:00 | Eventbrite |
April | Judging of Spring Garden competition. Entries close 31st March. Click here for judging criteria and details of how to enter |
Wed 16th Apr | Illustrated talk: Grace and Flavour Gardens by Bob Spackman 8pm Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall |
Sat 17th May | Coffee Morning 10.30am-noon. 42 Oakfield Road, Ashtead by kind invitation of Gill and Scott McPherson. Bring and Buy Cakes and Plant Stall. |
Wed 18th June | Coach Outing to Great Comp Gardens |
Sat 19th July | 140th Summer Show. Doors open 1.30pm, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. |
Wed 30th July | Garden Walk 6-8pm The gardens will be open at nos 21, 33 and 40 Grays Lane, Ashtead. Many thanks to our hosts Andrew & Liz Roscoe, Carmen & Alec Robinson, and Andrew & Janet Widman. |
Wed 13th Aug | Self-drive visit to RHS Wisley. Entrance will be free for AHS Members, and optional guided tours are included. Meet at 10am at the main entrance to RHS Wisley. It will kick off with a photograph for RHS. Please let us know if you will be joining us and whether or not you are an RHS member or not (and therefore whether you will need us to provide a ticket). You can sign up here using this form or by emailing chaiir@AshteadHorticulturalSociety.uk. |
Sat 6th Sept | 72nd Autumn Show Doors open 1.30pm, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall. |
Wed Oct 8th | Talk by Surrey Gardens Trust. 8pm Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall |
Sat 18th Oct | Bulb planting in Ashtead Village, on the verge by the welcome to Ashtead sign arriving from Epsom. Join fellow members for a fun day planting bulbs as a lasting legacy of our 150th Anniversary, then retire to a local hostelry to reward ourselves with a drink and a chat. Please register here. We will meet at entrance to Bowyers Close at 10am, but please note as a private road parking is not available there. |
Wed Nov 12th | The Remarkable Miss Jekyll by Cherrill Sands 8pm Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall |
Wed Dec 17th | Annual General Meeting followed by wine, mince pies and a garden quiz. 8pm Ralli Room, Ashtead Peace Memorial Hall |