Events

The Society runs a wide range of activities during the year, including talks, garden visits and our two formal shows in Spring and Autumn.

Listed below are all the events currently planned by the Society. Any items shown in italics are provisional and will be updated as details become available.

Please check back regularly for the latest information.

Date

Event

Saturday 29th March 2025

Spring Show
2.30 pm in the Village Hall

Thursday 1st May 2025

Coach trip to RHS Hyde Hall, near Chelmsford, Essex. Coach leaves from the War Memorial at 9:00 am, returning by 5:00 pm. Cost is £20 per person.

Monday 9th June 2025

Summer Picnic and pop-up show, 5.00 - 8.00 pm, kindly hosted by Rob and Jane Bird at Parsonage Farmhouse, Hampstead Lane.
The show classes this year are:
 1. A single rose
 2. A bunch of garden flowers in a jam jar
 3. Three stems of rhubarb
 4. Three pods of broad beans

Monday 7th July 2025

Visit to Goddards Green Garden, Cranbrook. Members should make their own way to the garden, arriving by 2.30 pm for a short talk and escorted tour. Admission is £10 per person, which includes tea and cake.

Saturday 30th August 2025

Autumn Show
2.30 pm in the Village Hall

Friday 5th September 2025

Visit to Restoration House, Rochester. Self-guided tour of the house at 10.45 am followed by a guided tour of the gardens at 11.45 am. Members should make their own way to the house using own transport or by train to Rochester station. Cost is £15 per person.

Monday 6th October 2025

Talk - Bats in the Belfry, by Martin Newcombe
Yalding Village Hall, refreshments from 7:30 pm, talk at 8:00 pm, admission £2

Monday 3rd November 2025

Talk - Brogdale, by Alan Hayward
Yalding Village Hall, refreshments from 7:30 pm, talk at 8:00 pm, admission £2

Monday 1st December 2025

Christmas Social
8.00 pm in the Village Hall

Monday 2nd February 2026

Talk - to be confirmed
Yalding Village Hall, refreshments from 7:30 pm, talk at 8:00 pm, admission £2

Monday 1st March 2026

Annual General Meeting
7.45 pm for 8.00 pm in the Village Hall

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