Author Archives: HSHS Admin
Plant Sale
Dear members,
Howth and Sutton Horticultural Society will hold a plant sale in Janet & David Jeffrey’s garden, 1 Thormanby Lawns, from 9.30am on Saturday 26th June. All sale proceeds will be donated to St Francis Hospice, Raheny.
The sale is by invite only and 15 minutes slots must be booked in advance.
The link below will take you to a Doodle poll, where you can enter your name and book a slot, if a time slot is greyed out, it is booked out.
There are 6 bookings per time slot. Enter your name and tick a slot, if you have any difficulty, just contact us by email info@hshs.ie or telephone.
Book here
The 15 minutes must be strictly adhered to, to keep us all safe.
If you have plants to donate to the sale, please send us the names now and the plants can be dropped to the front of 1 Thormanby Lawns anytime. Please label your plants.
Below is the plant list so far, but there is still more to come!
View HSHS_Plant List Summer 2021_13.06.21 Here

The Evolution of a Coastal Garden – Karl Flynn
Join us on Zoom at 8pm on Wednesday 5th May when HSHS member Karl Flynn will talk to us about the evolution and planting of his own leafy garden Medina, in Howth.
Spring Show Video 2021
Dear members and friends,
Thank’s to all who sent in photo entries for our virtual Spring Show.
This video is the end result
We had over 150 entries, we hope you enjoy it.
Just click the link above and press play

Conall O’Caoimh “Unity in the Garden – An Artist’s Perspective”
Join us on Zoom at 8pm on Wednesday 7th April. Ceramic artist and gardening enthusiast Conall O’Caoimh will deliver a talk on understanding and organising a garden space to create harmony. Link will be sent in advance.
Online Spring Show March 2021
Join us in celebrating Spring this year and enter the online HSHS Spring Show 2021. Simply read the schedule, take a photograph of your entry and email images and entry numbers to info@hshs.ie before Wednesday 31st March 2021. We will all enjoy a collage of these gorgeous Spring blooms and maybe learn the name of a new variety or two!
DOWNLOAD SS2021 Online Spring Show Schedule
Thank you to John Deegan
Many thanks to John Deegan of Gardenstyle who filmed a 40 minute video on propagation for the membership. Both an encouragement and a reminder to take some cuttings from our gardens in the coming weeks for future plant sales and plant swops.
