Howth and Sutton Horticultural Society was founded in 1943 and is one of the longest established horticultural societies on Dublin’s northside.
The principal aims and objectives of the society are: the encouragement of Horticulture in all its branches, the holding of shows and lectures and the promotion of home industries. The Society follows these objectives through an annual programme of events comprising two major shows, lectures and outings.
Our Autumn series of online lectures will commence on Wednesday 1st September at 8pm.
This month we warmly welcome soil scientist and lecturer Eileen Woodbyrne, who will uncover the secrets of soil micro-biology, and will offer some insight into peat free compost. Members will receive Zoom link in advance.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Join us on Zoom this evening at 8pm when John Deegan of Gardenstyle will give us a practical talk and demo on propagation, layering, cutting and pricking out. Link will be sent in advance by email.
Many thanks to our friends in Clontarf Horticultural Society who have kindly extended an invitation to all members of Howth & Sutton Horticultural Society to sit in on a talk by Colm O’Driscoll, Head Gardener Airfield Estate entitled “Airfield Estate: Work in Progress”
Thursday 25th February at 8pm on Zoom Link will be sent by email to HSHS members
A big thank you to our friends in Balbriggan Horticultural Society who have kindly extended an invitation to all members of Howth & Sutton Horticultural Society to sit in on a talk on Snowdrops by David Victory on Thursday 18th February at 8pm on Zoom.
Link will be sent by email to HSHS members.
Many thanks to our friends in Clontarf Horticultural Society who have kindly extended an invitation to all members of Howth & Sutton Horticultural Society to sit in on a talk by Colm O’Driscoll, Head Gardener Airfield Estate entitled “Airfield Estate: Work in Progress”