Hughenden Valley Residents Association

Category: HAGA

  • HAGA Meeting – Friday 30 May 2025 at 8.00pm

    Looking forward to seeing as many of you that can make the HAGA meeting on this coming Friday, 30 May 2025 at 8.00pm.   

    John Tyler will be talking to us on “In the forests of Borneo”.  The tropical rainforests of Borneo are among the richest and most ancient on Earth, home to Orangutans, headhunting tribes and a wealth of colourful wildlife.  In John’s illustrated talk we will meet some of the forest residents, discover the threats that they face and see how their future depends on us.

    Norma Hill and Barbara Blackett will be serving the tea and coffee.

    At this meeting you will be able to sign up for the remaining 2 day visits we have organised for 2025, as follows:

    • Saturday 26 July 2025 – Cambridge University Botanic Garden

    For those who already have their names down for this trip, please note on the sign-up sheet whether or not you would like to join the guided tour of the Botanic Garden at an additional cost of £7 per person;

    • Wednesday 3 September 2025 – Barn Farm Plants Garden Centre & The National Herb Centre.

    As there is no HAGA meeting at the end of June, Friday is the last meeting at which you can sign up for the trip to Cambridge University Botanic Garden.  After that you are welcome to contact me to sign up for either trip (Diana Dove diana.dove@btinternet.com)

  • HAGA meeting 28th July

    Meeting – Friday 28 June 2024 at 8.00pm

    Looking forward to seeing as many of you that can make the HAGA meeting on this Friday, 28 June 2024 at 8.00pm.   

    Edwin Rye, who was booked to talk to us on “Colour in the Garden for the Summer”, can’t now do his talk.  However, Edwin has promised to give his talk in 2025.

    As an example of colour in his own garden, Edwin has sent some photos of his Dracunculus, attached.  Edwin calls it fabulous!

    This Friday, therefore, we will be having a social evening.  As the Committee is beginning to plan our programme for 2025, we thought it would be a good opportunity to get ideas from you, the members, as regards speakers, day visits and holidays and have a general chat about HAGA.  Also, there will be time to talk about our own gardens/allotments and our successes and struggles!

    We will also be having a raffle so please bring some cash.

    2024 Visits     Thenford – Saturday Saturday 3 August 2024

                    Wisley –  Saturday 14 September 2024

    As we have to pay for our visit to Thenford in early July 2024, we need to finalise our list of attendees this Friday.  Please contact me if you want to check if you have put your name on the list for this trip to Thenford.

    You can also sign up for our trip to Wisley on Saturday 14 September 2024.

    Lacey Green and Loosely Row Horticultural Society

    The Lacey Green and Loosely Row Horticultural Society has a talk on Wednesday 17 July 2024 on “Peat-Free Gardening” at 8pm in the Lacey Green Millenium Hall.

    As government legislation is due to come into place banning peat use by the end of 2024 for amateur gardeners and by December 2026 for professional growers, this is a very timely talk.

    Non-members are welcome at their talks.

    Regards and hope to see you on Friday.

    Diana

    01494 862032

    07871 825 271

  • HAGA – Hughenden Allotments and Gardens Association

    If you would like to join the visit to Perch Hill on 2 May 2024, please let us know by next Friday as we need to confirm the numbers with Sarah Raven.

    Meeting – Friday 22 March 2024 at 8.00pm

    We have been lucky enough to book a speaker for Friday 22 March. He is Terry Cann and he going to talk to us about “The Legacy of Geoff Hamilton”. We look forward to seeing as many of you that can make this meeting.

    Meeting – Friday 30 August 2024 at 8.00pm

    The 2024 HAGA programme has “TBA” for the talk on 30 August 2024. We now have a speaker – Katharine Woods who will speak on “The Blitz as a catalyst for greening London”.

    Katharine opened her garden in Great Missenden for the snowdrops, where some of our members visited on 15 February. I have been to a couple of talks by Katharine and she is a great researcher of her subject and a fascinating speaker.

  • HAGA – schedule of visits and talks

    The schedule of visits and the short break are now at https://hughendenresidents.org/current-items/hughenden-allotment-and-gardens-association-haga/

    The talks are set out in our calendar https://hughendenresidents.org/calendar/ , usually on the last Friday of each month.

  • HAGA news

    Tom Way – Video Presentation

    To HAGA members, From Daf.

    Some of you may have been at our meetings in the last couple of years when Tom Way talked to us about his wildlife photography and he was due to come to us in July.

    Who knows what will happen by then but in the meantime Tom has done a short presentation on Youtube that he’d like to pass on to the groups he would have been talking to. You can also email him back with any questions. (this may take a moment to load, but is is there!)

  • HAGA programme for 2020

    Jan – Fri 31st       8.00pm   Talk:  Wild Britain Diary, by Chris Ward

    Feb – Fri 28th      8.00pm  Talk: Horatio’s Garden, by Jacqui Martin-Lof

    Mar – Fri 27th      8.00pm Talk: Climbers (plus Plant Sale), by Marcel Floyd

    Apr – Fri 17th      8.00pm  Talk: A Way with Plants, by Kathy Brown

    May – Fri 29th     8.00pm  Talk: Life in a Nutshell, by John Tyler               

    Jun – 26th to 29th                         Short Break in Kent

    Jul – Thu 9th                        Visit: Knebworth House & Gardens 

    Jul – Sat 18th                        Village Day – HAGA stall

    Jul – Fri 31st         8.00pm Talk: Tooth, Claw & Mane, by Tom Way

    Aug – Sat 8th                        Visit: Nymans (NT) 

    Sep – Thu 3rd                       Visit: Anglesey Abbey & Gardens (NT)

     Sep – Fri 25th      8.00pm  Talk: Missenden Walled Garden, by Rob Thomas

    Oct – Fri 30th      8.00pm  Talk: Dig for Victory, by Russell Bowes

    Nov – Fri 27th    8.00pm   AGM followed by refreshments 

    Nov – TBA        2.00pm   Hughenden Valley Christmas Bazaar

  • Hughenden Valley Allotments & GardensAssociation – HAGA – 2019

    Here is the programme for 2019.

    2019 HAGA – PROGRAMME

  • HAGA programme 2018

    2018 HAGA Programme

    Items are also in the Calendar

    Jan – Fri 26th 8.00pm Talk: The Gardens at Hughenden Manor,  by Piers Horry, Head Gardener, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Feb – Fri 23rd 8.00pm Talk: Iconic National Parks of the USA,  by Chris Ward, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Mar – Fri 16th 8.00pm Talk: Britain Through the Seasons,  by Tom Way, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Apr – Fri 27th 8.00pm Talk: The Gardens of The Cotswold Wildlife Park,  By Tim Miles, Head Gardener, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    May – Sat 12th Visit: Hever Castle & Gardens

    May – Fri 25th 8.00pm Talk: A Nice Cup of Tea!  by Russell Bowes, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Jun – Wed 13th Visit: RHS Wisley

    Jun 29th – Jul 2nd Short Break in Hampshire/Isle of Wight

    Jul – Sat 14th Hughenden Valley Village Day

    Jul – Thu 19th Visit: Woolbeding Gardens (NT)

    Jul – Fri 27th 8.00pm Talk: Gardening in Dry Conditions,  by Terry Cann, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Sep – Sat 1st Visit: Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens. times tbc

    Sep – Fri 28th 8.00pm Talk: Autumn Colour,  by Anthony Powell, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Oct – Fri 26th 8.00pm Talk: Tears of the Dragon,  by Frances Benton, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Nov – TBA 2.00pm Hughenden Valley Christmas Bazaar, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

    Nov – Fri 30th 8.00pm AGM followed by refreshments, Hughenden Valley Village Hall

  • HAGA Programme 2017

    From Joanna Hughes

    Jan – Fri 27th 8.00pm
    Talk: The Basics of Garden Design by Caroline Tait

    Feb – Fri 24th 8.00pm
    Talk: A Walk on the Wild Side by Brian Clews

    Mar – Fri 31st 8.00pm
    Talk: Wildlife Gardening by Chris Ward

    Apr – Fri 28th 8.00pm
    Talk: My Experiences of the National Garden Scheme by Brian Fisher

    May – Sat 6th
    Visit: Ramster Garden and Tearoom

    May – Fri 26th 8.00pm
    Talk: Trees of The National Memorial Arboretum by Roger Hailwood

    Jun – 23rd to 26th
    Short Break in Suffolk and Essex

    Jul – Wed 12th
    Visit: Pettifers and Canons Ashby

    Jul – Fri 28th 8.00pm
    Talk: City of London Gardens by Sally Botwright

    Sep – Sat 9th
    Visit: Hatfield House

    Sep – Fri 29th 8.00pm
    Talk: Hearing Dogs for the Deaf

    Oct – Fri 27th 8.00pm
    Talk: Animal Architecture by John Tyler

    Nov – Fri 24th 8.00pm
    AGM followed by refreshments

    Nov – TBA 2.00pm
    Hughenden Valley Christmas Bazaar

  • HAGA Programme 2016

    From Joanna Hughes

    Here’s the 2016 HAGA Programme of Events.  HAGA is the Hughenden Allotment and Gardening Association.  Monthly meetings are the last Friday of the month at 8pm in the Hughenden Valley Small Village Hall.  See the programme for details of these and of full-day outings and the summer short break. All welcome.