Monthly meetings

 

Programme of Meetings

 

All meetings are held in the Upton

Village Hall - 7.30pm

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 4th February 2026 - AGM

 

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Wednesday 4th March 2026

 

Nigel Hopes – A year in John’s Garden (John Massey of Ashwood Nurseries)

Competition: A pot of spring bulbs

 

 

 

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Wednesday 25th March entry form due for the Spring Show

Saturday 28th March 2026

 

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Wednesday 2nd April 2026

 

Don Witton – Great Yorkshire Gardens

Competition: A vase of spring flowering shrubs

 

 

 

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Wednesday 6h May 2026

 

Plant Sale and Liane Smith of Goldford Wines on Establishing a vineyard in Cheshire.

Competition: a vase of spring flowers

 

 

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Wednesday 3rd June 2026

 

Social evening with a meal and entertainment

to celebrate 80 years of Upton Horticultural Society

 

 

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Wednesday 5th August entry form due for the Summer Show 

Saturday 8th August 

 

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Wednesday 2nd September 2026

 

George Pilkington - Garden birds and their behaviour

Competition: A photo of birds in a garden setting

 

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Wednesday 7th October 2026

 

Nick Bailey (of Gardener’s World)

Topic to be decided

 

 

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Wednesday 7th October entry form due for the Autumn Show

Saturday 10th October

 

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Wednesday 4th November 2026

 

Speaker - Joe Wainwright - Photographer

Subject - The gardens of the North West and North Wales

 

Competition - A photo of an Autumn scene

 

 

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Thursday 10th December 2026

 

Christmas Festivity

Subject - An evening of entertainment and light supper

and will be a ticket only meeting