Lavant Horticultural Society’s history goes back over 70 years; it is still thriving, with over 140 members.
Live in Lavant, Summersdale or nearby?
Why not join Lavant Horticultural Society?
and enjoy its lively programme:
- monthly meetings with interesting guest speakers;
- currently supplemented by monthly ‘Hortitalk’ Zoom sessions, for members to discuss anything to do with plants & gardens;
- plus Shows & Competitions, Plant Sale and other events.
Meetings are held in Lavant Memorial Hall.
All this for £10 per person for the year.
Meetings are then free of charge to members.
Visitors also welcome – entry £3 each.
New members will find a warm welcome.
Interested?
Just click the button below to send in your details and Membership Secretary, Margaret Rhodes, will contact you.
MEMBER SURVEY
The results of the Survey were announced in January’s Hortitalk.
The response was very helpful, as roughly half the membership provided input.
- Format of monthly meetings in the Hall?
Almost unanimous support for existing format; - Timing of Annual Buffet Supper?
Over 80% supported the change to July; - Should Hortitalk continue most months?
Supported by over two-thirds of respondents; - Occasional talks on Zoom?
Strong support for months when there is no talk in the Hall; - Day garden visit by coach?
There was strong interest in this (2/3 of respondents); - … in particular to RHS Wisley?
Less interest as of no benefit to individual RHS members; - Afternoon’s self-drive garden visit?
Very strong interest; - Gardens coach tour (min. 3 days)?
With about 20 members expressing interest, this would only be feasible in conjunction with another society.
Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 10th November 2021
There was a good turn-out of members for the AGM, to hear short summaries of the Societies activities, with the full reports being emailed to members. Chairman, Mike Kingsford, gave a resumé of a very positive year, in spite of the pandemic. Zoom had enabled us to enjoy an interesting programme of talks, before meetings reverted to the Hall in September.
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The 3 officers of the Society, Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer, were voted in unanimously for another year, as were the 3 other committee members who stood again.
The meeting voted to increase the annual membership fee to £10 person and the meeting entry fee for visitors to £3.
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Wednesday 13th July
The Buffet Supper is back, after having to be cancelled last year due to coronavirus restrictions.
November’s Member Survey showed overwhelming support for this change of date from the traditional one of February to July – a warm summer’s evening!
The Supper will follow the ‘bring-and-share’ format. Look out for further details in due course.
Annual Buffet Supper 2020
In order to run our society efficiently, we collect personal information about our members and hold it electronically. This information is only used to manage the Society’s affairs and to communicate with members. It will never be sold or disclosed to any third party, unless required by court order.
Members are asked to confirm their personal contact information and to let the Membership Secretary know when it changes. The information is held securely on the personal computer of the Membership Secretary, and may be shared with the Chairman. It may also be shared with a Collector in relation to members on their Collection List and with the Show Secretary and/or Social Secretary.
If a member does not renew their membership for a period of two consecutive years, the Society will delete all that person’s personal information from the records.
A member or ex-member can at any time require the Society to remove all record of their membership from the file.
Adopted by the AGM held on 14th November 2018