Next Events…
Here are the next few VPA and other events coming up. Click on the date navigation links to see any future events.
VPA Annual General Meeting
Venue: Thomas Field Hall next to Little Gaddesden Church
Please put the date in your diary so it does not slip your mind. We are delighted to welcome Kate Stuart-Smith to our AGM this year, to give us a talk about the lovely garden at Serge Hill, Bedmond, Hertfordshire and the work of the National Garden Scheme (NGS).
Please encourage your family, friends and neighbours to sign up to our mailing list and be VPA-connected and indeed members. Email Alastair our Membership Secretary on membership@lgvpa.org.
May Plant Sale – 19 May 2024
Plant Sale Donations Welcome
Come and browse to find all you need to plant up your vegetable and flower beds.
We welcome any donations of your surplus plants.
VPA Events
Our regular events are as follows:
- We run an annual Winter Show as well as a Summer Show which generate great rivalry amongst friends.
- In the Spring we hold a Plant Sale.
- In the Autumn we hold a Harvest Supper together with a hotly contested Quiz.
- Also in the Autumn, we hold an autumn bulbs event.
- And on Sundays from 10:00am to 12:00 noon the VPA Store is open for your gardening needs and friendly advice.
Scroll down to find out more about regular VPA events…
VPA Summer Show
VPA Summer Show
The VPA Summer Show is generally held on the Saturday of the August bank holiday weekend of each year. Scroll up to Next Events for the date and details of the next Summer Show, if scheduled. And see the VPA Summer Show page for more info.
Autumn Harvest Supper and Quiz
Autumn Harvest Supper and Quiz
End the farming and horticultural year at a dinner and quiz with friends and fellow residents. Scroll up to Next Events for the date and details of the next Harvest Supper and Quiz, if scheduled. And see the VPA Autumn Harvest Supper and Quiz page for more info.
VPA Winter Show
VPA Winter Show
The VPA Winter Show is generally held in early February of each year. Scroll up to Next Events for the date and details of the next Winter Show, if scheduled, see the VPA Winter Show page for more info.
May Plant and Cake Sale
Getting spring underway at the VPA Store with new plants for the garden. And cake. A perennial favourite among VPA events!
Scroll up to Next Events for the date and details of the next Plant Sale, if scheduled.
Autumn Bubbles and Bulbs Event
Join us at our annual Autumn Bubbles and Bulbs Event at the VPA Store in September/October. Flowering bulbs, planted in autumn, will flower in spring and early summer. Our collection of bulbs are top quality and provide excellent value.
Scroll up to Next Events for the date and details of the next Bubbles and Bulbs Event, if scheduled. The date of this event is always subject to the arrival of the bulbs. (This can be a bit unpredictable!) It’s a well attended event. We hope to see lots of our members popping along to the store for this year’s Bubbles and Bulbs when the date has been advised.
We order a fairly standard range of daffodils and tulips along with crocus and various other small bulbs. If you would like any advice on choosing bulbs, planting and caring for your bulbs, why not pop along to the shop on a Sunday morning? We will be happy to help. We might even find you a cup of tea or coffee! Do you have a favourite bulb you would like to see on sale? Or is there something special, either variety or colour, that we could order for you? If there is something you would like, please contact Alison Townsend on 01442 842421 or by email at alison@lgvpa.org.
VPA Store
VPA Store
Store Opening Hours
The VPA Store is open 10:00 am – 12:00 noon on Sunday mornings. Also, we shall try and get goods to anyone at home self isolating and wanting to do their garden. See the VPA Store page for how to place an order.
Location
The store is next to the Village Hall, in Church Road, Little Gaddesden HP4 1NX. Regular store visitors will have seen the transformation following the cleaning, painting, reorganisation and re-stocking.