
2025 AGM Confirms Bright Future
Church Crookham & Fleet Garden Society held its AGM on Saturday 25th January 2025. The main focus of the meeting was the stepping down of our Chairman Alec Grant. Alec has been Chairman for at least 10 years and his hard work and commitment to the Society has kept...
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Christmas Greetings 2024
Liz Kirton writes: Dear Members, I would like to offer my best wishes for A happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year. Here are some important dates for 2025:- AGM. 25th January at the Willis Hall, Church Crookham, next to Crookham Memorial Hall, Sandy Lane, Church...
Wisley Gardens Autumn Day Out 2024
Helen Howard writes: IMPRESSIVE RANGE OF FLOWERS An autumn members’ visit to the Royal Horticultural Society gardens at Wisley took place on 26th October. The range of flowers that were still out did not fail to impress. I must also mention the autumn leaves and their...
Trading Hut Reopens February 2025
The Church Crookham and Fleet Garden Society trading shed will reopen on Saturday, February 8th 2025. We are seeking help from members to volunteer for occasional Saturday morning staffing duty.
Church Crookham Allotments 2024
CCFGSoC member, Mike Coleman reports from the Allotments I think everyone who enjoys gardening would say 2024 has been a very difficult year for growing vegetables. A wet spring followed by overcast skies throughout the summer months have delayed the growth of plants...
Latest Hints & Tips
September Hints and Tips
September 2023 Now is a good time to look around your garden, taking photographs to remind you of both the triumphs and the disasters; for example, the Crocosmias and Echinops in my herbaceous border fell over in July and crushed all beneath, so I need to move them in...
July and August 2023 Hints and tips
As I write this in June, my garden is very dry. No rain for weeks. Hoeing is a sure way to make it rain! – that, and cleaning the windows! Still, the herbaceous border should be at its best – take a record of which plants need to be divided in the Autumn. Currants,...
Hints and tips for June 2023
Talk about blowing hot and cold! Spring 2023 has been so changeable, that it has made planning crops or splitting clumps of perennials very difficult to do successfully. In spite of last Summer’s drought, rhododendrons and azaleas are performing well in my garden,...
May Hints and Tips
There is nothing more rewarding to most gardeners than to see healthy, vigorous plants in their garden. BUT there are some plants that thrive too well and start to ‘take over’. In my garden, primroses have been a joy, but when they are seeding into the vegetable plot...
Welcome to Church Crookham and Fleet Garden Society
A vibrant garden society active in Fleet and Church Crookham, Hampshire. We hold several annual events and shows and run a comprehensively stocked stores hut with discounts for members.