Trading Centre Closed For Christmas
The Trading Centre is now closed for our Christmas break. We will be reopening on Sunday 1st February. Join us for hot drinks and bacon rolls and come and stock up ready for a new season of growing, [...]
Order your potatoes now at the Trading Centre
The Trading Centre now has the list of potatoes, onions and shallots available for customers to order, for next year. There are 28 varieties of potatoes to choose from, available in 2kg nets. There are also 3 varieties of onions [...]
Open Gardens on Hayling – July 2025
We were pleased that three members of the society opened their gardens to visitors this year for the first time. All three gardens were very diverse and all offered plenty of ideas and inspiration. Visitors were able to sit [...]
Volunteers Needed – Can you lend a hand?
Our society runs a number of wonderful projects, all led by dedicated team leaders, who would love to welcome new volunteers. Whether you can spare an hour now and then, or offer more regular help, we’d be delighted to [...]
Gardens and Health
The NGS have produced a number of small booklets on a variety of topics - here you can read The Little Yellow Book of Gardens and Health
Annual Horticultural Show and Community Fair
This year’s Annual Horticultural Show and Community Fair was a fantastic celebration of all things Hayling—and the sun even made an appearance! Held at the Hayling College, the day brought together the best of the island’s horticultural skill, artistic [...]
Show Recipe 2025
Cardamom and white chocolate cake Ingredients 225g unsalted butter, softened, plus extra for greasing 4 free-range eggs 225g caster sugar 225g self-raising flour 2 level tsp baking powder 12 cardamom pods For the icing 100g white chocolate, broken into pieces 50g unsalted butter, softened 75g cream cheese [...]
HIHS Holiday 2025 – SPACES AVAILABLE!
Due to some cancellations we now have a few spaces available on our holiday. Please get in touch with Kim on outings@hihs.org.uk to book a place. 5 days/4 nights half board, departing 8th June 2025, visiting Barnsdale Garden (Geoff [...]
Coming up…
We have a packed diary of talks, workshops and events for all this year: Holiday - Sun 8th June - Thurs 12th June - Gardens of the NorthCommunity Fair and Annual Show - Saturday 28th June - Hayling CollegeRHS Wisley [...]
Welcome Chris King and Meg Green
The Trading Centre has had a very good year, thanks to the support of all the volunteers and of course our loyal customers. We have managed to make a small profit and we are holding a greater range of [...]