The Hampstead Horticultural Society has been set up to encourage by lectures, shows or other means the cultivation of vegetables, fruit and flowers. It promotes co-operation amongst its members (who are both experienced and novice amateur gardeners) and attempts to further the welfare of the Society.
Membership of the society is open to anyone living in Hampstead and neigbouring boroughs. Applications for membership should be made to the Hon. Secretary who can submit their names to our Committee for election.
Our yearly activities include:
The Society is run by a Committee comprising the following Officers and up to 12 additional members of the Society:
Our Committee is elected annually at the Annual General Meeting of the Society. The next Annual General Meeting is to be held at Burgh House, Hampstead, NW3 1LT, on Sunday 4th March 2012 at 2.30pm.
We are a formally constituted Society, operating in accordance with a set of rules. However, these rules are not fixed - they can be changed with the approval of an Annual General Meeting or a Special General Meeting called for the purpose. Any proposed alteration or addition to the rules must be made in writing to the Hon. Secretary not less than one month before the meeting for inclusion in the Agenda. This guide to writing a Constitution explains what a Constitution should look like and may be of interest to members wishing to change the Society's constitution. As the Society makes extensive use of IT facilities, this link may also be of interest: Five Steps for Effective IT Policy Management.
We have two internet portals: this is our primary internet portal and this is our secondary internet portal. Members should also be aware that there is a Hampstead Horticultural Society Meetup Group.
Other links which may be of interest to HHS members are:
The Hampstead Horticultural Society October 2011 newsletter can be found here.
Legal Notice: As the The Hampstead Horticultural Society is an Unincorporated Association, it has no legal existence apart from its members. This means that an individual member of the Society, rather than the Society as a whole, has to act as Registrant for the site. This member is Nigel Bee who operates this site as a non-trading individual. He can be contacted at nigelbee@blueyonder.co.uk. If a member of the Society wants to introduce new rules governing the way in which this website is operated, then a request to embed the new rules into the Constitution must be made in writing to the Hon. Secretary not less than one month before the AGM for inclusion in the Agenda.