Show Results 2023
16th August 2023
The Show results are now listed on the Show section – click on the show tab in the menu bar.
The show was a great success – thank you to everyone who made it such a great day.
Forest Gardening with Pippa Chapman Thurs 29th June
18th June 2023
On Thursday 29th June we welcome Pippa Chapman garden designer, consultant & author. Pippa will give an enlightening talk about her own work and how she turned her grassy and paved garden into an abundant, biodiverse, edible and beautiful forest garden. Pippa shares her practical tips with us.
Pippa Chapman has been gardening for over 30 years. In 2007 she left her job as Head Gardener on a private estate, to take a year-long practical apprenticeship at RHS Harlow Carr.
She was introduced to forest gardening and permaculture and in 2010 set up a sustainable gardening business with her husband. She grows a wide variety of fruits, flowers, herbs and annual and perennial vegetables in her small backyard, creating a beautiful, edible and wildlife friendly space.
Join us at the Mount Hermon chapel starting with refreshments at 7pm.
Making the most of the space you’ve got – Thurs 25th May at Mount Hermon
10th May 2023
Our next event is a talk by Nigel Eaton, Manager at Moss & Moor in Ilkley and will be full of tips and ideas to make the most of the space – big or small – you might have at your home or allotment.
The event is free to AAGA members and £2 to non-members.
It starts at 7pm with refreshments and ready to get under way at 7.30.
You’ll find us at the Mount Hermon Chapel on Main Street – see you there!
Member’s £50 Monthly Draw
10th May 2023
Our first-ever monthly draw took place at the ‘sold-out’ GQT event in April and Sarah Mullen was the lucky winner of the £50 voucher for April to spend at Old Bridge Nurseries in Ilkley.
Old Bridge Nurseries are open Weds-Sunday 9am-5pm. They are at Stockeld Road LS29 9HD
01943 600065
The May draw will take place at our next event which is a talk by Nigel Eaton who is the Manager of Moss & Moor in Ilkley on Thursday 25th May. Do come along.
Gardeners’ Question Time – Thurs 27th April
4th April 2023
Our first talk of the year will be a Gardeners’ Question Time with a panel of Jeff Walbank, Ramon Porter and Margaret Johnson. Come and take the opportunity to ask questions of our panel of gardening experts. 7pm for a 7.30pm start on Thursday 27th April at the Mount Hermon, Main Street. Come and join us. FREE to all members and just £2 at the door for non-members.
You can send your questions beforehand by emailing me at gm@geoffmills.co.uk
We look forward to seeing you later this month.
Monty Don in Addingham!
23rd February 2023
So we got your attention………………..yet we’re sorry to disappoint as we cannot afford for Monty to come to our meetings but YOU could be Addingham’s very own ‘Monty Don’.
Could you write regular articles and share your knowledge and experience of growing/gardening and allotmenteering? Come along to our annual meeting on Friday 3rd March and make yourself known to a member of the Management Committee and we can start to get you on the small screen – the AAGA website, our Facebook page and Instagram. Today Addingham……………tomorrow the world. What you waiting for? If you can’t get along email me,
Geoff Mills at gm@geoffmills.co.co.uk
We need your ideas
23rd February 2023
Friday 3rd March sees us holding our first Annual Meeting since the Management Committee was reformed. We have lots to tell you yet we also want YOUR ideas. What would you like to see the Association focus on during this 50th Anniversary year? What can we do ‘together’ to promote growing more of our own produce at home, in planers and on our allotments? Are there ‘open spaces’ that could be used to cultivate crops for communal use? Are there people out there willing to share knowledge and experience? Could you write a ‘blog’ or ‘post’ on a specific topic or write a regular ‘Jobs to do this week or month’?
Come along to our meeting and tell us all……………see you then!
2023 Annual Meeting – Friday 3rd March
16th February 2023
Our Annual Meeting, open to members and non-members alike, will be held on Friday 3rd March in the village memorial hall.
Starting at 6.30pm everyone is invited to join us for drinks and nibbles ahead of the formal meeting starting at 7pm. We will share our plans for the Association’s 50th year and seek ideas and feedback form all attendees.
We would encourage you to sign-up for membership – £12 per household – with the first 50, existing or new members receiving a collection of seeds worth over £10. So sign-up soon.
50 years of growing together in Addingham
Free seeds for first 50 sign-ups
2nd February 2023
A mixed collection of seeds worth at least £10 will be given to the first 50 membership sign-ups in commemoration of the Association’s 50th anniversary this year. Click on the Membership tab and it’s a simple process. It is £12 per year to join but if you’re in the first 50 you’ll get the FREE seeds to help offset this years membership fee.
These seeds have been kindly donated by Moss & Moor of Ilkley (www.mossandmoor.co.uk) , so many thanks to M&M.
Happy gardening!
50 years and still growing!
16th January 2023
2023 marks the 50th anniversary of AAGA and the Management Committee are working on plans to make sure we celebrate in grand style! Keep watching for more details.
