March
6th: Memorial for 75th Anniversary of Aeroplane Crash
20th: CANCELLED Pub Night
29th: POSTPONED Great British Spring Clean Litter Pick (10-12noon)

April
3rd: POSTPONED Hort Soc AGM and Spring Show (7:30pm)
5th: Palm Sunday Holy Communion (St John’s, 10am)
12th: Easter Sunday Holy Communion (St John’s, 10am)
24th: Pub and quiz night

May
8th: Tea, Cakes and Bunting for VE Day 75 (2-4pm)
9th: Hort Soc Annual Plant Sale (10-12)

June
27th: Village Fete

July
24th: Village “Olympics” and BBQ (possibly)

All events at the Village Hall unless otherwise stated.
For more Hort Soc events, see below.

• Trading Hut, Plot 3, Cameron Road Allotments, Potato & Onion Sales – 9am-Noon on 15/02, 22/02 & 29/02/2020 and then every Sat from 7th March until further notice.
• AGM and Spring Show, Friday 3rd April
• Plant Sale – Bellingdon Village Hall – Saturday 9th May 10-12noon
• Plant Sale – Steps of United Reform Church, Chesham 9am-noon 16th May
• Coach Trip to RHS Wisley, including specialist plant show. 20th June Pick up points bus stop outside St Columbus Church, Chesham 8.15am, Emmanuel Church 8.20am and Caffe Neros Chesham 8.30am. £15 per person (plus £6.50 if you require cream tea). Contact Sandra Hall 01494 773908 OR sandra@hallnet1.uk for details.
• Early Summer Show – Trinity Baptist Church, Chesham. 4th July. Open to public from 2pm
• Annual Show – Bellingdon Village Hall. 5th September. Open to the public 2pm.
• Social Evening – Bellingdon Village Hall. 9th October. 7pm onwards

The Hort Soc AGM and Spring Flower Show will be on Friday 3rd April from 7:30pm (setup for Spring Flower Show entries from 7pm). There’s also the annual plant sale on Saturday 9th May at the village hall from 10am-12 noon.

In addition the newly combined Chesham Horticultural Society and Bellingdon, Asheridge & District Horticultural Society (name for the new society yet to be agreed) are opening their Trading Hut, Plot 3, Cameron Road Allotments, again.

The Trading Hut will be open every Saturday from 7th March 10 am to 11.30 am until further notice. It can be opened at other times by prior appointment with Adrian on 07718609719.

Please see the Hort Soc pages on bellingdon.com for a list of what will be for sale, or speak to Tracey.

Adrian Norris & Tracey Ryan

Onion, potato & shallot sale
What we will be selling this year:

Potatoes:

First Earlies – Arran Pilot, Casablanca [AGM, New for 2020], Jazzy*(AGM, NEW in 2019)
Second Earlies – Charlotte (AGM, salad), Elfe*, Kestrel
Early Maincrop – Desiree (AGM), Picasso (AGM)
Late Maincrop – Cara, Maris Piper (AGM), Rooster* (AGM), Setanta* (NEW in 2018)
We are able to hold the prices as for 2019: £4.00 per 7lb; 70p per lb for quantities less than 7ib. * Except Elfe, Jazze, Rooster and Setanta which will be £5.00 per 7lb; 90p per lb for quantities less than 7lb. Quantities of the latter 4 varieties are limited.

Onions: Sturon , Red Baron
Shallots: Golden Gourmet, Red Sun
Prices for 2020 (as in 2019) – £1.00 per half lb.

Adrian Norris

Trading Hut Manager

See our Hort Soc page for details of our first event of 2020 – surely an essential event if you’re planning on attending the annual show later in the year!