Eltham and Avery Hill Gardens Society
Eltham and Avery Hill Gardens Society

Welcome to the Eltham and Avery Hill Gardens Society website

 

We were founded 72 years ago by local residents, including our late Chairman and President, Charles Strangwige, to promote gardening and allotment activity in the Avery Hill and Eltham Park areas and we are still going strong today. Many of our members are tenants at Pippenhall allotments on the Bexley Road and other local allotment sites.

 

We organise various events throughout the year and run a shop at Pippenhall allotments selling a range of popular garden products. The shop is open every Sunday morning from February until the end of November between 10am and midday- see the shop section for more details or better still come along on a Sunday morning to see for yourself. 

 

If you would like to know more about us, or would like to join please get in touch using the contact form 

 

We look forward to meeting you soon.

 

EAHGS AGM Friday 22nd March 2024 7pm

The annual general meeting of the society took place on Friday 22nd March at 7pm in the church hall at Holy Trinity Church.  Following the formal business, members of the society and guests from the Eltham Society, enjoyed a talk from our guest speaker, Ruth Cornett,  on The Restoration of Eltham Palace Gate Lodge Garden

The AGM minutes and appendix showing the annual accounts can be downloaded below.

EAHGS AGM 22nd March 2024 Minutes.docx
Microsoft Word document [19.2 KB]
APPENDIX 1 (eahgs acc 2023).xlsx
Microsoft Excel sheet [13.1 KB]

Pippenhall Shop open every Sunday Morning  except Easter Sunday

The shop at Pippenhall will be open every Sunday 10am - 12noon until the end of November 2024.

 

Please note that the shop will be closed on Easter Sunday March 31st and will close at 11.30am on Sunday 24th March.

 

We are well stocked again for the growing season including reduced peat and peat free composts, soil improvers and sterilized farmyard/horse manure. Grow bags are now peat free and larger in size.

 

The seed potatoes have arrived  and pre-orders can be collected from the shop. Early collection would be appreciated.  There are a small amount of some varieties available to buy on a first come basis.

Pippenhall Allotments Bonfire Update- Nov 2023

Please see the Council noticeboard at Pippenhall Allotments where there is up to date information from the Royal Borough of Greenwich regarding bonfires. There is additional information in the shop from the National Allotment Society regarding bonfires which has been issued by the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

Water Supply at Pippenhall Allotments turned off for the Winter months

THE WATER AT PIPPENHALL ALLOTMENTS HAS NOW BEEN TURNED OFF FOR THE 

 

WINTER  AND WILL REMAIN OFF UNTIL EARLY SPRING 2024. THIS IS DONE TO AVOID THE

 

RISK OF BURST PIPES.

 

THE TOILETS WILL THEREFORE NOT BE IN USE DURING THIS TIME.

 

Pat Middleton 

Site Rep - Pippenhall

Annual Show Saturday 2nd September 2023

Pictures of the exhibits and prize giving are available to view here The show report and list of cup and medal winners can be found here

Minutes of 2023 AGM

Attached below are the minutes and treasurers report from the Annual General Meeting that took place on the 31st March 2023.

AGM minutes 2023
EAHGS AGM 31st March 2023 Minutes.docx
Microsoft Word document [20.2 KB]
Treasurers report
eahgs acc 2022 APPENDIX I.xlsx
Microsoft Excel sheet [13.7 KB]

Pippenhall Allotment Notice

 

I HAVE BEEN INFORMED BY A PLOT HOLDER THAT GREEN WASTE ETC FROM ANOTHER PLOT IS BEING DUMPED ON THEIR PLOT. THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND ALL PLOT HOLDERS THAT THIS IS NOT PERMITTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. ANY PLOT HOLDER THAT IS SEEN/CAUGHT/REPORTED DUMPING ANY FORM OF RUBBISH/GREEN WASTE ON ANOTHER PLOT OR ANYWHERE ON THE SITE INCLUDING THE PATHS WILL HAVE THEIR TENANCY TERMINATED. IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO REMOVE ALL UNWANTED ITEMS AND WASTE FROM THE SITE. PLEASE BE RESPECTFUL OF OTHER PLOT HOLDERS!

 

Pat Middleton Site Representative- December 31st 2021

Reminder about car use on site at Pippenhall

Please do NOT drive down the centre path at Pippenhall if it’s raining or there has been heavy rain, or use the bottom of the site to turn your car around. The path and the ground at the bottom of the site gets extremely wet and often floods as the water does not drain away quickly.

 

 

WHEELBARROWS
Just a reminder that the wheelbarrows are NOT to be taken and used off site. They are for use ON SITE ONLY by those plot holders that have purchased a key to the locker storage shed, please do not keep them on your plot overnight and always return them to the storage room after use.

 

 

Pat Middleton
Site Rep - Pippenhall Allotments

 

Please see attached this advice from the Royal Borough of Greenwich about bonfires- click on the image to see the full size version

Pippenhall Allotments availability- 

There are no vacant plots as of August 2023 and with more than 50 people on the waiting list the council have closed the list for new applicants for the time being. The council will contact those at the top of the waiting list directly about a vacant plot when one becomes available. This is most likely to happen in late April or May each year when the new rental year starts and tenants decide to give up their plot.

 

Please note that all enquiries about allotment availability or joining the waiting list for an allotment should be made with the Royal Borough of Greenwich via their website. We are unable to help with enquiries about allotment availability. Please see the allotments webpage for more information.

Site last updated on March 14th 2024 with updated shop opening dates and AGM agenda available to download

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