Harrow in LEAF Quiz Night - A succesful return
The return of our Annual Quiz Night was a great success with over 60 participants squeezed into our HQ building, enjoying quizzing, a raffle, supper and their own refreshments.
Our thanks go to our eloquent Quizmaster, Terry Frisch who was dressed for the part in a fine tux and bow tie, and to Diana Dolman for taking on the organisation of the evening and food arrangements.
We also extend our thanks to John Hillier and the maintenance team for setting up and clearing away the tables etc.
In a closely fought contest the winners were the "Bad Beekeepers" team, and in runner up position and only 1 point behind were the imaginatively named "Table 2" team! In last place, and so the winner of the lemons were "Braindead".
The first Quiz Night, returning under the new management committee, made over £200 pounds for Harrow in LEAF funds.
Everyone agreed it was a very good and fun evening and that we must brush up on our local knowledge of Harrow for next year!
Review: "The Best Quiz that I have ever been to!"......A beekeeper.
Published: 17th Apr 2012
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Volunteers are required for our Harrow in LEAF
8th Horticultural Show and Family Fun Day
Do you want to feel part of the local community in Harrow? Give something back?
Then why not volunteer to help us run the 8th Harrow in LEAF Horticultural and Family Fun day on August Bank Holiday either on Sunday 26th or Monday 27th for a few hours.
Harrow in LEAF is a purely voluntary group dedicated to keeping a Harrow Show going, and has been presenting this show for the previous 7 years at the Harrow Museum & Heritage Centre.
To run a successful show we rely on a large number of community minded volunteers, the more the merrier!
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What we need for Sunday 26th and Monday 27th August:
Judging stewards - for Sunday between 10.00 am and midday, to accompany the judges in the exhibition tents (approx. 2 hours only). We require 8 of these.
Gate stewards - to assist on the front and back gates from midday until 5pm, preferably 2or 3 people per gate
Traffic control stewards - to help with the car parking
Plus volunteers to assist with the running of our own Harrow in LEAF stall and tombola.
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Obviously for volunteering and assisting you will receive free entry for yourself to the show!
If you are not already a member of Harrow in LEAF then you will get a year's free individual membership as well.
Please step up and give us a hand and get involved and know your own local community a bit more,
and do not worry if you have not done this kind of thing before, we all started in that boat!
If you are unable to help this time, but would like to see the show continuing then please join Harrow in LEAF ( Annual membership : £2 for individual and £10 for a society membership) Join now!
To volunteer or get further information please feel free to contact:
Judy at judywalker50@talktalk.net, or Frances at hgoldingay@aol.com or just ring our Show Manager - Derek on 020 8907 0508 for info on any aspect of the show.
• 2012 Show details and competition entry forms
Published: 30th Mar 2012
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The recommendation to join was made by the Group Secretary of the Middlesex Group, Sandra-Lee Palmer who already held an individual membership with us. Further information regarding the events they organise will be included in our Events page shortly.
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Olympic torch to start in Headstone on 25th July 2012
Well not exactly the allotments but at the Harrow Heritage Centre site, where it will leave to go along Headstone Drive, down the High Street past the Civic Centre, continuing along Sheepcote Road, then a right into Gayton Road and up over the Hill and through to the Harrow Road, Wembley.
To see the route just click on the Map menu option above.
Published: 19th Mar 2012
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8th Harrow In LEAF Show 2012
Horticultural Show and Family Fun Day
Our annual show will take place on Sunday 26th and Monday 27th of August from 12 noon to 5pm.
Fun and interest for all the family.
Last years show was a resounding success with nearly 2500 visitors enjoying a fun filled two days of horticultural exhibitions, beekeeping, music, entertainment, and various food and drink stalls in the setting of Harrow's Heritage Centre grounds.
A V.I.P. visitor The 2011 Show tent is ready
This year there is special "just for fun" competition class - The Queen's Diamond Jubilee Class. It is open to all ages and free to enter, it will be judged by the visitors to the Show. More details are available on pages 2 and 31 of the 2012 show schedule and we hope you are inspired to enter and join in the celebration.
Click on the relevant document below to download a PDF version to view or print:
2012 Pitch Guide to Entry
Schedule Booking Showing Form
Harrow In LEAF is a totally voluntary group and so we rely on further volunteers to help with the Show, if you can help out then contact Judy at judywalker50@talktalk.net, or Frances at hgoldingay@aol.com or just ring our Show Manager - Derek on 020 8907 0508 for info on any aspect of the show.
• Click here for pictures and winners from previous shows
Published: 14th Feb 2012
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Hatch End Horticultural Society
Our current list of events for 2012 is now available.
We begin the year on 9th February at 8:00pm Michael Sleigh will present a talk at the Free Church Hall, Rowlands Avenue, Hatch End on "Garden and Plant Photography";
• Click here to download Hatch End Horticultural Society 2012 Events
The Society provides local people with the opportunity to share their enthusiasm for, and learn more about, flower,fruit and vegetable growing and welcomes expert and novice gardeners alike.
For further information, or to inquire about membership (£4 per annum per family, £6 for postal members), please contact either:
Our Secretary: John Barton e-mail: j.barton@btinternet.com tel:020 8428 5756
Our Chairman: Alan Graham e-mail: agal@fastmail.co.uk tel: 020 8428 2430
Published: 30th Jan 2012
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The new Harrow In Leaf Management Committee
As we begin 2012 under new management, we thought you would like to meet the key members of our voluntary organisation.
Click on the image to learn more and to see a larger photo!
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The new committee are dedicated to continuing the role of Harrow In Leaf on green issues in Harrow and are planning to run their successful Annual Horticultural Show over the August Bank Holiday weekend.
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This year will also see the reintroduction of the popular Quiz Night, Plant Sale and the Barbeque. For dates see the
Event Diary 2012
Published: 14th Jan 2012
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Allotment holders wanted for Dragon Finder project
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The charity, Froglife, is currently developing a new amphibian and reptile conservation
project, called Dragon Finder. It is based in London and will run over a
5-year period. One part of the Dragon Finder project will be the running of Wildlife
Workshops for allotment holders. The course will show allotment holders how they
can improve their allotments for wildlife, how to identify reptile and amphibian
species, how to monitor reptile and amphibian populations on their sites, and also
show them how wildlife can benefit food growing.
The project is currently in the development stage, and, to help in their planning,
Froglife would appreciate allotment holders filling in a questionnaire online
or a paper version can be obtained from our Secretary. It is hoped that the project
will be up and running in Autumn 2012.
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St. Luke's Volunteer Gardeners say "Thank you"
St. Luke's Hospice is a local charity who cares for people with incurable illnesses.
There are many events run,
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throughout the year, to enable them to raise some of the £3 million they need
each year to keep on supporting local families in their hour of need.
There are over 700 volunteers working around the borough, a small number of whom
work as part of a gardening group within the hospice grounds in Kenton.
Sue Searle and Robin Salt, pictured here, showed us around the gardens they care
for and maintain, at St. Luke's. “They are laid out in such a way that the
patients and their visitors can utilise them in many ways”. There is
a seat for two in a quiet corner, a fish pond, a collection of stone benches circling
a water feature and plants situated outside rooms for patients who are unable to
get outside to look at from the comfort of their beds. It was certainly a pleasure
to walk around early in the year, and again later when it was the garden was in
full bloom.
Harrow in LEAF has recently been able to donate some money to the gardening group
to enable them to replace a garden shed and provide new shrubs for the borders.
Our best wishes go out to the team who have worked so hard to support the hospice
and help make it a beautiful place to be.
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Gardening Club
The gardens surrounding the Harrow Museum and Heritage Centre have benefitted recently
from a donation given by Harrow in LEAF to the gardening club there.
more...
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Year 6 children outside the greenhouse
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The 'Green' Greenhouse
The children of a local school have built this amazing plastic bottle greenhouse
on their allotment site, and Friday 26th June saw the grand opening party, complete
with strawberry tea.
more...
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It's not easy being green
Are you involved in teaching children? This BBC website gives information on teaching
children about the growing process. In Harrow there are a couple of schools who
have taken over allotment plots near by in order to get children more involved,
could yours be the next?
Read more at the BBC's Schools website
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Luxury Homes To Let
(Insect "high-rise" Dwellings)
The staff at the Earth Project, behind the Newton Park allotment site in South Harrow
have built this insect house.
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It provides habitats to give shelter and nesting sites to many insects.
They hope to be building slightly simpler versions as projects with schools and
other groups who visit the Centre.
more...
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Other news is available here...
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6th - 12th May 2012
National Hedgehog Awareness Week
Hedgehog numbers in Britain are reducing dramatically, the aim of this week is to create awareness of how we can protect them.
Monday 6thMay 2012
May Day Celebration 2012 at Harrow Museum
Harrow in LEAF will have a table at this Bank Holiday event, please come and visit us.
Saturday 19th May 2012
Harrow in LEAF
Annual Plant Sale - 11am to 2pm
At the Harrow in LEAF HQ, on West Harrow Large allotments
......more info and 2012 Diary of events
What to do on your allotment or in your garden this month.
MAY
Make sure frost has finished, plant beans, sow salads, hanging baskets, plant rice if wettest drought continues.....
Think about a Slug Pub
Start planning for this year's slug wars and stay one step ahead....
Your ideas on what to do with all that allotment or garden food produce!
• More News
• Other News
• Beekeepers Association
• Growing Concerns - archive
• Our Recipes
• About Bonfires
2012 - New food growing spaces in London scheme launched, includes bee keeping too:
Harrow in Leaf's "Guide for New Allotment Holders" is now available on-line
Yes, our excellent Guide is now available via the "Allotment Guidelines" button on the top Menu above - or just click on this front page image.
Published: 11th Nov 2011
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http://harrowinleaf.myfreeforum.org
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