Meetings

Meetings of the Hartley Wintney Heritage Society are held twice a year in Spring and Autumn with the AGM linked to the Spring meeting. Hazeley

Autumn Review 15 October

Congratulations to all the finalists of the 2025 Front Garden Awards who were each presented with a photo of their garden and a certificate of achievement at the Heritage Society Autumn meeting held on 15 October.
Extra congratulations to the overall winner, Richard Judd, from Weir Road, who also received an especially engraved trowel as recognition of his beautiful garden as shown below.

Richard Judd 95 Weir Road Winner

Trowel

Other finalists were all presented with a photo of their garden and a signed certificate of achievement and the specific gardens are as follows:

Little Plum, Phoenix Green

Little Plum Phoenix Green Highly Commended

Little Apple, Phoenix Green

Little Apple Phoenix Green Very Highly Commended

3 Mitchell Avenue

David and Gilian Ward 3 Mitchell Avenue Highly Commended

96 Mitchell Avenue

Marlene Morris 96 Mitchell Avenue Highly Commended

1 Baldwin Close, Hartley Row Park

Denise Wiles 1 Baldwin Close Hartley Row Park Highly Commended

We are also very grateful to our guest speaker, Martin Barnes, who gave a very entertaining presentation on
“Bell ringing – The extraordinary history and wonderful legacy today”

The winners of the 2024 front garden awards were announced at our Autumn meeting in October and are shown below. Our grateful thanks go to Barbara Smee and her team of judges who spent much time walking around the village looking for beautiful eye-catching gardens.

A photo and certificate were awarded to the owners of each garden and the overall winner at 1 Phoenix Terrace also received a commemorative Heritage Society trowel.