The Marshalswick Horticultural Society, founded in 1957, has a membership of about 200 households, the majority of which live in Marshalswick, St Albans but some come from further afield. The main aim of the Society is the encouragement of horticulture in all ways – this includes evening talks, coach trips and open gardens. Activities of the Society include:
*six talks per year on a range of topics of horticultural interest, often with unusual plants for sale. These talk place on the first Monday of Feb, March Sept, Oct, Nov and December at the Baptist Church behind The Quadrant.
*an AGM with a plant sale and exchange and a draw for tickets for the Hampton Court Flower Show.
*two coach trips per year to gardens of great horticultural interest and, often, ones which are not normally open to the public
*a tea party in August for members to meet one another and chat in a private garden over tea and cakes
*a newsletter three to four times per year
*sales of mushroom compost in March at discounted prices
*occasional plant sales
*an opportunity for members to present a decorative arrangement to be judged at some of the talks
