Affiliated Horticultural Societies, Schools, and Organisations

• BoxtreeParkFriends
• Friends of Roxbourne Park
• Friends of Wiseworks
• Hardy Plant Society - Middlesex Group
• Harrow Beekeepers Association
• Harrow Biodiversity and Environment
• Harrow Civic Residents Association
• Harrow Friends of the Earth
• Harrow Recreation Ground Users' Association
• Hatch End Horticultural Society
• Headstone Allotments and Gardens Association
• Headstone Green Community Group
• Honeybun Tenants & Residents Association
• London's Community Kitchen, Harrow
• Newton Park Horticultural Society
• Old Kenton Lane Allotments Association
• Roxbourne Horticultural Society
• Seeds of Italy, Harrow
• Shaw Trust Horticulture, Harrow
• West Harrow Allotment and Garden Association

Friends & Associates

• Hoi Polloi Permaculture
• Greener Harrow
• Harrow Agenda 21 (HA21)
• Harrow LETS - Local Exchange and Trading Scheme
• Weald Junior School

BoxtreeParkFriends

We are based in the Harrow Weald Recreation Ground, High Road, HA3 6EL, the lovely park facing the High Road.

We are not connected to the Parklife Cafe nor to the Friends of Harrow Weald (charity).

We are a group of local residents, all volunteers. Our aim is to improve our park and the surrounding area, to make new friends and to enjoy leisure time in a lovely green open space.

We do this by working together - gardening, planting bulbs, shrubs and trees, carrying out small repair jobs, litter picking, emptying the bins, locking the gates, and running lots of community events.

We were Harrow Heroes finalists in 2022 in recognition of the work that our members do in the park which has made it a cleaner, safer place.

Website: boxtreeparkfriends.org

Facebook: Click to visit us on Facebook

Contact: Click here for our Get in Contact page

Friends of Roxbourne Park

We are a group of people who regularly use Roxbourne Park, Cannon Lane, Harrow.

We want to help Harrow Council to maintain and improve park facilities.

The Friends were started on 30 September 2015

Roxbourne Park is located between Rayners Lane and Eastcote with entrances from High Worple, Cannon Lane, Field End Road and Woodlands Avenue.
Car parking is available at the Cannon Lane entrance.

The park provides 26 hectares of open space including football and cricket facilities. The adjoining Roxbourne Rough Nature Reserve is visited by wildlife including Herons and Green Woodpeckers.

A miniature railway is located at the Field End Road side of the park, and children enjoy train rides on it on Sunday afternoons during the summer .

Contact: 07717 648991

Website: friendsofroxbourne.wixsite.com

Facebook: www.facebook.com/FriendsofRoxbournePark

Friends of Wiseworks

The Friends of Wiseworks looks to support Wiseworks; a prevocational centre whom provides work-related assessment, rehabilitation and training in a range of skills for people recovering from mental health problems.

Show you care and share.

Contact: 020 8863 8704

Facebook: www.facebook.com/FriendsofWiseworks

Hatch End Horticultural Society

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.

Membership: Family membership £4.00 (£6.00 for postal members)

Further enquiries or membership enquiries should be made to:

Hardy Plant Society - Middlesex Group

The Hardy Plant Society - Middlesex Group, based in Eastcote, is one of many Local Groups that are affiliated with the main national organisation called the Hardy Plant Society, often referred to as the HPS.

Annual Membership:The membership fee consists of two separate amounts. The local Middlesex Group fee plus the main national Hardy Plant Society fee (which at December 2018 is £17 (single) £19 (couple at same address )).

Full details of how to join, current Membership Fees and benefits of membership are available by Clicking Here....

Note: if you are already a fully paid-up member of the national Hardy Plant Society, you only have to pay the local Middlesex Group fee to join our group.

Come along and try us out for free. There is NO CHARGE for a first time visitor attending one of our regular HPS - Middlesex Group meetings.

Website: hpsmiddlesex.org.uk/

Facebook: facebook.com/HPSMiddlesex

Harrow Biodiversity and Environment

Join our campaign to make Harrow better.

The London Borough of Harrow has many open spaces, playgrounds, parks and green corridors.
While the borough has achieved Green Flag status for some parks, it performs quite badly in terms of supporting biodiversity and using more wildlife friendly management practices.
So much more can be done, and we would like to campaign for a change in attitudes of the residents as well as the council.

Contact:  Please click here to Subscribe to our Newsletter or e-mail: infoharrowbiodiversity.org

Website: harrowbiodiversity.org

Headstone Allotments and Gardens Association   info

The trading hut is on the Headstone allotment site opposite 125 Pinner View, N Harrow

Opening times: Sundays 10 till 12 noon February to November
Annual Membership: £2.50
Contact: Judy Rogers 0208 424 8617 E-mail: judyrogers973gmail.com

Harrow Civic Residents Association

Harrow Civic Residents' Association (HCRA) is a voluntary organisation representing the residents of Rosslyn Crescent, Frognal Avenue and Woodlands Road in the Greenhill ward of the London Borough of Harrow. The association was founded in 1999 and held its first official meeting in the September of that year.

On December 12th 2015 the community garden outside NISA supermarket was officially opened. This was achieved by HCRA volunteers and with local support (including Harrow in LEAF via their "making Harrow Greener" campaign).

Contact:   HCRA Committee Contacts page

Website: www.hcra.org.uk

Hoi Polloi Permaculture

We are a Social Enterprise and as such are committed to distributing over 50% of our products into places of need within the London area.
We want to create spaces where people-growing-spirit-nature are synthesised as we believe the present model of the split system between urban centres,
agriculture structures,spirituality, and the natural world is non-symbiotic, unhealthy, self-destructive, unsustainable in a just manner, and socially schizophrenic.

Contact:   Visit our Contact Us page

Website: Hoi Polloi Permaculture website

London's Community Kitchen, Harrow Our website

The Kind Cafe, Christchurch Ave, HA3 5BD, Harrow, London

Working Towards a Better Tomorrow
Dealing with the challenges of today requires problem-solvers who bring different perspectives and are willing to take risks.
London's Community Kitchen emerged out of a pursuit to inspire and support the community, and a desire for actions to speak louder than words. Established in 2014, we're a group of like minded people that wish to see a more environmentally conscious community, driven by progressive ideas, bold actions, and a strong foundation of support.

We all have a special gift, if you wish to share yours to help others please join us and make a difference.

Contact us to learn more and get involved.

Contact Us: via our Contact Page

Newton Park Horticultural Society further info / website

Has allotment sites both sides of the road with a trading hut at the rear of 321 Alexandra Ave, S Harrow

Opening times: Sunday mornings from 10.30 till 12.30, all year round. They stock the usual consumable and supporting gardening items - seeds, composts, canes, foods, secateurs, etc. - at very low prices.
We organise various social events such as coach outings, quizes and B-B-Qs , details of which will be published in our topical seasonal Newsletters.

Annual membership: £3 standard, Students/Senior Citizens £1.50
Contact: R Dickens: 020 8422 1609

Old Kenton Lane Allotments Association gardening course / Food for Thought brochure

The Pavillion, Old Kenton Lane Allotments site, Old Kenton Lane, Kingsbury, NW9 9ND.

Five minutes walk from Kingsbury Tube Station, parking onsite, buses 183, 204, 83, 302, 324

Old Kenton Lane is self-managed with a constituted committee responsible for the site's operational management, including grounds maintenance and waiting list administration.

"At Old Kenton Lane there are 183 five-pole allotment plots, with 151 registered individual plot holders.
The majority of plot holders are Brent residents with a few from Camden, Harrow, and Kensington and Chelsea.
There is a waiting list of 38 individuals, and a maximum waiting time of four years.
The level of non-cultivation is low at only one or two plots."
......................................................Source: Food For Thought, Brent Council, 2/10/2012

Telephone: 020 8204 0698

Contact: oklallotmentsassociationhotmail.co.uk

Roxbourne Horticultural Society

The trading hut is on the Yeading Avenue allotment site between 95 and 97A Yeading Ave, S Harrow

The society has been in existence for over 80 years and is run by a group of local volunteers.

The society operates a trading hut and is always keen to welcome new members whether they are keen gardeners, allotment holders or both.

Membership costs just £3. a year and is due on 1st April every year.

The hut stocks a large range of garden/allotment goods, available at competitive prices, e,g. composts, manures, fertilisers, sand, grass-care fertilisers, netting, canes, fleece, pots, gloves, hand tools and seasonal goods such as bird seed/nuts, vegetable and flower seeds, seed potatoes, onions, shallots and flower bulbs.

So why not pay us a visit.

Trading times: every Sunday, 10.30am to 12.30pm

Annual membership: £3
Contact: C Tilbury 020 8248 0442

Website: roxbournegrowers.wordpress.com

West Harrow Allotment and Garden Association info

The trading hut is situated on the large allotment site and is reached by a path at the side of West Harrow Station. There is also a smaller site on the opposite side of the road.

Opening times: Saturday afternoons 2 - 4pm February to October & Sundays 10 - 12 noon all year round
Annual Membership: £2
Contact: A Fynn, alanfynntalktalk.net

Website: westharrow-allotment.com

Facebook: WHAGA on Facebook

Harrow Beekeepers Association - More Information

Meets: We have regular meetings on Sunday mornings at our apiary headquarters which is behind the Harrow Art Centre, Uxbridge Road, Hatch End HA5 4EA from 11.00 to 1.00pm You can always come along to find out what we do there.

How to contact Harrow Beekeepers Association........Click Here..>

Website: www.harrowbeekeepers.co.uk

Harrow Friends of the Earth

We are a local campaigning group, based in Harrow, London, UK, seeking to inspire solutions to environmental problems at a local and a global level.

Harrow Friends of the Earth meet from 7:30pm until 9:30pm on the third Thursday of each month (but plans sometimes change in August and December). All are welcome. You can contact us to confirm meeting dates.

Normally it's at the Scout HQ in Northumberland Road, North Harrow, opposite Yeading Walk.

Contact: Jane Skelly Telephone: 020 8863 9714 e-mail: coordinatorharrowfoe.org.uk

Website: www.harrowfoe.org.uk

Headstone Green Community Group

The Headstone Green Community Group (HGCG) was formed in March 2022 after the founding members worked as an informal working group with Harrow Council to look after the new park created in Umpire View, HA1 4GD, off Pinner View and opposite St George's Church, formerly known as St George's Playing Field.

We are looking for volunteers to help enhance the park and over the course of the coming months we will plant more bulbs and trees, reduce weeds, cut the tall grass, improve the areas around the benches, maintain the park generally and we hope to introduce a Community Children's Garden.

For further details see our Facebook Page, the Harrow in LEAF Events Diary or call or text Sandra-Lee.

Contact: Sandra-Lee Palmer: 07958 753 277

Facebook Page: Headstone Green Community Group

Harrow Natural History Society

The Harrow Natural History Society was formed in 1970 with the aim of fostering interest in natural history and related subjects with particular emphasis on the flora and fauna of sites within the London Borough of Harrow. Members are active in preservation and conservation, particularly of the Harrow Green Belt and other areas of interest and beauty within the borough.
Meetings are held on the second Monday of every month from September to April at the Blackwell Hall, Uxbridge Road, near All Saints Church. During the winter months meetings include illustrated lectures by visiting specialist speakers and discussions and talks by members of our own Society. The Society also organises walks and visits to places of natural history interest, both local and further afield, with at least one outing every month throughout the year.

If you are interested in natural history come along to one of our Monday evening meetings at the Blackwell Hall, or join in one of the walks. You can get involved as much or as little as you like. Either way we will be pleased to see you.

Please Note: As these are nature walks we do not welcome dogs. Sorry.

Annual membership: Subscription rates (at August 2017) are:
Family £14 (Senior Citizens £10)
Single Adult £10
Junior Member £5

Honeybun Tenants & Residents Association

Honeybun Tenants & Residents Association(HTRA) is a voluntary organisation representing the residents of the Honeybun Estate, Harrow.
The association was first established in May 2014.

Harrow Recreation Ground Users' Association

This group organises friendly, enjoyable events throughout the year in the Harrow Recreation Ground.
The entrances to the park are in Hindes Rd, Beresford Rd and Cunningham Park and everyone is welcome
The subscription is £5 per household per year and donations are invited. The money received is used to pay for the bands and other expenses, for printing the Harrow Rec Newsletter and for improvements to the park.

Contact: M Sayer: 020 8427 2448
Website: www.harrowrec.org.uk

Seeds of Italy, Harrow info

Harrow based supplier of Italian seeds and other Italian products with a Demo Theatre where occasional talks and events are held.

"We're a family run company and we value our customers very much which is probably why we're still in business are 7 generations in the same family since 1783! Please contact us if we can help you and being Italians, we do prefer to speak to people rather than computers...... but you can email us too." Best regards, Paolo and Alessandro Arrigo

Contact: Telephone: 0208 427 5020

e-mail: growitalianingredients.com

Website: seedsofitaly.com

Shaw Trust Horticulture, Harrow

Our Horticulture Enterprises sell plants, garden items and handmade products at our Clamp Hill site, HA7 3JS.
Training, support and work placement opportunities including horticulture and catering for people with disabilities.

We also run garden maintenance services, including sowing, planting, pruning, weeding and lawn maintenance. We provide disabled people and people who are currently not in work with training and employment opportunities through our grounds maintenance projects. Each member of our team is DBS checked and we also carry public liability insurance, ensuring your garden is in safe hands

Shaw Trust also have a horticultural learning centre based at the rear of Newton Park East allotment site, Alexandra Avenue, Rayners Lane.
It aims to teach disadvantaged and disabled children and adults about growing food and protecting the environment.

Alternate Contact: 020 8422 8614

Website: www.shaw-trust.org.uk

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