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Ash Village Hall, Queen's Road,
Ash, Canterbury, Kent , CT3 2BG
what3words: star.hexes.villager

Affiliated to the RHS and The National Vegetable Society (NVS)

Ash Village Hall, Queen's Road,
Ash, Canterbury, Kent , CT3 2BG
what3words: star.hexes.villager

Affiliated to the RHS and
The National Vegetable Society (NVS)

Steve Edney & Louise Dowle: Propagation and Sowing Demonstration

Something of a regular appointment on our schedule, we welcomed back Steve Edney (our Patron) and Louise Dowle for an interactive talk that brought our best attendance for some time – people really have a thirst for expert, practical advice. And there was no shortage of that here. An additional feature of the evening was the annual charity Plant Sale. We had four tables of these, plus some early-season produce: rhubarb, leeks and asparagus.  They began with a ‘kit list’, comprising seed mix, vermiculite, perlite, some seed trays (they favour the smallest ones) and module cell...

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A Brief History Of Ralph Stanley Jutsum And Life In Ash, Kent

Ralph was always known as Stanley or Stan.  He was born on the 29th of July 1889, in West Ham, which was then in Essex.  Some records state that he was born in Hampstead.  By 1901 he was living in Wood Green, Middlesex and decided to train as a butcher.  After working in London, he decided to move to Eastbourne, Sussex, where he obtained a job in a butcher’s shop in South Street.  Although he decided that he wanted to live in Eastbourne if, and when, he could, Stan wanted to see the world before he settled down.  He emigrated to Canada in 1911.  On...

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