National Vegetable Society
"Advancing the culture, study and improvement of vegetables"
Welcome to the NVS
National Vegetable Society
Growing for show or just to provide better quality vegetables for you and your family, the Grow & Show pages will help you.
There's a list of Horticultural Shows if you want to visit or show yourself.
The articles are in sections:
- Vegetable Growing General
- Month by Month Gardening
- Growing Herbs
- Growing Fruit
- Growing for Show
- General Gardening
- From Medwyn
National Vegetable Society News
- NVS Members on ITV1 This Morning Programme
- Southern Branch Judges Exams
- Gardening Evening in Llay, Wrexham, Wales
The National Vegetable Society NVS is a charity dedicated to advancing the culture, study and improvement of vegetables offering help and advice to novice and expert show grower alike.
National Championships Results
The NVS championships are held at Malvern Autumn Show in Worcestershire. The results are have been posted on the site.
Championship Results from Malvern
We are broken into five regions with district associations covering more local areas - you can find out more in About the NVS.
We also provide training for and judges for horticultural shows as well as a panel of lecturers.
This is a new web site and some sections are still being developed - if you notice any problems please contact
In the NVS Shop you can buy DVD's and leaflets made by the society's experts and through our affiliates a range of garden equipment suitable for all those who want to grow superb crops and garden well.
In the Grow & Show section, you can find a wealth of information, continually updated, of interest to gardeners and not just vegetable growers although we do concentrate on growing superb vegetables,
Latest Articles:
Tomato Yellow Peach
This year I tried the "Heritage" tomatoes offered as plants. Not all the plants supplied survived and grew but of those that did one cultivar, Yellow Peach, seemed to me to be outstanding.
Increase your harvest with intercropping and catch cropping part 1 of 3
Although many gardening books refer to both intercropping and catch cropping many growers confuse the two. And why not? After all it is what you do that matters not what you call it.
Increase your harvest with intercropping and catch cropping part 2 of 3
Part two of the three part article about intercropping and catch cropping
Increase your harvest with intercropping and catch cropping part 3 of 3
Part three of the three part article about intercropping and catch cropping
The no dig approach to gardening
Did you spend a back breaking day (or even more) during the winter digging over your vegetable plot? If so have you considered whether digging, either single or double, is really necessary and worth all the time and effort?
Site Map | Home | About NVS | Grow & Show | Web Links | News & Events | NVS Shop | Contact | Access | Privacy
Copyright © National Vegetable Society
2006-2007 Design WebOneUK Problems
with this site - email
Registered Charity No. 1088979