National Vegetable Society

"Advancing the culture, study and improvement of vegetables"

Welcome to the NVS

National Vegetable Society

Gold Medal Winners

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:

 

National Vegetable Society News

From Seed to Plate Italian Style - Surrey DA

Visit the Midland Branch Information Stands

Surrey DA Tour

North Midlands District Association Programme 2009

NVS Welsh Branch at Llangollen

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.

Why not join our 2,500 members, share information, tips and advice with the best vegetable growers in the country - Join the National Vegetable Society Here

National Championships

The NVS championships are being held this year at Dorchester in the County of Dorset on Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th September 2009.

The championships will form part of the Dorset County Show which is one of the premier agricultural and horticultural events in the region. More information about the show and events will be available here in the New Year.

To give a flavour of the NVS Championships held in 2008 at Harrogate please go to the news section.

NVS National Championships 2008

The results from 2007 National Championship at Malvern are also available on the site.

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 supply judges for horticultural shows as well as a panel of horticultural lecturers.

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,

 


Web NVS Site

Selected Articles:

Protect the bees in your garden or allotment.

Brassica Growing, coping with Club Root

What to do in June in your Garden

Coriander, an increasingly popular herb

What to do in September in your Garden

The Pea Bean - Phaseolus aegypticus

What To Do in October

On the Origins of the Greenhouse

Plums, Damsons and Gages Part 1 by Martin Welsh

Companion Planting to manage your garden