The Hardy Plant Society Middlesex Group 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 (see our links page for the national Hardy Plant Society web site).

The Hardy Plant Society Middlesex Group, based in Eastcote in the old county of Middlesex, engenders the same ethos as the main national organisation. From its earliest days, the Hardy Plant Society has always been a very different society and the range of activities offered locally and nationally gives members plenty of opportunity to meet other keen gardeners, sharing ideas and information in a convivial atmosphere. The activities and work of the Society inform and encourage the novice gardener, stimulate and enlighten the more knowledgeable, and entertain and enthuse all gardeners bonded by a love for, and an interest in, hardy perennial plants.

What is a hardy perennial plant?
A hardy plant is one that will survive overwintering naturally in an outdoor environment, even if the top growth is cut back by frost. A plant's hardiness varies according to local climatic conditions. The term perennial generally refers to a plant that enjoys a natural lifespan of several growing seasons. Some hardy perennial plants can thrive and live through a seasonal cycle over very many years or decades, others may only live, or be at their best from a gardener's point of view, for a limited number of years.

Middlesex Group Elected Officers and Committee Members
Click here to see the current list of our Middlesex Group Officers and Committee Members

Activities
The Middlesex Group hold 9 regular members meetings per year plus other activities that include special plant sales days, organised coach trips, an annual photo competition and other events.

Membership
Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in hardy perennial plants. The membership fee is paid annually and consists of two separate amounts. The local Middlesex Group fee is £5 (single) £8 (couple) and the main national Hardy Plant Society fee is £17 (single) £19 (couple at same address ) giving a total of £22 (single) or £27 (couple) current as of January 2011. 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.

Local Middlesex Group Membership Application Form
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National Hardy Plant Society Leaflet and Membership Application Form
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Visitors
Try us out first! The Middlesex Group welcomes visitors, for which we make a charge at the door of £3 per visitor, per meeting.



The Membership Secretary can be contacted by email here.