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It seems no time at all since we were busy with the Summer Planting and now here we are, having cleared the troughs as necessary, busy planting to give us colour through the Winter. We hope you like our choice of plants, we aim to have plants that are bright and colourful to take us through the Winter days. You will see that at Smugglers, the Kino and The Royal Oak we have been able to use a lot of the existing plants and have planted a lot of bulbs but they are obviously n

On Saturday 18th October Smugglers Cove was given a major clean. All the fallen autumn leaves were cleared, some plants cut back,large grasses removed and the Smuggler given a clean and a fresh coat of paint. Pictures below show before clean up, work in progress and the site after the clean up work was finished. Hope you all enjoy it!

On Friday the 12th September the Presentation of Prizes was hosted by Peter Buswell, our competition sponsors, in their offices. The...

A good time was had recently when a "Thank You Volunteers" afternoon tea party was held. A large selection of sausage rolls, scones,...

The Winners and Runners-up in the Best Front Garden and Best Hanging Basket Categories for 2025 We have great pleasure in announcing the...

Hawkhurst in Bloom were happy to work with the Primary School once again, this year it was decided to hold an Art Competition for Years 4...

Ahoy There! We recently upgraded our Smuggler's Cove Site with the addition of a lovely small rowing boat. The boat is in 2 halves to...

What a day to have a fete, very hot! In spite of this the fete was well supported and we had a lot of visitors to our stall. We...

Do you have a few hours spare? We are always looking for additional people to help with our water rota, container planting and various...

You may have seen all the action happening on the A21 as Planters are opening a new Nursery, much needed following the closure of both...

We are shortly starting work on a smart upgrade on our Smugglers site.  It should be launched in June. Check back for exciting updates on...

We have been fortunate enough to receive a very generous donation from Friends of Hawkhurst.  We are extremely grateful.  Thank you so...

One of our the many planters we have created for brightening up the village We continually create small projects which can be found...

A wonderful day out for the family at the Hawkhurst Summer fete 2024 We had a fabulous day at the 2024 summer fete with our Hawkhurst in...

Smugglers cove was a fun project repurposing a somewhat sorry looking site. We created the smugglers cove project with the strong history...