Although KEHS has its roots in the mid-19th century as the Velvet Lawn Association, it was in 1926 that it changed its name to the Kimble Horticultural Association. Over time, with some stops and starts, it evolved into the thriving society that it is today.
Information abou the new Association in 1926 can be found in Mervyn Rees’s booklet “A History of the Kimbles and Ellesborough 1860-1996” while the Minutes from the first meeting and the schedule of the August Show
Find out more in A Dip into the Archives - 1926 in our History section.