Horticultural Education Association

The Horticultural Education Association (HEA) was formed in 1905, by county horticultural advisors. The HEA became part of the Institute of Horticulture in 1984.

Consists of:

• Minutes of Annual General Meetings 1931-1942
• Minutes of council meetings 1936-1962
• Reports of Annual General Meetings 1925-1931
• Reports of conferences and papers read 1919-1925
• Correspondence relating to the early history of the Association 1915-1944
• Correspondence, rules, lists of members, memoranda 1913-1954
• Minutes 1908-1924
• Correspondence and reports of meetings 1915-1928
• Biographical note on W B Little c1960
• Newsletter 1965-1968
• Correspondence relating to meetings held at Long Ashton and to the Spring conference, Channel Islands conference 1922-1962
• Papers relating to the craftsmanship course, Pershore Institute of Horticulture 1960
• Correspondence relating to an article by A D Turner on Strawberry growing in the Cheddar area 1962-1963
• Insurance 1936-1940
• Correspondence relating to investments 1950-1962
• Correspondence and other papers relating to membership 1961
• Correspondence relating to accounts 1950-1962
• Printed reports and proceedings 1943-1953
• Other books and papers printed by the Association 1911-1964

The collection is split across three deposits of material.

More information

• A full description is available on our online database: SR MS1096, SR 2MS1096, SR 3MS1096
• Full handlists for each deposit of the collection can be found here: SR MS1096, SR 2MS1096, SR 3MS1096