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Video: Malvern Autumn Show 2025

October 3, 2025 by Alan

On the 26th-28th September 2025 the VHGMC put on a show stand at the Autumn Show at the Three Counties Showground at Malvern. A good range of machines were exhibited with hand tools, walk-behind and ride-on machines, rotavators, and mowers.… Continue Reading

Mowers and Bicycles

February 16, 2025February 16, 2025 by Alan

It is often overlooked, but many of the manufacturers of vintage horticultural machinery were also involved in manufacturing an array of other items. Just because we know them for horticultural items doesn’t mean they didn’t have interests (or beginnings) in… Continue Reading

Quiz 2024 – Locations and Countries

January 4, 2025December 11, 2024 by Alan

Here are twelve questions for a short quiz. Usually, the questions are quite random but this time they have a theme! How good is your machinery/manufacturer/geography knowledge as the questions and answers all relate to places around the UK and… Continue Reading

Quiz: Guess the company…#3

September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 by Alan

This is the third in a series of ‘Guess the company’ quizzes – and is more difficult than the first two and the clues are not in date order. Can you determine which single company the clues refer to? The… Continue Reading

Vertex Engine

August 27, 2024August 26, 2024 by Alan

Earlier this year there was a discussion on the forum about how many different manufacturers (or brands) had produced engines that were fitted to horticultural machines. The list became long and would have been longer if I hadn’t stopped adding… Continue Reading

The Hare And The Tortoise

April 26, 2024 by Alan

There are many horticultural items that we now take for granted. These include secateurs with their introduction in the early 1800s (read more about them here), and rotary mowers with the early Rotoscythe being described as unorthodox with the suggestion… Continue Reading

Lawn Fertiliser Spreaders

March 27, 2024March 25, 2024 by Alan

You may be wondering why there’s a picture of a stuffed green frog in this article, but more about that later… I’ve concluded that nearly every garden, certainly those with a lawn, will have felt the presence of a garden… Continue Reading

Quiz: Guess the company…#1

April 29, 2024February 18, 2024 by Alan

From the eight clues can you name this famous company? Since the December quizzes are always popular, here are some clues to pass a few minutes and work out the company name. The answer and a more detailed explanation of… Continue Reading

VHGMC Machinery Log Sheet – Download

January 17, 2024January 17, 2024 by Alan

Here we are at the beginning of a new year and it won’t be that many weeks until the shows and events start. The first main event is Tractor World at the Three Counties Showground at Malvern on Saturday 24th… Continue Reading

Quiz 2023

December 2, 2023November 25, 2023 by Alan

Here are twelve questions for a short quiz. These very random questions relate to horticultural items; technical knowledge is not required but a bit of guesswork might be useful. A pencil and paper is handy to write down the answers.… Continue Reading