Latest Diary Entry

April 2025

Published on April 1, 2025.

Talks, Walks and Audley End.

Next Event

300 Year Orchard Adults Art Competition Orchard Open Afternoon

Saturday 10th May 2025 at 14:00

Please see the Adult Art competition page for further information. Free attendance, but limited numbers, booking is open on Eventbrite. You do not need to attend this to enter the competition.


Latest Article

The Orchard House Today

Written by Gemma Sturges.
Published on April 1, 2025.

Gemma Sturges, the Kitchen Garden Supervisor at Audley End House and Gardens, writes of her experiences in managing a nineteenth century artefact (the Thomas Rivers designed Orchard House) in a twenty-first century climate.

Adult Art Competition - Celebrating Rivers Heritage Site and Orchard in Art

This Rivers 300 event is for artists who have an interest in the natural world and orchards who want to celebrate Rivers orchard and its history in art and use it to inspire. Details available here.

General Information

The Rivers Nursery was founded in 1725. Throughout 2025, we will host several events to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the historic site. Please use the links on the left to navigate the site, or see below for more information.

Each month, Elizabeth Waugh will produce a Diary of the events of the previous month and what to look forward to in the coming months. Please visit the diary page to keep updated on our activities.

A series of articles about the history of the Rivers Nursery and the activities of the Rivers Heritage Site and Orchard RHSO will be published.

Events will be hosted around the local area throughout the year to celebrate the anniversary. The list will be updated, so please check back frequently.

Pictures of our events throughout the year will be available in the gallery page.

The publicity leaflet for the 300 year celebrations is displayed below (click each page to view in new window), or click here to download the whole leaflet.



For further information about our work, please e-mail the RHSO committee or visit the main RHSO site. Join the RHSO mailing list for e-mail updates.