Latest Diary Entry
 | December 2025 Published on December 1, 2025. Rivers300 comes to an End but what a year it’s been! |
Latest Article
 | Sequoia giganteum, the specimens in Sawbridgeworth help to preserve these giants! Written by Elizabeth Waugh. Elizabeth Waugh in December writes of the ultimate Christmas tree, a conifer that has the potential to grow larger than any other tree on earth. Specimens of this tree grow widely in the Sawbridgeworth area. |
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. These events will be reported on this website. The Rivers 300 Launch event is described in the February Diary entry. Click these links to read about our Wassail, 300 Year Celebration and Study Day, Adult's Art Competition, Apple Day, Audley End Visit, and Children's Art Competition that we hosted throughout the year.
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.
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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.