

Société Jersiaise Open Day!
Saturday November 04th 2023 11am – 4.30pm The SJ Open Day is the ‘last blast’ for our 150th Anniversary, and we intend to showcase the

New Garden History blog and archive images
Martha MacDonald’s latest piece on the Société Jersiaise is now live and available here. Martha is in conversation with Pat Jackson, Garden History Section Chair and the blog includes a small selection of Garden History records from the Société Jersiaise Photographic Archive.

Société early closure -Thursday 14th September 2023
Société office, departments and bookshop will close at 12.30pm on Thursday 14th September, in light of the Jersey Air Display. We apologies for any inconvenience.

Société newsletter update
We would like to inform you that an Executive decision was recently made about our printed newsletters. In the interests of the Environment and to

Scenic Lanes competition – supporting the environment
On Monday 14th August the Société Jersiaise held their annual Scenic Lanes competition in which every parish is asked to enter a lane. The purpose

Local illustrator selected to create special Société artwork
A local illustrator and designer has been selected to make a special public artwork to celebrate the Société Jersiaise’s 150th anniversary after an open call

Botany Section
Some interesting botanical finds during the summer. Members of the Botany sections have been out exploring the coast and inland areas of the island as

Architecture Section – Adolphus Curry
Following the enthusiastic response to the Adolphus Curry day in June about this renowned local architect, members of the Architecture Section have taken a careful

The Roger and Margaret Long Collection
The Photographic Archive team has the pleasure of reporting on the completion of a project to digitise 20,000 images from the Roger and Margaret Long Collection.


Garden History
Lists of suitable age-appropriate plants have been compiled for both Hamptonne and for 16 New Street. At Hamptonne a person who is keen to improve

St Saviour’s churchyard
‘St Saviour’s churchyard is about much more than Lillie Langtry! The list of achievements of those buried there – those from Jersey and the UK,