The Good Festival (formerly Hampshire Garden Festival) Returns to Bere Mill 25th – 26th June

The Good Festival (formerly Hampshire Garden Festival) Returns to Bere Mill 25th – 26th June

The Good Festival (formerly Hampshire Country & Garden Festival) will once again return to Bere Mill for 2022

The Festival, which supports the Hampshire Medical Fund, promotes all that is great about Hampshire, from food and drink suppliers to music, workshops and demonstrations, plant experts and nurseries.

Whether you are an avid gardener or a family looking for a wholesome day out this is the event for you. Good Festival is looking to raise a mighty £200,000 to purchase a state of the art AI (artificial intelligence) machine for intervention radiology. This machine allows minimally invasive, image guided procedures to target tumour ablation treatments in the abdominal regions (lungs, kidneys & liver). With only two of these machines in the entire UK, this machine would be cutting edge technology in cancer treatment for The Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Full details are available via the event website…….  Good Festival Tickets

TICKETS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE UNLESS THE EVENT IS UNABLE TO GO AHEAD

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Walkers are Welcome Community Litter Pick

Walkers are Welcome Community Litter Pick

Our Walkers are Welcome Spring Litter Pick Continues this Saturday 19th March at 10am.

As usual: We will meet up at the Bell Street car park 5 minutes before the start time (please be prompt) and litter bags should be brought back to that point if possible, so that bags can be put into the (locked) B&DBC litter bins.

As usual: • Please dress for the weather, and wear stout shoes and gloves. • Wash hands thoroughly after the session. • Please continue to observe social distancing. • We have some litter picking sticks but, if you have one yourself, please bring it. We will supply sacks.

If you are interested in joining in on Saturday please email waw@whitchurchassociation.org.uk to let us know.

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Furlock Holmes Animal Care Adoption Day

Furlock Holmes Animal Care Adoption Day

Furlock Holmes Animal Care Adoption Day

Interested in adopting? We will be opening for socially distanced appointments for families to come and view the animals…..get in touch today to book an appointment!

For adoption we have….

Pairs of rabbits Single rabbits Pair of guinea pigs Male degus Female rats Ferrets Chickens

As normal, we will also be running our nail clipping clinic from 11am to 2pm.

We hope to see you there!

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Walkers are Welcome – Community Spring Litter Clean Up Commences

Walkers are Welcome – Community Spring Litter Clean Up Commences

Whitchurch Walkers are Welcome are commencing their community spring litter-picking sessions this Thursday morning 10.00 am to 11.30 am.

As usual:

We will meet up at the Bell Street car park (please be prompt for a 10.00 am start), and litter bags should be brought back to that point if possible so that bags can be put into the (locked) B&DBC litter bins. Please dress for the weather, and wear stout shoes and gloves. Wash hands thoroughly after the session. Please continue to observe social distancing.

We have some litter picking sticks but, if you have one yourself, please bring it. We will supply sacks.If you are interested in joining in on Thursday, please let us know so that we can confirm the arrangements and provide any updated information. Contact, Barry Carter barryjcarter99@gmail.com

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National Garden Scheme – Open Gardens 2022 at Bere Mill

National Garden Scheme – Open Gardens 2022 at Bere Mill

The wonderful gardens at Bere Mill, Whitchurch are opening again for 2022 through the National Garden’s Scheme (NGS).

There are over five acres to explore where formal planting meets the wild with beautiful herbaceous borders, bog garden and Mediterranean gravel gardens with cistus, lavenders and tree peonies. Sunday 13th March Monday 2nd May Thursday 2nd June Monday 29th August Pre-booking is available at the NGS website – Search for Bere Mill on the NGS website ngs.org.uk or pay on the day.

Tickets cost £7.50 for adults and children are free (dogs also welcome!) All proceeds go to charity.

Thanks to the generosity of garden owners, volunteers and visitors, NGS have donated over £60 million to nursing and health charities and made an annual donation of £2.88 million in 2020 to beneficiaries including Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie, Hospice UK and The Queen’s Nursing Institute. See the NGS website (ngs.org.uk) for more details.

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Whitchurch Scouts Fundraising Car Wash & Cakes

Whitchurch Scouts Fundraising Car Wash & Cakes

Whitchurch Scouts Fundraising Car Wash & Cakes

10am – 3pm at Bere Hill Scout Hut

Tea, coffee, bacon rolls and homemade cakes available.

Suggested donation £7 for wash, £14 for wash, valet and cup of tea – Cash Only please.

Supporting the fundraising for the Whitchurch Scouts and Explorers going to the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea in 2023 & Project23 European expedition.

Thank you so much for your support.

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Edgelarks, Out of the Ordinary – Whitchurch Silk Mill

Edgelarks, Out of the Ordinary – Whitchurch Silk Mill

Edgelarks, Out of the Ordinary Edgelarks (Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin) embark on another tour of the unusual and adventurous.

Combining exquisite folk with influences as diverse as blues, Indian classical, and beatboxing, the BBC Folk Award winners are taking their show to some equally special places.

The pair take their strong roots sound, mixing original song-writing with stomping beatbox harmonica, soaring fiddle and vocal harmonies, running wilder with each repeat play.

A busy collaborative period has included work as part of the Gigspanner Big Band (featuring members of Bellowhead and Steeleye Span); and performing at BBC Radio Two’s Festival In A Day to a Hyde Park crowd of 50,000 – supporting Kylie Minogue! They are now leaving the beaten track firmly behind them, and would love you to join them for this celebration of hidden gems, extraordinary venues, and uncommon concerts.

“Subtle, atmospheric and bravely original” – The Guardian.

“Extraordinary…I was blown away by them!” – Tom Robinson, BBC 6Music

7pm doors, for 7.30 start. Tickets £15 / Friends £13.50

Organiser: Whitchurch Silk Mill     Phone: 01256 892065     Email: https://whitchurchsilkmill.org.uk/

 

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