What’sON ARTS & CRAFTS, TALKS & DEMONSTRATIONS
Alpine Garden Society, Bedfordshire branch Monday 2nd March 7.30pm AGS president Chris Bailes will talk about ‘The Gondwana Garden’ Competitions, sale plants. Visitors welcome £3. Wilstead Village Hall, Cotton End Road, Wilstead MK45 3BX Forest of Marston Vale Learning Lunchtime Talks Monday 2nd March 11am to Noon Fantastic Facts, Figures and Folklore about Wild Flowers A Talk by Bob Hook and Judith Knight Monday 16 March 11am to Noon Born to Travel - the Migration of Birds A Talk by the Creator of the Big Garden Bird Watch Peter Holden. Monday 16 March 11am to Noon Born to Travel - the Migration of Birds A Talk by the Creator of the Big Garden Bird Watch Peter Holden. Monday 23 March 11am to Noon Bedford’s Highlanders A Talk on The Highland Division’s Stay in Bedford in WWI by Richard Galley. Free, no booking. Donations gladly receive Station Road, Marston Moretaine, Bedford MK43 0PR 01234 767037 or www.marstonvale.org/events Bedford Floral Art Society Tuesday March 3rd 7.30pm Meeting with a floral demonstration by Doug Howard entitled “BILLIANTISSIMUM”. Visitors welcome £7 www.bedfordfloralartsociety.co.uk Bedfordshire Family History Society Friday 6th March 7.15 p.m. Bedfordshire’s Secret War by Jean Yates Members free, visitors £1. Drama Hall, Mark Rutherford School. Wentworth Drive, Bedford MK41 8PX. www.bfhs.org.uk Hardy Plant Society, Cambs & Beds Saturday 7th March 2.00pm Paul Green will talk about ‘Plants of the Season’. Plants for sale (see www.greensleavesnursery.co.uk ) Garden sundries for sale. Visitors very welcome £4 including refreshments. www.hpscambsandbeds.co.uk/ The Weatherley Centre, Eagle Farm Road, Biggleswade, SG18 8JH 32 Please mention bedslife when responding to adverts
Bedford Local Group of The Wildlife Trust Wednesday 11th March Meeting 7-15pm for 7.30pm ‘Planning for Wildlife – Development Pressure in our 3 Counties’ – an illustrated talk by Conservation Manager Matt Jackson. Plenty of parking. All welcome. No charge but voluntary contributions appreciated. Priory Methodist Church Hall, Newnham Avenue, Bedford MK41 9QJ Further details available under Events on www.wildlifebcn.org or 01234 266057 Bedford National Trust Association Tuesday 11th March 2.00pm for 2.30pm Speaker - Frank Burns - cyclist “From Vancouver to Mexico - 1700 miles” No need to book. Addison Centre, Bedford Rd, Kempston MK42 8PN. For further information ring Betty Thomas 01480 860 421 Historical Association Monday 16th March 7.30 pm ‘Tracing convict lives using digital technology’ Professor Bob Shoemaker of Sheffield University Free to members of the HA (Historical Association). Others welcome, donation £3 St Peter’s Chapter House, de Parys Avenue, Bedford, MK40 2TX Further details 01234 266839/07989 837819 The Friends Of The Higgins Tuesday 17th March 7.30 pm ‘Swifts: The fastens Bird on the Planet’ Illustrated talk by Bob Hook. Friends £4, Guests £9 The Higgins, Castle Lane, Bedford MK40 3XD www.thehigginsbedford.org.uk Bedford RSPB local group Thursday 19th March. Meeting 7.30pm aiming to finish by 9.30pm Steve Portugal - a Senior Lecturer in Animal Behaviour at the Royal Holloway University of London will tell us all about “Migration - Avian Migration and Moult. The Annual Cycle”. Suitable for Experts and Novices, RSPB membership not essential. Entrance fee, group members £1 Guest £2 annual group membership £5 under 18s enter free. The facilities, including refreshments, are at ground level and there is secure parking. Reg.Charity No. 207076, more info www.rspb.org.uk/groups/bedford Meet at ARA club, Manton Lane Bedford MK41 7PF Embroiderers Guild, Bedford branch Thursday 19th March 7.30 for 8.00pm Alison Eskriett will talk about ‘A woman’s lot in the 18th Century’. Visitors welcome; £4. St Mark’s Church Hall, Calder Rise, Bedford, MK41 7UY University of Bedfordshire Beds Talks: Special educational needs and disabilities: current national and local issues, concerns and challenges. Wednesday 25th March 9.15am – 3.30pm Focussing on current issues and challenges in the area of special educational needs and disabilities.
