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April Events
Saturday 2nd April Ropley Horticultural Society Spring Show
From 2.30pm- 4pm - Ropley Parish Hall, Vicarage Lane, Ropley SO24 0DJ Flowers and Produce, Floral Art, Cookery, Children’s Classes, Cream Teas, Raffle, free parking, and free entry!
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Friday 8th April John Miller In Conversation with Nicholas Claxton
From 6.30 pm in Cheriton Church. John Miller In Conversation with Nicholas Claxton, Emmy-award winning documentary film director and producer. Tickets cost £15 and include a glass of wine and canapes. They can be bought from the stpetersropley.org.uk website. See the website for more details about the talk.
Wednesday 13th April Alresford and District Horticultural Society
We are holding a Coffee Morning and Plant and Seed Swap in the Meryon Hall of Alresford Community Centre on 2 April at 10am. Coffee, tea, biscuits or homemade cake will be available. Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 7:30 pm in St Gregory’s Hall, Grange Road, Alresford. The next meeting will be on 13 April and will be the Members Only Spring Show. Visitors are welcome to attend. For further information contact Mr Stephen Morley on 01962 733524 or hortic@allthemorleys.co.uk
Friday 15th to Monday 18th April National Open Garden Scheme Crawley Gardens
Winchester, SO21 2PR From 2pm to 5.30pm - Combined Admission: £8.00 children free Refreshments in Village Hall: Homemade teas - https://ngs.org.uk/viewgarden/17567 - Here you have three gardens for one price - all set in the extremely picturesque village of Crawley, with its duck pond and thatched cottages. Little Court is 3 acre country garden with carpets of Spring bulbs. Bay Tree House is a Mediterranean style garden with bulbs and wildflowers. Paige Cottage is a traditional English garden with Spring bulbs and wildflowers.
Sunday 17th April Alresford Twinning Association Help Us Celebrate 40 Years of Twinning in Alresford
As part of the 40th Anniversary Celebrations the Twinning Association invites you to a Coffee Morning and Exhibition of material from the 40 years of our partnership with Bricquebec. Please join us between 10am and noon at Alresford Community Centre.
Sunday 17th April French market (Easter Sunday)
From 10am to 4pm - We welcome its return after a couple of years, a genuine French Market with stalls and produce.
Monday 18th April The Eel House, Norman Bridge and Museum - Open Days
Eel House from 11am to 5pm. Norman Bridge and Museum from midday to 4pm.
Saturday 25th April Ropley Horticultural Society Talk
Monday 7.45pm - Talk: Easy Plants for Difficult Places with Ray Broughton
Thursday 28th April Alresford Art Society: AGM followed by a talk on 'The Glasgow Boys' by Anne Anderson
At 7.30pm in Bishop's Sutton Village Hall, Alresford Road (B3047), Alresford SO24 0AH (Covid regulations allowing). Non-members are welcome to the talk from 8 pm (admission £3) For further information, please contact Richard Cox on 01962 732043 or visit www.artsociety. alresford.org
Monday 2nd May The Eel House,Norman Bridge and Museum - Open Days
Eel House from 11am to 5pm. Norman Bridge and Museum from midday to 4pm.
Monday 2nd May Brocante Market (Bank Holiday Monday)
From 9am to 4pm - Continuation of the successful market into its third year.
Wednesday 11th May Save The Date: Garden & Craft Fair in aid of Winchester Go-LD
From 10am to 4pm at Upper Farm, Down Farm Lane, Headbourne Worthy, SO23 7LA. Entrance £5. Ample parking available onsite, sorry no dogs. A great day out with lots of exciting new stalls, a lunch marquee, floral workshops and demonstrations and illustrated plant and garden talks by a Hillier expert. Please look at our website for more details: https://winchestergold.org.uk/getinvolved/ This event is being generously supported by Cobbs, Hillier, Creative Flora, Savills and NFU Mutual.
Sunday15th May The Cafe at St. John's
At the Watercress Festival. A warm welcome awaits you in the John Pearson Hall. Open from 10am to 4pm. Come and enjoy a delicious slice of homemade cake with a cup of coffee/tea or squash for children.
Sunday 15th May Solos Sunday Tea
The Solos Sunday Tea is held in the John Pearson Hall on the third Sunday of each month. Our next Tea will be from 2pm-4pm. Do come along and enjoy Tea Homemade Cake Conversation and Friendship. Info 10am -12noon 01962 733545
Saturday 4th June Kilmeston Village Fete
From 2pm - 4.30pm at Dean House Gardens, Kilmeston, SO24 0NL Cream Teas, Coffee & Homemade Cakes, Served in the Orangery. Pimms on the Lawn. A walk in Dean House gardens. Strawberries & Ice Cream. Live brass band. Sorry no dogs (except assistance dogs). Stalls - Games - Kids Activities. Adults £2 Children Free, By kind permission of Philip and Martha Gwyn
Sunday 19th June The Open Gardens of Broad Street in aid of the Alresford Pigs, the food bank and the Winchester Beacon (nightshelter)
A rare opportunity to visit these unique gardens on beautiful Broad Street in Alresford. These ancient burgage plots, as they were known when laid out by bishop de lucy’s developers in about 1200, are survivors of this medieval layout. Gardens Open from 11am to 5pm. Afternoon teas, tombola and plant stall. Entrance £6 per head - admits to all open gardens. Children under 16 free.
