The Folly View Directory Mar - Apr 2013 by Lisa Lambon

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ISSUE 14 MARCH - APRIL 2013

FOLLY VIEW DIRECTORY

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What Will You Come Home To This Evening?

Pop in to see our great range of Fireplace Accessories

Our Other Services Include:  Boiler installations  Full central heating services  Boiler servicing incl. boiler contracts  Solar thermal hot water systems  All heating and plumbing services  Bathroom installation  Kitchen installations  In house building services

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Pershore High St. and you will find a huge range of fires on display including woodburning stoves, gas and electric models, surrounds, accessories & more. Boiler Servicing and Maintenance Contracts available. We supply and install full heating systems including Gas and Oil Boilers from Worcester Bosch & Vaillant. With 20 years experience in plumbing and heating and an expert fitting, guaranteed. Unit 5A, Rear of 79 High Street Pershore WR10 1EU

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BRIGHTEN UP YOUR GARDEN this Spring..? …you'll find a wide range of high quality plants, gifts & more at our friendly, family-run nursery open Tuesday - Sunday 10am - 5pm Find us on the Tewkesbury Road, Eckington, Pershore, WR10 3DE

NEW! crofts@follygardens Experienced groomers Donna and Clare, will continue to provide their top quality Dog Grooming, Clipping & Shampoo services at our Barton Rd branch. Wash & Dry, The Full Works, Hair & Nail Trims. To book call

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Grilled Portabello Mushroom Red Leicester Rarebit

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Welcome... editor Lisa Lambon e lisa@lifeinthevillage.co.uk t 01684 773135 www.lifeinthevillage.co.uk Jasmine House, Bredons Norton, Glos, GL20 7EZ Published five times a year, the Folly View Directory has a minimum print run of 3,000 copies which are delivered free to homes in Eckington, Birlingham, Great Comberton, Little Comberton, Elmley Castle, Bricklehampton, Netherton, Pensham, Wick, Cropthorne, Charlton, Fladbury, Lower Moor, Throckmorton, Wyre Piddle, and relevant retail outlets around Bredon Hill. It is part of a group of four local publications including The Bredon, Cotswold Edge and Avon & Severn Directories. Whilst every care has been taken to ensure that the content of this publication is accurate, neither the publisher nor its editorial contributors can accept, and hereby disclaim, any liability to any party to loss or damage caused by errors or omissions resulting from negligence, accident or any other cause. Opinions expressed by contributors or advertisers are not necessarily those of the publisher. The Folly View Directory does not officially endorse any advertising material within this publication. The content of each advert is the sole responsibility of the individual advertiser. Artwork is accepted on the strict understanding that there are no copyright issues. No part of this publication may be produced, stored in any retrieval system, or transmitted in any form - electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior permission of the publisher. We reserve the right to refuse Advertising.

…to Spring. What a lovely phrase that is, with its promise of a vivid, fresh green world. A chance to start over. The idea of renewal has popped up repeatedly in the last few weeks. In many ways, 2012 was a difficult year and this period of austerity is not over yet. However, many local professionals report a growing number of people who are keen to move their projects forward, despite the challenges of the economy. Whether that means; moving house, committing to a charity challenge or renovating your back garden, we can help you access a range of local experts and organisations who can help. This issue, we have taken Homes and Gardens as our theme. We also bring you a regular new Competition in conjunction with The Roses. Our thanks go to the team there who are offering five lucky readers the chance to win a pair of tickets to a show. Entering is easy so why not take two minutes to see if you can win? Be sure, also, to take a look at this season’s money-off vouchers, helping you to make savings where you can. Whatever you have planned this Spring, we’d like to know about your projects, events and new ideas; maybe we can help them gain ground? Keep in touch by calling me on 01684 773135 or emailing lisa@lifeinthevillage.co.uk Until next time...

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Contents Competition, Offers & Index 13 WIN! A Pair of Tickets To The Roses 62 Your Money Saving Spring Offer Vouchers 65 Index

Your Home & Garden 16 Compare Your Cover with Scott Johnston 19 Water Gardens in History with WaterStone 23 Property Talk with Gusterson Palmer & James 44 How To Make Your Garden Work For You with Rune 47 Improve Your Home Efficiency; Avonvale Solutions 49 Keep Calm & Carry On Gardening 59 West Mercia Police: Heating & Oil Theft

Food, Health, Pets & Events 20 Expanding Hospice with St Richard’s 27 Coughton Court: A Brand New Season 29 Celebrate at Brown’s Garden Restaurant 31 New Child Benefit Rules? Allchurch Bailey 33 On The Blossom Trail with Wychavon 37 Spetchley Park Gardens; New Season 39 NEW! Arts Column with The Roses 43 Puppy Talk; Brad Cooper of Folly Gardens 50 Prince Henry’s High School Music Tour 53 Spetchley Park Gardens For Your Wedding 54 A New Head For Fladbury CE First School 57 Asparamadness with Wychavon 61 Wildlife Page: King of the Fishers

Go To Page 62 For Your Spring Vouchers

Front cover & Welcome Page image: © iStockphoto/barol 16. This page clockwise from the top; Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, Folly Garden Vets, Spetchley Park Gardens, Prince Henry’s High School

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Company Promotion

Est. 32 Years Insuring Home Heating Systems Oil, LPG & Natural Gas

which is still a fair rate; many equipment they might need. customers tell us that even at this higher level, it’s much less than WHY SHOULD I TRUST THE QUALITY OF YOUR SERVICE? they have been paying out. Our team are all fully qualified, SO HOW CAN YOU OFFER THIS Gas Safe registered, heating Scott Johnston POLICY AT THIS PRICE? Managing engineers. Most modern heating It’s all about being local. We are systems use electrical switches Director at based in Bredon and 60% of our so today’s heating engineers Johnston workforce is located in this Scotia Ltd need to be trained in more than region. Our HomeCare Plan is just plumbing if they are to be Scott Johnston, M.D of Bredon only available to customers in effective at fault finding. WR and GL postcodes which We have trained 50% of our based plumbing and heating means we can limit our team in house; some of them company Johnston Scotia, has overheads. Obviously, the high started as Call Centre staff on received numerous telephone costs of fuel and labour means our Technical Helpline. We only calls this winter enquiring how we can offer a local insurance work to the highest standards his company can offer their policy at a better rate than we and are comfortable working HomeCare Plan at the current could nationally. with Oil & LPG, pressurised rate. We asked him to explain. WHAT OTHER BENEFITS COME systems, and all types of boiler. With three decades of experience £7.99 SEEMS LIKE A VERY LOW WITH HAVING LOCAL COVER? in all aspects of the industry, we Being local means that the RATE; WHERE’S THE CATCH? are often called upon to fix tricky logistics are easier for you and There really is no catch and for heating problems nationally. that reason there has been a huge us. You can pop into our office take up. We’re very grateful for to talk to us directly and being so DOES THE HOMECARE PLAN close at hand, we can promise a INCLUDE A BOILER SERVICE? ? all the local support. The inital speedy service. In 2011 we low fee, plus the £10 Costa Yes, once a year. Ideally, it invested in a new computer Coffee Card*, is simply our should be done in the summer. system which has helped us incentive for you to do the We would encourage you to get manage our flow of work. We paperwork. We realise that this into this pattern for two reasons: sort of domestic chore is rarely at supply spare parts to several so that you can be sure your large manufacturers, turning the top of anyone’s To Do list; central heating will work when over about £1.5 million of our offer is simply a way to you switch on in autumn and so bring it nearer to the top. After a products a year, so our engineers that we can prioritise urgent have ready access to any year the price rises to £16.99 breakdowns in winter. However, we will do it at any time, even if it’s due when you sign up. Dig Out Your Current Policy and

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SO HOW DO I JOIN? Taking out a policy is easy there are no hidden extras and no Excess to pay. It only takes five minutes to complete our simple form. Request an application pack today; pop into our friendly office, call 01684 773747 or visit

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YOUR HEATING, HOT WATER, PLUMBING & ELECTRICS TAKEN CARE OF A Johnston Scotia HomeCare Plan protects your heating, hot water, plumbing & electrics. It costs just £7.99 per month for the first year with No Excess. The price then rises to £16.99 which is guaranteed frozen for two years. And now, if you take out a policy before 30th April 2013 you’ll receive a free £10 Costa Coffee Gift Card. Joining is easy. It takes just five minutes to complete our simple form and return it in the prepaid envelope. Request your application pack today. Simply pick up the phone, pop into our friendly Bredon office or visit our website www.johnstonscotia.com

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ST RICHARD’S Expanding hospice will improve care still further

Here: Architect’s Image Right: St Richard’s Hospice

Plans to redevelop and extend the In-patient Unit at St Richard’s Hospice will allow the charity to care for over a third more patients in Wildwood Drive, Worcester, in the future.

he changes will also mean St Richard’s can improve the experiences of patients and their families by offering greater privacy in single rooms. The plans will see St Richard’s build four new bedrooms and change the configuration of existing rooms to give 13 single rooms and two double rooms. They are also building a second family sitting room, therapies room, satellite nurse station, IPU Manager's office, case conference room and doctor’s room. The project will cost £1.4m and after careful consideration St Richard’s feels able to embark on this development, particularly as the Department of Health (DOH) is awarding £60m to hospices in the UK for capital projects. The charity has applied for the maximum award of £750,000 and are optimistic that they will receive good news in March. The remaining funds will be met from some generous Gifts in Wills as well as from Grant Making Trusts and hospice reserves. Chief Executive Mark Jackson explained, “Our feedback from

patients and their families is always very positive but after a detailed survey we realised that changing to mainly single rooms will radically improve the privacy and dignity of a patient. “The increase in single bedrooms will enable us to care for more patients. The detailed audit carried out by the clinical staff suggests that we will be able to take up to 74 more admissions each year. The two double rooms will also be able to be sub divided into four single rooms if required. We are using the money wisely by building in the capacity to convert two more rooms to single rooms should the need arise in the future, giving us the potential capacity of caring for 19 patients.” Mr Jackson added, “Single rooms are more popular with patients and families and we believe our extra bed availability will help prevent inappropriate admissions to the NHS Acute or

Community Hospitals. Many of our patients’ conditions are very complex and we will be able to offer more compassionate, attentive and individual care.” One of the bedrooms will be a double-bedded family room so a patient and family members can stay together overnight. Building work is due to start in June for completion in April 2014. Mr Jackson said, “We are building for our future and thank everyone for your continued support.”

Reg. Charity No 515668

www.strichards.org.uk

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23 SPRING OFFER: FREE EPC FREE Energy Performance Certificate for each new instruction for sale or to let from 1st Feb 2013 to 30th April 2013 Please mention this Directory.

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Property Talk With Denise James, Director of Gusterson Palmer & James

013 has started positively and we have already seen an increase in new properties coming to the market which will encourage more viewings over the coming weeks. Property owners looking to sell their homes can increase their chances of achieving a sale by following a few guidelines: 1.Price Realistically. Take advice from an Estate Agent with years of local experience who will be aware of buyer’s expectations. Prospective purchasers can now easily access information about past and similar property prices. If market values haven’t risen any increase may need to be justified by evidence of work carried out or improvements made. Address any issues that may make buyers worry about hidden costs. Service the boiler and other appliances regularly and keep all receipts and guarantees safe. Consider the full costs of your move, including estate agents fees, solicitors fees, removal quotes, any mortgage redemption charges, onward purchase costs and the availability of any mortgage funds required.

2.Present your property well. First impressions definitely count. Do prepare your property for marketing before photographs are taken and before each viewing. Imagine yourself in the viewer’s shoes! Declutter and carry out minor maintenance jobs; clean and ventilate your home rather than masking any pet odours. 3.Ensure your agent works hard! Erect a For Sale board and check your agent uses major online marketing portals such as rightmove.co.uk & zoopla.co.uk. Get feedback after each viewing and utilise their negotiating skills. The directors here have over 40 years experience locally. Our team has an excellent sales record with customer service being a high priority. For more information please visit our website or call on 01386 761241.

enquiries@gpandjames.co.uk

01386 761241 7 Merstow Green, Evesham, WR11 4BD www.gustersonpalmerandjames.com Company Promotion

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CHARITY NEWS Our team; from top to bottom, Denise James, Jon James, Kelly Harris, Andrew Leggett & Sarah Cook This year we are supporting The Worcestershire Breast Unit Campaign. Their aim is to create a specialist one stop breast unit for local people, located on a single site, with excellent facilities providing the efficiency, quality and range of care that they deserve. Breast cancer affects all of us: everybody knows somebody who has or has had breast cancer or the worry of suspected symptoms. We would be very grateful if you would support our work this year.

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BROWN’S GARDEN RESTAURANT at TEWKESBURY GARDEN CENTRE In celebration of their first anniversary, the team at Brown’s have recruited a trained chef and are offering a new range of services. We talked to, ‘Cheffy.’ What’s new? Over the past year, the restaurant has enjoyed increased visitor numbers following a complete refurbishment. We will now be serving a wider selection of substantial, homemade hot food such as pies, fish cakes and fresh salmon plus a Daily Specials board. All our ingredients are carefully sourced from local suppliers.

number of customers have asked for a small beer or glass of wine with their food. We are looking forward to being granted a license to sell alcohol, although customers can still bring their own. We will stock a range of local and speciality drinks to complement our dishes.

How about licensed drinks? In past months an increasing

Do you offer evening hire? Yes, so if you are looking for a venue for your committee meeting, team event or family function, we are conveniently located on the A38, Worcester Road, near Tewkesbury with lovely walks along the river nearby. Our restaurant mixes traditional wooden tables and padded chairs with leather tub

Breakfast & Coffee Light Lunches Afternoon Teas & Cakes Sunday Lunch

Fresh New Look! Pannini Fillings Homemade Pates/Terrines Traditional Hot Meals

3 Courses £15pp incl.

FREE Bottle of Wine for tables of 4 or more 2 courses no wine £12pp Booking Essential Quote this Directory

seats and lower tables for a relaxed dining experience. With modern facilities like air conditioning and free wi-fi, plus plenty of free parking, we are a comfortable choice all year round. The restaurant is available for evening hire for 20 or more people. From a simple buffet to a three course meal, we will create a menu to suit your budget. What’s coming next? Why not try our Mother’s Day Lunch with a free bottle of wine for tables of 4 as detailed above?

BROWN’S COFFEE SHOP

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Why Choose E Hill & Son As Your Funeral Director In A Time Of Need?  An experienced, independent business owned and run by the Hill family

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on to A’ level. Of these, several are also taking Grade exams to the highest level. The results of such talent and commitment is well received by audiences; the popularity of their biannual musical and other events is such that the waiting list for the last Carol Concert ran to 70 names. The students are divided into various ensembles including Chamber Choir, Massed Voices, Orchestra, Big Band, Jazz Group, Barber and Barbie Shops. Membership overlaps and several of these groups are run by students bearing testimony to their musicality and motivation. Several students regularly perform at public and private

functions. Every year, the Jazz Group plays on the main stage at Upton Jazz Festival. For the last three years, 17 - 20 lads in the Barber Shop have performed in Sing Up at the Symphony Hall. Last Christmas, members of the Chamber Choir sang at the Chipping Campden Hotel and for local W.I groups. Funds raised are gratefully received and help offset the high cost of the tour which falls to parents. If you would like to support the 2013 Music Tour you can request a performance at your event in return for a generous donation. Please email Chris Jordan, details below, or call the office on 01386 765588.

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ust two miles east of Worcester, Spetchley Park Gardens is a romantic and memorable setting for your wedding. Enter via the gates, pull into the drive, and you suddenly encounter this wonderful 1811 mansion, surrounded by far reaching, majestic views. The historic house provides an elegant back drop to any celebration. Marquee weddings are our speciality and for your ease, we have recently gone into partnership with one of the most popular and best marquee companies in the area. Our venue and marquee package includes all that you need, plus optional extras. At Spetchley, your marquee can be situated with a panoramic 360° view of the house, gardens, lake and deer park. With the Malvern Hills and Bredon Hill on the horizon you could not ask for a more secluded, peaceful spot to sit back, relax and enjoy the

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Fladbury CE First School Welcomes A New Headteacher A report from Governor Pam Stubbs

ladbury has welcomed a number of new 3+ pupils to the school this term as well as a brand new Headteacher, Ms Julie Wilson. Julie is already settling in well and says “I am delighted to take up this post at Fladbury, having previously been Assistant Head at Bredon Hancocks First School. I am already thoroughly enjoying Fladbury and am spending much of my time in the classrooms working alongside the staff and children. They are all a super bunch with a very positive attitude to learning and I am confident that working together we will have an extremely successful school.” Julie’s drive and vision have

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he Vale of Evesham is renowned for its production of asparagus or ‘gras.’ This year, plans for the British Asparagus Festival reach new heights with events old and new. St George’s day marks the launch with the famous Great English Asparagus Run. New for 2013 is the highly anticipated AsparaFest; a boutique festival providing an A – Z of weekend entertainment with a mix of magical music, the freshest of food, fascinating farm and county crafts, frolicsome fun, barrels of beer... and awesome asparagus! Taking place in the middle of the asparagus season on the 1st & 2nd June, AsparaFest offers many opportunities to savour this venerated veg. As well as freshly-cut, local asparagus, there’ll be a host of regional food and drink to suit your

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Do you use oil or diesel to heat your home? Theft from tanks is currently an issue locally. Here, West Mercia Police offer their advice.

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