Our Autumn Show will be held at St. Margaret’s Church, on Saturday 30th August.
Please have a look at the schedule and see if you can enter the show. Everyone will have something to enter: flowers, fruits, vegetables or cakes!

DONATIONS OF PLANTS, PRODUCE, PRESERVES FOR OUR POPULAR STALL WOULD BE VERY WELCOME.

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We will be taking entries at the Church between 9.30 and 12.15 on the day and you will have till 1pm to arrange your display. If in doubt, ask on the day we will be there to help.

NEWS FLASH! You can now enter any number of exhibits in each of the classes (except the collections nos 19, 54 & 55). For example if you have 2 varieties of white potatoes or dessert apples you can make 2 separate entries in those classes.

VOLUNTEERS 🧓🏽🧑🏽‍🦰👩🏽‍🦳🕵🏽👩🏽‍🌾👨🏽‍🍳 WE NEED PEOPLE TO HELP WITH OUR SHOWS! Can you spare an hour on Friday 29^thAugust from 5pm to move the tables (we have a truck) from the store and into the church? Or some time on the Saturday to help with the set up and/or jobs needed to help with the stalls during the show? Can you stay at 5pm to help take the tables down? Usually completed by 6pm. If so, please email rgs.sw15@gmail.com.

TEAS 🍿🍕🫓🍪We need home made CAKES to slice and serve in the afternoon. Please bring your contribution to the Church on the Saturday morning after 9.30am

Spring is here – we all love to notice signs of renewal of the season – but when exactly is the start of Spring?

There are three different measures we can use:

Meteorological – fixed every year to ensure statistics are consistent throughout time. Spring in the northern hemisphere starts on 1 March and autumn on 1 September. Dates have been decided using temperature data.

Astronomical – follows the equinox and can vary slightly each year. Spring falls between 19-23 March and autumn 22-24 September. In 2025 astronomical Spring begins on the 20th March

Phenological – follows biological events and their response to weather and climate. This is a fascinating study which shows how nature reacts to changes in climate.  Nature’s Calendar uses public sightings of plants, animals and fungi to track the effects of weather and climate on nature. This is a Citizen Science project from the Woodland Trust.

To see how this works see the BBC article here . Find out more about the Nature’s Calendar project here