Showing in the Lyon Hall on Friday 19th January at 7pm, “The Miracle Club”. £5 payable on the door. Refreshments/Bar will be available.
The Miracle Club is a comedy drama set in 60s Ireland starring Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates and Laura Linney.
The Organ Recital is by David Thomas, Chapel Organist of Shrewsbury School. It is to celebrate the Flower Festival and the completion of an extensive renovation and rebuild of the 19th century Nicholson & Lord organ.
Everybody is very welcome!
People in Shropshire are to be offered trees at half price in a new initiative funded by Shropshire Council and HM Treasury this planting season.
This year residents, landowners, farmers, community groups, businesses and charities can apply for ‘bundles’ of 20 native trees and shrubs to plant as copses and small areas of woodland to maximise the benefits for landscape and wildlife around the county.
There will also be the option of planting small amounts of native hedgerow, either to ‘gap up’ existing hedgerows or to create short lengths of new ones where this improves habitat continuity or connectivity.
The bundles will cost just £18 each.
Under this year’s subsidised tree scheme, the trees are being provided in pre-arranged species mixes under options covering three broad types of planting situations commonly encountered around the county and a native hedgerow mix:
Woodland for general ‘lowland’ planting sites -English oak (20%), sessile oak (20%), small-leaved lime (20%), wild cherry (10%), hazel (10%), rowan (10%), hawthorn (5%) and crab apple (5%).
Woodland for ‘upland’/exposed sites – Sessile oak (50%), silver birch (15%), beech (10%), rowan (10%), hawthorn (10%) and crab apple (5%).
Woodland for damp/poorly drained sites – Common alder (35%), downy birch (20%), crack willow (10%), goat willow (10%), aspen (10%), osier (5%), hazel (5%) and guelder rose (5%).
Native hedgerow mix – Hawthorn (35%), field maple (20%), blackthorn (15%), hazel (15%), dog rose (5%), dogwood (5%) and guelder rose (5%).
The mixes above are available in bundles of 20 trees and will cost £18 per bundle (half-price), including a bamboo cane and spiral tree guard. All trees will be either bare root whips or cell grown and between 20cm – 80cm when ready for planting. For more information or to apply for subsidised tree scheme bundles click here or email nick.rowles@shropshire.gov.uk
Gardeners with unwanted trees growing on their plots are being invited to ‘recycle’ them by donating them to a Shrewsbury tree nursery.
Shropshire Council, working in partnership with Shrewsbury Town Council, is asking for unwanted seedlings that would otherwise be destroyed to be donated to Shrewsbury’s Weeping Cross nursery, where they will be repurposed and planted in appropriate sites around the county.
The donated trees will be tagged and then monitored for pests and diseases by nursery staff, and logged to a database, to enable people to discover where their donated trees have been planted in the county.
The project, which runs for three years, is aimed at developing innovative and sustainable ways to increase tree cover to address both the climate and ecological emergencies.
To contact Shrewsbury Town Council: enquiries@shrewsburytowncouncil.gov.uk
Anyone planting a tree this year, and until the end of the planting season in March 2023, is encouraged to register its location as part of the Queen’s Green Canopy project, designed to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.
Editor’s Note: I have emailed the council at the address above requesting more detail about how to get trees to the nursery but have not yet had a reply. I will make a further post when I do.
Bring any surplus produce/home bakes/plants you might have on a bring and buy basis. Enjoy a sociable afternoon and help raise funds to keep this community building in use for all.
Are you free for a couple of hours on Saturday 7th May? We will meet at Hodnet Rec at 10am for a litter pick of the Rec and the Railway Walk. We have litter grabbers, bin bags and hoops to hold them; we just need some volunteers!
It will be sociable, fun and a great way to meet people and support your community.
Parking is available at the Social Club.
Please contact steven.j.freeman@outlook.com to confirm your interest.
The Club is getting back up and running post Covid!
The following social media pages/groups have been set up by the Club: https://www.facebook.com/HodnetDistrictGardenClub – for information about the club and the upcoming events etc.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/hodnetdistrictgardenclub – this is a Facebook Group where everyone can chat, post pictures, ask for advice etc.
https://www.instagram.com/HodnetDistrictGardenClub – this is the Instagram link.
The next Garden Club meeting is on Tuesday 26th April, details yet to be announced. Everyone is welcome.
We will be holding a meeting in the Lyon Hall, Hodnet at 7.30pm on Tuesday 15th March to discuss how we can get the club up and running again after temporary closure due to COVID. If you are interested in being part of the club, please come along for an informal chat with like minded amateur gardeners. There will, of course, be tea and cake.
Please phone 01630 685966 for more information.
Shropshire Libraries are inviting children across the county to sign-up for a seriously silly summer with this year’s Summer Reading Challenge.
The Summer Reading Challenge is aimed at primary school aged children and encourages them to keep reading over the summer holidays.
This year the theme is Silly Squad and is all about funny books, happiness and having a laugh with characters created by award-winning children’s author and illustrator, Laura Ellen Anderson.
The Challenge this year has moved online and, as always, it is free to sign up.
Participants will need the email address and permission of a parent or carer to register and set up their reading profile. Once they have done this, it’s time to get reading!
Children can set their own reading goal, rate and review their books and unlock activities and rewards as they progress. When their reading goal is reached they can download and print a certificate.
The website also features video content, games, quizzes, digital and downloadable activities to get children excited about taking part in the Challenge at home.
The Silly Squad Summer Reading Challenge runs until 12 September 2020 and was created by the Reading Agency.
Shropshire Libraries are running a limited service from their buildings but there are lots of services you can access from home. To find silly books or magazines to read take a look at their e-library. You can also order and collect up to 10 books per person from your library through their free Ready Reads Collect service.
Any questions? Contact at libraries@shropshire.gov.uk or visit the Shropshire Libraries website https://shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/
Parents and Carers can also rise to the challenge by joining Shropshire Summer Reads. Registering for the challenge is easy – just visit Shropshire Libraries’ website to find a simple joining form. Completed entries will be entered in a prize draw for book vouchers, kindly funded by library Friends groups and redeemable at independent book shops across Shropshire.
Shropshire Libraries currently remain closed in line with national guidance, but for one week beginning Monday 29 June 2020, the six largest libraries will be accepting returns of books and other library items that have been on loan.
In order to facilitate the safest possible reopening, for one week beginning Monday 29 June 2020, a book returns service will be offered by the libraries in Shrewsbury, Oswestry, Ludlow, Whitchurch, Market Drayton, and Bridgnorth.
Book returns will be accepted between 10am and 2pm from Monday to Friday (not Wednesday at Whitchurch; not Thursday at Market Drayton, Ludlow or Bridgnorth). Social distancing measures will be in place and customers will not have access into the library buildings themselves.
This will enable returns to be quarantined for 72 hours as advised by Public Health England’s National Infection Service.
The latest Government announcement indicates that public libraries will be allowed to start reopening in Step 3 of the lockdown easing plan from Saturday 4 July 2020 or onwards.
In resuming face-to-face services the priority will be the safety of customers, staff and volunteers, with measures that include social distancing, frequent cleaning of surfaces and limited services overall.
Library e-resources can be found here https://www.shropshire.gov.uk/libraries/libraries-from-home/