Page 50 • The HERALD • 13th July 2023 v FOR GOOD ADVICE, ASK YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v ✿ DOWN THE GARDEN PATH ✿ Fred Hurst 023 8084 2191 or 07761 467217 • Grass Cutting • Garden Clearance • Hedge Cutting • Fallen Trees Cleared • Mini Digger Hire with Operator • Property Clearance • Small Demolition • Tractor Flail Cutting FULLY INSURED v FREE QUOTATIONS D. King & Son Garden Services ✿ 25 Years Experience ✿ ✿ Registered Waste Carrier ✿ ✿ All Areas Covered ✿ Free Estimates Tel: 07831 091239 david.king63@aol.co.uk Gardening Maintenance, Grass Cutting, Garden clearance, Hedge Cutting, Weeding & Pruning Offering Professional & Reilable services at reasonable price No Job is Too Small Harris Multiservices Contact Jason on 07922 543669 for a Free Quote access to over 3,500 exceptional private gardens in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Guernsey, and raises impressive amounts of money for nursing and health charities through admissions, teas and cake. Hampshire NGS guides are available at The Herald O ce, there are a lot of gardens open across the county over the coming months. Pop into e Herald O ce to grab a guide or visit the NGS website for more information: ngs.org.uk Blackfield Horticultural & Craft Show e 2023 Black eld Horticultural & Cra Show is taking place on Saturday 12th August at e Royal British Legion in Black eld. e Show will open at 2pmwith the prize presentation taking place at 3.30pm. Admission is 60p, children free. ere are classes for: vegetables, owers, fruit and plants, as well as cookery and cra s and children’s classes too. If you would like to enter your produce, schedules are available from e Herald O ce and local halls and shops or contact Dawn on: 07825 908428. e show has been running since 1983, originally at Black eld Library, with local groups and businesses giving the Show the cups and trophies to present, including: e Mervyn Francis Novice Plate e Sam Kitcher Cup Allotment Association Shield George Aldridge Cup Roger Randall Jubilee Cup Black eld Gardening Club Challenge Cup Waterside Flower Club Cup Country Store Cookery Cup Beaulieu Photography Trophy Exxon Mobil Cup Langley W.I. Cup Terry Walker Cup Halifax Plate Black eld, Exbury & Fawley W.I. Cup Sivier Cup Black eld Horticultural & Cra Show Junior Challenge Cup Black eld Horticultural & Cra Show Challenge Cup Go along on the day and see what everyone has produced and have a cup of tea and a slice of cake, and maybe enter a class or two! National Open Gardens Scheme 2023 Every year the National Garden Scheme (NGS) gives visitors unique National Garden Scheme Booklets OUT AND ABOUT WITH THE RSPB e New Forest local group of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds programme of indoor meetings and eld trips resumes in September. Monthly meetings are held at 7.30pm on the second Wednesday of the month at Lyndhurst Community Centre, central car park, High Street, Lyndhurst SO43 7NY. A varied programme forest and coastal eld trips are planned on various weekend and weekday dates/ times. For further information please email: NewForestGroup@RSPB.org.uk or visit the group’s website: group.rspb.org.uk/ newforest ose taking part in eld trips should wear suitable dull coloured clothing and sturdy footwear. Non-members are currently charged £5 per eld trip or indoor meeting. MUSIC MAKING AND SHARING Music Making and Sharing takes place on the 3rd Saturday of the month (15th July) from 2pm to 5pm at Calmore Village Hall, Pauletts Lane, Calmore SO40 2RS. e cost is just £5 payable at the door. e group welcome and encourage you to share and listen to people’s musical enthusiasm – the instrument of their choice and the genre they like. All levels of ability welcome from professionals to beginners. Anybody can join who would like to play/sing a couple of pieces to non-judgemental fellow musicians. Perhaps you compose your own music. ey would love to hear it. eir meetings start with a brief musical warm-up and then they take turns in playing and listening to each other. ere is solo and duet or small group playing of pieces people have practiced and want others to hear. ey share their passion with perfected pieces and/or pieces in progress. eir space is open for experimentation, risk taking and appreciation. ey welcome adults, young people from age 16 years and supervised children. Please take your own refreshments. Dates for 2023: 19th August, 16th September, 21st October, 18th November and 16th December. Contact: Doris 0781 7409 192, dorispbennett@talktalk.net or Hilary 01202 826042. German Steam 1971-1976 e Railway Club of the New Forest are meeting on Friday 21st July in the Forest Hall, Brockenhurst Village Hall, Highwood Road, Brockenhurst SO42 7RY. For ‘German Steam 1971-1976’ by Robert Smith. Visitors welcome. £5 on the door. Arrive from 7pm. Start at 7.30pm. Find them on: www. railwayclubo henewforest.org Fraud Squad on ‘Fraud Safety’ Totton South U3A continues with its vibrant programme including holidays with a group of 26 due to travel to Edinburgh for the Military Tattoo and a day trip to the Isle of Wight. Groups including table tennis, pétanque, gardening group, walking group which includes short breaks away, theatre and cinema groups, languages and a new group on o er - learning to play the Ukulele to name just a few. eir general meetings are on the 3rd Friday afternoon of the month at Colbury Memorial Hall with the July presentation being given by Ashley Jones – ‘Fraud squad on ‘Fraud Safety’’ on Friday 21st July. Friday 18th August is their Summer Tea and for the September meeting Barry Peck will present ‘Is the Cloud in the sky OR beneath the Waves’! Visitors are welcome at general meetings and membership application forms are available. ere’s lots to do for a membership fee of £16 per annum including two co ee mornings on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the month with quizzes, held at Hanger Farm Arts Centre. For more information please visit: u3asites.org.uk/totton-south/ home Have a Go at Quilting Romsey Quilters is a large and happy notfor-pro t group which meets on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday mornings of the month at Cros eld Hall (SO51 8GL) in Romsey from 9.30am for 10am until 12.30pm. Co ee is served between 9.30am and 9.55am. e group enjoys a variety of speakers, workshops, workingmornings, friendship and welcomes anyone interested in quilting and associated cra s. e next meetings will take place on Thursday 25th July for Festival Review and 40th Birthday Party. On Wednesday 12th September with K Angela Daymond Natural Dyeing or Kantha. On Tuesday 26th September for their AGM - Your chance to shape the group plus stash sale. On Sunday 10th October Gail Lawther (TBC). Romsey Quilters extend a warm welcome to all visitors, especially beginners and look forward to meeting you. Annual subscription is £36 payable in September. ere is no waiting list at present. ey warmly welcome visitors to their meetings. A visitor fee of £5 is payable for non-members attending. Please make yourself known on arrival. If you wish, they have members who will take you to co ee and accompany you at the meeting. If you would like to know more about Romsey Quilters then get in touch by emailing the Secretary at: romseyquilters@gmail.com or visit: www.romseyquilters.co.uk
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