Archive for April, 2010

Classical music in our area

Posted in Events, Music on Monday April 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

If you enjoy classical music there is a concert on Friday in Matlock at Highfields School at 7.30pm. It features a group called Partita, who perform songs and instrumental music from the 12th to 18th century. Their programme will include music by Purcell, Vivaldi and Handel.

These concerts are organised by Matlock Music, the have approximately 6 concerts a year and individual tickets are £10 and free for under 18’s.  It really is incredible value for money to have this opportunity to listen to professional musicians.

The next concert will be Friday 11th June with a violin and piano recital.

Also remember to reserve May 1st , music that night will really be on our doorstep: at the Church.  A brass and organ recital in aid of Parwich Church Restoration Fund.  The concert starts at 7.30pm and tickets are £5-7.50 including refreshments, children £1

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Quiz night at the Sycamore

Posted in Pub on Monday April 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

A quiz is being held at the Sycamore at 8.00 pm on Thursday 22nd April.

The quiz is in aid of the St George’s day parade so please come along and offer your support.

All welcome!

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Leatherbritches Nursery – New Stock

Posted in Gardens on Monday April 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Just to let you know…

New stock has arrived at Leatherbritches Nursery for all summer bedding / basket requirements also new herbs for your culinary needs.

A vast amount of vegetable plants have also arrived, including a variety of tomato plants, cucumber, chilli, pepper and leek to name but a few.

For enquiries / information please contact Bill Whitfield on 390571 / 07713 743295.

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Week 29 – Photo Diary

Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Sunday April 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »



This week and throughout the weekend has been a busy time for the plasterers; the meeting room and kitchen are fully plastered and the main hall is almost completed.  Acoustic board is being fitted to the ceiling in the hall to improve overall sound quality.  By Tuesday the plastering should be completed, as should the outside low level roofing. 

Thanks to JF-S for the photos.

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Volcanic sunset?

Posted in Photography, Weather on Sunday April 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

This photograph was taken on Saturday evening, where the Dale road meets the A515 just south of Biggin. Has the volcanic ash enhanced the colours of the sunset in any way? This article in today’s Telegraph suggests that it might have done…


Photo by Kevin S. Please click to enlarge.

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Parwich Primary School open this week but QEGS closed Monday

Posted in School on Sunday April 18, 2010| 1 Comment »

Although two of our teachers are stranded abroad, unable to get home because of the Icelandic volcano ash hovering over Europe, our headteacher and both teaching assistants are in the UK and we have been able to get supply staff for this week so the school will be open.

And thanks to Debbie for letting us know that QEGs is closed Monday.

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Fantastic weekend weather

Posted in Weather on Sunday April 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Last week’s readings:

Rainfall

in mm

Pressure

in Mb am

Pressure

in Mb pm

Temperature in ºC

Max

Min

Sun 11th

0.0

1030.7

1029.6

14.7

5.6

Mon 12th

0.0

1029.0

1025.8

11.6

4.0

Tue 13th

0.0

1025.7

1024.2

14.3

2.1

Wed 14th

0.0

1022.5

1022.0

12.0

4.3

Thu 15th

0.0

1022.2

1024.3

9.0

2.5

Fri 16th

0.0

1025.4

1025.2

15.8

1.4

Sat 17th

0.0

1021.0

1017.3

19.1

-0.1

Total

0.0

Average

13.8

2.8

What a fantastic weekend, though gardeners watch out for the cold nights!

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What’s on Where this Week

Posted in News on Sunday April 18, 2010| Leave a Comment »

What’s on Where this Week
Date Time Event Location
Sunday 10am United Family Service with Parwich Methodists, St Peter’s & Andy Larkin Parwich Church
Sunday 11.15 Holy Communion Parwich Church
Monday   Summer Term begins Parwich School
Monday 7.30pm Parochial Church Council Meeting Parwich Church
Wednesday 6pm & 7.15pm Pilates Parwich School
Thursday 8pm Quiz Night Fundraiser
for St George’s Day Parade		 The Sycamore
Sunday 11am-4pm Open Gardens & Spring Plant Fair in aid of Mobile Physio Cullen Hall
Brailsford
Sunday 11.15am Mattins Alsop Church
Sunday   St George’s Day Events  
  10.15am St George’s Day Parade
with the Oddfellows, Cyberscouts & Cadets		 From the Legion & then through the Village
  11am United Service with Parwich Methodists & St Peter’s Parwich Church
  1pm BBQ & Refreshments Parwich Legion
  1-4pm Church Fayre on the Green
in aid of
Church Restoration fund		 The Green

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Swallow

Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Saturday April 17, 2010| 1 Comment »


For Patti – JF-S

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Be Charity Aware

Posted in Uncategorized on Saturday April 17, 2010| 1 Comment »

Thank you to one of our readers for sending this in.

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Parwich – Insurance Problems

Posted in Classified adverts on Friday April 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Following the post on insurance problems relating to ‘flood’ risk and the poll on interest on the possibility of specific solutions for our area, the insurance brokers, the Wilson Organisation, are holding a surgery at the Sycamore Inn from 5pm on Tuesday 11th May.  Email CProw@wilorg.com to book a slot.

Many of you will have seen the recent article on this subject on the Parwich Village website and several of you have expressed an interest in discussing your insurance needs with an independent insurance broker, either in a surgery format or individually.

As a result we have arranged to come to Parwich on Tuesday 11 May and Bryan Elliott and I will be in the Sycamore Inn from 5pm onwards. The Wilson Organisation has strong relationships with many insurance companies and this means we can offer bespoke cover, which will cater for your individual circumstances, at competitive premiums. We have researched Parwich and the surrounding areas and we are confident we can help. Please come along and see us. Please email to confirm your interest and a suitable time from 5pm onwards on 11th May.

Charlotte Prow
Group Managing Director
Wilson Organisation
T: 0115 942 0111
F: 0115 9420459
E: CProw@wilorg.com
W: www.wilorg.com

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Sharing Skills

Posted in Church, Events on Friday April 16, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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The Continuing Story of Dorothy and the Daffs

Posted in Gardens, People on Thursday April 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »

A few days ago, we published a post on Dorothy L and the blooming daffodils in her woodland garden. This post was picked up by a reporter from The Ashbourne News Telegraph, who promptly came to the village with a photographer. Dorothy was interviewed and we are expecting a small spread to be published next Wednesday. Can’t wait!

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St George’s Day Button Holes

Posted in Events, Oddfellows on Thursday April 15, 2010| Leave a Comment »

To order your red rose button hole for the St. George’s Day Parade on Sunday 25th April please contact Delia on tel. 390 758 as soon as possible.

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Special Offers – Waitrose £10 off a shop

Posted in Offers on Wednesday April 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Waitrose logo Grab The Telegraph (£1.80 Sat, £1.90 Sun) this weekend to get a voucher for £10 off a £75 spend at your nearest Waitrose or online with the printed code at Waitrose Deliver. It’s valid from Saturday 17th – Sunday 25th April, and there’s one voucher per person.

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This Week in The Stunner

Posted in News on Wednesday April 14, 2010| Leave a Comment »

As always the Ashbourne News Telegraph can be purchased at The Sycamore or read online.

p1. – Putting Politicians under live scrutiny – Parliamentary candidates for the newly established Derbyshire Dales constituency will be at a hustings meeting on Monday 26th April, 7.45pm at Ashbourne Methodist Church.  Voters will be invited to submit a question in writing on arrival at the meeting.

p5. Are you on the voting register? – Potential voters have until April 20th to register for voting in this May’s elections.  Ring 0800 3280280 or visit www.aboutmyvote.co.uk for more details.

p6. Safety Cameras will be positioned on the A52 and the A515 until Sunday this week.

p17. Give and take is the key for diamond duo.  

Arthur and Ethel Gosling spent the weekend celebrating 60 years of happy marriage. The Goslings both went to Biggin Primary School together, but the couple went their separate ways and it was not until 1943 that their lives crossed at a young farmers’ dance.  The couple spent the next seven-years courting and the two married in 1950.  “We were looking for a farm to live on for a number of years. In those days you didn’t get married until you found somewhere to live.” In the last 60 years, the Gosling family has vastly expanded.  They now have seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren the youngest is nine-years-old.

The Goslings say there is no secret to a long and successful marriage, but it takes commitment from both sides.

p34 Planning Application for Brook House.  To add a small extension to an existing lean to.  Application NP/DDD/0310/0279.

p38.  Parwich Legion finishes 3rd in the Hartington and District League Darts, Division 1.

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PARWICH.ORG featured in The Tablet.

Posted in About this site, Church, Local Links, News on Tuesday April 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »

A fascinating article (“News on your doorstep”) in the current (10 April) edition of The Tablet talks about the ways that “citizen journalism” – and so-called “hyperlocal” blogs in particular – can help boost the identity of a community. The article makes special mention of PARWICH.ORG throughout, with particular reference to Andy Larkin’s recent series of videos. There are also several quotes from the blog team’s Mike A, who was interviewed by the reporter a couple of weeks ago.

The reporter has placed a copy of his article online, which you can read here. (You’ll need to scroll down a bit, to just past the cartoon.)

For the benefit of anyone who has visited the site in order to find Andy’s videos, here they are again:

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Tom attends launch of new cruise ship.

Posted in Tom Chambers on Tuesday April 13, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to Stuart for alerting us to this brief video clip of Tom, speaking at the recent launch of P&O’s new £380 million cruise ship Azura. Tom pops up at 1:06. Click here for the full story.

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The A52s – historic archive footage discovered!

Posted in A52s on Tuesday April 13, 2010| 2 Comments »

Our thanks to Debbie W for uncovering this rare video footage of Parwich’s leading folk-tinged rock band, which dates all the way back to 1992. Don’t they all look different without the hats!

To be transported back in time, please click here.

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What is it?

Posted in Ornithology, Photography on Monday April 12, 2010| 1 Comment »

Spotted on Saturday near Tissington Ford.

Is this its mate?
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Photo Diary Week 27 & 28

Posted in 2010, Memorial hall, Photo Diary, Posts of Note on Monday April 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »


The last fortnight has been a hive of activity inside the hall.  As can be seen from the photos, the scaffolding is back in the main hall to allow the electricians to site the wiring, ready for the lights, cinema and sound system.  The first fix for both electric and plumbing have been completed and the plastering has just begun.  (more…)

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Friday Night is Film Night

Posted in Church, Films on Monday April 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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What’s on Where this Week

Posted in Events on Monday April 12, 2010| Leave a Comment »

What’s on Where this Week
Date Time Event Location
Tue 13th 6pm Over 60’s Social Evening (buffet, music & sing-a-long, team quiz) Parwich Legion
Fri 16th 7.45pm Film Night Parwich Church
Sun 18th 10am United Family Service with Parwich Methodists, St Peter’s & Andy Larkin Parwich Church
Sun 18th 11.15am Holy Communion Parwich Church

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Dorothy’s Daffs

Posted in 2010, Gardens, Posts of Note on Sunday April 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Spring is here and once again, Dorothy’s woodland garden is bursting into life. Here are a few pictures of this beautiful area. Click on each image to enlarge it.

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Update on the B5056

Posted in 2010, Posts of Note, Roads on Sunday April 11, 2010| 1 Comment »

Many thanks to Dave R who sent us the following information:

Work appears to be progressing very well both on the landslip near the Bentley Brook Inn and on road repairs between Bradbourne Ford and the landslip. I hear that it could be open by 11th May. The attached photographs show that the retaining wall on top of the piles is complete and that the stone facing is well advanced. Base layers of the road are being laid and compacted.

There seems to have been an additional landslip in the woods below the line of piles. You might be able to pick out the trees at odd angles in one of the attached the photographs.

The road surface is being repaired and drainage improved all along the stretch of road. New kerbing is in at Horsley Farm and new stone retaining walls are being built where the road has been scraped back to its original width. You’ll be pleased to note that the tight corner near Bradbourne Ford has been widened by cutting into the bank. Finally, many overhanging trees have been cleared from the roadside and this makes the road feel wider and lighter in those places.

Whilst the road closure has been very inconvenient for us all, I think that the council engineers should be congratulated on the improvements that they have carried out. See for yourselves in May.

There are also three new milestones along the route. No prizes are on offer, but we’re running an impromptu competition for the first photographs of these milestones to be sent into us. (Hint: The milestones are one mile apart!).

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Weekly weather stats

Posted in Weather on Sunday April 11, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Last week’s readings:

Rainfall

in mm

Pressure

in Mb am

Pressure

in Mb pm

Temperature in ºC

Max

Min

Sun 4th

2.5

1006.2

1014.8

10.8

2.2

Mon 5th

8.7

1015.8

1016.8

12.1

1.8

Tue 6th

0.0

1014.2

1011.0

13.5

5.5

Wed 7th

1.8

1015.9

1019.0

14.1

6.3

Thu 8th

0.0

1026.5

1029.3

16.8

1.3

Fri 9th

0.0

1030.3

1030.8

15.3

2.3

Sat 10th

0.0

1030.0

1030.3

19.8

3.8

Total

13.0

Average

14.6

3.3

One swallow doesn’t make a summer, but this warmer weather is most welcome.

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Balloon over Parwich last night

Posted in Photography on Saturday April 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Thanks to JF-S

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Open Gardens – Why not open your garden?

Posted in Gardens, Societies on Saturday April 10, 2010| Leave a Comment »

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Parwich Crown Green Bowling Club – 2010 Season

Posted in Bowls, Sport on Friday April 9, 2010| Leave a Comment »

The first matches of the new season took place this week at Parsons Croft with not very auspicious results.

The club plays in two leagues – The Matlock and District Tuesday League and the Matlock and District Thursday Friendly League. As those of you who went to University will note we play on a Tuesday and Thursday on a home and away basis. The season for both leagues end in early September.

Tuesday league. – Matches usually start at 6.30 pm.

Home to Matlock Golf Club.

It was a very close match. Each team is made up of 8 members and 4 ‘doubles’ matches are played. First pair to 21 wins the match. Parwich won two matches and lost two matches. The overall result was a win for the Golf Club 70 points to 69.

The next match is away to Chatsworth.

Thursday league. – Start time 1.45 pm.

Home to Wirksworth.

These matches consist of three games of doubles – first to 21 and six games of singles – first to 15.

We nearly had to concede games, as the minimum number of players required is 6. We just made the required number of players.

Although we lost the match overall, considering our scarcity of numbers, we did reasonably well. We won the doubles games by 60 points to 50, but lost the singles games by 84 points to 62. Giving an overall result of a win for Wirksworth 134 points to 122.

The next match is away coincidentally to Chatsworth.

We are having practice meets down at Parsons Croft on Monday evening at 6.30 pm until 7.30 – 8.00 pm. Why not come down and have a go. We could certainly use new members and players.

John B

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First Swallows?

Posted in 2010, Ornithology, Posts of Note on Friday April 9, 2010| 3 Comments »

A swallow was spotted flying and feeding around Blanche Meadow last night ( 8th April). Is this the first in the village? Unfortunately it doesn’t appear to be one of our regular nesters as it is no longer around this morning. We are very fortunate to have anything up to five nesting couples each year – the earliest and most experienced have been know to raise three broods. Over the years we have built special nesting ledges inside the stables to encourage them to stay. The sight of five little heads peering over the nest never fails to give us all pleasure. The only downside is the amount of bird dropping on the horses backs in the mornings.

Patti

Has anyone got a photo of these first swallows yet?

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Properties for sale or rent.

Posted in Housing on Thursday April 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »

IMPORTANT: These details have been updated elsewhere. Please click here for our most recent property round-up.

Hallcliffe HouseHope CroftIngelfield
PikehallSycamore CottagesWash Meadow

The list will be updated again next month. Until then, you will be able to find it on the INFO page, and in the ELSEWHERE ON PARWICH.ORG section on the right hand side of this page.

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This week’s Stunner.

Posted in News on Wednesday April 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Here are our highlights of this week’s edition. As always, please let us know if there’s anything of local interest which we’ve missed.

Page 2: “£3m shot in the arm for our local services“. Derbyshire County Council is to receive more than £3 million to improve services, from crucial skills and jobs programmes to arts facilities for young people and town centre regeneration projects.

Page 3: “Cat centre visitors show generosity”. An Easter celebration at the Derby Cat Adoption Centre raised £2,300. A number of people from our area are actively involved with this charity.

Page 11: If you would like to take part in the BBC2 antiques show “Flog It”, you can have your antiques valued by the show’s experts at QEGS on Saturday 10th April, from 9.30am to 4pm. Admission is free.

Page 12: “Dovedale Sheepdog Trials”. The Dovedale Sheepdog Society is holding its Tom Nadin Memorial Cup event on May 8th, at Dove Top Farm in Alsop.

Page 13: The new branch of Waitrose in Ashbourne are offering a £3 discount voucher, redeemable to anyone spending £15 or more at the store before 18th April. (You’ll need to buy a copy of the paper to obtain the voucher, of course.)

Page 23: “Free entry to Sudbury for anyone living in DE6”. The Sudbury Museum of Childhood is opening its doors for free this coming weekend, to anyone who can bring along proof of their home address in DE6.

Page 23: “Early morning bird stroll followed by a breakfast”. One for our local ornithologists: the National Trust are holding an early morning event at Ilam Park on Saturday April 24th. You can hear the dawn chorus from 6.30am, followed by a full Staffordshire breakfast at 8am. To book, call 350503.

Page 26: A grass eating auction is being held at Bakewell Livestock Centre at 3pm on Monday April 12th. This includes grazing land at Pikehall.

Page 38: “Local pupils win charity contest“. QEGS pupils have won a charity junior golf competion, which raised £2371 for the British Heart Foundation.

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May Day Music

Posted in Church, Music on Wednesday April 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Click here to book on-line.

Click here to find out more about Essentially Brass and Christian Cartwright.

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May Day Music

Posted in Church, Music on Wednesday April 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Click here to book on-line.

Click here to find out more about Essentially Brass and Christian Cartwright.

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General Election Announced

Posted in Local government on Tuesday April 6, 2010| 1 Comment »

The General Election has been announced for Thursday 6th May 2010.  As the Memorial Hall will not be ready then, the Parwich Polling Station will be in the Sycamore Inn, so you can get a coffee or a beer at the same time as you vote.

If you are not already registered to vote you will need to do so by 2oth April in order to participate in this election (click here to find out how to register or to check if you are already registered).

Our local constituency was West Derbyshire, which has been a safe Conservative seat since the 1950s, but is now reformed as Derbyshire Dales which will be contested for the first time in this election.  The sitting MP for West Derbyshire is Conservative Chief Whip Patrick McLoughlin, who has held the seat since 1986.  In the last election in 2005 there was a 69% turn out with the Conservations polling 48% of the vote (Labour 27%, Liberals 22% and UKIP 3%).

The prospective candidates for Derbyshire Dales are (these are the ones I have found so far, but there may be others):

PARWICH.ORG will invite responses from the above on local issues, so add comments below saying what you want to know about. (Hopefully these Parliamentary Candidates will be more interested in replying than the European Parliament Candidates were.)

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Fish and Chips

Posted in Eating Out on Tuesday April 6, 2010| 1 Comment »

Now that we no longer have the fish and chip van visiting the village, I wondered if fellow villagers would be interested in to know that Ye Olde Gate pub at Brassington is now providing a takeaway fish, chips and mushy peas service on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings from 6.30-8.30.

The price is £5.95 for a medium fish, or £6.75 for a large fish.

Some of you may also be interested to know that some of the draft lagers and beers are discounted between 6.00 and 7.30!

For more information call in, or phone The Gate on 01629 540448.

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Tomorrow – Top Tips Film

Posted in Films, Gardens, Societies on Tuesday April 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Organised by the Parwich & District Horticultural Society

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Help fight Breast Cancer with a fun family day out

Posted in Events on Tuesday April 6, 2010| Leave a Comment »

This great afternoon may not be happening until Saturday 8th May, but have you registered yet?  450 walkers have already.  Click here to download your form.  It is £10 for adults and £5 for under 18’s and if you want to you can also get a sponsorship form to raise additional funds.

The walk is 8.5 miles along, on good paths, it is relatively level and easy walking around Carsington Resevoir.

All the money raised from the 2010 walk will go towards funding for equipment for the Breast Cancer Unit at Royal Derby hospital.

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Tea & Cakes Today

Posted in Alsop on Monday April 5, 2010| Leave a Comment »

Tea & Homemade Cakes in the Churchyard
11-4.30pm
At Alsop Church
All proceeds to the Church

Held every Bank Holiday Monday to the end of August.

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Culland Hall Open Garden & Spring Fair

Posted in Gardens on Monday April 5, 2010| 2 Comments »

 

Date for 2011 is Sunday 19th June – click here for more details

Also today Parwich Open Gardens 2011 from 2-6pm – click here for more details

OPEN GARDEN AT CULLAND HALL, near Brailsford
Sunday 25th April 2010

The Plant Fair will be open from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, tickets are £3.50 (children free) and there is ample free parking. Refreshments will be served all day. In addition to plants for sale there will also be French and Shabby Chic garden furniture and a variety of quality gardening goods.

This is the fifth annual Open Garden and Spring Plant Fair and it is in aid of local charity ‘The Mid-Derbyshire Association for Mobile Physiotherapy’, which has been providing home based physiotherapy for over 25 years to housebound, and often isolated people, living in the Derbyshire Dales area.  There will be unusual plants for sale from leading specialist nurseries and RHS exhibitors.

Culland Hall garden is featured in this month’s edition of Derbyshire Life, using some of Debbie W’s photos.

Culland Hall is based in an idyllic position on parkland which was laid out in the 18th century; although there has been a house at Culland since the 12th Century. There are 5 acres of garden as well as a lake. The owners, Simon and Lucy Thompson are well acquainted with the house and gardens, as Simon’s father bought the estate in the 1930’s (where he built a new house on the old site.) (more…)

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