What's on today
The event will be held from 2.30pm in the church grounds and in Market Place and attractions will include such favourites as plant, cake and bottle stalls, tombola and the grand raffle.
Teas will be served in the Memorial Hall and ice cream will be available.
The church tower will be open (£2 entrance fee adults £1 children) allowing fine views across the the village and the downland beyond.
Musical entertainment will be provided by Phoenix Brass Band and the fete will be open until 5pm.
Cash raised will go towards church funds.
West Woodhay garden show continues today (Sunday)
Donated items valued collectively at £10,000 - including a signed Reading FC shirt - will be sold off at a charity auction at a West Woodhay garden show on the weekend of June 14/15.
Newbury Rotary Club is organizing the fundraising silent auction, as part of the 6th West Woodhay Festival of Gardening, at West Woodhay House, near Newbury.
Over 90 donated items include admission tickets to Highclere Castle, spa days, books signed by local authors,and trout fishing at Englefield Lake and Tidgrove Warren.
A day’s shooting at West Woodhay, a Jane Corbett hat and painting entitled: Andalucia Horse, by local artist, Edy Gosselin, are among auction lots.
Rotarian and principal organiser, Nigel Rowe, said Newbury Rotary Club had organised the silent auction at the festival since 2007 and continued:
“We have already received a record number of lots for the 2014 auction and our goal is to significantly exceed the £7,000 we raised last year for local charities and community groups,” he said adding the rotarians were “indebted” he said to the many donors and continued:
“This is a great local event that gives local businesses, attractions, authors and artists a great showcase opportunity, whilst raising funds for charity.”
Tickets for the family fun-packed, West Woodhay Festival of Gardening - now in its 6th year - are available from £7 per person per day, with free entry to children under 15.
The silent auction kicks off at the festival’s gala dinner on Friday June 13 and continues over the festival weekend, with final bids taken at the silent auction marquee at 4pm today (Sunday). Auction lots can be viewed at www.westwoodhaygardenshow.co.uk/silent-auction-2.
FOUR stunning gardens in the Newbury area are opening their garden gates on today (Sunday, to raise charity funds.
As part of National Gardens Scheme (NGS) , the four gardens include the listed building, Chieveley Manor, (garden only open), Chieveley, near Newbury, RG20 8UT, with views over a stud farm and rose-filled, walled garden, along with colourful borders, trees and a box parterre, filled with alliums, white geraniums and lavender. Cream teas and a plant sale .Open 2pm to 5pm ). Entry £4 , children free.
Jannaways, Bagnor, RG20 8AH, offers a five-acre garden, including a lake, alongside a circular walk along a woodland path, crossing a weir to wild flowers and specimen trees, fishpond and pagodas. Light refreshments. Open 2pm to 5.30pm. Entry £4 , children free. The Old Rectory Farnborough, Wantage, Oxon, OX12 8NX, includes a series of garden rooms, containing rare plants, herbaceous planting, vegetables, an arboretum and countryside views. The 1749 rectory (not open), once home of the poet Sir John Betjeman, was awarded Finest Parsonage in England, by Country Life and the Rectory Society.
A special window, created by John Piper in memory of Sir John Betjeman, in the local church can also be viewed. There will also be homemade teas and a plant sale.Open 2pm to 5.30pm. Entry £5 , children free.
The fourth, a half acre walled garden, at Wickham House, Wickham, RG20 8HD, lies in a country house setting, and was created from scratch five years ago.
Designed by Robin Templar-Williams, the different ‘rooms’ have themes and colour schemes, with arched clematis and rose walkway, along with plants, trees,a vegetable garden, colourful pots and places to sit and enjoy the views. Homemade teas and light refreshments. Open 11am to 5pm. Entry £4.50, children free.
Charities supported by the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) include Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Help the Hospices, Carers Trust and Parkinson’s UK.
For more information, visit www.ngs.org.uk.
