We have received the following letter from Ian Bark, Mayor of Bridport: “The campaign to achieve Plastic Free Bridport status has been re-ignited. This does not mean banning all plastic but is an attempt to get rid of single-use plastic in as many places as we can. “In the past 100 years, humans have produced (and used) a lot of plastic. It’s cheap, strong, light and versatile, but all of it eventually ends up in the ground, in the air,[…]
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During the lock-down, Groves Nurseries have been running deliveries to the DT6 and DT8 areas. They are operating with a skeleton staff and, it appears, most of the Groves family. To show our appreciation 60 Bridport Gardening Club members responded to an appeal to fund at least one treat for the hard-working team. On Monday 27th April Groves staff enjoyed a lunch provided by local caterers Hungry Mule while sitting in the sunshine.
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A teddy bear challenge – all entries to be judged and then donated to Bridport Community Hospital. An artwork in any medium A recycled item A five line stanza on ‘Our planet’
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The St. Mary’s school children’s entry for the miniature garden is, of course, unfinished, because there were no children in school! The week before, the gardening club had made the ‘people’ by sowing cress seeds into an egg case. They then placed them on the ‘football ground’ made of moss. If they had had time to finish it they would have grouped them together in a crowd adding faces and hats/scarves to the cress faces. They were also working on[…]
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New Life Fast and slow Erosion Made of metal Hilltop(s) A spring flower or flowers
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One jar of any jelly
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Your favourite container, an arrangement therein – 45cm wide, 45cm deep, height unlimited:
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The Spring Show may have been cancelled but exhibitors had been preparing months in advance. The following are some of the items which would have been displayed. Gold Club Challenge . . . . . . donated daffodil Jack the Lad (Mid-season), grown in a maximum 13cm (5”) pot. Angela Harding used a Chelsea grower’s trick – Four weeks in the fridge! Other Horticulture entries: One stem of a multi-headed daffodil, any variety One stem of a daffodil, any variety,[…]
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