Furzey Gardens: Reflective Waters of Inclusivity
A garden built by gardeners with learning disabilities has delighted visitors at RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival. As an RHS Partner Garden, Furzey Gardens in Hampshire (a social enterprise of Minstead Trust) were asked to give a glimpse of what they offer with a pocket sized recreation. The garden called Furzey Gardens: Reflective Waters of […]
Join Dr. Cheryl Butler for a fascinating talk on literary icon Jane Austen in anticipation of the Jane Austen 250 programme in 2025! This fundraising event for Hampshire History Trust will take place on Friday 19 July at The ARC, Winchester from 7:30 – 8:30pm. The talk will focus on Austen’s first novel “Northanger Abbey” […]
On 1 July, the Running Out of Time relay baton will enter Portsmouth, an important stop on its extraordinary 2,436km route from Ben Nevis, Scotland to Big Ben, London in the name of climate action. The relay is the country’s only sporting event for climate and this year’s is the biggest yet. Its route comprises […]
Two Little Owl chicks have become the latest apprentices set to join the flying display team at the Hampshire-based bird of prey charity, the Hawk Conservancy Trust. Already some of the cutest ambassadors for owl conservation, four-week-old Cheddar and Mozzarella are almost fully grown, weighing just 150 grams each – that’s only about half as […]
Today, the penultimate day of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show, The Octavia Hill Garden by Blue Diamond with the National Trust by award winning designer Ann-Marie Powell received this year’s RHS/BBC People’s Choice Award, an award voted for by the public. The Show Garden was also voted the favourite of the junior judges who presented […]
The RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024
Watch the Red Arrows soar as part of the huge, free Portsmouth Armed Forces Day event taking place on Southsea Common on Saturday 8 June. This year’s Armed Forces Day is being held at the end of a week of D-Day commemorations which starts in Portsmouth on Wednesday 5 June, to give everyone the opportunity […]
Basingstoke Comic Con 2024, The Hampshire Court Hotel – Saturday. Actors from Stargate, Harry Potter, Our Flag Means Death and Supernatural were at the event with headline appearances from Jason Momoa, Richard Armitage, Richard Dean Anderson and Rhys Darby.
Basingstoke’s second Comic Con, taking place at Hampshire Court Hotel on 10 to 12 May is set to welcome Jason Momoa as its headline guest alongside the likes of Richard Armitage and Richard Dean Anderson. The full list of guests can be seen on the event website including a host of Stargate, Supernatural, Harry Potter […]
BBC Gardener’s World Spring Fair 2024 at Beaulieu. Best Showcase Garden and a Platinum award were presented to award-winning landscape designer Matt Le Gassick, founder of Inbud, for The Inner Dancer. The garden was designed in partnership with Great Oaks School, a specialist secondary school in Southampton for young people with complex learning difficulties. The […]
