1st June 2023 • The HERALD • Page 31 v SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESSES v ABOUT US Our roofers are the best in the business and are ready to give your roof a full and completely FREE inspection FLAT ROOFING SPECIALISTS All Roof Repairs Tel: 023 8184 5632 Mobile: 07880 508415 Email: steve@braithwaiteroo ng.co.uk THE FLAT ROOF SPECIALIST DECORATING Interior and Exterior Established 1985 07867 528307 mark.blake.decorating@gmail.com Exbury Gardens Branching Out in June to Celebrate the Majesty of Trees with Tree ‘Listening’, Climbing and Exploring a guided walk through Exbury Gardens. John will retell the curious tale of the solitary Junkers Ju188 aircra that ew into the heart of the allied invasion preparations on the Solent just weeks before D-Day and was shot down, crashing at Exbury. Hear about the wartime role of Exbury House, see where the plane crashed and killed the seven young German airmen on board and nd out why novelist Nevil Shute become so intrigued by this lone German bomber and its unknown mission. Tickets £5 per person for Friends of Exbury members. £14.50 per person for nonmembers - includes entry to the gardens for a full day. • Model railway exhibition 17th and 18th June - Train fans will be chu ed with a Father’s Day weekend event boasting trains large and small at Exbury Gardens & Steam Railway. Visitors will be treated to an array of model railways, owned by members of the New Forest Model Railway Society, as well as various working steam engines, all displayed within Exbury’s very own working railway shed. • Father’s Day 18th June – half price entrance to Exbury Gardens for dads. “We love trees at Exbury, they form the structure of our garden, sheltering lots of rare plants. They are really important in their own right too and we have some wonderful specimens from all over the world in our unique corner of the New Forest,” said Tom Clarke, Head Gardener at Exbury Gardens. One of Europe’s most spectacular woodland gardens, Exbury Gardens, will be o ering visitors the rare opportunity to listen to the inside of a tree this June as part of a special series of tree-themed events. e 200-acre visitor attraction will host e Tree Listening Project until 2nd July which uses highly sensitive microphones to make audible the movement of water as it travels up from the ground to the leaves. Visitors can put on a set of headphones, listen in and get a deeper understanding of how the tree works. Trees will also take centre stage in a new two-day Tree Climbing Competition (17th and 18th June) when professional arborists will compete in a range of tree-mendous events. An impressive spectacle, the competition will allow the public to nd out more about skills involved in tree work. e event is being organised by Christopher Hoare Tree Services which will be setting up its climbing wall and throw-line game for Exbury visitors to enjoy. ere will also be wood turning and wood carving demonstrations, showing how sustainably sourced wood is used in traditional cra . Magni cent ‘veteran’ trees will be the focus of two garden tours hosted by Exbury’s expert gardeners (7th and 23rd June), and trees will also feature in an exhibition by the Solent Art Collective hosted in the Five Arrows Gallery within the gardens (17th June to 2nd July). Ten professional artists, makers and photographers based in and around the central south coast area will showcase their work celebrating the local landscape and wildlife. Other June 2023 events at Exbury Gardens will include: • Open Air eatre As You Like It 3rd June – performed by the ree Inch Fools. Adults £16, child £10, family (2 adults and 2 children) £45 • Wartime walks 10th June - Join John Stanley, author of e Exbury Junkers: a World War II Mystery, on Tree listening (Photo credit: Alex Metcalf) GET WALKING! It’s not too late to book a place on the Rotary Charity Walk in Beaulieu on Sunday 25th June, 1.30pm. Raise funds for your own good causes or just to enjoy a walk in beautiful surroundings. 1.5K – 8K routes will be available whether you want to walk or run. Wheelchair and pushchair friendly routes are also available as well as a Bug Hunt. Adults, children and dogs welcome, individuals £5, groups £10. Refreshments available from the Hythe & District Inner Wheel when you nish. Go along and enjoy areas of the Beaulieu Estate that are not normally open to the public. For more information or to book a place visit www. walkwithrotary.org.uk Some of last year’s participants Helping to Improve Cycle Routes in the Waterside e Waterside Cycling Action Group have been in consultation with Hampshire County Council following the council’s proposals for two new cycle routes from Totton to Calshot running through the Waterside. Set up in 2020 the Waterside Cycling Action Group, want to make roads in the Waterside safer and more attractive for cycling so that people of all ages choose to cycle for everyday journeys. e group have developed alternative routes to those proposed by the council, with local cyclists in mind, looking at creating the most direct routes and ensuring the safety of cyclists. To nd out more about the Waterside Cycling Action Group and their proposed routes please visit their Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ groups/2564137140374952
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