Here, we take a look at five unique events not to be missed over the summer.
CarFest South, 27th – 29th August
Credit: Creative Commons Location: Laverstoke Park Farm, Overton. For the petrolheads among us, CarFest returns to Laverstoke Park Farm offering visitors the chance to view a whole range of cars from vintage classic to F1. The cars will be driven around a track by professional drivers who will also be meeting people in the paddock. Visitors will also be able to see some of the country’s biggest celebrity chefs including Great British Bake Off stars and famous faces from Saturday Kitchen live.
Leigh Clapp
Enjoy the beauty of blossom and bulb
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Daffodils are everywhere this month and the spectacle of seeing them en masse is sure to lift your spirit as spring gets underway in the garden. These reliable bulbs pop up across the country in gardens and road verges and it’s a lovely thing to do to wrap up warm and go for a stroll amongst these iconic blooms.
Smaller narcissi suit rockeries
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There is great diversity in the shapes and colours of Narcissi, from the common yellows to pastel pinks and white, with single, double and split corona forms. The dwarf varieties such as the ever-popular ‘Tete-a-Tete’ look charming lining paths or in containers, and at the other end of the scale are giants such as ‘Breck’s Colossal’. I particularly love the subtle wild native daffodil Narcissus pseudonarcissus, which inspired Wordsworth’s poem, and the white with orange-fringed centre of the dainty, scented pheasant’s eye, Narcis
Nearly three years after a devastating fire destroyed it, Whitchurch’s historic Bere Mill has been reconstructed. The historic mill, was home to Portals, who made paper for the Bank of England in the 18th century. It was destroyed by a fire caused by an electrical malfunction on the night of February 7, 2018. The fire had destroyed much of the house and the detailed renovations of the past 30 years, which had brought the buildings back into use as a family home. But, nearly three year later, the reconstruction of the beautiful group of buildings has been completed. Its west barn has now been opened for public use.