Garden Visits

Bridge End Gardens (Public gardens) and Audley End (English Heritage) both located in Saffron Walden, South of Cambridge

Bridge End

10.15 am
The day will start at Bridge End Garden at 10.15 am in the car park (located south-west of the gardens and reached via first lane on the left when approaching Saffron Walden via Windmill Hill from Cambridge), where we will meet the head gardener Mark Rolpkins, who will give us a guided tour (about 1.5 hours) of these newly restored gardens. Please see http://www.uttlesford.gov.uk/bridge+end+garden/default.htm for further information including location. Both entry and guided tour is free of charge; however we have been informed that a donation of a few pounds per head would be appreciated by the gardener to go to the future maintenance of the place.

The guided tour is expected to finish at about 12.00, after which we shall make our way to the nearby Audley End, which is located about 5 minutes drive from Bridge End Garden. Please see http://www.maps.live.com/, postal code CB11 4JF.

12.30 pm
We shall meet at 12.30 pm at Audley End House and Gardens outside the shop (grass area with seating adjacent to the house), where we as a group (unless you are a member of English Heritage, and thus can go in for free) will be given tickets for entry to the gardens. The entry fee will be paid by EEBLI. Lunch is then proposed to be taken in the tea room (at own expense), after which participants are free to stroll the gardens as long as desired (gardens close at 6pm). Please see http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server/show/nav.12088 for further information.

If you are interested in joining in this informal Saturday garden trip (families welcome), please reply to vibeke.flatman@woodbridge.tlp.uk.com, with the information of number of participants and names including EH-membership/non-member ship status. As numbers are limited please note that participation is on a ‘first come - first served’ basis. RSVP by Tuesday 24th June 2008. If you have any questions about the above please do not hesitate to call Vibeke Flatman (EEBLI secretary) on tel. 01394 380509.

EATaLOG - Summer visit to Hylands House and Anglia Ruskin University

Hylands Estate, located near Chelmsford, Essex

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Booking contact:
Alice Martin Tel 01449 724651 or email alice.martin@midsuffolk.gov.uk

Other queries contact
Anne Westover 01394 444420 or email anne.westover@suffolkcoastal.gov.uk

Dowsing Event and In-Situ Theatre Event

Education Centre, Wandlebury Country Park (2miles south of Cambridge CB22 3AE)

'Dowsing - Introductory Session' - Following a previously successful event this introduction to Dowsing is being repeated, set within the historic Wandlebury Country Park. Discover the amazing capabilities of the expert, John Baker, of the British Society of Dowsers (www.britishdowsers.org) and try it all out yourself, including dowsing for old structures and lost garden elements within the Park!!

£10 per person including basic pair of dowsing rods, coffee, tea & biscuits provided Note: You can bring your own lunch from noon onwards. Limited spaces only - please book early (latest by 11th July) and directly with Carolin Göhler;
email: ceo@cpswandlebury.org
Tel: 01223-243830

Afterwards you bring your own picnic dinner and join the In-situ Theatre for Ovid's Metamorphoses - expert storytellers and masters of environmental theatre perform Ovid’s famous cycle of stories. In-situ Theatre will take you on an extraordinary journey through secluded groves, open meadows and atmospheric woodlands. - Starting at 8pm.

Plant Workshop and Nursery Visit

Fen Farm, Garboldisham, Diss, Norfolk. IP22 2RL

Robin Tacchi Plants are holding a plant workshop which includes a look around their nursery.

www.robintacchiplants.com
Tel: 01953 681312