‘PAYSAGES’ – MY LANDSCAPES
A new exhibition by Anna Le Moine Gray The artist, who lived for many years in Jersey, moved to Brittany with her husband, Philip, six years ago. Their new home is in the far west of Brittany – a ruined farmhouse that they have restored and made into a comfortable home. For the first time […]
CHRISTMAS AT THE TRADING POINT
If you’ve driven past Carrefour Selous recently and wondered about the sign outside David Hick Antiques … then as the festive season approaches you might like to visit the exciting new ‘shopping experience’ called The Trading Point. It opened in July as a ‘hub’ for local creative businesses and it’s already home to around 34 […]
JERSEY FARMING CONFERENCE 2021 – ‘THE FARMING HORIZON’
Registration is now open for this year’s annual Jersey Farming Conference, titled ‘The Farming Horizon.’ It will take place at La Mare Wine Estate (and on-line) on Thursday 11 November 2021. Each year the conference brings the local farming community together with politicians and government officials to hear from industry experts speaking around a central […]
THE CIDER FESTIVAL IS BACK!
The Cider Festival, La Faîs’sie d’Cidre, returns to Hamptonne Country Life Museum this month to celebrate the Island’s cider making traditions. Although the popular festival was marked last year, with community involvement in apple picking and pressing, the usual festivities were unable to take place due the Coronavirus pandemic and restrictions on public gatherings. This […]
THE KENNEL CLUB OF JERSEY IS BACK!
Show report by Kennel Club chairman Helen Lester The Kennel Club of Jersey held their first Show since February 2020 due to Covid restrictions on Saturday 25 September at Trinity Showground. The Show was their very prestigious Summer Championship Show, with competitors travelling from Guernsey and the UK to attend. The Judges flew in from […]
INTER-ISLAND ENVIRONMENT MEETING TO TAKE PLACE NEXT MONTH
Environmental experts and conservationists from the Channel Islands will be meeting virtually to share ideas and collaborate on projects at a two-day meeting from Thursday 21 October. All Islanders are invited to listen to the speakers and contribute to the meeting. This year’s Inter-Island Environment Meeting is being chaired by the Jersey Biodiversity Centre (JBC) […]
BANKING ON NATURE
With Covid, we hope, a diminishing problem (at least in Jersey) the Jersey Scientific Exploration Society’s annual meetings resume this month. The chairman of the Scientific Exploration Society, Jersey’s eminent explorer Colonel John Blashford Snell CBE will chair the meeting, in which the principal speaker will be Andrew Mitchell. BANKING ON NATURE Unfortunately details previously […]
RETURN OF THE AUTUMN FAIR
RETURN OF THE AUTUMN FAIR As a further sign of a gradual return to normality in the Island, we are delighted to report that the RJA&HS Autumn Fair is back, after a gap last year because of Covid. It will take place at the Royal Jersey Showground in Trinity the weekend of Saturday 2 and […]
BETTER THAN RHUBARB CRUMBLE
La Mare Wine Estate has launched a new limited-edition Gin infused with local Rhubarb and Honey. The locally sourced ingredients are Rob Pinel’s Rhubarb in St Ouen and Francois Le Luyer’s honey from St John. The estate’s award-winning Royal Gin has been infused with rhubarb flavour and a contrasting floral note from the honey. Notes […]
MOREL FARM
The £1.5 million restoration of Morel Farm has begun, following a successful bid for fiscal stimulus funding by The National Trust for Jersey. Local contractors will be on site within the next few weeks to start the careful repair and refurbishment of the historic farmstead. The property is now vacant and selective stripping out has […]