UNFORGETTABLE GARDEN SCENES
By Jersey Gardening Club president Marilyn Le Beurrier You will receive a very warm welcome from the Jersey Gardening Club when Don Witton presents a talk entitled ‘Unforgettable Garden Scenes.’ Don is a retired schoolteacher from Sheffield with a passion for growing perennials. He has been a garden lecturer, nurseryman and author for over 20 years […]
A MANIFESTO FOR MUSIC
Alasdair Crosby met Jersey composer Charles Mauleverer to talk about the ‘Music Manifesto’. This interview is reprinted from the Jersey Evening Post, with its kind permission Jersey composer Charles Mauleverer has been in the Island recently as part of the launch of the ‘Music Manifesto’. It is hardly surprising that, for an interview, he requested […]
OPEN GARDEN AT ST OUEN’S MANOR
The gardens of St Ouen’s Manor will be open on Saturday 15 June from 2pm to 5pm. All proceeds will go to Dementia Jersey. People can enter the Manor on foot from both gates and parking will be at the far entrance – take the first left after the Manor into Rue de Manoir – there […]
INTERVIEW WITH THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE RJA&HS, PAUL HOUZÉ
How now, brown cow? ‘Getting along nicely, thank-you, and much more certain about our future,’ might be the moos back from the fields. Cows don’t usually have too much to say about Jersey agricultural politics (or about anything else, really), but speaking for them and for dairy farming is the newly elected president of the […]
‘GET WITH OUR NEW LABEL – THE RJS’
Dairy farmer Paul Houzé was elected as the new president of the Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society at its recent annual general meeting. There were no other candidates. His name was proposed by Andrew Le Gallais and seconded by Stephen Le Feuvre. The outgoing president, Rob Perchard, has served seven years: two three-year terms, […]
THE UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH ABOUT KILLER CATS
By our guest contributor from the UK, Tim Bonner, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance Natural England Chair, Tony Juniper, did a brave thing recently and was honest about the fact that cats kill birds and mammals. He suggested that owners should fit a bell on their cats’ collars and cited research which found that […]
INTRUDERS WITH ROOTS
The next meeting of the Jersey Gardening Cub is at 7:30pm, 21 May 2024, St Lawrence Parish Hall. The subject of the talk will be: ‘Intruders with Roots’, presented by Adam Dallas Chapman, invasive species officer at the Government of Jersey Environment Department, and Issy Duggan. This fascinating talk will give an insight into some […]
BOSDET CARTOON EXHIBITION AT ST MARY’S CHURCH
If you missed the exhibition of Henry Thomas Bosdet’s drawings, known as catoons, at St Martin’s Church last December, The Glass Rainbow Trust will be presenting another exhibition at St Mary’s Church from Tuesday 14 May to Sunday 19 May, displaying for the first time in public six cartoons used as templates for his three […]
THE 21ST CENTURY DOG
From our guest contributor, Dominic Wightman, editor, Country Squire magazine. https://countrysquire.co.uk I‘m a Malinois. Among dogs, my skills surpass many; I excel in various disciplines and thrive on constant activity. However, in today’s world, I find myself being asked to laze on the couch all day, every day. I am an Akita Inu. My ancestors […]
THE NATIONAL TRUST FOR JERSEY – NEW CEO, ALAN LE MAISTRE
The National Trust for Jersey had its annual general meeting recently. With the retirement of Charles Alluto, a new CEO has been appointed – Alan Le Maistre. He introduced himself to members in a speech at the agm which, follows below: As this is my first opportunity to speak to our Members I thought it […]