|
|
 |
|
|
BEAUTIFUL BATTLE SCARECROW FESTIVALSUMMER 2010
Following the great success of the Festival in 2009, Beautiful Battle will be running a repeat performance
in July 2010Beautiful Battle will be expanding on the range of entries to include
residents and individuals, in addition to the clubs and community groups that were invited in 2009. In
addition, the High Street businesses will be invited to take part in a Scarecrow Window Dressing Competition
during July. - The
Festival will run from 5th to 25th July, and these characters will be on display in key sites in Battle...as close to the town centre
as possible. The number of locations will be less than in 2009, and the number of scarecrows on each site
increased.....a ploy to focus on both the quantity and the quality within a limited area........whilst also reducing on potential
problems with vandalism.
|
Download your entry form
Click here to download your Entry Form
The categories in 2010 will be...
Best Adult entry,
Best Adult Group entry,
Best Junior entry
Best Junior Group,
Best using recycled materials,
Best Commercial,
The Peoples Choice.
The unknown factor is as yet the theme for 2010.....to find out more... keep in
touch with the web-site and forward your enquiry to Margaret.
Entry forms will be available from February.
A Scarecrow Workshop is also planned as a part of the Festival, and a Scarecrow
Needlework Display will be on show at Battle Library.
|
|
|
Welcome Back Chris “Following our first contact with Chris Collins at the SEIB awards in 2008
he will be making his second appearance in Battle on March 25th 2010.Chris’s unique and down to earth approach to everything that he does has
struck a chord in Battle and we are all looking forward to his next visit.Prior to talking to Battle residents, in the Memorial Hall at 7.00 pm, Chris will
be making a visit to Netherfield Primary School in the afternoon. Here, he will talk to the children and discuss gardening
and the environment with them. His visit is being eagerly anticipated as several of the children are Blue Peter badge holders.
Chris, of course, is a Blue Peter gardener and very much values his time with children. He will also, I am sure, captivate his evening audience who will be keen to hear
more stories of his gardening exploits around the world.Tickets for the evening will be available sometime in February 2010 and notice will be posted on
this site as to where they may be purchased. We hope that a horticultural raffle will also be held during the evening”
|
|
|
Beautiful Battle Outstanding Contribution Recognised
Beautiful Battle, who led the Battle Town entry to success
in the 2008 South East in Bloom, supported by Rother DC, recently had some success at the 1066 Business Awards
held on Friday 27th March. Beautiful Battle were the Runners-Up in the category ‘Outstanding Contribution
to the Community’.
Pictured from left to right:
Guest Speaker Sally Gunnell, Alan Cole, Margaret Emeleus & Simon Alexander (all of Beautiful Battle), and Teresa
Nemeth of Hasting & St Leonards Observer (sponsors of the award)
|
|
|
- Do you have a brilliant horticulture idear which you would like to develop?
- Do you need some help?
- Do you require some funding?Will it benefit Battle?
If you can say 'YES' to all of the above ..then contact alan@beautifulbattle.org
- St Martins Sheltered Housing supports a Gardening Club, and quite a bit of expertise .. but very
much welcome some support in putting their entry together for the South East in Bloom this year.
Think you might be interested? .. then please contact Shirley Massey on 01424 773253
|
|
|
Thank You!
The street collection on 16th and 17th May raised a magnificent £609.
This will boost our funds and will be used on various projects around the town. Beautiful Battle
would like to thank all the volunteers who helped with the collection and all the many people who gave so generously over
the two days
|
|
|
Queen's Award for Volunteers Nomination
Five volunteers from Beautiful Battle attended a Reception,
given by the Lord Lieutenant, on Thursday evening 17th April at Plumpton College. The reception was also attended by 19
other East Sussex voluntary organisations in recognition of their nominations for the Queens Award for Volunteers.
All the nominated organisations were congratulated for their work.
Battle Mayor Ron Harris and his wife also attended.
Although we did not eventually win an award in 2008, Beautiful Battle felt very honoured
and proud to have be nominated..
|
|
|
Beautiful Battle - 2008 AGM
Beautiful Battle held their second AGM in the Memorial Hall Battle on
Thursday 27th March. The meeting was attended by over 80 members, "Friends" and sponsors.
In her opening address the Beautiful Battle chairman, Margaret Emeleus, focused
on the importance of both sponsors and volunteers in the continuing success of the organisation and its primary role of fostering
"Pride in the Community"
|
|
|
St Mary's Church Christmas Tree Festival
Beautiful Battle volunteers put up their Christmas Tree in St Mary's church to
join over 30 other enties by local groups.
Volunteers made "Beautiful Battle baubles" to decorate their tree. To mark their successes
in the 2007 SE in Bloom competition the tree was topped by the town's certificate and a symbolic "gold" flower for
the Almonry garden. The tree was kindly donated by Jon Avery Landscapes.
The Festival coincided with the switching on of Battle's Christmas lights
|
|
|
On Thursday 6th September at the Battle Memorial Hall, Derrick Elwood gave
an excellent illustrated talk about his time at the Almonry, Battle, where he was the gardener and friend to Miss Holloway,
owner of the Almonry in the 1960's
Over £500 was raised on the evening. This will be put towards projects
for the 2008 South East in Bloom entry by Battle.
The picture shows Derrick giving some invaluable advice to two Beautiful Battle volunteers when
walking around the Almonry gardens the day after his talk.
|
|
|
Members of Beautiful Battle manned a stall at the Farmers Market on
Saturday 19th May 2007 to explain what we do and enlist more volunteers. The event enabled us to reach regular visitors to
the Market from neighbouring areas that fall outside those households who received a leaflet recently via the Battle
Royal Mail sorting office
|
|
|
The Station Manager and Peter the ticket clerk helped us to promote the work of Beautiful Battle
by helping us to mount a public display in the station ticket office for the first 3 weeks in May 2007.
|
|
|
Evening with Fergus Garrett
At a recent promotional evening, Fergus Garrett, head gardener at Great Dixter, gave an inspirational
talk to a captive audience of 150 people. The evening raised £900 towards the cost of floral projects in Battle
|
|
|
We held our first Annual General Meeting in April 2007. It was attended by about 80 members, sponsors and
other guests.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Enter supporting content here
|
|
|
|
