The Kelsale Village Hall and Centre Trustees are pleased to annouce a new event in your social calendar. The first Kelsale-cum-Carlton Village Show of the 21st Century! To celebrate the end of lockdown the Trustees will be holding a Village Show. Planned activities include; a fruit and vegetable competition - judging beans, tomatoes and carrots as well as plums and apples. There will be a prize for the best 'wonky' vegetable. There will also be a special award for the best any vegetables or fruit grown by a child. Previously, flower arranging has been very popular and in response to...

Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust will celebrate Big Butterfly Count 2021 with two special Open Days for all members of the public, 10 am until 5 pm at Simpson’s Fromus Valley Reserve in Kelsale-cum-Carlton (Gated entrance, on the west of the A12 heading up Mile Hill going away from Kelsale toward Yoxford) on Saturday 24th July, and at Orchid Glade, Boulge Road, Hasketon on Sunday 25th July. Please find instructions how to reach both reserves on the website www.suffolkflora.org under ‘Open Days’.   The Big Butterfly Count is an annual event organized by the national charity Butterfly Conservation.  https//bigbutterflycount.butterfly-conservation.org Download guidance...

Suffolk Flora Preservation Trust will celebrate National Insect Week with two special Open Days for all members of the public 10 am until 5 pm at Simpson’s Fromus Reserve on Saturday 26th June, and at Orchid Glade on Sunday 27th June Find instructions how to reach both reserves on the website www.suffolkflora.org under Open Days We shall publish in the 2021 annual the eight best insect photos taken during National Insect Week at either of our reserves Four winners will be chosen from photographs taken by existing Guardians on any day during the National Insect Week and four from photographs...

28 May - 13 June 2021 Building on five years of success, Keep Britain Tidy are delighted to announce the dates for their sixth annual mass-action environmental campaign, the Great British Spring Clean. This year our outdoor spaces and places have mattered more than ever before. They have been a sanctuary during challenging times, and from 28 May 2021, Keep Britain Tidy will be calling on hundreds of thousands of #LitterHeroes from across the UK to join together and show some love for those special places that helped us all through lockdown. Keep Britain Tidy has moved the campaign dates a little,...