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Yelling Church Flower Festival
Sunday August 24–Monday August 25
DonationsTaking place from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm on both days. Free entry and parking.
Refreshments including home made cakes available both days. Stalls from 1pm on Monday.
This will be the 24th Flower Festival held in Yelling church (done every other year) to raise funds to keep the doors of the church open! Approximately 20 ladies from the village spend the Friday and Saturday doing flower arrangements to depict their subject which this year is Careers and Children’s classical books. There will be arrangement entitled Three Little Pigs, Paddington Bear, Treasure Island, Firefighter, Marine biologist, photographer to name just a few, about 30 in total.
On the Sunday the event opens to the public and there is an outside service at 10am but the doors will be open to view the flowers from 10 am – 5pm on both the Sunday and Bank holiday Monday. Also on the Monday from 1pm there will be stalls, including, cake stall, plant stall, tombola, white elephant, flowers, and a draw for some luxury hampers.
Refreshments are served in the adjacent Thatch Barn from 11 am – 5pm on each day and whilst it is free entry to the church and free parking, voluntary contribution from visitors would be welcome.
For further info e-mail sanchia ascroft<sanchiaa@aol.com
What’s Ons are broadcast across the day at 7.50, 10.30, 1.30 and 4.30, and at weekends.
To get your event included email: Karen Stringer