PARISH Council of Ellisfield: Meets next Monday, July 13, 7.30pm, as usual, but in St Martin’s Church. Local residents, as always, are welcome to attend. See village notice boards and ellisfield.gov.uk for agenda.

GALA evening: Saturday, July 18, to celebrate 40 years of Ellisfield Ladies. Proceeds will go to St Michael’s Hospice.

Members of the wonderful Heritage Orchestra have very kindly donated their time so gather a few friends, put on your glad rags, bring a picnic and head for Home Farm Barn. The music will reflect the changing seasons and the countryside with a proms-style sing along at the end.

Tickets available from committee members such as Maggie Heath and Sharon Rudd.

HORTICULTURAL Society’s ‘Best Gardens’ competition: Tracy and Adam Gilvear and Debbie and Seumas Foster achieved first prizes respectively for vegetable garden and combined vegetable and flower gardens.