insideKENT Magazine Issue 82 - January 2019 | Page 123
NEWS
PUB IN THE PARK TO
RETURN IN 2019
Tom Kerridge’s food and music festival, Pub in the
Park, is returning to Tunbridge Wells from 12th-14
July 2019, bringing the people of Kent top-notch
food and cracking live music for a three-day event.
Expect amazing tasting dishes from pop-ups of
award-winning pubs and restaurants, including Tom
Kerridge’s The Hand & Flowers which last year
served a sriracha and sesame chicken fried bao
amongst other delicious signature plates. The menus
will be released later in the year, but expect the same
high standards and mouth-watering meals.
There’ll be cooking demonstrations from some of
the UK’s top chefs, who’ll be showing off their skills
on the Chef Demo Stage.
A wide range of bars will be serving bevvys from
cocktails to cold ones and prosecco to Pimm’s, all
topped off with some cracking music from the main
stage to finish off the day nicely (last year there were
highlights of Billy Ocean, Melanie C and Razorlight).
All the line-ups including the chefs, pubs and music
will be revealed in January, so keep an eye out.
Tickets go on sale on 1st February, but for priority
booking on 31st January sign up to the newsletter
at www.pubintheparkuk.com.
TREES RECYCLED INTO
GARDEN FURNITURE IN
CHARITY JOINT VENTURE
Local trees otherwise destined for landfill are being turned into
handcrafted garden furniture and other bespoke products in a joint
venture between The Fifth Trust charity, Canterbury City Council
and its parks and grounds contractor, Serco.
The Fifth Trust Horticulture Manager, Peter Buscall, explains:
“Occasionally a tree must be felled in one of the Council’s parks or
gardens, or it falls down or becomes diseased. With this new sustainability
scheme, timber from these trees can be turned into furniture or
other products, giving it a new lease of life. We benefit from being
able to sell the resulting products and the Council saves money in
landfill costs.”
The trees are sawn into planks by Serco and delivered to The Fifth
Trust, an Elham Valley-based charity that offers support and training
opportunities to adults with learning disabilities. Skilled carpenters
work with the students to carefully craft the recycled trees into bespoke
items available to order.
Canterbury City Council’s Senior Contracts Manager for Commissioned
Services, Tracy Flower, who is co-ordinating the sustainability project,
says: “We have built a strong relationship with The Fifth Trust over
the past nine years. With this new joint venture sustainability project,
every plank can be traced back to its original source. When we remove
a tree from an area, we will replace it where appropriate. Other parts
of the felled tree can also be reused, with smaller pieces utilised for bird
boxes and other wood products, and the remainder seasoned and made
available as logs for wood burners. Money raised from selling benches
and tables will be spent on the area from where the tree was removed.
It makes for sound environmental good practice, provides additional
amenities for the public and supports The Fifth Trust’s work.”
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