The Essential Guide to Lymm, July 2015 | Page 47

LIVE LOCAL? BUY LOCAL! Essential Feature Local Events Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden Summer Pruning Demonstration 18 July 2015, 10:00 am – 12:00 noon Tickets: £5.00 Join head gardener, Graham Richardson as he demonstrates the correct methods in pruning spring flowering shrubs and trained fruit trees such as espaliers and cordons. Book your place with Lynn Podmore 01925 213638 or lynn@ghwalledgarden. org.uk Lymm Dam Batwalk 19th July 2015, 8:45pm - 10:15pm Free Lymm Dam is home to several species of bat. Catch glimpses as they flit and swoop for insects and hear their calls via bat detectors as we discover their nocturnal world on this night-time walk around the Dam. Places are limited so please book in advance on 01925 758195. Meet: the Old Ranger Cabin, off Crouchley Lane, Lymm WA13 0AS Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden Watercolour Workshop (Adult Beginners) 22 July 2015, 10am-4pm Tickets: £22 Join local art tutor Chris Beesley as he shows you various watercolour techniques and provides useful hints & tips on how to create beautiful watercolours with inspiration from the flowered gardens. Book your place with Chris on 07773 982996 or [email protected] To advertise in Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden Plot to Plate: Harvesting & Cooking 29 July 2015, 10am-11.30am Tickets: £18 (5-11years) Book your place with Nikki Geddes on 07976 619648 or [email protected] Lymm Dam Dip the Dam 29th July 2015, 13:30 - 15:00 Free Can you find a water scorpion or a whirligig beetle? Come along and investigate the creatures of the deep living in Lymm Dam. We’ll be by the water’s edge, so wellies and old clothes are advisable. Places are limited so please book in advance on 01925 758195. Meet: the Old Ranger Cabin, off Crouchley Lane , Lymm WA13 0AS August Grappenhall Heys Walled Garden Go Wild! - Summer Play Scheme 3 August to 6 August, 10am – 12.30pm Tickets: £40 for four sessions Bursting with energy and love nature? Then join our action packed sessions which will include pond dipping, orienteering, scavenger hunts, harvesting, construct a bee house, creative crafts and much more...Book your place with Lynn Podmore on 01925 213638 or lynn@ ghwalledgarden.org.uk Please call 01925 766742 47