Sat 10 May
10.00 to 17.00: Church open. There will be a display about the habitat of the churchyard and the immediate locality (known for its ecological interest and variety of species). There will also be a display about the refurbishment of the chamber organ. Hot and cold drinks and home-made cakes of various kinds available all day.
11.00 to 15.00: South Norfolk Council Rangers Steve Hammond and Jon Cook will help you make a bumble bee nesting box (using pre-cut materials, £3 donation towards cost requested, activity suitable for children and adults). Steve and Jon will also help us look for different species of bee in the churchyard, and to identify what we find. This is a rolling activity so you can arrive at any time. It will keep you busy for about an hour.
13.00 to 14.00: Liz Sears will give an organ recital
Also don't miss the Hethel Thorn (about 150m away, thought to be about 700 years old and the oldest specimen of Crataegus monogyna in East Anglia), and look out for one or other of the barn owls, which may be flying by day to catch food for their young.
Sun 11 May
10.00 to 17.00: Church open. There will be a display about the habitat of the churchyard and the immediate locality (known for its ecological interest and variety of species). There will also be a display about the refurbishment of the chamber organ. Hot and cold drinks and home-made cakes of various kinds available all day.
13.00 to 14.00: Liz Sears will give an organ recital
14.30 to 15.30: Sonia Seaton, South Norfolk Council Ecologist will take you on a tour exploring the biodiversity of the churchyard and its connectivity with the immediately surrounding area.
15.30 to 16.30: Sonia Seaton repeat talk and walk.
17.00 A short service of evening prayer from the Isle of Iona.
Also don't miss the Hethel Thorn (about 150m away, thought to be about 700 years old and the oldest specimen of Crataegus monogyna in East Anglia), and look out for one or other of the barn owls, which may be flying by day to catch food for their young.