Over the last few days, 150 hanging baskets and 40 window boxes full of flowers have been put up around Wimborne ahead of this year’s competitions. These augment the summer planting, which took place at the end of May when over 80 wooden barrel planters and flower towers were filled, all ahead of the local and regional ‘in Bloom’ judging.
> On 26 June 2016 at 3pm in Wimborne Minster, the Mariposa Trust is holding a Saying Goodbye service.
An authentic replica of 1950s Wimborne, with its diminutive buildings and tiny shop window displays, Wimborne Model Town has been attracting and charming visitors for decades.
Former Cherries boss Harry Redknapp opened a summer fair at Canford School in May. It raised £3,647.77 for the Diverse Abilities’ Lilypad Appeal, which is raising funds to renovate its respite home for children with complex disabilities, and their families.
The National Trust team at Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne have welcomed some new arrivals.
The sun shone the whole weekend as a total of 5,253 rowers from 153 clubs and schools took part in the National Schools Regatta at Dorney Lake from Friday 27 to Sunday 29 May. Canford’s 12 crews made up of 58 pupils had a hugely successful weekend, both in terms of the races they won and the experience they gained at this national event.
Cheryl Broad, a Wimborne Barber, has offered to have all her hair shaved off at an event to be held in Wimborne Square on Saturday 13 August. It is proposed to make this part of a fun event, which will take place throughout the day raising funds for Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust, more commonly known as the Poole Body Scanner Appeal.
Ben Vessey, Headmaster of Canford School in Wimborne, Dorset, attended a unique Duke of Edinburgh’s Award (DofE) Gold Award Presentation at Buckingham Palace on 16 May.
Wimborne Model Town, the volunteer-run educational charity will be celebrating 25 years at the ‘new’ King Street site with a special evening on Saturday 18 June with music, a barbecue and illuminations.
The Priest’s House Museum & Garden in Wimborne Minster is hosting an outdoor production of Tess of the d’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy on Saturday 25 June at 6.30pm. This touring production has been adapted and directed by Charmaine K Parkin and is presented by SISATA Open Air Theatre.