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Travellers Rest Durweston DT11 0QG

Join us on Wednesday, 24th of April, for a Pasture and Profit farm walk, kindly hosted by Dougal Hosford on Travellers Rest Farm. Dougal farms Travellers Rest with his son Fred and brother George. It is currently approximately 550ha arable, with 150ha in Stewardship Schemes, including floristic margins, grasslands, river meadows and fattening pasture, with herbal […]

Free

Shared Reading

Shaftesbury Library Bell Street, Shaftesbury

Shaftesbury Library Shared Reading group brings people together and books to life. Join us to hear short stories and poems, then discuss them in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. No need to read ahead. Fortnightly on a Thursday from 18 April until June 27 1:45pm - 3:15pm For more information contact Shaftesbury Library on 01747 […]

Free

BIG DORSET APPLE CAKE DAY

Milborne St Andrew Village are holding a 'Big Dorset Apple Cake Day' to be held on  Saturday 1st June 2024 between 10.00-12.00 at the MSA Village Hall, DT11 0JX The villagers will attempt to create the biggest Dorset Apple Cake -  100 cakes will be baked and then assembled on Friday ready for the unveiling on Saturday […]

Free

Elvis 56 & The Heartbreakers

Digby Hall, Sherborne The Digby Memorial Hall, Digby Road, Sherborne, Dorset, United Kingdom

Elvis 56, Memphis to Hollywood show is a unique, not to be missed show. A tribute to the greatest singer and entertainer that ever lived. ELVIS PRESLEY. Taking you through the 50’s and 60’s, from Elvis’ meteoric rise to international stardom through the movie hits and on up to the late 60’s. Backed by a […]

£15.00

Sally King leads to The Greate Poole of Enmore

St John's Enmore Green Church Hill, Shaftesbury, Dorset, United Kingdom

Further research into the life of Sally King has led to the discovery of the site of The Greate Poole that lay in the middle of Enmore 400 years ago. David Godden will give an illustrated talk followed by a short walk around Enmore highlighting traces of its history. Admission £5 in aid of St […]

£5

Creative workshop: collage in nature

Bere Marsh Farm Newman's Drove, Shillingstone, Blandford

Dorset artist Deb Chisman is back for another art based creative workshop 'Collage in nature', set in the beautiful surroundings of Bere Marsh Farm in Shillingstone, Dorset. Join us on Thursday 6th June from 10.30am-4pm for this fun and relaxed workshop. We will start the morning with a wildlife walk around the farm and then […]

£60

Charity Quiz Night

Child Okeford Village Hall Child Okeford

QUIZ NIGHT with a D-DAY 80th Anniversary theme including Entertainment and songs! Two course supper included Bar, raffle

£15

Tarrant Gunville Church Fete.

Gunville Manor Tarrant Gunville, Blandford Forum

Tarrant Gunville Church Fete! Saturday 8th June at 2.15pm - 5.00pm. This year’s fete will be taking place at a fabulous new venue in the glorious gardens of the historic Gunville Manor, Tarrant Gunville. There will be music by Izi Styles and Julian Phillips, Mr Bubbles, the children’s entertainer, games and much, much more. Come […]

£2

42. The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams

The Exchange, Sturminster Newton Sturminster Newton

42, The Wildly Improbable Ideas of Douglas Adams (Unbound 2023) is a lavishly illustrated coffee-table book which trawls through the personal papers, drafts, scripts, notebooks and diaries of the much-missed humorous author (and later tech guru) Douglas Adams, who died aged just 49, in 2001. A famous procrastinator, Adams regularly berated himself within the body […]

£8

OPEN GARDEN and TEA PARTY

The gardens at Littlebrook Farmhouse, Belchalwell Street, DT11 0EG will be open on Wednesday 12th June 2024 from 2.30pm – 5.00pm with all proceeds to Julia’s House, the DORSET Childrens Hospice. Garden entry is £6 per person and teas and refreshments will be available on the terrace. Their are formal and Water Gardens, Orchard and […]

£6

The Long Arc with Robin Walter

Sturminster Newton Library Bath Rd, Sturminster Newton

In The Long Arc, Robin Walter reads a collection of nature and environmental-themed poems accompanied by music and imagery. ‘The Long Arc’ consists of 3 pieces of writing on environmental themes, accompanied by recorded music and visual images. ‘Arbor Vitae’ is a poetic version of Robin's book 'Living With Trees', with images by Juliet Wimhurst. […]

£8