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A group of committed volunteers met at the Civic Offices in Basingstoke in October to discuss the future of Basingstoke in Bloom. Basingstoke in Bloom celebrates the parklands and open spaces of Basingstoke and Deane, and a competition awards prizes to the best residential gardens in and around the Borough. Basingstoke In Bloom is set [...]

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Bumblebees and Cuckoos  It may sound a sound strange combination but a recent excellent talk by one of our own members, Chris Rose, was highly illuminating and left me struggling to take in all the information she had gathered about Bumblebees during her first season studying them on Old Down. One interesting thing I learned [...]

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Seed collection……….. Tis the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness…… and seed collecting, which is now in full swing and a very important part of the conservation process.  By taking wild flower seed from key sites with, of course, the owners’ permission, we can build up a store of seed of known provenance.  It is [...]

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Unwanted black cats in Basingstoke are being left on the shelf Cats Protection’s Basingstoke & District Branch is urging people to adopt a black cat as it struggles to care for growing numbers of them.

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Kempshott Coffee Club will be participating in the World’s biggest coffee morning  next Friday at 10 am at St Mark’s Church, Homesteads Road.  All contributions taken on that day will be donated to MacMillan Cancer Support.  Homemade cakes will also be available to buy.  Why not come along and join in? Kempshott Coffee Club runs every Friday from 10am [...]

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