events/talks

April 30 Ceilidh with Whiffeldy, Canon Pyon Village Hall, 7.30pm. 01432 830573.

30-May 1 Bromyard Spring Festival of Town Crying, craft fair, 01885 482898.

30-May 1 Eco Materials Weekend, Wentes Meadow, Presteigne, 10am-4pm. 01544 267163.

May 1-2 Arty Crafty, Eastnor Castle, workshops for all the family, 01531 633160.

May 1-2 The Big Apple, Woodcroft, Putley, Ledbury. 01531 670544.

1-2 Goodrich Castle Civil War Celebrations, 11am. 01600 890538.

2 Dilwyn Village Show, 10am-4pm, 01544 318880.

2 National Trust Croft Castle May Day Picnic - bring a picnic. Maypole dancing 2pm-3.30pm. 01568 780246.

2 Grinding Day demonstration, Mortimers Cross Mill, between 10am-4pm. 01568 708820.

3-5 Hereford May Fair. 01432 260984.

3 Health Walks in Hereford, meet 10am, Belmont Tesco 07792 880218.

4 Health Walks in Hereford, meet 3pm, Vaga Inn, 07792 880218.

theatre

28-30 A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum, HAOS, The Courtyard, 7.30pm Sat 2.30pm. 0870 1122330.

28-29 Brecknock Little Theatre 75 Years of Entertainment, 7.30pm. 01874 611622.

28-29 Gloves Galore, Conquest Theatre, Bromyard. 01885 483767

May 3 Strawberry Fields, Pentabus Theatre Company, Stoke Prior Village Hall, Nr Leominster, 7.30pm. 01568 760380.

4-7 Talking to Terrorists, Out of Joint and Royal Court Theatre, Malvern Theatres, 8pm, Sat/mat 2.30pm. 01684 892277.

musical

April 28-30 Cosi fan tutte, English Touring Opera, Malvern Theatres, 7.30pm. 01684 892277.

28-29 Mary Queen of Scots, English Touring Opera, Malvern Theatres, 7.30pm. 01684 892277.

30 Hereford Police Male Voice Choir, Shirehall, 7.30pm. 01432 357169.

30 Early Music at Discoed, Medieval instrumentalists and international soprano Evelyn Tubb, St Michael's Church, 7.30pm. 01547 560369.

May 1 Two concerts 3pm, Early Music at Discoed, baroque duo Mozart's violin sonatas. 5pm, lecture/recital by bassoonist and early instrument specialist Frances Eustace, St Michael's, Church, Discoed. 01547 560369.

5 Nancy Kerr and James Fagan, The Courtyard, 8pm. 0870 1122330.

exhibitions

Tues-Sat Teddy Bear Museum, 12, The Square, Bromyard. 10.30am-4.30pm, 01885 488329.

'til April 30, Spring Exhibition, Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge. 01544 388842.

'til end April Silkscreen and Silver, Arterie, 14 Corve St, Ludlow, 10am-4pm. 01584 877798.

'til May 17 Spring Show, Artistree Community Arts Centre, Ledbury, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm. 01531 631839.

'til late Nov The White Road Westwards, Eardisland Church, daily. 01544 388226.

April 28 'til June 30 Art exhibition of watercolours and oils by Herefordshire artist Alan Holloway, Cider Museum, Ryeland Rd, Hereford.

28-June 6 Antony Kerr, watercolours of Herefordshire and Elizabeth Rendell Kerr oils, Parkfields Gallery, Ross-on-Wye. 01989 565226.

28 Apr-May 24, Exhibition by Helen Cass, Edmund Sayer and Bryony Burn, Galanthus Gallery and Caf, Wormbridge, Hereford, 10am-5pm. 01981 570506.

29-May 2, Exhibition/open weekend in aid of 'Working Together', The Throne, Hereford Road, Weobley. 01544 318357

30 'til end of Sept, Garden Sculpture Exhibition, Old Chapel, Pembridge, 10am-5.30pm, Sun/11am-5.30pm. 01544 388842.

30 'til June 12, Exhibition 'The weather and the sea' paintings by Tony Chance and ceramics by Betty Clarke, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Broad Street. Tony-10-5pm/Betty-2-5pm.

30 Golden Valley Craft Society exhibition and sale, St Katherine's Hall, Ledbury. 10am-4pm. 01981 580140.

clubs/classes/societies

Ongoing: The Original Hereford T'ai Chi Group, Mon- Holmer Church Hall 7-8pm; Tues - St John's Church (St Owen Street) 6.15pm; Thurs - Hampton Park Utd Reform Church 9.30am. Also Bodenham Village Hall - Mon/Weds 10am. 01568 797310.

Sundays: Swing Jive/Line Dance Classes, Bartestree Village Hall, 01989 750354.

May 3 Brecknock Decorative and Fine Art Society, Lecture by Diana Lloyd on Tiffany the first great American glassmaker. Theatr Brycheiniog, and AGM/2pm, lecture 2.30pm. 01874 754627.

3 Hereford Aikido Club beginners and improvers welcome J Duggan 01432 355695.

4 The National Council of Women of Great Britain, speaker from headquarters, Hampton Bishop Village Hall, 2.15pm. 01981 570223.

4 Hereford Accordion Club, Black Swan Hotel, Leominster, 7.30pm. 01432 840608.

6 Cercle Francais de Hereford, M Michel Amieux, La France et son environment, 1, Castle Street, 7.30pm. 01989 780421.

gardens

Open all year except two-weeks after Christmas, Broadfield Court Gardens and Vineyard, Bodenham, 10am-4.30pm. 01568 797483.

'til Aug 29, Bryan's Ground Stapelton, nr Presteigne, Sun/Mon, 2-5pm. 01544 260001.

'til Aug 30, Aulden Farm, Aulden, Leominster, Tues/Thurs, four-miles SW of Leominster, 10am-5pm, 01568 720129.

'til Oct 30, Berrington Hall Gardens, Leominster, 12-5pm. 01568 615721.

'til Oct 2, Abbey Dore Court Gardens, Abbey Dore, 11-miles SW of Hereford A465, Tues/Thurs/Sat/Sun/BH Mon, 11am-5.30pm. 01981 240419.

'til Oct 16 How Caple Court, How Caple, five-miles N of Ross-on-Wye, 10am-5pm, daily. 01989 740626.

'til mid Oct, Lawton Hall Herbs, Eardisland, 10.30am-5.30pm Wed-Mon. 01568 709215.

'til Sept 28, The Bannut, Bringsty, 2.5miles E of Bromyard, Wed/Sat/Sun/BH Mon, 12.30-5pm. 01885 482206.

'til Sept, Arrow Cottage Garden, Ledgemoor, nr Weobley, Wed/Sat/Sun, eight-miles SE of Weobley, 11am-4pm. 01344 622181.

'til end of Sept, Moors Meadow Garden and Nursery, Collington, Nr Bromyard, open daily. 11am-5pm, closed Wed/Thurs. 01885 410318.

'til mid Oct, Stockton Bury Gardens, Kimbolton, Wed-Sun and Bank Holidays, 12noon-5pm, full restaurant. 01568 613432.

Every Thurs, 'til end of Sept NGS Barnards Green House, 10 Poolbrook Rd, Malvern 2-6pm, 01684 574446.

'til May 7 Hope End House, Hope End, two miles NE of Ledbury, 10am-4pm. 01531 635890.

April 28-30 NGS White Cottage, Stock Green, Inkberrow, 10am-5pm. 01386 792414.

May 1 NGS Maesllwch Castle, Glasbury-on-Wye, 2.5pm. 01497 820423.

1-2 NGS The Cockshoot, Castlemorton Common, two-miles south of Welland, B4208. 1-5pm.

1-2 NGS 1 Prickley Bungalows, Hockhams Lane, Martley, 2-6pm. 01886 812523.

2 NGS Little Malvern Court, Little Malvern, three-miles south of Great Malvern on A4104, 2-5pm.

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