REDMARLEY D'Abitot festival weekend begins today (Friday), with a fashion show at the village hall at 7pm.

Tomorrow and Sunday (June 11), a number of gardens will be open in the village, from 10.30am to 5pm, when there will be plant and other stalls and refreshments at the village hall, with a hat exhibition and flowers in the parish church.

The church will also be open on Sunday for its exhibition and flowers from 11am, with a Songs of Praise service at 6pm. All proceeds will go to Redmarley Church.

The village lies just off the A417 Gloucester to Ledbury Road. For further information, call 01531 650265.