Trinity Festival at St Johns Huntley

29 The plans for the Trinity Festival weekend included a web site about the exhibitions planned. Buses provided links between the three churches at Longhope, Huntley and Mayhill.
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At Huntley we were greeted with a most impressive Time-line beginning with 1282 when the first known Vicar was Simon de Ribbesford
1465 - First printed music produced
1480 - Leonardo da Vinci invented the parachute
20 May 1506 Christopher Columbus died after discovering America 1492
1596 - Tomatoes were introduced to England
24 June 1863 - rebuilt church with Nave, new Chancel
1880 - Education became compulsory for all children aged 5 to 10 years.

Amy Flower ball, with long trailing stems ending in flowers Amy and I admired the flower balls which have transformed the hanging lights. She was concerned that two of the flowers had popped off their stems.
19 14 Red, the colour which symbolises the outpouring of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, is the colour theme used for many of Huntley's arrangements. Audrey Robbins made this wall hanging
15 20 The font provides a lovely contrast for this vase, while the red floor tiles are enhanced by the gold and green used here.
40 The churches had their gardens in full bloom. This standard rose welcomes all visitors at Huntley.

Visitors were entertained by Lady Morris Dancers on Saturday, a Juggler on Sunday, and Floral artists joined workshops at Longhope Manor learning to make willow sculptures

Fourteen parishioners opened their gardens for visitors, solving challenges from small cottages to spacious areas including a stream side garden at Longhope.

Huntley's organic garden with speciality begonias
Pink Harlequin orange Firedance
Pink Harlequin and orange Firedance cascade begonias.		 Cupani sweet peas
The Sweet peas are a special variety called Cupani, a variety known since about 1650. Margaret uses specially collected seed to grow this climbing variety.
Verbascum bush Mullien shark caterpillar Organic gardening has a big reward where this verbascum bush has been chosen as nursery by the Mullien shark moth. Her caterpillars, in various sizes, are flourishing on the special diet verbascum provides.

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