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What’s On

Love is in the air!

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We Yes, Valentine’s Day is just around the corner.

Apparently, for this special day British people spend around £30 million on flowers and over £40 million on Valentine’s Day cards!

This year, make sure some of that hard earned cash stays local. We have some amazingly creative florists in Buckingham who can help you to choose a fantastic gift for your special someone, and there are several places to head for a perfectly romantic card. If you are planning a meal out, book your table now (and your babysitter if necessary!) to avoid disappointment. Other ideas for gifts you can easily buy locally are a photo (or photo sitting), a beauty treatment or massage voucher, a piece of art or jewellery, or a unique present from one of the town’s fabulous gift shops.

February 2013 invites us all to indulge in another kind of love too... the love of pancakes! Shrove Tuesday falls on 12th February this year so get your supplies in and your frying pans at the ready.

Live a little and make 2013 the year you sprinkle more than sugar and lemon juice on your pancakes. Why not try apple & cinnamon with ice cream, chilli con carne with cheese, or banana and walnuts? Enjoy!

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Health &Beauty

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Health &Beauty

Angel of the Heart Call on her with any issue connected to the heart.

Call on her when you need to activate healing hands.

Associated with February The Angel of the Heart is ready and waiting for your call. All you need to do is ask for her help with matters connected to the Heart. As we enter the month of February we are reminded that St Valentine’s Day is approaching fast. We are bombarded with love hearts and flowers, chocolates and champagne, adorning shop facades and other visual media. But take time out to really think about who resides in your heart and what true love really means to you. Be kind to yourself and release any internal block to allow yourself to be truly loved. Remember like attracts like. Be loving to yourself and others. Surround yourself with loving thoughts, words and deeds and in doing so you will activate healing in your hands. May your heart be filled with love.

Angel Blessings to you all. Jodi x

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PSYCHOTHERAPY AND COUNSELLING

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MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, MBACP. •I am a registered Psychotherapist with over 20 years experience, the last 16 years being in private practice in this area.

•I work with a broad range of people from many walks of life including: - Some who are deeply unhappy, without knowing why.

- Some who cannot break out of abusive patterns of behaviour which are damaging to themselves or others.

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It’s never too late to make a New Year’s resolution, or perhaps to make a new one if all the good intentions 2013 didn’t last very long! If you are in need of inspiration, here’s the top ten New Year resolutions:

1. Spend more time with friends and family.

2. Get fit.

3. Lose fat.

4. Give up smoking.

5. Enjoy life more.

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6. Give up drinking.

7. Get out of debt.

8. Learn something new.

9. Help others.

10. Get organised.

If you have difficulty keeping to a resolution, try a different approach.

Instead of the ‘cold turkey’ method, make small changes towards your goal. So rather than go on a diet, try making small changes towards a healthier diet.

It’s worth a try!

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Our primary key criteria is to provide businesses with first rate support and advice which is cost effective, appropriate and beneficial.

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TAKING THE HEADACHE OUT OF HR FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESSES.

It’s been a fantastic first year So with 2013 underway it looks for the business. We are to be no different with a whole working with such a diverse range of employer/employee range of businesses and challenges to be met. A supporting both the employers significant cost to any business and the employees in ensuring, is its employees and as with not only are they compliant in any business investment it’s terms of employment law, but important that you look after also that the business is your assets. equipped to deal with the ever changing needs of its employees.

So what’s the current hot topic? SNOW! Winter weather is on its way bringing with it a whole host of potential problems for employers to face regarding pay, absence and managing workload/meeting customer requirements. So how can you ensure your business has the policies in place to cope with the bad weather. By taking the time to put a ‘bad weather’ policy in place a crisis could be averted.

•To pay or not to pay?•Closing the business?•Working from home?

Things to consider:

By creating a ‘bad weather’ policy you can be prepared for any occurrences of bad weather and disruption to your business. This policy should set out

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The Garden in

F E B R U A RY

As we start a New Year we have the joys and

traumas of the festive season behind us and the blank pages of 2013 stretching before us like a freshly vacuumed carpet. However, the questions for us gardeners is, says Chris Day, will that carpet be a lush shag pile or a pathetic tufted economy second.

However we approach it, last year was not a good year as there was too much rain and general apathy for anything much to thrive never mind grow. Vegetables literally drowned and fruit never really came to much, roses were battered by showers and herbaceous borders were flattened.

Thank goodness for the Jubilee celebrations and the Olympics with all that stirring pageantry and sportiness to occupy our minds - and also for the tantalising glimpses of the Olympic plantings of James Hitchmough, Nigel Dunnett and Sarah Price at the Olympic venue in East London.

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Let’s hope this year will be different and the sun will shine on all our plantings and gardening projects large and small. To be honest I am not really a fan of New Year Resolutions as I feel one is just setting oneself up for disappointment (think diets!) but, in the interests of fearlessly gutsy journalism, here are a handful: Inspired, in part by the meadow plantings at last year’s Olympics and also at the Garden Centre where our bee hives are located, I want to grow more wildflowers in the garden. It will need some planning, however, to see the likes of Cornflowers, Foxgloves and Poppies teaming with hoverflies, moths and bees but if achieved it would be a delight. In fact I think I’ll stick my neck out and say 2013 should be the revival year for those tough, yet colourful hardy annuals such as Larkspur, Godetia and Nasturtiums, which are a magnet to all sorts of aerial wildlife. I certainly remember these flowers from my childhood, their simplicity to grow and re-seed made them a gentle reminder of the wonder of Nature.

The other 2013 planting project you could do to help the wildlife, but also to help you, would be to plant and establish an edible hedge. These are nothing new, after all man has been foraging for fruits since the dawn of time. However, it makes good sense to grow something that is productive as well as decorative in the garden, whatever the space you have available. So, what exactly makes up an edible hedge line? Well, it tends to be an informal mix of plants, including Rosa rugosa, Blackthorn (sloe), Amelanchier, Cornelian cherry, Hazel, Myrobalan Plum, sometimes called the Cherry Plum (pictured opposite top right), but you could also include the likes of Elderberry,

Leylandii & Conifer problems solved Hedges reduced and trimmed Pruning, thinning and felling Large or small jobs welcome

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Written by Chris Day Buckingham Garden Centre 01280 822133

Berberis, and the Japanese Quince. This edible mish-mash of species will yield spectacular results in the form of flowers, fruits and good autumn colour in just a couple of years from planting.

You would need to space the plants around 18in (45cm) apart in a single row for best effect and a sunny aspect suits them best.

Last year I spent four energetic days visiting National Trust properties in Somerset (including Barrington Court, pictured), North Devon and Wiltshire famed for their great gardens but this year I must go and visit even more gardens.

There are so many wonderful places in this country and I have visited shamefully few of them, although a National Trust membership does help you plan (or make an excuse) for productive journeys out.

Likewise I need to go to visit more specialist small nurseries – these are, after all, the lifeblood of the horticultural industry in this county and many are struggling, so we all need to support our local suppliers. We also need to encourage young people to go into horticulture: it is a fabulous profession to be involved in. Perhaps not the highest paid, but undoubtedly one of the most satisfying. We have a fantastic tradition of great

gardening in this country and this is something worth protecting.

Garden Centres are now forging great links with local schools. Take our Potato Challenge, now in its 5th Year, which has grown massively and something we are able to successfully run with many schools. However, it’s not just potatoes, over the years we’ve been involved in setting up raised vegetable and fruit beds, rejuvenating borders and re-panting with wildlife friendly plants – pictured Bourton Meadow School in Buckingham, establishing new trees and even providing practical pruning advice to teachers and children! If any MK18 schools would be interested in taking part in our Potato Challenge and, perhaps having a go at our

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The Garden in

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‘Biggest. Heaviest & Weirdest Shape Marrow Competition’ then full details will be available at our Potato Weekend, 16th and 17th February. All you have to do is register with us and we will then contact you with all the details.

Finally, looking at ways to maximise your time in the garden, without the slog! Again, it’s a matter of planning.

Keep the number of planted containers to the absolute minimum, upsize if you have to so you can get bigger, bolder displays, but avoid planting too many pots and baskets this season. As the saying goes: “Less is more” and it’s particularly true if you are a slave to a hosepipe and deadheading your planters. On the subject of

deadheading, be savvy and buy “self-cleaning seasonal plants”, these by definition are low maintenance plants that do not require any deadheading.

Good ones to look out for include Bacopa (white, pink and blue), which incidentally lasts well into winter, Begonia semperflorens, Begonia Kisses range, Calibrachoa (single and double types – looks like a miniature petunia), Torenia (variety ‘Violet Moon’), Lobelia, Pelargonium (ivy-leaf trailing balcony types), Scaevola (blue and white) and cutting-raised New Guinea Impatiens, Double Impatiens, Petunia (‘Surfinia’ and the double named forms).

You will come across these plants as young “plug” plants in Garden Centres shortly, or you can purchase more established plants from May onwards in 9cm pots. Plants in these larger pots are perfect for directly planting into your containers for fast instant results.

I am sure you have your own resolutions - good luck to you all with them and a Happy New Year from all the staff at Buckingham Garden Centre.

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Written by Chris Day Buckingham Garden Centre 01280 822133

TOP TIP If you were given a gift boxed Hippeastrum (sometimes sold as Amaryllis) for Christmas then it should be planted as soon as possible to enjoy those spectacular blooms. Make sure the growing pot has sufficient drainage – if not, use a proper plant pot. When planting up the bulb don’t bury the bulb too deeply, ideally the shoulder of the large bulb should be exposed close to the compost surface (pictured). If you plant too deeply this normally results in either the bulb failing to bloom or worse, the bulb rotting. Aim to keep the compost just moist at planting; you can gradually increase the amount as the flowering stem develops usually 4-6 weeks after planting.

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Dust off those winter blues, it’s time to think about starting off a whole host of plants from seeds, plugs plants, seed potatoes and summer bulbs! To help you get cracking, we’ve put together a simple competition for you to answer. Simply answer the question and TWO lucky readers will have a chance to win a Buckingham Garden Centre Gift Voucher.

Question:

Which of the following varieties of potatoes is the odd one out?

A: Foremost B: King Edward C. Rocket Pop your answer A, B or C together with your name and address to: competition@buckingham-nurseries.co.uk Or by post to: Buckingham Garden Centre, Tingewick Road, Buckingham MK18 4AE

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Accountancy 2 Aggregates 7,18 Animal Feed 7 Aromatherapy 10 Art Gallery 8 Art School 8 Bathrooms 18,19,20,21 Beauty 9 Bike Servicing & Repairs 7 Brickwork 2,22 Builders & Supplies 2 Caravan Repairs 15 Car Services/Repairs/MOT’S 1,6 Car Dealers 1 Carpentry 18,19 Carpets & Flooring 18,19 Chimney Repointing 16,18 Coach Hire 5 Computers 5 Counselling 12 Dance 11 Dentist 13 Designers 16 Driveways 22 Education & Tuition 4 Electrician 21 Energy Performance Assessors 21 Extensions 2,19 Fencing 2,22,25 Flooring 18,19 Garage Conversions 2,19 Garden Centre 25 Garden Design 22,25 Garden Maintenance 22,25 7,25 Garden Supplies Gas Engineer 19,20,21 Groundwork 19 Gifts 8 16,18 Guttering & Fascias Hairdressers 9 Holiday Cottage 28 Holistic Therapies 10,12 Home Improvements/Refurbishment 18,19,22 Human Resources 14 Hypnotherapy 10

Indian Head Massage 10 Jazzercise 10 Kitchens 18,19 Landscaping 2,19,22,25 Logs & Kindling 2 Massage Therapy 10 Motorhome Hire 15 Painting and Decorating 18 Patios & Paving 2,22,25 Pet Care 7 Picture Framing 8 Plumbing/Plumbers & Heating 19,20,21 Poultry Equipment 7 Printing 16 Property Maintenance 18,19,22 Psychotherapy 13 Re-Pointing 16,18,22 Reflexology 10 Roofing 2,16,18,19 Stonework 2 Skip Hire 18,23 Tiling 16,18 Tree Surgeon 22 Turfing 22,25 TV Aerials & Satellites 20 Tyre Sales 15 Video Production 16 Windows/Conservatories & Repairs 17,19 Wood Floors 18,19

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9th/10th, 16th/17th & 23rd/24th February SNOWDROP DAYS IN EVENLEY WOOD GARDEN 11am -5pm Come and enjoy the first floral display of the New Year in Evenley Wood as carpets of snowdrops are spread throughout this woodland garden's 60 acres. Hellebores and snowflakes join in the show and there's hot soup and teas on hand to keep you warm.

Named snowdrop varieties are also available to buy at this special time of year for the garden. Admission £5 Adult, £1 Child. Dogs are welcome on leads.www.evenleywoodgarden.co.uk Thur 7 Feb Football Forum Buckingham Athletic will host a forum to put questions to a panel including MK Dons Chairman, First Team Manager, Karl Robinson, Directors, MK Dons player and management of Buckingham Athletic FC 7.30pm till 9pm tickets are free and available from the Information Centre, Old Gaol Sat 9 Feb Buckingham Twinning Association Coffee Morning come along and find out about Mouvaux in France twinned with Buckingham 10am till 12 noon Old Gaol Tue 12 Feb Valuation Day by Bonhams Buckingham Old Gaol 10am till 2pm bring along up to three items for valuation Wed 13 Feb Talk by John Clarke on “Prebends and Prebend End” Buckingham Old Gaol 7.30pm more details from 823020 or www.buckinghamoldgaol.org.uk Sat 16 Feb Pancake Race Village Green outside Parish Church Buckingham Big Day MK Dons v. Swindon Town football match Kick off at 3pm at Stadium MK tickets £10 adults, under 18s £3 (special rate for residents with an MK18 postcode) from MK Dons box office on 01908 622900 coach travel to stadium mk from Buckingham bus stand departing 1.30pm return fare £5 tickets from box office as above

Mon 18 Feb Half term children’s activities Buckingham Old Gaol 1.30pm till 3.30pm more details from 823020 Sat 23 & Sun 24 Feb Food Fair Buckingham Community Centre details from 816426

Admission Free TOWCESTER RACECOURSE in FEBRUARY Sun 24th 14.20 - 17.20 Please check times for changes www.towcester-racecourse.co.uk

EVERY MONDAY Dance School Stepbystep Ballroom and Latin Dancing with Jean Conway Adults 7.30pm - 8.20pm Improvers Adults 8.30pm - 9.30pm NEW Beginners Buckingham School, Brookfield Lane, Buckingham MK18 1AT Call Jean on 07855546406 Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Winslow CofE Combined School, Winslow, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk Ceroc dance class 7.45- 10.45 at Buckingham Community Centre.

New members welcome every week. www.cerocbucks.com EVERY MONDAY/THURSDAY Buckingham & Stowe Running Club. Runners of all abilities welcome. Just turn-up. 6.45 pm at Swan Pool, Buckingham Simon 07968099751 or info@buckandstowerc.co.uk EVERY TUESDAY Zumba (Latin-inspired dance-fitness) class 7.30pm - 8.25pm Buckingham school, Buckingham 07919962307 or info@zumbabuckingham.co.uk Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Bourton Meadow Academy, Buckingham, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk EVERY WEDNESDAY Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Winslow CofE Combined School, Winslow, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk EVERY THURSDAY Zumba Gold (Latin-inspired dance-fitness) class for the older active adult, true beginner or people who are not used to exercising 14:10pm - 15.00pm Swan Pool, Buckingham (class is not on Swan Pool timetable) 07919962307 or info@zumbabuckingham.co.uk Jazzercise 7.30-8.30pm @ Bourton Meadow Academy, Buckingham, 07900 987230 or jazzercise1@hotmail.co.uk SATURDAYS/TUESDAYS Chrgd NRG Dance Classes at Calvert Green community hall for children 10am to 11am,Saturdays at Steeple Claydon Methodist Church for children 2:30 to 3:30 and 3:30 to 4:30pm Tuesdays Steeple Claydon Methodist Church 7 to 8pm for children Tuesdays 8 to 9pm for adults currently £2 per session per person for any more info, please phone Sheree Bird, artistic director, on 07754 870052 or e-mail chrgdnrg@btinternet.com SUNDAY (EXCEPT BANK HOLIDAYS) The Latin Lounge - welcoming everyone to discover dance, new friends and some tasty tapas! Trained teachers of Salsa, Kizomba & Bachata.

Classes from 7.30pm - social dancing till 10.30pm.

Tanlaw Mill, Hunter Street, University of Buckingham. MK18 1EG. Call David 07939 535 545 or go to Facebook.com/thelatinlounge

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