Welcome... Welcome to our April issue!

Welcome to our April issue, and fingers crossed for some good weather over the Easter weekend, which is relatively early – Friday 7th to Monday 9th – this year. But why does Easter, like the proverbial bunny, hop around so much? In a nutshell, it’s because Easter falls on the first Sunday following the full moon on or after the spring equinox, which is assumed to be 21st March.

Aside from Easter, there’s plenty going on this month – including Ramadan, which finishes on the 21st and St. George’s Day is on the 23rd

On a final note, don’t forget April Fool’s Day –and hands up who remembers the infamous Swiss spaghetti harvest, the remote islands of San Serriffe, and Big Ben being rebranded Digital Dave?

Whatever you’re up to this month, have fun!

All the best, Vicky Heathfield

Fun fact: the rarest date for Easter is 24th March, which last occurred in 1940 and won’t happen again until 2391 – and no, this isn’t an April Fool’s joke!

EMAIL: vicky@essentialsmag.co.uk

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Cover Image: Cute Easter Bunny!

May Deadlines:

Editorial - 7th April

Advertising - 14th April

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Corporate 5-a-Side Tournament

Wrexham AFC are inviting local businesses to enter their Corporate 5-a-Side Tournament, offering the chance to play on the hallowed Racecourse Ground turf this summer. The tournament, sponsored by Net World Sports, will take place on Friday 12th May, and will also feature an evening two-course hot buffet with a guest speaker. There is a maximum of 10 per team – eight players, a manager and assistant manager – with a cost of £850 (+VAT) per team. For more information please contact: 5aside@wrexhamafc.co.uk.

A Royal Scarecrow Festival

Rossett Community Council have launched their 3rd annual Scarecrow Festival. Scarecrows will be displayed around the village between 1st - 14th May. As the competition falls across the King’s Coronation weekend, the festival is to have a regal theme, entitled ‘The Coronation Trail’. Choose your iconic figure - this can be anyone from our present or historic past, or perhaps linked to literature or animation royalty. To enter your scarecrow, please register your interest no later than 20th April via https://tinyurl.com/5yp5swh7, or you can collect a form from The Golden Lion in Rossett.

Successful Celebrity Gardening Event

Back on 22nd February, there was a full house of some 180 people at Darland School, Rossett, for the talk by the celebrated broadcaster and Garden Designer, Chris Beardshaw. This was the latest in a number of ‘An Evening with …’ events, organised by the Burton and Rossett Horticultural Society (BRHS). Although the theme of Chris’s talk was ‘Painting with Plants’, he took the audience back over 4,000 years to a garden created in Thebes, in Egypt. He showed how the basic design principles used then had been adopted in very many countries and had endured in ecclesiastical and Islamic gardens, the great Renaissance gardens and the gardens of the Taj Mahal.

Previous events have included fascinating talks by a number of TV and radio gardening celebrities, including Christine Walkden, Bob Flowerdew, Anne Swithinbank and Joe Swift. For details of future events, visit BRHS website: www.brhs.org.uk