The Garden Festival Programme 2025

THE WINCHESTER & DISTRICT

Saturday 21st June - Sunday 29th June WINCHESTER | ALRESFORD SPARSHOLT | ALTON

9 DAYS

64 EVENTS

26 VENUES

www.garden-festival.co.uk

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THANK YOU

W

e would like to say a very big thank you to

Incuhive for their sponsorship of this Festival and in particular to George Scott-Welsh whose positivity, energy, inspiration and enthusiasm have been endless in supporting this Festival.

A big shout out too, to The University of Winchester and their 1st and 2nd Year Marketing students & Events Management students: Jess Park, Georgia Greatley, Aimee Wade and Cate Keenan who have been a tremendous help in managing the social media and design for this event enabling them to gain valuable professional experience. They and their lecturers have been a wonderful team to work with.

Finally, a sincere thank you to Sarah from Winchester BID for her great encouragement, to the Hampshire Anglo -Scandinavian Society and to

P2 Chrissi and Richard Morse for their permission to use their beautiful garden for our special Midsummer Musical Soirée.

A special thank you to Gabriella MacDonald (Year 2 Marketing student) who has collated and designed this Festival Programme so beautifully.

Last but not least to The Flower Pots at Cheriton for launching ‘Flower Power’, their new cask ale just in time for the Festival! Cheers!

With much gratitude to our sponsors:

And to our supporters:

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WELCOME

I

am delighted to welcome you to the

Winchester & District Garden Festival 2025 and hope you will be impressed by the array of events that are planned for this inaugural festival. From the seedling of an idea to organise a Horticultural Festival, The Garden Festival has grown to embrace art, music, poetry, performance and creative writing, as well as the other things you might expect to find at a gardening related event.

From Upper Farringdon near Alton, via Alresford and Sparsholt to Winchester, we have some exceptional venues and wonderful gardens. Over 9 days we have 64 individual events at 27 venues involving hundreds of people and organisations. In particular, we have been reaching out to involve all the people in our communities, young and old, in the hope of spreading the joy that togetherness in our communities brings.

P4 There is still time for your family, neighbourhood, school or organisation to be involved in this festival. It could be guerilla gardening or even making scarecrows!

My team of students and I very much hope you enjoy this year’s inaugural Garden Festival.

Stephanie Swann Director & Organiser

Saturday 21 s t June

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Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden Farringdon Place, Church Road, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH 11am - 5pm An exhibition of contemporary art, including painting, sculpture and ceramics with an outdoor sculpture trail.

Set in the house and gardens of a former Victorian rectory.

Free admission

Talk: Ar t and the Garden with Michael Joseph Atherton Green Art Gallery Farringdon Place, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH 2pm - 3.30pm £15 before 1 st June. £16.50 thereafter.

Tickets from Eventbrite

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Saturday 21 s t June

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester.

SO23 9LH 2pm – 5pm Come and admire the work of the Wessex Sculptors set in the delightful, walled gardens of the Quaker Meeting House.

Free admission

Mini-Community Garden Festival The March Hare Pub Prior’s Dean Road, Harestock. SO22 6JN From 10am Stalls, hot and cold food, games, workshops, flower making, music, etc.

Free admission For further details visit:

@themarchharewinchester

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Saturday 21 s t June

Gardens, Landscapes & Hor ticulture in Ar t Exhibition Milner Hall, St Peter’s Street, Winchester.

SO23 8RY 10am - 5pm Admire the work of 18 local talented painters, glass makers, textile artists and others selling their work in this little-known renovated church.

Access via Jewry Street or St Peter Street.

Free admission

Sparsholt Village Fete with Plant Stall From the centre of the village to the Plough Inn 1pm – 5pm A traditional village fete.

Tickets on entry : £2 adults. Children free

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Saturday 21 s t June

Ar t in the Garden 36 Fordington Avenue, Winchester.

SO22 5AW 11am – 5pm Two days of all kinds of events at this venue with over 20 artists, poets, dancers and performers taking part.

On the Saturday acclaimed local artist and lecturer, Stephen Cooper, will be displaying work in the larger Studio whilst other members of Art in the Garden will be showing work on huge tables. Stephen will also be making a sculpture from the Front Garden.

Free admission

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Saturday 21 s t June

The Beardy Gardener Garden Gathering Garden for Mind, Longstock Park Nursery, Longstock. SO20 6EH 10am – 5pm Well-known names from the gardening world come together for a full day of activities with special guests BBC Garden Rescue’s Chris Hull, Gardener & Content Creator Amy Chapman, plus Broadcaster & Author Ellen Mary. Attendees may bring folding chairs or blankets.

Only food and drink from the Longstock Park Farm Shop can be consumed on-site.

Tickets from Eventbrite Adults £8, children £3, under 3s free

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Saturday 21 s t June Pirates of Penzance With Opera Anywhere Hospital of St. Cross, Winchester.

SO23 9SD 7pm - 9.15pm A special light-hearted performance of this wellloved opera set in front of a lake in the glorious garden of the Hospital of St. Cross a heritage site in Winchester. Bring a party, your gazebo, tables, chairs and a picnic.

Prize for most florally decorated gazebo.

For further info visit: www.operaanywhere.com Tickets on Eventbrite: £25 adults, £15 under 18s or £160 for a party of 8

Sunday 22 n d June

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A Growing Plot Cattle Market Car Park, Worthy Lane, Winchester. SO23 7AB 11am – 3pm

An exhibition of art works, sculptures and paintings based on soil, plants, trees, and the microbiome by the artist Andrew Carnie in his studio, The Light Factory.

Free admission

Gardens, Landscapes & Hor ticulture in Ar t Exhibition Milner Hall, St Peter’s Street, Winchester.

SO23 8RY 10am – 5pm

See page 9 for more details.

Free admission

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Sunday 22 n d June

Ar t in the Garden 36 Fordington Avenue, Winchester.

SO22 5AW 11am – 5pm For full details see page 10.

Free admission

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust) SO24 0LA 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

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Sunday 22 n d June

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH. 11am – 5pm For full details see page 7.

Free admission

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH. 2pm – 5pm For full details see page 8.

Free admission

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Monday 23 rd June

Winchester ’s Biggest Garden, St Giles Hill Park Past, present and future. Walking Tour Meet at Abbey Gardens, off The Broadway.

SO23 9BE 10.30 – 11.45am Tickets: Free but please reserve from Eventbrite

‘Glor y of the Garden’ outdoor theatre Winchester Royal Hotel Garden, St Peter Street, Winchester. SO23 8BS 7pm – 9pm

With Play GC Theatre Company.

Bar and refreshments available.

Tickets from Eventbrite: Adults £15, children £10

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Monday 23 rd June

Gardens, Landscapes & Hor ticulture in Ar t Exhibition Milner Hall, St Peter’s Street, Winchester.

SO23 8RY 10am – 7pm See page 9 for full details.

Free admission

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH 11am – 5pm See page 7 for full details.

Free admission

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Monday 23 rd June

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH 2pm – 5pm

See page 8 for full details.

Free admission

A Growing Plot Cattle Market Car Park, Worthy Lane, Winchester. SO23 7AB 11am – 3pm

See page 15 for full details.

Free admission

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Monday 23 rd June

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust).

SO24 0LA 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

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Tuesday 24 t h June

A Growing Plot Cattle Market Car Park, Worthy Lane, Winchester. SO23 7AB 11am – 3pm

See page 15 for full details.

Free admission

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH 11am – 5pm See page 7 for full details.

Free admission

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Tuesday 24 t h June

Wildflower Meadows Talk with Michael & Jane Joseph in association with Ather ton Green Ar t Galler y The Winchester Royal Hotel, St.Peter Street, Winchester. SO23 8BS 2pm – 3pm Learn the importance of meadows to your organic vegetables, to your health, to wildlife and to the planet. Michael (conservationist) and Jane (conservationist and ecologist) will show you how to create one. Michael and Jane sowed their small paddock with native seed 36 years ago. Here they share their experience to help us create a wildflower meadow.

Tickets from Eventbrite. £16 before 1 st June. £17 thereafter

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Tuesday 24 t h June

Gardens for Well-Being Talk with Libby Hilling, Garden for Mind Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH 6.30pm

In this fascinating talk, Libby shares how her personal journey – from childhood loss to recovery through gardening – inspired the creation of Garden for Mind, a sanctuary supporting charities, education, community, well-being, and local wildlife.

Tickets from Eventbrite

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Tuesday 24 t h June

Gardens, Landscapes & Hor ticulture in Ar t Exhibition Milner Hall, St Peter’s Street, Winchester.

SO23 8RY 10am – 5pm See page 9 for full details.

Free admission

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust).

SO24 0LA 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

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Tuesday 24 t h June

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH 2pm – 5pm See page 8 for full details.

Free admission

Example work & venue

6.30pm - 9.30pm

The Dean House is set in rolling countryside close to Winchester.

It has delightful terraced lawns and paths, and a ‘ripple’ water feature faces towards the magnificent millennium avenue of tulip trees. With many trees, shrubs and planting to admire, you can also linger on the highly perfumed roses in the walled garden which are at their finest in June.

With Louise Walker (poetry)

Nancy Longland (soprano)

B Natural Jazz

Sam Lester (piano)

Abigail McKern (poetry)

Sian Radinger (readings)

The Hyde String Quartet

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Wednesday 25 t h June Midsummar Musical Soirée The Deane House & Garden, Sparsholt. SO21 2LR 6.30pm - 9.30pm

Come and enjoy a relaxed evening of jazz and classical music, while wandering around the beautiful, vast, landscaped garden of The Deane House. Play croquet, garden chess, or even tennis, while admiring the vineyards and views.

Bring a picnic if desired, and savour botanical cocktails while enjoying a high summer evening in this exceptional setting.

Tickets from Eventbrite: £20

By kind permission of Mr & Mrs R. Morse

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Wednesday 25 t h June

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH 2pm – 5pm See page 8 for full details.

Free admission

Winchester ’s Biggest Garden, St Giles Hill Park Past, present and future. Walking Tour Meet at Abbey Gardens, off The Broadway.

SO23 9BE 10.30 – 11.45am Tickets: Free but please reserve from Eventbrite

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Wednesday 25 t h June

Gardens, Landscapes & Hor ticulture in Ar t Exhibition.

Milner Hall, St Peter’s Street, Winchester.

SO23 8RY 10am – 5pm See page 9 for full details.

Free admission

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH 11am – 5pm

See page 7 for full details.

Free admission

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Wednesday 25 t h June

Kitchen Garden Tour Lainston House, Woodman Lane, Sparsholt.

SO21 2LT 11am A tour with the kitchen gardener, Stef, who’ll share the incredible details of keeping fresh fruit, veg and herbs flowing from the garden to our plates all year round. The tour lasts 40 minutes and you’ll get a sitdown tea or coffee as well.

Tickets: £5. Please purchase from Lainston House on 01962 776 088

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust) SO24 0LA Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y

Summer Show 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

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Thursday 26 t h June

Breathwork and Yoga Day Retreat Longstock Park Waitrose Estate, Stockbridge, SO20 6EH 9.30am - 4pm Step into the beauty of Longstock Park and the Garden for Mind for a nurturing day retreat that blends breathwork, yoga and nature connection. Food and drink are included in the price. The Longstock Park Farm Shop & Café will also be open.

Limited to 15 spaces.

Tickets from Eventbrite. £85 for full day

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust) SO24 0LA Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y

Summer Show 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

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Thursday 26 t h June

A Growing Plot Cattle Market Car Park, Worthy Lane, Winchester. SO23 7AB 11am – 3pm

See page 15 for full details.

Free admission

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH 11am – 5pm See page 7 for full details.

Free admission

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Thursday 26 t h June

Gardens, Landscapes & Hor ticulture in Ar t Exhibition Milner Hall, St Peter’s Street, Winchester, SO23 8RY 10am – 5pm

See page 9 for full details.

Free admission

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH 2pm – 5pm See page 8 for full details.

Free admission

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Thursday 26 t h June

The Romantic Thread in British Ar t A Talk with Tim Craven, founder of The Arborealists

Winchester City Mill, SO23 9BH 7pm

Tim Craven will consider how and why British artists are innately drawn to a romantic sensibility, what that might be, and that this trait has consistently re-emerged throughout art history in different guises after repeatedly going out of fashion. Tim is Chair of the Friends of Southampton’s Museums, Archives and Galleries and worked at Southampton City Art Gallery for 37 years in conservation, collection management and as Curator. He left in 2017 to pursue his own art practice and curate exhibitions. He founded The Arborealists in 2013 and was elected a member of The London Group in 2015.

Tickets from Eventbrite. £10 to include a glass of wine.

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Friday 27 t h June

Winchester ’s Many & Varied Gardens Start: The Viewpoint, St Giles’ Hill Park, Winchester. SO23 8BL 10.30am – 12 noon

Walk with Dr. Harry Mycock around St Giles Hill.

Tickets are free but please reserve a place on Eventbrite

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH 2pm – 5pm

See page 8 for full details.

Free admission

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Friday 27 t h June

Gardens, Landscapes & Hor ticulture in Ar t Exhibition Milner Hall, St Peter’s Street, Winchester.

SO23 8RY 10am – 5pm See page 9 for full details.

Free admission

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH 11am – 5pm See page 7 for full details.

Free admission

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Friday 27 t h June

An Evening Garden Opening with Andover Ladies Choir Longstock Water Garden, Stockbridge.

SO20 6EH 5pm – 7pm

Mark 27 th June on your calendar this year! As the day fades, our historic, private water garden will welcome garden explorers into its stunning landscapes. In addition, you will be able to enjoy the harmonies of Andover Ladies Choir who will be joining us for the evening.

Light refreshments available.

NB Some bridges are not wheelchair passable.

Tickets from Eventbrite. £10 adults, £5 children (5-16), Free for under 5s

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Friday 27 t h June

Longstock Water Garden

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Friday 27 t h June

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust).

SO24 0LA 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

A Growing Plot Cattle Market Car Park, Worthy Lane, Winchester. SO23 7AB 11am – 3pm See page 15 for full details.

Free admission

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Saturday 28 t h June

A Celebration of Hyde’s Medieval Roots 10am onwards An array of events in the district of Hyde embracing the Hyde 900 project, Wilde Hyde, The Medieval Herb Garden, St.Bartholomew’s Church, artists, open studios, music, early evening BBQ and drinks.

Free admission

FFI: www.hyde900.org.uk

Plant Fair, Tours of School Gardens and Fete Itchen Abbas Primary School, Itchen Abbas. SO21 1BE 12 noon – 3pm Come and admire the wonderful horticultural efforts of the children at their primary school. There will also be plants for sale and lots of stalls, games and refreshments.

Free admission

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Saturday 28 t h June

Ar t in the Front Garden 69 Hyde Street, Winchester. SO23 7DW 11am – 4pm

Drop-in art workshops throughout the day in the lovely Front Garden of local artist, Michele Gudino’s house. There will be vases of flowers on the tables and flowers growing in the garden. This is an opportunity for passers-by to come and draw or paint flowers in the garden with our friendly art students.

All levels are welcome and it's open to any adults wishing to chat, meet new people and make some art that they can take away with them.

Look out for the colourful bunting!

Free admission

P45

Saturday 28 t h June

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH. 11am – 5pm For full details see page 7.

Free admission

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH. 2pm – 5pm For full details see page 8.

Free admission

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Saturday 28 t h June

Fete and Plant Sale Hospital of St Cross, Winchester.

SO23 9SD 1.30pm – 5pm

A very popular annual fete with stalls, entertainment and a very good plant sale!

Tickets on entry: £3

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust).

SO24 0LA 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

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Saturday 28 t h June Picnic Concert by the Lake Church Paddock Fishery, Headbourne Worthy, SO23 7JQ 7pm - 10pm

The beautiful setting of Church Paddock Fishery must be Winchester’s best kept secret! With a lovely lake, a backdrop of majestic mature trees, grassy surrounds on which to sit, it is the perfect spot to bring your chairs, tables and a picnic whilst enjoying an evening of informal music. Music by Winchester Musical & Operatic Society performing excerpts from Salad Days, Nancy Longland, singer, and Sam Lester a talented young pianist. Delicious home-made burgers will be available, ice-creams, a bar and floral cocktails!

Tickets: £15 adults, £10 children, £100 (group of 8 adults). No children under the age of 10

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Sunday 29 t h June

Garden & Green Fair Broad Street, Alresford, SO24 10am - 3pm

Join us to celebrate local growers, producers, and craftspeople. Discover repair opportunities and community initiatives.

For more info visit: www.newleafalresford.org/garden-green-fair/ Free admission

Festival of Flowers Hinton Ampner House (National Trust).

SO24 0LA 10am – 5pm For further info visit: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/hintonampner

P50

Sunday 29 t h June

Sculpture in the Garden Quaker Meeting House, 16 Colebrook Street, Winchester. SO23 9LH 2pm – 5pm

See page 8 for full details.

Free admission

A Growing Plot Cattle Market Car Park, Worthy Lane, Winchester. SO23 7AB 11am – 3pm

See page 15 for full details.

Free admission

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Sunday 29 t h June

Sunday Supper Club in the Market Garden Hampshire Pantr y Badger Farm Road, Winchester. SO23 9RZ From 7.30pm Come and have supper sitting in the middle of a market garden which has produced the vegetables on your plate! Hampshire Pantry is a new, much acclaimed Farm Shop in Winchester and the market garden is their latest project. With magnificent views and delicious food and drinks, this is an exciting new, fabulous community event.

Tickets from Hampshire Pantry www.hampshirepantry.co.uk

P52

Sunday 29 t h June

Hampshire Pantry

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Sunday 29 t h June

Ar t in the Front Garden 69 Hyde Street, Winchester.

SO23 7DW 11am – 4pm See page 45 for full details.

Free admission

Contemporar y Sculpture Trail & Ar t Galler y Summer Show Atherton Green Art Gallery & Garden, Upper Farringdon, nr Alton. GU34 3EH. 11am – 5pm For full details see page 7.

Free admission

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