in and around the area
what’s on
this month 2-22 May
New Milton artist Andy Blake’s exhibition of oil paintings, Regent Centre, Christchurch.
8-10 May
Diesel gala, Swanage Railway, Swanage. 01929 425800
8 May 7.30pm
Ferndown and District Horticultural Association, ‘Bournemouth and Area magic Lantern Show’ with Janet Burns, Ferndown Village Hall, Church Road, Ferndown.
9 May 10am
West Moors Horticultural Society plant sale, West Moors Memorial Hall. 01202 871536
9 May 1.30pm
Verwood and District Horicultural Society Coffee Morning and Plant Sale, Verwood Memorial Hall. 01202 814376
10 May 10am
Health walk, Ringwood library car park. 07876 646207
11 May 11am
‘Understanding Dermatology’ by Dr Ian Pearson, Consultant Dermatologist. Organised by Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at the Village Hotel, opposite RBH. 01202 704271
11 May 7.30pm
‘Shakespeare’s Fantastic Garlands’ by Gerald Ponting. Wimborne Horticultural Society, Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne. £1, non-members £2.
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4DORSET May 2015
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11 May 8pm
New Orleans Z’hulus from Belgium at Bournemouth Traditional Jazz Club, Bluebirds Social Club, Longham.
12 May
South Dorset Mid-Week Volunteers, Habitat management on a DWT nature reserve. 07436 157328
13 May 10.30am-12.15pm
‘Music and Short Talk’ by The Olive Branch Hand Bell Ringers in Scout Hall, off Station Road, Wimborne, in support of The Phoenix Stroke Survivors Support Group, Wimborne. 01202 884737
14 May 7.30pm
Verwood and District Horticultural Society talk by Mark Ching on ‘The Thatcher’s Tale’, Verwood Memorial Hall. 01202 814376
14 May 10am
New Milton Decorative and Fine Arts Society, talk on parks and palaces in St Petersburg by Hugh Ellwood. Memorial Hall, Whitefield Road. 01590 643046
14 May 7.30pm
Verwood & 3LX Twinning Association, talk by Amy Brenan ‘About Antiques’ and a valuation session. Verwood Heathland Heritage Centre. 01202 826449
15 May 7-8.30am
RSPB guided walk, The voices of spring, Knoll Gardens, Hampreston, Wimborne.
16 May 10am-5pm
Highcliffe Revival Food Festival, Highcliffe Village. 07932 945738
16 May 11am
Fanfare for Spring, Ringwood. 01425 489350
16 May 7.30pm
Bournemouth and District Samaritans present fundraising gala concert featuring modern and classical songs at Christchurch Priory. Tickets £10-16 from Regent Centre box office. 01202 499199
18 May 2-4pm
Ringwood WI annual meeting, voting on resolutions and cake competition. The Meeting House, Ringwood. 01425 470826
19 May 7.30pm
Verwood Historical Society, illustrated talk by Phil Holt ‘Concorde the Legend’. St Michael’s Parish Centre off Manor Road. 01202 824175
19 May 7.30pm
Concert of popular music by Bournemouth Electronic Organ Society at The Allendale Community Centre, Wimborne. 01202 59038
20 May 10am
DWT Great Heath Volunteer Work Party. 01202 692033
20 May 7.30pm
Verwood Historical Society present ‘Ice age to space age’ an illustrated talk on Christchurch by local historian Mike Andrews, St Michael’s Parish Centre off Manor Rd, Verwood. 01202 824175
23-31 May
Dorset Wildflower Week coordinated by the Dorset Flora Group, walks and activities. www.derc.org.uk/local/dfg.htm
21 May 7.30pm
Bournemouth & Christchurch DWT group, The Wildlife Of Brownsea Island, illustrated talk by Chris Thain, DWT Brownsea Reserve Manager, Christchurch Baptist Church Hall, Bargates, Christchurch.
21 May 8pm
Verwood Traditional Jazz Club, The Hideaway, 17 Moorlands Road, Verwood presents Dart Valley Stompers. Doors open 7pm 01202 873725
22-25 May
‘Wheels of Time’ flower festival, Wimborne Minster.
23 May-6 June
Purbeck Art Weeks. Open studios, concerts, talks.
23 May 9.30am-6pm Christchurch Rowing Regatta, Christchurch Quay. 01202 484964
24 May 11am-5pm Swanage Lions Summer Seaside Fete, Swanage seafront. 01929 425603
24 May 12noon-4pm
Shapwick Country Fair, Shapwick Village Green, Stewards Lane, Shapwick. £2, children free. 07704672240
26 May 10.30am-3pm DWT Poole Group stroll along Holes Bay. Meet Upton House Car Park.
27 May 7.30pm
Verwood Organ and Keyboard Society. Andrew Nix playing a Roland Atelier AT900C at Hub. £7, members £5. Doors open 7pm. 01202 814976
27 May 7.30-9.30pm
New Forest Jazz Workshop meets at Godshill Village Hall, near Fordingbridge. 01425 650770
28 May 11am
Fleet Air Arm Association meets at Royal British Legion, Church Road, Ferndown. 07815 824841
30 May 9am-4pm
Rocky Flower Show and Plant Fair run by the Alpine Garden Society, QE School, Pamphill. £2.50, children free. 01202 285179
31 May 7.30pm
John Maddocks’ Jazz Men at St Leonards Hotel, 185 Ringwood Road, St Leonards, 01202 701295.
3 June 12noon
Ferndown Probus Club lunch and talk ‘Malta – An Island Under Siege’, Dudsbury Golf Club. 01202 875757
3 June 7pm
The Fireside Theatre presents a play reading ‘A Tribute to the One Act Play’ 01202 820689
4 June 7.30pm
Verwood and District Horicultural Society present a talk by Derek Luther on ‘Friends, Foes and Diseases’, Verwood Memorial Hall. 01202 814376