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ut like a lamb,” they said. As spring arrives and, hopefully, the weather begins to improve, News & Views would like to help you prepare for the longer days and lighter nights. Whether it is taking in some art, getting out into the garden or even racing dogs in the wild, we have just the plan for you.

We start with Oriel Glasfryn Gallery in Caerwys, a contemporary gallery showcasing Welsh art. Their spring exhibition includes landscapes, contemporary paintings, and Japaneseinspired gyotaku prints. We also feature the North Wales Feltmakers again as they bring news of how they have come together to add colour and warmth to the premises of St Kentigern Hospice in St Asaph.

If you then want to feel the wind in your face, you can look into Mynydd Sleddog Adventures at Bwlch Hafod Einion Forest. Race with the huskies or trek along the route. There is something for all ages. Not to be left out, the pupils of Ysgol Bro Famau recount their outdoor adventures from their recent trip to Llangrannog, the Urdd Welsh Language Camp in Ceredigion. For the more leisurely and botanically minded, we have news of the Llanferres Parish Gardening Club as they gear up for the change in seasons and Paul Eaton of Perth Y Wrach Farm explains how we can add some of the wild flora to our everyday meals.

The South Clwyd Beekeepers’ Association champion the protection and spread of native bees. Find out what they do and what they can do for you inside. Our wildlife feature this issue is brought to you by George Pilkington.

He describes his journey to turning his garden into an oasis for wildlife, what it has attracted and how you can do the same on a scale that suits you and your garden.

AOB in the AONB comes from the Community Council; their current activities and the big news of the creation of a Local Community Development Plan for the area, how to get involved and have your voice heard.

Noel Headly gives you his regular update on St Berres Church and the Village Hall news, including the plans for the installation of a memorial plaque to commemorate the souls whose headstones were relocated to make way for the A494 30 years ago and Sean Thomas updates us with the work of the wonderful volunteers who ensure we can all enjoy Llanferres Park now and into the future.

Finally, just a gentle reminder, our GoFundMe campaign is still running. We hope to raise enough to cover the cost of researching and producing this well-read resource.

Our target is £3,500 for the year. We are at £665 at the moment. Many thanks to all who have contributed to it or outside of it. Gofundme.com/f/newsviews-2024

Extra thanks to everyone who has contributed to this issue, as well as those who distribute the magazine and those businesses who advertise with us.

Enjoy the read. Sandrine and Dominic.

Oriel Glasfryn Gallery Spring Exhibition 2024

The Oriel Glansfryn Gallery in Caerwys invites you to visit and experience for yourself, the perfect combination of modern and contemporary Welsh art in a beautiful country house setting overlooking the Clwydian Hills.

Like beautiful art? Want to come and visit a unique gallery with the Clwydian hills stretched out before you, as you have teas and coffees on the front lawn of a Victorian Villa?

Oriel Glasfryn Gallery in Caerwys is the place to come, we are a family run art gallery who showcase over 50 Welsh artists in the most beautiful setting.

Home to Artist Dave Roberts, a member of the Pastel Society, and his family, visitors can view work in a contemporary gallery building that has been created specifically to display Dave’s Welsh Landscape paintings alongside a wide range of

Welsh art including Jewellery, Glass, Ceramics, metalwork and Woven textiles.

In addition to the gallery which is open year round, Oriel Glasfryn Gallery boasts three large exhibitions over the calendar year which span across

Glasfryn Hall and the external grounds. 2024 kicks off with their Spring Exhibition which opens on April 5th and runs until May 6th with all work available to buy.

In this exhibition there’s a great range of styles from landscape paintings by Deanne Doddington Mizen, Sian McGill & Gareth Hugh Davies, to wonderfully coloured contemporary paintings by Eloise Govier & Japanese inspired Gyotaku prints where sea creatures are captured in ink on rice paper by Jane Evans.

Contemporary ceramic sculpture showcases the influence of nature on form and shape through the work of Debbie Nairn and the art of Sgraffito brings to life the Welsh landscape, the mountain weather and ancient stories through the work of Ed Ap Llwyd who is exhibiting in North Wales for the first time.

“This exhibition we also have external sculptures displayed in the grounds, created by emerging local artist Rob Dalton of Daltonwood whose workshop is based in Nercwys. This is his inaugural exhibition at a gallery, and we are thrilled to have his wonderful chainsaw creations on display in our beautiful garden setting.

All the sculptures are bespoke and provide an element of fun and creativity.”

To find out more please visit www.orielglasfryn.com or follow us on Instagram and Facebook

@Orielglasfryngallery

Open Weds – Sat 10am - 5pm, Sunday & Bank Holidays 10am - 4pm

The North Wales Feltmakers A wool frieze for St Kentigern Hospice

Meet the North Wales Feltmakers: A vibrant community of 40+ members: passionate about wet felting, needle felting, spinning, weaving, and creativity. Together they craft intricate works of art and collaborate with St Kentigern Hospice, Saint Asaph, to bring joy and colour to their spaces.

The Norh Wales Feltmakers are made up over 40+ members, who wet felt, needle felt, spin, weave, and are generally very creative. We meet up regularly throughout the year, felt together and learn new skills. We have also established a real link with a local hospice, St Kentigern Hospice, since offering them decorated felt squares, which we made individually via Zoom meetings, in

the first year of the lockdowns. The hospice staff were thrilled with them and opted to have them made up into four separate hangings which are now adorning the walls of the Well Being Centre.

As the hospice had been recently re-opened it was very much in need of large, colourful artworks around the corridors, meeting rooms, receptions and wards, so we got together with the wonderful hospice staff and they asked us to felt a 17 ft frieze including eye-catching 3D items and a 6 ft hanging, both for the

entrance into the Well Being Centre, which we started early in 2023. After many meetings with sketches and ideas being thrown around, we came up with a four-section frieze and of basing them on the four seasons.

We also set up regular workshops with four day-patients, who made felt pieces throughout the year, also based on the

seasons, and finally felted up a Silver Birch tree, which would separate the four seasons on the huge felt backing. They made a wonderful job of felting very individual small felts each week and from complete beginners, are now seasoned feltmakers.

We made a lot of the decorative items for the group frieze at home and brought them

into the meetings for everyone to see. The needle-felters in particular made animals, nests, birds, squirrels and lots of sheep. We then got together again in small teams to incorporate it all into the four 4 ft sections. They were all finally finished in November and we arranged an official hand over in early December where we were treated to magnificent home-made cake and hot drinks.

The day patients were very keen to carry on felting, so we still meet up regularly at the hospice but they are now making small items for themselves rather than for the hanging. It has all been quite a mammoth undertaking, but so worth while and there are already hints of more work needed for a reception area, of a mere four walls!

Mynydd Sleddog adventures

From Dream to Sled:

A Family’s Journey with Huskies

Come on a captivating ride of family life intertwined with an insatiable passion for sled dogs. From dreamy aspirations to real-life adventures, discover the heartwarming story of a lifelong bond with these majestic creatures. Joe Swiffen tells all her amazing story.

Where did your love of sled dogs come from?

From a very young age, I was obsessed with animals in particular; wolves. I dreamed of visiting North America, Canada and Scandinavia. I loved mountains, forest, snow and ice and films such as White Fang and A Call of the Wild. I grew up wanting a dog that looked like a wolf, but my parents had other ideas, so I grew up with gun dogs, guinea pigs and rabbits.

In 2001 after much research, I finally acquired my first Siberian Husky; Taskan, a beautiful grey and white puppy with bright blue eyes. I soon realised that no amount of walkies was enough, so I

sought help from the then secretary for the Siberian Husky Club of Great Britain (SHCGB). I started to work Taskan in harness, exactly what he was bred for. I became involved with SHCGB Welfare and took on a number of fosters, rehabilitated and rehomed unwanted

Siberian Huskies. A lot of my original dogs were rescues or rehomes. Since then, my sled dog obsession has taken me to some great places that many people can only dream of. I lived in the back of a van for 6 weeks in the French Alps at -25 degrees, with 12 racing Siberian Huskies, we trained on the snow covered mountains in readiness for the WSA (World Sleddog Association) World Sprint Race Championships on Snow, being held in Slovakia

of that year. I have travelled to Norway to exhibit dogs at the Norsk Siberian Husky Klubb speciality Show and have run teams of dogs there too. My husband enjoys the dogs and helps out with them when he can, but it is really my thing. I am hoping that our young son will follow in my footsteps, but we shall see. I set up Mynydd Sleddog Adventures in Jan 2020! I wanted to engage and inspire people and share these wonderful dogs and what they were intended for with others.

Can you tell us a little more about the dogs? How many do you have and where are they from?

We have 20 dogs at present. 13 Siberian Huskies, 2 Alaskan Huskies (rehomes), 4 Scandinavian Hounds (sleddog hybrids) and a German Shorthaired Pointer (rescue). I have bred 2 Sibe litters in 23 years of owning them and 1 Hound litter. I have 3 Sibes from Seven Mountains Siberian Husky Kennel in Norway, 1 from CZ Rep (I owned his dad until he

passed away). They range from 12 months to 10 years old. All of our dogs are our extended family who live with us for their entire life.

They all have completely different personalities. Siberians can be aloof, they really don’t need humans, they are quite capable of looking after themselves, but they LOVE cuddles and affection. They are fun and mischievous. The Hounds are a bit crazy, seriously high energy dogs but with a lovely nature, they are ‘sticky’ dogs,

they like to be stuck to you whenever possible. The Alaskans are another high energy dog, they do not switch off, but again very friendly and love human attention. Buzz our GSP was a handful when we first got him as an 8 month old rescue, but after a lot of work training him, he has finally settled down now he is almost 10 years old!

Where is Mynydd Sleddog Adventures based and how often do do you ride?

We are located at Bwlch Hafod Einion Forest, Hiraethog near Llyn Brenig and Alwen Reserviour. We arrive at the forest around 8.45am and set up ready for our visitors. Our 6 dog team rides take place in the morning and the Intro to Mushing takes place in the afternoon. The dogs rest in the van with us in between sessions, while we have our lunch. In summer the dogs

rest, we do not run dogs in warm weather as this would be dangerous for them. Instead our older dogs come out for early morning and evening hikes with our visitors.

Do you have minimum age for participants?

Children from the age of 6 can join a Husky Hike or from 8

years old they can experience the Intro to Mushing.

What is the difference between mushes, rides and hikes?

Our 6 dog team passenger ride, is a full on adrenaline ride. Visitors sit on our passenger rig which is pulled by 6 dogs around the full forest

trail (4km) I drive the team at the back. Intro to Mushing is where we teach people the basics of dryland dog mushing (without dogs initially), then once confident, visitors can take 2 dogs for a short supervised run on a safe section of the trail.

Husky Hiking is not like walking with another other type of dogs, as sleddogs PULL! The visitor wears a ‘walkie belt’ which is attached to the Huskies harness and the Husky takes us on a hike. Wales Sleddog Sports Junior Academy is an awesome opportunity for young people aged 11-16 to learn about dog welfare, behaviour and communication. Improving team skills, resilience, increase confidence, mental and physical well being and take part in sleddog sports - dryland mushing through fortnightly tuition.

What are the big events this year and do you have any projects for the future?

Our Junior Academy is probably the main event, which is in its 3rd year now. This year we had 20 young people in 3 teams! A beginners team, a second year team (young people who were beginners last year but have progressed)

and a third year team (who were our first group of young people who have completed 2 years previously). I also developed an accredited programme so that young people can progress towards a Level 2 nationally recognised unit in sleddog sports accredited by Agored Cymru. The only one of its kind in the UK.

We have just been commissioned by Gwynedd Youth and are now delivering a Level 1 accredited, alternative education programme for pre 16 young people as well as a post 16’s programme too. Many of the young people on these programmes have mental health challenges or additional learning needs.

We recently took on a part time Apprentice who was one of our Junior Academy young people, she is completing a qualification in Animal Management and will hopefully progress on to a Level 3 at a later stage.

Ysgol Bro Famau News

We have been busy in the outdoors this term! Years 5 and 6 went to Llangrannog, the Urdd Welsh Language Camp in Ceredigion, for the first time this year. We went with other schools from Denbighshire. It

was a 4 hour journey but was well worth the effort. The children had the opportunity to try lots of new activities including horse riding and skiing in a beautiful part of Wales.

This year, Years 3 and 4 went to Glanllyn for the first time. They spent one night at the Urdd camp in Bala and also had the chance to try lots

of outside activities. I think they especially enjoyed the marshmallow toasting and hot chocolate! Diolch yn fawr iawn to Miss Ellis and Mrs Dodd for accompanying both groups.

Miss Wray has completed her Forest School leader course and is now leading sessions in our own Forest School area in Llanferres. The children from Early Years and our younger Juniors are taking part in fun activities and are developing many skills including independence, cooperation and perseverance. It will the older Juniors’ turn after Easter. We also have parents who are getting involved by volunteering which is great. Science Technology Enginee-

ring and Maths (STEM) activities take place weekly at Ysgol Bro Famau. The children use their thinking and problem solving skills in various activities. These are all skills which will be needed in the World of Work along with co-operation and resilience.

At Ysgol Bro Famau we plan activities to meet the needs and interests of all our children including the Expressive Arts.

As part of the Welsh Government initiative ‘Music for All’, Denbighshire Music Cooperative visit our Juniors to provide music lessons where they get to try different instruments. Music is definitely for Everyone and provides a lot of enjoyment and relaxation.

Llanferres

Community Council Highlights from your

Maes Ysgawen Park Improvements

The concept drawings for the proposed improvements in Maes Ysgawen park will be on display in Llanferres village hall on Saturday 13th April between 2 and 6 o’clock for everyone to view and comment on the plans. Afternoon tea will be provided so please feel free to drop in with family and friends. If you are unable to attend, there will be a number of other opportunities to see the drawings and express your views. (See following page).

Work to remove dead trees and prune others along the boundary between Maes Ysgawen and Llanferres playing field have started on Monday 26th February and took a week to complete. For health & safety reasons, areas in both parks were closed at times when work has taken place.

If you would like any further information on either of these projects, please speak to the Clerk, one of the Councillors or a member of the Park Improvements Committee.

Local Community Development Plan

The Council is holding a public meeting on Thursday 18th April between 7 and 8.30 pm in Llanferres village hall and by TEAMS video conference. The purpose is to outline the Council’s role within the community and gather residents collective views on how they would like the Council to respond to consultations which influence decisions made by other organisations impacting this community. Depending on the feedback, the Council will then decide whether to create a Local Community Development Plan.

Moel Famau Improvements

Denbighshire CC have secured funding from the UK Government Levelling Up Fund to improve facilities at Moel Famau. Plans include: - a ‘Norway Cabin’ with café,

toilet facilities, rangers’ office and storage space

- Extended and sustainably managed cycle routes

- Improved pedestrian paths

The expected completion date was 31st March 2025.

Loggerhead Country Park Improvements

Denbighshire CC have also secured funding to improve facilities at Loggerheads Country Park. These plans include:

D Extending and upgrading the café and shop to accommodate increased visitor numbers

D Creating a ‘grab and go’ serving hatch for drinks and light refreshments

D Building an external canopy with decked area

D Installing a new access ramp

D Protecting the facilities from flooding

The expected completion date was 31st March 2025.

Representatives from the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB have done a short presentation about the plans for both Loggerheads and Moel Famau at the beginning of the Council meeting on Thursday 14th March.

Creation of a New National Park

Natural Resources Wales (NRW) hosted a video conference on 30th January which over 25 residents attended. There was a short presentation after which residents expressed their concerns mainly over the effect on house prices, availability of affordable housing and increased pressure on local services with the influx of more tourists if plans went ahead to designate the area as a National Park. A full consultation will be taking place later this year during which everyone will have the opportunity to express their views. The Council will circulate more information as it becomes available.

Councillor Vacancies

There are currently three vacancies for Councillors. If you or anyone you know is interested in joining the Community Council, please contact the Clerk on 01352 810735 or email Clerk. llanferres@gmail.com

Keeping Track

If you want to keep track of progress relating to any of the items above you can do so by attending council meetings, either in person or by TEAMS video conference link, by reading the minutes of each meeting published on the Council’s website www. llanferrescommunitycouncil. org or contacting the council by email clerk.llanferres@ gmail.com or speaking to one of the Councillors.

Maes Ysgawen Park Improvements Presentation of Concept Drawings Poppy Appeal 2023

The concept drawings for the planned improvements in Maes Ysgawen Park will be on display in Llanferres Village Hall on: Saturday 13th April Please feel free to ‘drop in’ with friends and family anytime between 2 o’clock and 5.30 in the afternoon to have a look and express your views

AFTERNOON TEA COFFEE/SOFT DRINKS WILL BE PROVIDED AND FOR THOSE GRAND NATIONAL LOVERS, THE RACE WILL BE STREAMED LIVE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON

If you are unable to join us on the 13th April, the concept drawings will be available to view at the Council meeting on 11th April in Llanferres village hall at 7.30 pm, on the Council’s website llanferrescommunity council.org, on community Facebook pages, by community email notices and on noticeboards around the area.

The Clerk can also send you a copy of the drawings either by emailing the Clerk at: clerk.llanferres@ gmail.com or in the post by telephoning 01352 810735.

This project is being funded by a grant from the National Lottery

Thank you to the people of Tafarn y Gelyn, Bryn Eithin and Moel Famau Rd for genorous donation of £288.50 for 2023 Poppy Appeal. The poppy appeal is run by Royal British Legion and I collect on behalf of the Ruthin Branch. I’ve been collecting for 50 years and was presented with a special certificate this last year.

Anne Woodward

Change to your recycling & waste collections

From Monday 3 June 2024 residents in Denbighshire will need to sort ‘dry’ recyclable items into separate containers. The existing blue bins used for recycling will be replaced with a ‘Troliboc’ which has three different boxes:

1. Blue lid is for paper

2. Red lid is for metal cans, tins, aerosols & foil, plastic bottles, pots, tubs & trays, and food & drink cartons such as Tetra Pak

3. Green flap is for glass bottles & jars There will also be a new reusable blue bag for recycling cardboard. More information www. denbighshire. gov.uk/recycling

Cyngor cymeithas

Llanferres Community council

Dates of Council Meeting 2024 -2025

Contact details for all Llanferres Community Councillors www.llanferrescommunitycouncil.org

Meetings are usually held on the 2nd Thursday of the month in Llanferres Village Hall with remote access available via TEAMS video conference facility or on TEAMS video conferencing and start at 7.30 pm. Please refer to the Public Notice and Agenda published at least 3 days before each meeting on the Council’s website www.llanferrescommunitycouncil.org and noticeboards around the area for detail s of how each meeting will be held.

Clerk Margaret

Narburgh Clerk & RFO Tel: 01352 810735 clerk.llanferres@ gmail.com

Allan Morgans - Chair 01352 810 735

Jac Armstrong Vice Chair Tel: 01352 810 259

Defibrillator Training and basic CPR

Training Need? - Its been many years since the original Defibrillator training happened, so this is an great opportunity to refresh your knowledge and for first time learners. The training will be given by Tomos Hughes, North Wales Defibrillator Support Officer.

The event organised by Llanferres Village Hall Management Committee with financial support

from Llanferres Community Council

The training is provided by the charity “Awyr Las Gogledd Cymru - Blue Sky North Wales” which support NHS services across North Wales

Simon Grice 07881 938 862

contact@simongrice.me

Amanda Curtis 01352 810 398

Paul Sheldon 07824 099 963

Huw Williams County Councillor 07545 185 756

Gibson 07734 230 846

You can donate here: www.justgiving.com/algc Register Interest on Facebook? To get an idea

of numbers, please register your interest in via if you the Event on Llanferres Facebook page… and don’t forget to cancel if you find you can’t make it, we maybe limited on numbers so would be a shame to have “no shows”.

Local developmentcommunityplan Public Meeting

Thursday

18th April 2024

Llanferres Community Council will be hosting a public meeting to discuss the potential for a local community development plan for the area covered by the council.

Llanferres CC invites all residents within Llanferres, Maeshafn, Cadole, Pant Du and Tafarn y Gelyn to attend the forthcoming public meeting to explore the possible benefits of creating a Local Community Development Plan (LCDP) for the area.

Such a plan would effect and benefit all members of the local community and as such it’s a great opportunity for all members of the local community to come together to undertand the potential we could have as a community.

Your collective views are sought on how you would like the Council to respond to con-

sultations that influence decisions made by other organisations responsible for land use, housing, transport, flood risks, energy infrastructure, socio-economic development, cultural heritage etc. affecting this area. It would serve as a formal record of the Communities wishes which the Council can use when trying to bring about change that Llanferres Community Council has no direct responsibility for. Everyone has a voice - all ideas, suggestions and feedback are welcomed - ideally in person on the evening (or you can submit by email if you can’t make it on the evening or join on Teams).

Agenda

1. Welcome & introductions

2. Role of the Council in the community

3. Essence of a Local Community Development Plan

4. Meeting open to the public for comments

5. Next steps

6. Closing remarks

7. Refreshments

The 18th April we hope will be an opportunity for as many residents as possible to come together, discuss ideas for the local community area and learn what the community council can and can’t do and how it can support local people/groups who want to apply for grants, make plans. submit proposals, etc.

There was a great turnout for the Rectory lane element of the last council meeting which has turned into a really positive result (as per my last post today). The more local residents that attend the more likely we are to be able to support the local community directly and in-directly - power to the people!

We hope to see you there and please spread the word (or re-share this post) about the event.

Kids are welcomed (if it’s not too late for them) and we’ll be offering tea/coffee/soft drinks and some snacks (biscuits, sandwiches, crisps etc.) to all residents.

If you are unable to attend in person and wish to join the meeting by video conference, please contact the Clerk by email: clerk.llanferres@ gmail.com and you will be sent a ‘link’ enabling you to join on the night.

If you are not available on the above date, you can request a copy of the presentation notes to be sent to you after the meeting and express your views by contacting the Clerk by email: clerk.llanferres@gmail.com or by post to Maesawelon, Village Road, Maeshafn, CH7 5LU

Have you consider becoming a Councillor

Email: clerk.llanferres@gmail.com for Llanferres Community Council?

If so, please contact the Clerk for information

Tel: 01352 810735 or

What’s Involved?

The council meets every second Thursday of each month except August, in Llanferres village hall or by video conference facility. Its’ role in the community is to:

D Read correspondence received during the course of the month and decides how to respond

D Comment on local planning applications

D Agree actions to ensure community assets are well maintained

D Considers new projects that will benefit the community Meetings usually last between one and two hours.

To qualify to become a local Councillor you will need to be:

D A British citizen, an eligible Commonwealth citizen, a citizen of any member state of the European Union or a

qualifying foreign citizen

D Over 18 years of age and meet at least one of the following criteria:

D registered as a local government elector in the Llanferres area; or

D have lived in the area as an owner or tenant of land or premises during the last 12 months; or

D your principal or only place of work has been in the area during the last 12 months or

D you have lived within 4.8 kilometers (3 miles) of the outer boundary of the area for the last 12 months.

Certain people are disqualified from standing.

These include:

D paid officers of the community council

D anyone subject to bankruptcy restriction orders

D those subject to recent prison sentances

Village Hall News

Llanferres Village Hall is “AVAILABLE for HIRE” - a first class fully insured facility offering a great venue for clubs and societies and private booking etc.

D With a generous size of over 16 metres by 8 metres there is plenty of room for most activities.

D Kitchen facilities are available with hot water / ‘fridges and utensils etc

D For private function tables and chairs can be provided for over 100 people. Alcohol can be sold / provided with suitable licence and permission from the hall committee.

D Free broadband and a projector screen

D Attractive hourly and regular booking rates

For all enquiries contact Noel on headley889@btinternet.com or 07836 268894

What’s On:

As well as our regular clubs and societies there are a few special events in the near future:-

D Saturday April 13th (Midday to 5pm) Community

Council presentation – have your say on the concept drawings Maes Ysgawen improvements. Live streaming of the Grand National, with free prize draw, during the afternoon and light refreshments will be provided.

D Thursday May 2nd Police and Crime Commissioner elections (7am to 10pm)

D Thursday May 30th Defibrillator and CPR Training (Free) 1.30pm to 3.30pm. See page below.

What’s happening:

Lighting in the hall is being upgraded to LEDs in the near future

A new pedestrian gate in the white railings has been installed to bypass the steps A working party during the Easter break will be touching up the paintwork and tidying the stage

Due to changes in regulations a new recycling and waste bin has been positioned in the hall kitchen – please follow the instructions thereon. Thank you.

Noel

Key contacts and dates of clubs listed below, please contact the organisers if interested in joining:

D Tai Chi – (Sundays 6.30pm) Keith Gould 07766132413

D Pilates (Mondays 5.15 and 6.15pm) Janet Booth 07836 601149

D Yoga (Tuesdays 5.30pm) Jill Blandford 07449 631836

D Bowls (Tuesdays 7.30pm) Tony McKinstry 01352810506

D Whist (Wednesdays 6.30pm) – Noel Headley 07836268894

D Karate (Fridays 6.00pm) –www.llanbedrdckarate.com (first class is free)

D Gardening Club (every second Monday of month at 7.30pm) – llanferresgarden club@gmail.com

St Berres Church

Church opening

The church will be open every day during daylight hours from Easter weekend onwards. Please come and visit our beautiful church for contemplative moments, quiet prayer or just a look around our wonderful building. Food Bank donations would be most welcome – please leave in or near the box at the back of the church.

Grave relocation

30 years ago this Spring work started on re-routing the main A494 trunk road through the village which necessitated the relocation of the hearse house in the church grounds and a new perimeter boundary wall being built. This also unfortunately meant that a number of ancient graves dating from the late 18th Century to very early 20th had to

be moved, the remains therein were cremated and buried in an unmarked communal grave at the NE corner of the church. There were 64 known bodies moved but a number of stones were illegible and there are no other records to identify those remains.

The Church Committee has decided that this area needs to be commemorated with a suitable plaque, or similar later this year, and the grounds blessed / dedicated

The names we have are too numerous to list in this article but will be on display in the church foyer from the 31st March, as there may well be later generations still in the village.

Bro Famau Church magazine

Due to spiralling printing costs and reduced advertisement revenue the difficult decision has been taken to reduce the number of editions ongoing.

Gift Direct

This innovative scheme was launched a few years ago and enables the church to claim 25% tax back on donations

from regular givers with no additional paperwork from the donors. If you feel you could give just a few pounds on a regular monthly basis please contact Noel the treasurer on headley889@btinternet. com or 07836268894. Your donation would help the ongoing maintenance of the church and further works planned in the churchyard later this year. Tree felling last year cost circa £3K which has left a big hole in our finances.

Spoil Heap

Last year the unsightly heap was levelled and partly sown with wildflower seed and spring bulbs. If anyone has any plants they wish to donate

LEWIS & HUNTER CONTRACTING LTD

please contact Gay on the above numbers.

And finally, if you are visiting the graveyard area please use the provided waste bins correctly. Numerous wreathes with metal frames were recently removed from the green recycling bins as well as a large quantity of plastic flower wrappings, plastic pots, glass and doggy poo bags. Conversely, large quantities of dead flowers in the general waste bins, the irony being the green recycling bins have to be walked past en route. We appreciate there are a lot of visitors from outside the village, but any help appreciated. Thank you.

Noel Headley

WWW.LEWISANDHUNTER.CO.UK

Lôn Parcwr Industrial Estate

Ruthin - Denbighshire - LL15 1NA

Tel: 01824 702870

Fax: 01824 707862

Mob: 07971 413836

enquiries@lewisandhunter.co.uk

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Llanferres Park & Playground

We all use it and appreciate it but who looks after it. Llanferres park is a cornerstone of the village and here, those who ensure it continues to be a wellloved facility, explain what they have been doing recently to raise funds and awareness and the plans they have for the near future.

Race Night Success

Thank you to everyone that helped make Friday 23rd Feb event a success - looks like we will have raised over £1,200.   Special thanks due to....  Helpers on the Race Night itself were:- On the Tote - Yvonne McCorry; Elaine O’Garra; and Wendy Drendel; Race Card and Tricast sellers - Siobhan Gothorp; June Healy; and Ann Catherall; Race Horse seller  - and general all round star - Sheila Hawkes; Official Photographer - Ian Robinson; Sam and the DRUID

INN team for hosting the event so well, especially back drop decoration; everyone supported the event to make it a great night and very successful fundraiser; everyone who bought the “Tricast”– the winning combination was 5-6-7 (winner was Daniel Stroud); All those that sold Pre event Race cards by donating their own prizes.   Last but not least our “Race Sponsors” and prize providers:- Sam & Roy at the DRUID INN for sponsoring 2 races .. and providing the programme draw prize; Tony

Hawkes; Tim & June Healy; Bryn Difyr Cattery; Llanferres Tarts; Llanbenwch Caravan Park; Oliver Greenhall Racing; Llanferres Community Council;  and Margaret Narborough and Allan Morgans.

THANK YOU all again.

Mountain Bike Marshalling

Mark your calendars for  Sun 15th Sep and Sat night 14th Sep 2024.  This is a great day out with special treats for all volunteers in Druid Inn for the socialising afterwards.  We also get extra donation for marshalling the sat night, so please consider helping there as well!  Watch social media for further information!!

Guy Fawkes Event

We hope to run this again in Nov. It was really well supported in 2022, so hopefully we can make it happen again!  Watch this space!

“Its Your Park”

The charity that runs, maintains and fund raises for the park and playground will only work (and keep the park / playground open!) if we get a membership from which to select an Executive Committee, and help out with all the activities to keep the park well maintained, safe and open for children and adults to use. PLEASE use the QR code to register your interest in becoming a member... 1st

year is free! Thank you to the few of you coming on board in past 12 months by clicking on sign in the park!

Annual General Meeting

This will be scheduled for late May / early June.  Please watch out for notices.  This si where we need people to become members and turn up for the meeting.   There will be an Executive Committee meeting on Wed April 10th at 7pm in Druid Inn, so feel free to come along to hear what’s happening and familiarise yourself with what we do, and how we do it!  The existing team will need

to be replaced at some point in the near future ... so please consider offering some of your valuable time to help keep the playground / park the great facility it is!

Working Party

Great turn out yesterday in perfect weather conditions

- Thank you everyone that turned up. The majority planned jobs completed, plus a few extra done thanks esp. to Owen, Tamsin, Jenny, and only one technical job deferred ... a great outcome, clear evidence of community support, a good work out and a great social occasion as well! Thanks also to those who apologised for not being available.

Digital Project

Volunteer needed?   We want to make a digital record of the history of Llanferres Park and Playground.   If you know someone who’s studying computing or related courses, who might be looking for a project ... then please get in contact with Sean Thomas at seathomas99@ymail. com or call 07711 104490

few cheap grow lights to take the overflow this year, which are working well.

Spring Gardening: From Seedlings to Foraging

As winter reluctantly yields to spring, the 2024 gardening season commences. From tender seedlings nurtured with care to the emergence of wild edibles like wild garlic and nettles, we anticipate a season of fresh favours and culinary exploration.

Spring is very reluctantly emerging, doing its best to merge seamlessly into the soggy damp winter, but nonetheless the 2024 season has started. February the 20th was our first sowing date, and we already have cabbage, cauliflower, onion, broad bean, kale and aubergine seedlings underway.

For these earlier showings a little heat mat is a good idea otherwise germination can be very slow this time of year. Or for a step up we’ve converted an old chest freezer into a germination chamber, which we keep hot and moist with an old slow cooker! A south facing window is a real advantage to get these

early starts going, especially for tender toms, peppers and aubergines which can all succumb to frost damage even in a greenhouse if we get a reasonable frost. All the south facing real estate in our house quickly gets filled with 100 toms so we’ve brought a

Anything you plant out in April and May will really benefit from a bit of protection, with fleece being the cheapest option, but look out for the thinner stuff as it will only last a couple of seasons. And 4mm galvanised wire cut into hoops to fit your beds is way cheaper than any pre-made supports you find in garden centres.

Wild garlic or Ramsons, are starting to emerge and by mid March will be carpeting our woodland. They make a lovely addition to a salad, or you can try a pesto or soup recipe. I prefer them when they just come out, but there still tasty even once they’ve flowered. Nettles are also worth a try, and you want to get them young before they flower, they make good soups and are surprisingly tasty and very nutritious simply sautéed. Another treat that we discovered last year on our farm and seem quite common in these parts, are St Georges mushrooms.

They start appearing around St Georges day. I’m no mushroom expert but they are quite a distinct white mushroom with a mealy smell that grow in rings in open fields near the edges of woodland. They are superb in scrambled eggs with spinach and cheese. I practically lived of this for all of last April!!

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Llanferres Parish Gardening Club

Welcome to Spring readers! This is the season when work in the garden steps up a gear but isn’t it a delight to get outside a little more (between the rain showers…) and make the most of the lengthening days.

As a club we too have eased ourselves slowly back into the year. We got together in January for a late Sunday Lunch at The Druid, we had a fabulous meal, (thanks to Sam and the staff for looking after us) and there was an excellent turn out for what was a really enjoyable couple of hours.

The February meeting saw us begin to plan this year’s Golden Anniversary Show, which takes place on September 7th. We have a few ideas to mark this special occasion which we aim to reflect in the schedules,

and we hope to have these available from the end of April.

Our call for memorabilia has served us well with some members and former members offering a treasure trove of nostalgia. Some searching in the local archives has also unearthed some local newspaper articles about shows gone by.

We are still short of show schedules from 2013 onwards, if anyone has any they are willing to lend, (or for copies to be made) for our display then please get in touch.

Our first speaker of the year kicked off at the March meeting and what an entertaining and informative evening it turned out to be. George Pilkington is an astonishing mine of knowledge with a unique and informal style of delivery. The main subject was solitary bees and how to attract them into the garden. It transpires that wasps and solitary bees are just as important as honeybees for pollination and, with that in mind, George says forget about buddleias - his top tip is to plant the humble perennial wallflower (Erysium), more specifically, the variety, Erysium ‘Bowles’s Mauve’. This pretty plant can flower from March through to November and is hugely attractive to many insects, but-

terflies included. George will be back with us at our July meeting when he will be discussing composting – how best to make it and why. If dirt beneath your fingernails sounds good to you, then be sure to mark the date in your calendar.

In April we will be hosting another talk, this time by Rachel Farr of Cae Rhug Holistic Farm on the ‘Wellbeing Benefits of Social Therapeutic Horticulture’.

They do some seriously good charity work at Cae Rhug and have recently been awarded funding. This is going towards some major redevelopments,

so the visit we had originally planned for this April has been postponed until next year and instead Rachel will give us some insight into the work they do there.

For more information about Cae Rhug visit: caerhugfarm.co.uk

At the end of each meeting we will have a Q&A’s session for any new gardeners amongst us seeking advice. (There were some useful tips on planting potatoes at our February meeting!)

Also we have a plant/seed/ books/ magazine share each month, just bring along your surplus to share with the other members.

Everybody is welcome to our meetings, £10 buys you a yearly subscription with access to all of our events and speakers but if you prefer to come as a guest the cost is £2.

You can keep up to date by searching for our FaceBook page or sending an email, details below.

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We are currently looking into organising another day trip some time towards the end of June –details to follow.

Meeting Schedule

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Farr talk

MAY 13TH

D JUNE 10TH

JULY 8TH

South Beekeepers’Clwyd Association

Preserving Native Honey Bee Habitats

Amidst the decline of honey bee populations, South Clwyd Beekeepers’ Association champions the preservation of native Apis Mellifera Mellifera and its habitat, fostering education and support for beekeepers.

Everyone knows that honey bee numbers are in decline due to disease, pesticide use and loss of habitat. At South Clwyd Beekeepers’ Association we are intent on helping to promote the spread of our native honey bee and its habitat because helping our honey bees helps to secure the future for us all.

Our native honey bee (Apis Mellifera Mellifera) has lived in the British Isles for the last ten thousand years. Many Colonies were destroyed in the early

twentieth century by a disease known as the Isle of Wight Disease (from the outbreak location). Importation of bees, to increase honey production, had began  fifty years earlier and to make up for these losses, people began importing even larger numbers from other countries; in particular Italy and Eastern Europe. At South Clwyd Beekeepers we promote our native Bees and help our members in sourcing them from great stock within the area.

With members spread across Denbighshire, Wrexham and

bordering counties the Association has an education apiary and pollination garden at Llysfasi College where we conduct training and practical courses in all aspects of beekeeping.  We welcome visits from groups and individuals interested in supporting the development and spread of our native honey bee.

We are proud of the work we do in educating new beekeepers and helping existing beekeepers to improve their skills.  To this end we have run successful courses for both beginners –those with no prior knowledge or experience of bees or beekeeping, and improvers –those wishing to consolidate their knowledge and improve their skills.

As part of their training, new beekeepers can be introduced

to an experienced mentor, who will provide advice and support during the initial stages of setting up an apiary and obtaining bees.

As well as providing the training, we also provide beekeepers with the necessary hands-on skills and experience they need at sessions held throughout the year at our dedicated training apiary.

Our members gain a host of benefits in joining including:

• Access to locally raised

strains of honeybee

• Courses with mentoring for new beekeepers

• Apiary meetings during the summer

• Evening meetings throughout the winter at Llysfasi College and online

• Discounts on beekeeping supplies from C Wynne Jones and delicious Patchwork Paté

• Regular mailshots keeping you up to date with what is happening within our association, the Welsh Beekeeping Association and the wider beekeeping community

• Free bee disease insurance, which covers American Foul Brood and European Foul Brood

• Product liability insurance

• WBKA Welsh Beekeeper magazine four times a year

• Membership of the Welsh Beekeepers’ Association

• All the help you need to control varroa, and regular updates on varroa research

• Public liability insurance up to £5 million.

If anyone is interested please do reach out and have a chat with one of our Trustees.

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of your Backyard TheWildlife Wonderland

Growing up amidst the concrete jungle of Liverpool’s terraced houses, wildlife was a rarity. Yet, a move to a garden in 1986 sparked a passion for organic gardening, bringing life and biodiversity. Join George Pilkington’s journey from jarred ants to award-winning eco-innovations.

Having come from Liverpool city living in a terraced house with only a small back yard, outside toilet, non bathroom nor a garden in one of many 1000s terraced houses, you get to appreciate wildlife! I used to keep ants and spiders in glass jars as we had very little wildlife around our houses. When

I left and eventually bought a house with a garden in 1986 I decided to grow organically. That simple thought and action brought wildlife into my garden. I was made up. No more ants or spiders in glass jars! I liked the idea of being able to watch them and later in life I designed an award winning wormery, solitary bee

nest boxes and bumblebee

nest boxes all with windows. They sold all over the western world.

Many people like to see butterflies in their gardens not thinking that they were once caterpillars. Caterpillars feed upon plants and wild grasses. Many people like to attract birds to their gardens and provide food in feeders. Birds eat caterpillars and other insects/ invertebrates. Feeder foods are just a ‘stop over’ for many birds to top up. They like us need a variety of foods containing vitamins, nutrients,

fats, etc. Bird also eat seeds which came from plants or fruit/berries. Other people may call them weeds. Spraying chemicals deprives birds of invertebrates or weed seeds both of which are important to wildlife. Years ago a countryside car drive used to leave a smatterings of insects on the front grill. Not anymore. Scientists found that there was around 50% more abundance of birds around organic farms whereas many farmland birds have fallen dramatically in Europe over recent decades. I find this rather worrying.According to Felipe Cozim-Melg-

es et al, “Biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented pace around the world, with current estimates that around 5% of all species will be lost every ten years1 . The main driver of biodiversity loss is agriculture1 , both through intensification of existing agricultural land and expansion of agriculture into pristine ecosystems” and add this reference to the references heading No insects/ invertebrates means less food for many birds and other wildlife. I could go on with science papers but I won’t. There is ample scientific research around nowadays which proves that organic gardening/farming can increase biodiversity in gardens and farms.

Although my whole garden is dedicated to wildlife, you can simply make a small area if that is what you want to do and plant it for wildlife. There is a huge number of such books around today. I think that mulching around plants

is an absolute positive for the plants and wildlife plus it recycles your garden waste. This is a win-win. Now is the time to make best use of tree pruning, branches, twigs, even cardboard boxes, by recycling them using a shredder and use the chipping as a mulch around your shrubs, trees, hedges, perennial plants and vegetables. It is not only beneficial to the plants etc., but extremely beneficial to birds, insects, invertebrates, amphibians and mammals.

The value of mulching

The value of mulching around plants (trees, shrubs, hedges, herbaceous plants, etc. see below) is thought about but are you actually aware the potential benefits there are from it for non plant organisms? Mulching protects the soil structure from heavy rains, frosts and can help prevent the soil freezing to a greater depth. It helps to maintain a more even and stable soil temperature, which in turn creates

a whole universe of biodiversity in your garden. Heavy rains can easily wash away the finer soil particles, which can hinder the germination of seeds. The mulch supplies a constant food supply for the numerous small invertebrates underneath it and offers them egg laying or nesting areas, protection and shelters them from the weather and some predators. It enables them to find shelter if it freezes and a more friable soil allows them to burrow deeper in situ as

opposed to moving out of the area altogether or dying. Soil itself provides a hugely complex 3D structure, which provides habitats for many soil living species. The mulch acts like a roof over this habitat. * Water well before applying a mulch*

Mulch becomes a habitat

As the mulch decays (i.e. consumed by the microbes) it too forms a bridge linking the soil and the mulch with worms

pulling the mulch into the soil which in turn assists in making the soil loose and friable, allowing birds to hunt easily in it as opposed to having to chisel their way through a hard crust of surface soil or frozen soil. The friable soil allows ever precious air to find its way into the soil helped by worms as they create channels or air passages through it. Channels themselves offer hiding places for invertebrates. A looser more friable soil encourages more insects and invertebrates to live in it. This in turn encourages more predators to feed upon them. Friable soils encourages and promotes root growth and hence earthworms! Mulches can also assist in preventing some weed seeds from germinating leaving them in the uppermost soil layers to be found by birds that feed on small seeds as they search through the mulch material. They want to find seeds not young growing weeds! Soil organisms thrive under a mulch improving soil biodiversity and eventually assisting in the release of useful plant nutrients. Mulches help to prevent moisture loss by retaining natural rainfall and therefore areas require less watering from the mains watering system via a hose pipe, which in many cases is valuable water resources stored in reservoirs.

Many people may not know of the benefits of mulching for non plant organisms. There is a huge benefit to garden birds and wildlife that many gardeners may simply not have considered, particularly in

the winter months when garden life appears dead in the cold dark winter days. Mulch? Great for the plants but rarely thought of as an aid for wildlife! I’m talking organic mulches here, not the inorganic materials such as stones, plastic and other man-made woven materials often used as weed suppressants. For example leaf-mould, leaf litter, straw, composted wood chips, hay, grass cuttings from chemical free lawns, shredded newspaper, composted shredded bark, shredded cardboard, manures, worm compost and garden compost (both of which can be free !!)

A whole new world!

There is a whole and surprising complex universe of life directly under your feet! Microbial activities within the mostly mineral based soil is perhaps more complex than many other micro biological habitats, especially if plants, trees etc. are growing in it. Microbes, such as bacteria and fungi are absolutely essential to terrestrial ecosystems. Yet they are given very little thought by us or researchers in general. They are the motor for recycling nutrients and elements from plant material (such as carbon, phosphorous, sulphur and nitrogen). Plant root surfaces and rhizospheres (areas immediately around actively growing plant roots) are known as ‘hot spots’ of activity for microbes, particularly fast growing bacteria and fungi which have been called ‘fast flora’. Still in the soil and moving up the roots, nearer

the shoot, i.e. the older region of the plant, the root hairs and root cells may be sloughed off where the grazers, e.g. protozoa and nematodes feed. Further away from the hot spots, >4 mm, slower growing bacteria, fungi, organic matter fragments and some mycorrhizal fungi hyphae are found. A hidden jungle world of predators and prey.

How can this benefit plants, birds and other wildlife?

The microbial activity within soils and compost heaps have similarities and some unique characteristics. Laying an organic mulch on top of soil ‘marries’ the two systems to some extent which in turn can benefit the larger wildlife, such as birds/mammals/amphibians. In and around plant

roots the area is teeming with microbes. Did you know that earthworms are predators of microbes and are attracted to such ‘hot spots’. Hence birds will hunt for earthworms in these areas. I have seen blackbirds pull out young onion sets from the soil to eat invertebrates and earthworms that themselves were feeding on the soil microbes and detritus underneath the sets. Did you know that worms have stiff hairs along their bodies called setae? They use them to anchor themselves to the soil as they push their way through it. Hence when attacked by a bird they anchor them into the soil to stop themselves being pulled out and eaten! Compost heaps would certainly not have such root based ‘hot spots’ but garden compost, laid on top of it would enable

a plant to live in soil conditions that encouraged and promoted root growth, and therefore ‘hot spots’! The mulch will be colonised by many forms of wildlife who use it for dispersal, shelter, breeding or foraging. In fact, many invertebrates will complete their whole life cycle, a whole universe of biodiversity right under your feet in your very own garden!

What’s for lunch?

What tasty tit bits can birds and other wildlife find amongst a mulch? Earthworms, enchytraeids, (pot worms) mites, springtails, numerous fly species/larvae, fungus gnats/ larvae, caterpillars, beetles/ larvae, grubs, spiders, centipedes, slugs, snails, woodlice and many other bugs and invertebrates. I have watched

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on many occasions blackbirds finding small slugs amongst the mulch. They have to continually wipe their beaks on the nearby grass lawns as the mucus sticks to their beaks. Plant based materials as a mulch provide numerous ‘take aways’ for your wildlife!

Who may come for an invertebrate lunch?

What birds have I seen taking advantage of this feast? Pied and grey wagtails on my mulched and open vegetable beds, which are next to my pond with the following birds foraging and eating invertebrates within my borders with trees, shrubs and plants; robins, blackbirds, redwings, mistle thrushes, field fares, jays, magpies, wood pigeons, collared doves, chaffinches, dunnocks, with very occasion-

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ally blue tits, coal tits and great tits, with starlings and house sparrows on the fringes of the borders, greenfinches and goldfinches looking for seeds and even the wren ventures down onto the mulch scurrying here and there picking off some tasty morsels with song thrushes eating snails. I have seen birds use mulching materials to carry them away to build their nests with. I’ve observed the sparrow hawk as it walks in amongst the bordered shrubs to flush out birds or corner them next to the wooden fencing panels as they were busying themselves in the areas. Hedgehogs, wood mice, frogs, toads, newts and a slow worm have all been seen hunting in or feeding in my mulched borders.

But the bird that most satisfied me and gave the most pleasure was the chiff chaff in late December early January 2008. It stayed in and around

my garden for a least 4 days. It was feeding upon and inside the flowers of a mahonia ‘charity’. What fascinated me though was it keep flitting and even hovering for very short periods, darting from one shrub to another close by. I saw it catch numerous fungus gnats as they danced their little dance a couple of feet above the mulch. The mulch was a mixture of garden compost, worm compost and leaf-mould all mixed together about 3 inches deep.

Why waste your waste?

You could create different ‘mulch’ habitats by mulching with different mulching materials throughout the garden and observe which the birds prefer. Never mulch right up to the stems of your plants, leave about a couple of inches free to discourage any diseases from flourishing and allows the plants stems/trees to breath, remove weeds before mulching and compost them for next years mulch!

Using garden compost or worm composting using your food waste is an excellent way to recycle nutrients into the soil. Mulching around your valuable plants, is an investment well worth the small effort in undertaking this worthwhile task. Treat it as an investment in wildlife, much of which you will not yourself see, unless you sit a while and observe what is going on in your garden ! But be satisfied in the knowledge that many other creatures will! I would say that there would probably be more small invertebrates within your mulched areas than your lawns making it far more attractive to our feathered friends and garden wildlife!

George Pilkington MSc.

Cert Ed. Nurturing Nature

www.nurturingnature.co.uk

Refs.:Cozim-Melges et al, (2024) “Farming practices to enhance biodiversity across biomes: a systematic review”

Pilkington. G (2006)” Composting with worms. Why waste your Waste?” Ecologic Books, Bath.

Perrins. C (1979), “British Tits” The New Naturalist, Collins, London

McKenzie and Whittingham (2009)”Why are birds more abundant on organic farms?”

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