Ray Broughton gave a talk to the Beech Gardeners at the Beech Village Hall on 9 April 2014 and spoke on some of his lectures on a huge variety of topics such as - Pests and diseases in the garden Topical tips and new ideas Distinctive Container Gardening for Spring and Summer Distinctive ... Read more
Spring Quiz Night
Our village hall was inundated with budding Masterminders when Peter Cox held his annual Quiz Night on Saturday 5th April. With questions on a range of subjects and from different eras, the brains were taxed to the full! The event was attended by 76 people of varying ages and varying knowledge as ... Read more
Ray Broughton’s talk on “The Ups and Downs of Public Speaking”
On Wednesday 9th April 2014 Ray Broughton came to the Beech Village Hall to talk on "The Ups and Downs of Public Speaking". There was a good turn out of more than 60 people and he entertained us well. Ray, who lectured at Sparsholt College for many years and now teaches staff and students at RHS ... Read more
Entry forms now available for Beech’s NEW Village Show!
On Saturday 20th September 2014 Beech Gardeners are putting on a new Beech Village Show - a fresh initiative open to all in Beech. Show your home-grown fruit, vegetables and flowers and win 1st, 2nd or highly-commended certificates - or even BEST ENTRY IN SHOW. There is a variety of classes for ... Read more
Rural Broadband Update
Hampshire County Council recently held an updating session in Winchester, which Councillor David Woodroofe attended. It was reported that work to give Medstead exchange subscribers superfast broadband will be rolled out from June to December 2014. Superfast broadband, technically known as ... Read more
Friday 28th March: Coffee Morning for Epilepsy Action
Peter and Diana are holding a Purple Coffee Morning in aid of Epilepsy Action on Friday 28th March between 10am and midday. Please pop in for a cup of tea or coffee and a slice of cake. All proceeds to Epilepsy Action. Venue: 188 Medstead Road, Beech. ... Read more
Spring News at St Peter’s
Welcome! St Peter's news. Spring - Summer 2014 New Vicar We are really pleased to report that at the beginning of May Andrew Mickelfield is returning with his family to the parish as our new vicar. Some of you will recall that Andrew spent a few years with us training for the ministry. So ... Read more
Posy Making for Mothers Day at St Peter’s Church
Saturday 29th March 2014 Time: 2.30pm - 4.00pm Child + parent(coffee, juice and biscuits) Venue: St Peters Church Contact : Annis Mendham 83501 or Sarah Neish 565696 Please bring friends and neighbours and we look forward to having a fun afternoon together. ... Read more
Visit to Down House, Itchen Abbas
February 2014. We went to Down House at Itchen Abbas - a wonderful country house in a 3 acre garden by the river Itchen with carpets of snowdrops and crocuses - brilliant in the sunshine. The garden was divided into "rooms" including a potage garden for ornamental vegetables, and ... Read more
Fun for all at the Family Games Night
A Family Games Night was held on the evening of Saturday 15th February and although it was not as well attended as the last two times, fun was had by all, so many thanks to those that came along. There was lots of noise from the village Skittle Alley, strange card games going on, very competitive ... Read more