THE BLAGDON BULL
   
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September 2009  
   
Activities for September and October  
   
13th September NCCPG Plant Fair
30th September Private visit to Hall and Grounds
11th October Stannington Church Horse Riding Event
15th October Ponteland Gardening Club Visit
18th October Red Cross Open Gardens
24th October Queens Own Yeomanry Dinner Dance, Kitchen Gardens
26th October CLA AGM
 
 
 
     
Red Cross day 18th October    
The final opening of the year for the Red Cross is again held at Blagdon. Once again the Blagdon Tenants are organising this day and would appreciate as much support as possible. Remember the helpers all give thir time freely and 100% of the proceeds go to the Red Cross so please come and contribute to the day.    
     
Halloween    
The tenants committee hope to organise a childrens day for Halloween. Information will be coming out shortly. I hope that many of the estate children will be able to attend this new event.    
     
     
     
Northumberlandia.    
You may have seen the press coverage of the Northumberlandia launch at the start of July. I have updated the web page with the latest information. Northumberlandia is shaping up to be a major project produced by Banks and Blagdon for the benefit of the region. We are very excited about the potential that this project promises and we are sure that we will all be very proud when the park is opened to the public, which is scheduled for 2012.  
     
NCCPG Plant Fair.    
Do not forget the Annual Plant Fair held by the NCCPG, this year it will be held on Sunday 13th September. Click on poster to enlarge.  
     
Can You Help? I'm still waiting!    
The tenants committee have had a few ideas and we would like to see if anyone within the community would be willing to help.    
Apart from the baking requirements for Red Cross days, where we are always grateful for offers of cakes and especially scones, we are considering reviving the tenant's plant stall for the April Opening. Is anyone willing to grow any plants for sale at this event? In the past several tenants have kindly produced small plants grown from seed and we have sold these at Red Cross Day. If enough people contribute then the requirement for each contributor is very small. Just an idea, but half a dozen small pots even on a window sill would do the job. say Tomato plants, flowers, anything really.

If you would be willing to help please email me, if there are enough people willing to do this we will set out our stall in April.

rjdowner@blagdonestate.co.uk

   
     
     
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