GARDEN PARTY – TO BENEFIT ST JOHN AMBULANCE
A garden party is being held by St John Ambulance at the home of the late Philip Hewat-Jaboor: La Maison de la Fontaine, Le Mont Perrine, St Lawrence, from 18.00 to 20.30 on Wednesday 8 June, by kind permission of Rod Keenan and the late Philip Hewat-Jaboor. The cost is £25.00 per person, with free […]
JERSEY RIDER QUALIFIES FOR RIDING FOR THE DISABLED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ryan Le Monnier (25) has just returned from a successful visit to the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) Southwest Regional Dressage and Countryside Qualifier in Cornwall. Ryan, who is autistic and has dyspraxia, came first in the Grade seven dressage walk/trot class of the competition, out of six competitors, and has now qualified for […]
THE REALLY GREAT GARDEN BAT WATCH – 2 JUNE TO 5 JUNE 2022
From the Jersey Bat Group: ‘Please join the Jersey Bat Group for the fourth Great Garden Bat Watch!‘This event combines the joy of (hopefully!) watching bats with citizen science based research that can help us better understand bats across Jersey.‘We are particularly keen to receive sightings of bats from St Helier and other urban areas around the Island to help us with our research into Jersey’s urban […]
WHAT’S ON: THINGS TO DO IN JERSEY THS JUNE
The bunting is out and the flags are ready – this month is packed with events celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and beyond. Here are some of the best exhibitions, talks, walks and shows happening in June. Saturday 4 June – St Peter’s Valley’s Royal heritage Commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and enjoy a visit to […]
NATURE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO ST OUEN’S BAY
Bird watching, foraging, rock pooling and stargazing are some of the events happening at the National Trust’s sixth #LoveNature festival starting this week. The five-day festival gives a ‘behind the scenes’ look at various Trust sites in and around St Ouen’s Bay, including the Wetland Centre and St Ouen’s Pond. The wild orchid meadows at […]
BETHAN WATKINS – EXHIBITION ON 4 AND 5 JUNE
Artist and poet Bethan Watkins is holding her first Jersey exhibition on 4 and 5 June with Art House Jersey at Grève De Lecq Barracks. She is a longstanding student of the Arts, who, in the last few years has supported Jersey’s local food economy as well as campaigned for Islanders to eat locally. Her […]
THE GENUINE JERSEY – JERSEY ROYAL POTATO GROWING COMPETITION
The annual Genuine Jersey, Jersey Royal potato growing competition, sponsored by Homefields, held its weigh-in held at Grouville Parish Hall, the last in a week-long series of potato weigh-ins. In what has been one of the driest seasons for some time, results were mixed with the first ever bucket recording no potatoes at all! Starting […]
TREE PROTECTION PROPOSALS TAKE ROOT IN NEW COMMUNITY-BASED STRATEGY
A new strategy outlining how Jersey will protect, manage and restore its trees was launched earlier this month with the aim of safeguarding the Island’s trees and woodlands for future generations. In a foreword to the new Jersey Tree Strategy, the Environment Minister, Deputy John Young, highlighted the many benefits that trees can provide, from […]
ARCHAEOLOGISTS EXPLORE HIDDEN ICE AGE LANDSCAPE
A team of archaeologists are in Jersey this week to begin an ambitious survey on foot of a former Ice Age landscape off the southeast coast of the Island. The archaeologists, who are from UCL’s Institute of Archaeology and Archaeology South East, are working on a section of the intertidal […]
JERSEY NATIONAL PARK FORMS A NEW BOARD
The Jersey National Park has appointed new a board of directors and members, developing links with a range of stakeholders and the charity. The appointed members will help deliver on the the two key purposes of the Jersey National Park: The conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the Park; […]