THE RURAL JERSEY LANDSCAPE AWARDS – JERSEY SUMMER EXHIBITION
At the Summer Exhibition of the CCA Galleries International, the RURAL Jersey Landscape Awards, first, second and third prize, was awarded to Louise Ramsay, Graham Tovey and Anna Frances Le Moine. The RURAL prizes were judged and awarded by David Benest (BCR Law), Donna Le Marrec (National Trust for Jersey), Alasdair Crosby and Gary Grimshaw (RURAL Magazine). […]
THE GREAT EXHIBITION
Despite the unseasonable rain, an exhibition of the best of Jersey food, farming, and environmental responsibility was a hit with Royals and non-Royal visitors alike The rain, when it came down for the march past, was almost biblical in its ferocity. So very sad for the youngsters – apart from anyone else – who got […]
CHECK BEFORE YOU CHOP
The number of hedgehogs suffering strimmer injuries this summer has prompted the Jersey Hedgehog Preservation Group to urge everyone to ‘check before you chop’. A spokesperson suggested using a booted foot, a gloved hand, a rake or a stick to check in long grass and under hedges for sleeping hedgehogs and other wildlife and then […]
ROYAL JERSEY SOCIETY SUMMER SHOW
BACK TO THE FUTURE WITH A FISHY FEUD
By Dr Paul Chambers, Jersey Heritage’s Head of Geopark In the spring of 1890 a young man from England stepped onto the St Helier quayside carrying a suitcase full of glass jars, metal sieves and scalpels. This was James Hornell, a graduate of Liverpool University College who had come to Jersey in search of marine […]
WORLD SEABIRD DAY – BREEDING SEASON UPDATE
It was (also!) World Seabird Day on 4 July. It is estimated that 70-75% of seabirds are facing extinction globally. Birds On The Edge has reported that one puffin pair, four razorbill pairs, and many fulmars are missing from Jersey’s north coast. Predation is suspected. Despite this, three remaining puffin pairs successfully raised chicks. Hopes […]
JERSEY GARDENING CLUB ZOOM IN ON PLANT PRODUCTION
The Jersey Gardening Club is hosting a presentation by UK award-winning plant breeder and perennial grower Graham Spencer on Zoom on 24th July at the Royal Jersey Showground starting at 7.30pm. Graham, the owner of Plant for Europe Ltd, lives in Uckfield, East Sussex, and his talk entitled ‘From Cuttings to Garden Centre – How Plants […]
NEW TREE ADVISORY BOARD TO TACKLE DEVASTATION CAUSED BY STORM CIARAN
A new Tree Advisory Board will help plan and coordinate tree planting in Jersey in response to the devastation caused by Storm Ciarán. And the process for the listing of trees is to be reviewed, modernised and strengthened to ensure the Island’s most important trees are included. The Minister for the Environment, Deputy Steve Luce, […]
TWO OF JERSEY’S OLDEST PROPERTY BUSINESSES NOW OPERATING UNDER ONE ROOF
The property management and estate agency arm of F Le Gallais and Sons has been sold to Maillard & Co meaning two of the Island’s oldest firms in the sector will operate under one roof. The sale is part of a longer-term strategy by Le Gallais to concentrate on growing areas of the business, which […]
DOTCOMBE REVISITED
By Alasdair Crosby, editor, RURAL magazine. The essay is reprinted courtesy of the Jersey Evening Post ‘Last night I dreamt I went to Dotcombe once again. It seemed to me I stood in the lane leading to it, and for a while I could not enter, for the way was barred to me. There was a padlock […]