Garden design course at Stewart Park

Garden design course at Stewart Park

2:35pm Thursday 4th July 2013 in News

A complete garden design course costing £53 is being held at Stewart Park in Middlesbrough from 9.30am to 12.30pm on Thursday, September 12 or Saturday, September 14 for 12 weeks, including break for half-term. The last session Thursday, December 5 or Saturday, December 7. The course will provide the practical skills and knowledge needed to design your own garden space covering planning, preparing and completing a garden design, plants for places, plant characteristics and planting styles.

FARMERS’ MARKET: The first in a new series of Farmers’ Markets and Craft Fairs at Stewart Park in Middlesbrough this Sunday. The twice monthly events are held in the Henry Bolckow Visitor Centre and feature a variety of stalls. Sunday’s market runs from 11am to 4pm and admission is free. For more information, contact Nicky Morgan on 01642-515643.

MUSIC FESTIVAL: Myplace youth centre, aimed at 9 to 19-year-olds, is holding its first music festival on Sunday, July 14, from 1pm to 7pm featuring 10 local bands. There is free entry to the event at the former Custom House on North Street in Middlesbrough near the Transporter Bridge. A cafe and barbecue will also be provided.

MAN INJURED: A 21-year-old man received facial injuries following a disturbance outside the Owington Farm Public House in Billingham at about 11.15pm. Three men aged 29, 39 and 41 have been arrested and released on police bail. Police are appealing to anyone who witnessed the disturbance or has any knowledge about it to contact PC Anthony Wraith of Stockton Police on 101 or call the charity Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800-555 111.

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