2013 PITLOCHRY IN BLOOM DIARY
June
Saturday 15th June – Green Park Hotel Coffee Morning
The annual Coffee Morning will be held on 15th June, with the generous sponsorship of the McMenemie family. Stalls for plants, home baking, home-made jams and preserves, fresh bread and a raffle to fund raise for the summer floral displays. A superb spread of cakes and savouries with tea and coffee in the beautiful setting of the Green Park Hotel.
We are all busy making jams with the new season fruits and marmalades with a splash of the local whisky, raffle prizes are rolling in a treat, so see you there, just pray for a nice sunny morning for us all.
Tickets: £5.00 at the door or from Committee members, Secretary Mary is on 470051.
Litter Pick on the last Thursday of June
Please all meet at the Theatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give Roger West a ring on 01796 474255
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July
Thrift Shop @ Scout Hut on East Moulin Road from the 13th to the 27 th July
Pitlochry in Bloom will host it's annual Thrift Shop in July.. All donations gratefully received, they can be dropped off at the Scout Hut or for assistance with larger items, please ring the Secretary on 470051.
Litter Pick on the last Thursday of July
Please all meet at theTheatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give Roger West a ring on 01796 474255
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August
Sunday 4th August 2013 – Secret Gardens Day
Our annual Secret Gardens Day when local residents and businesses open their gardens, lawns and greenhouses for the day. A great variety of small, large, new, traditional, contemporary and commercial gardens on show. Come and join us for a Pimms in the Atholl Palace marquee kindly sponsored by Bells Blair Athol Distillery. The gardens, including Explorers, the Scottish Plant Hunters Garden will be open from 11am till 5pm. Programmes will be available from the Visitor Information Centre, Atholl Road from mid-July onwards.
Programmes: £6.00, one per person required for entry.
Dates to be confirmed
Judging of local Pitlochry in Bloom competition. Judging will take place throughout the week coinciding with the visit by the judges for the National and International competitions.
Litter Pick on the last Thursday of August
Please all meet at theTheatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give Roger West a ring on 01796 474255
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September
Saturday 14th September 2013 - Pitlochry Highland Games
We will be there manning a stall selling strawberries & cream and popcorn.
Come along and support us. See you there! www.pitlochryhighlandgames.co.uk
Take a Pride in Perthshire Awards Ceremony - Wednesday 12th September ( evening )
Pitlochry Bowling Club Quiz Night - Dates to be confirmed
Pitlochry Bowling Club – Quiz to include Ploughman’s supper and a glass of wine. We also hold a raffle. Teams of four to compete, but please ask if you need to make up a team and we will help if we can.
Tickets: £4.50 from Mary Bover, Secretary on 470051
Litter Pick on the last Thursday of September
Please all meet at theTheatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give Roger West a ring on 01796 474255
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October
Enchanted Forest - Friday 4th October until Sunday 27th October
Perthshire Big Tree Country's award winning The Enchanted Forest sound and light show is a feast for your senses. The event will take place this year at the Explorers Garden located at the Pitlochry Fesitval Theatre and will offer visitors a unique opportunity to experience the outdoors, at night and with spectacular imagery.
Using the gardens as a natural backdrop, you will experience a lighting show that is, quite simply, out of this world.
The Enchanted Forest is renowned to be Scotland's premier sound and light experience and attracts around 20,000 visitors every year.
Litter Pick on the last Thursday of October
Please all meet at theTheatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give Roger West a ring on 01796 474255
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November
Litter Pick on the last Thursday of November – Please all meet at theTheatre Car Park. Monthly litter picks thereafter will be on the last Thursday of the month, same venue. If you wish to adopt your street or lane please give Roger West a ring on 01796 474255
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December
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