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Mgr McBride’s Orchard!
It was sunshine all the way as the parish gathered for the opening of the Mgr Ken McBride Orchard. Former parish priest Mgr Ken was delighted to return for the opening. Cutting the ribbon, he said it was wonderful to be back and to be greeted by Father Michael and to see so many…
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Garden life
As the weather (mainly) becomes a bit more pleasant, the garden gang were back doing some tidying up after the storms. It was good to be back in the tranquility of the Mary Garden and good to see our robin ever present, as well as some new visitors. Great to see our CC Juniors…
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CC Juniors Autumn Fun
We met this time with a pumpkin theme! Bernadette is demonstrating the reuse of pumpkin shells to turn into hanging bird feeders! Let’s hope the birds love them! The kids are getting stuck into planting daffodil bulbs for next spring. Thanks to the Garden Gang for building this area dedicated to flowers for the…
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Lovely Flowers!
We are very pleased to see all the flowers this year in the church gardens. Here we find Charlie sitting amongst the sweet peas that the CC Juniors grew from seed! It’s been a poor summer so the plants are not as tall as we hoped but they smell lovely and Charlie was happy…
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CC Juniors Gardening Club
Thursday past, despite the very poor weather conditions, 8 youngsters turned up after school for the first of monthly meetings of CC’s Juniors. (Gardening Club). Louise, Bernadette and Maureen had a busy but fun time with the children- sowing seeds, planting bulbs, making bird feeders from peanut butter + toilet roll! They also enjoyed…
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International Harvest Festival
This past weekend, as part of the Season of Creation, an “International Harvest Festival” was held during both Masses at St Ninian’s . Parishioners were encouraged to come dressed in their traditional attire or in bright clothing and many did! They were also asked to bring gifts of fruit and their response was amazing!…
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Summer 2023
The Mary Garden is blooming after all the heat and rain the last couple of weeks. It looks so lovely! We are happy to find our first Cherries appearing, strawberries, cucumbers, salad leaves and tomatoes are all nearly ready for the first pickings. The bees are happy in the wildflower garden and hopefully some…