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The New Inn: Are holding a number of events in the near future, including a Beer Festival in August, please check their website www.newinnwestfield.com. Please also remember that the Wednesday coffee mornings are very busy & booking is almost essential.

Westfield Youth Club: runs a number of fun events. For more information contact Min Stratford on 07952 995743.

Westfield Horticultural Society: The activities of Westfield Horticultural Society continue with a self drive visit to the Downderry Lavender Nursery at Hadlow, Kent, on the Saturday 25th July 2015. Hadlow is on the A26 which is accessed from Tonbridge and is just over an hour’s travelling time. The visit which will cost £5 per head which includes a guided tour of the garden and greenhouses, talks on lavender growing and breeding and a demonstration of the distillation of lavender oil. Tea and coffee will be provided. The meeting point will be at the New Inn car park, Westfield at 9am where full instructions will be given. Please contact Tricia Oakland on 01424 755683 to book and enquire about places for those who would like to go, but do not drive. After the visit to the Lavender Nursery, there will be a chance to visit the Broadview Garden Centre and tea rooms within the grounds of Hadlow College. Don’t forget to find and like Westfield Horticultural Society on Facebook. All the activities are described in more detail

Those of you that are growing pumpkins for the Pumpkin competition should be observing how the plants are growing. It is a good idea to start off with three pumpkins per plant, but choose the one which is growing the best and remove the others. Nutrients to the plant come from the soil, so by increasing the roots, the plant will benefit. This is done by layering the stalks and easily done by putting some soil over a convenient stalk and weighing it down with a brick or such like. Roots will develop and benefit the plant. Don’t forget to apply some liquid fertilizer to both the main roots and these subsidiary roots once they have developed. This will also develop the leaves that are needed for photosynthesis.

Westfield Women’s Institute: meets at 2.15pm in the Parish Hall. New members are always welcome; ring the W.I. President Julie Lloyd on 01424 754013 for more information.