Out & About December 2017

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How to make your own dried fruit slices

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Cut the orange/lemon slices about 2cm thick – place on a wire rack NOT a baking tray or they will stick – leave in a cool oven (c120C) for 2-3 hours and then leave them in the oven until it has cooled down.* *If you’re lucky enough to have a range cooker, simply leave in the coolest oven overnight, with the door slightly open and they should be done in the morning

5 . Look for gaps and fill them in

6 . Add the ivy round the edges by threading it through the greenery

7. Finally add the colour – berries, fruit etc. Use the florist wire to insert the fruit

8. Cut the berries to required length and push into the gaps

A wreath should last about a month

Lindsey will be holding four wreath making classes to raise money for The Waterberg Trust*

At Beenham Hatch, The Avenue, Chapel Row, RG7 6NR Monday, December 4: 10.30am and 6.30pm, Tuesday, December 5: 10am and 2.30pm Cost is £65 per person, which includes all materials for your individual wreath, plus lunch (soup, homemade bread, brownies), mulled wine and nibbles in evening, and coffee, tea and cake in afternoon. Contact bchaffer@btinternet.com or visit Lindsey’s website: thewhitehorseflowercompany.co.uk If you can’t get onto a course, Lindsey will also take orders for wreaths to your own specifications – colour, foliage etc. Price £65 each, which includes a donation to The Waterberg Trust if you mention this article or that you were unable to book the course. Tuesday, December 5: 9am-4pm The Waterberg Trust Christmas Bazaar will be running in conjunction with the wreath making classes. Entry is free, with donations for coffee, tea and cake to the charity. Christmas gifts, produce and cards, Kenyan kikoys, boxers and socks, cookware, will be available. Stallholders include The Corner Shop at Woolhampton, Beaufort & Blake, Lale Guralp, B Vibrant. For information contact bchaffer@btinternet.com

* The Waterberg Trust is a UK-based charity that raises funds to support conservation, health and education projects in this rural region of South Africa. It provides help for families suffering from the Aids virus, funds for security provision to combat rhino poaching in the region, and a school nurse to give counselling to teenage girls on health and pregnancy issues, among other initiatives. The aim of the trust is to uplift the people and place of the Waterberg. thewaterbergtrust.com

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