What's On Ruardean

The Forest Activities Festival will take place in the grounds of The Speech House Hotel in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire on Sunday 29th April 2018, offering locals and tourists alike a wealth of indoor and outdoor pursuits to try.

Richard White displays an amazing range of his recent work demonstrating the variety of his techniques with light using camera and brush.

Earth and Air 3 is a multi media exhibition by 14 local artists and craft makers who together are Made in Ross - the arts and crafts collective based upstairs in the Market House in the centre of the historic town of Ross-on-Wye.

Glenn Morris, sculptor will lead members of the Llangarron Stone carvers in a stone carving demonstration. Opportunity to "have a go" or simply watch.

Book talk and signing

Formal and informal gardens approx 4 acres in woodland setting. Herbaceous borders, hosta collection, mature trees, shrubs and seasonal bedding. Gently sloping lawns. Statuary and found sculpture, local limestone, rockwork and pools. Woodland garden, wild flower meadow and indigenous orchids.

Corner garden filled with interest and design ideas to maximise smaller spaces. A series of interlinking colour themed rooms, some on different levels. Packed with perennials, grasses, ferns and bamboos. A pergola, small man made stream, fruit and vegetables and pots in abundance on gravelled areas.

4 acres of woodland, meadows, ponds and streams. A tranquil and relaxed country garden of scents, sights and sounds. Interest all year with drifts of tulips, wild daffodils and common spotted orchids in spring. Good Autumn colour.

Pack a picnic and bring along your favourite teddy and get in for half price! Picnic boxes available to buy from our cafe. No need to book in advance, just turn up!

Set in elevated position with exceptional views. 1m walk through woods and fields to show carpets of spring flowers. Enclosed garden with fern border, sundial and heather bed. White and mixed shrub borders. Stout footwear advisable in winter.

Why not come and meet the dynamic 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers Napoleonic Re-enactment Society, including the soldiers’ wives, as they have their training weekend at The Kymin. They will set up camp and live as authentically as possible practicing drilling, firing musket and battlefield surgery.

Indulge yourself in a touch of shopping with a variety of Trade and craft stalls. Along with Children’s entertainment, Licensed bar and refreshments and a Car Boot Sale (Saturday and Sunday) Vintage auction (Saturday) organised by Gwilym Richards (01600 860 300 or grichards.co.

Break free from the bonds of the swimming pool and embrace nature as we set off on a wild swim of the River Wye, starting from Monmouth Boys School Rowing Club.

Come and meet the dynamic 23rd Royal Welch Fusiliers Napoleonic Re-enactment Society at their training weekend on the bowling green at the Kymin. See how redcoat soldiers lived in 1809.

Peaceful country garden in 2 acres with stunning views of surrounding countryside. High walls provide a backdrop for rambling roses, clematis, and honeysuckles. Organic garden with large variety of perennials, annuals, shrubs and specimen trees with yr-round colour. Vegetable garden, wildlife and formal ponds.

Eclectic Films will be showing a new film ’Maurice El Medioni’, and celebrating all that is Middle Eastern Jazz with a specially devised set from the fabulous Eira\Snow. Arabic snacks will also be served at the bar. Who could ask for anything more?

A night of comedy and music with two legends. Barry Cryer has appeared with and written for every major comedy act in the UK in the last 60 years.

Star of Live At The Apollo, Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, Have I Got News for You and Q.I, Shappi is on the road with her new, sell-out show – her own personal tribute to that much-maligned lady, Emma Hamilton – Nelson’s “lady friend”!

Tour extended to cover legal fees for Theresa May stunt! Due to huge demand, and over-priced lawyers, Lee is extending his smash-hit tour for a second time, adding a final 30 dates to his huge 150-show run.

Book talk and signing

An evening of eclectic acoustic music from critically acclaimed trio Whalebone. The award winning instrumental trio, whose blend of Celtic folk music interwoven with strands of rock, Americana and Eastern European tradition has earned them a following both in the U.K.

9 acres of mature woodland gardens with streams, ponds, formal gardens with over 80 varieties of trees. Wild flower meadows host a variety of wild Orchids species. Traditional games on the lawns and lunches served on the terraces. Garden tours available.

Spring garden in 8 acre woodland valley with lakes, profusion of rhododendrons, azaleas and other flowering shrubs. Formal garden; magnolias and daffodils (April). Picnics in deer park which has fine trees.

Listed Arts and Crafts garden laid out by H Avray Tipping in 1922. Original features incl impressive stone terraces with far reaching views over the Vale of Usk to Blorenge, Skirrid, Sugar Loaf and Brecon Beacons.

Peaceful medium sized country garden with informal cottage planting, herbaceous borders and small pond looking through hedge windows onto wild flower meadow and mature apple orchard. Some shade loving plants and topiary. Large productive vegetable garden.

A talk being given to Frampton Village Society by Lorraine Parsloe who will be sharing her experiences as a TV extra on programmes from Casualty to Pride and Prejudice.

Badapple Theatre Company is celebrating 20 years on the road and to mark the milestone, it is re-presenting the first show the Company ever toured with. ’Amy Johnson’ will tour nationally starting in Yorkshire, travelling down through the Midlands, Surrey, Gloucestershire and finally Somerset.

40 acres of Victorian landscaped gardens surrounding magnificent Grade I house (not open), set out by artist Thomas Gambier Parry. Lakes, shrubberies and listed Pulhamite water gardens with grottos and fernery. Exciting ornamental lakes, and woodland areas.

NSPCC ~ Highnam Court Gardens Open Day ~ Sunday, 13th May 2018 ~ 11am-5pm. Light refreshments available throughout the day in the Orangery. Come and join us on this Open Day and enjoy the beautiful Highnam Court Gardens.

Tintern’s second car boot sale of the year, in the most beautiful location, with Tintern Abbey and the Wye Valley as a back drop. The event is being held to raise funds for the Tintern fete to be held on 30th. June. With thanks to the Anchor Inn for the use of the field.

Reconnect to the Wye Valley Landscape on a pilgrimage walk to Tintern Abbey, to see the Moon! We meet at Wireworks Car Park, Tintern, NP16 6TQ departing by minibus at 11am to The Kymin. Please arrive on time at Tintern to meet the walk leaders.

James Parkinson is now remembered for his 1817 Essay on the Shaking Palsy which first defined the condition we now know as Parkinson’s Disease.

Six glorious gardens in the idyllic Herefordshire village of Putley will be open to the public. There’s the chance to explore a garden laid out in the 1920s, with its stunning rhododendrons and azaleas; a lovingly-tended cottage garden; a beautifully laid-out quarter-acre plot with themed borders; gardens with a...

Are you interested in diversifying or expanding your farm business? Perhaps you’re thinking of opening a farm shop, going into agri-tourism, or something completely different.

Fun for all the family at the annual Gloucester Dragonboat Regatta, now in its 21st year! Thirty teams from all over the County will battle it out in 40ft dragonboats to win the coveted "Gloucester Dragonboat Shield". In addition, in the Docks, there will be lots of stalls, a funfair, and live entertainment...

The Old Vicarage has a series of gardens surrounding a 151yr old (1867) Victorian Gothic house which invites you to explore as the eye is drawn from one garden into the next.

Multi-award winning ‘May-We-Go-Round?’ is a collision of fiercely energetic dance and comedic theatre. Honest, provocative and laugh out loud funny, Cristina and Chess jangle through the merry go round of romance, taking audiences along for the bitter sweet ride.

The Gloucester Mind Body Spirit Show is back! Featuring stalls selling salt lamps, crystals, jewellery and art, therapies including massage, Reiki, sound healing, reflexology and chiropractic. This is an opportunity for you to see what holistic medicine can do for you.

Our rangers will take you off the normal footpaths to visit some of the sites made famous by BBC Springwatch and Autumnwatch.

From The Jam with Bruce Foxton + Support. Artists performing: From The Jam.: Tickets avaiable.

3 acres of spacious lawns and trees surrounding C16 house (not open) in a beautiful, hidden part of Monmouthshire. South facing terrace and extensive bed of old roses. Swathes of grass with tulips, camassias, wild flowers and far reaching views. Espaliered cherries, pears and scented evergreens in courtyard.

OUR STAR THEATRE COMPANY presents "TAPLEY HOUSE" A Comedy by Georgia Gill Directed by Ben Mowbray Donnie and Sid are a couple of lazy twenty-somethings, thrown together by fate under the roof of Tapley House.

Artistree is a co_operative of local artists from in and around Ledbury. Our first exhibition of the year is "Something Contemporary" and includes Painting, sculpture, Furniture, Photography, Ceramics, Glass, Textile and Encaustic work.

5K and 10K walk guided walks through the beautiful Estate of Whitfield Court. 9.30 for a 10 am start

Darren Rees received the Artist in Residency honour from the Friends of The Scott Polar Research Institute, travelling to the Antarctic Peninsula. This display presents some of his sketches and paintings executed in situ, plus some studio pieces completed on his return.

To mark our 30th anniversary, hundreds of artists who have worked with us have each created a special work of art. Purchase a ticket to become the proud possessor of one of these marvellous miniatures!

Qualifiers for terriers, lurchers, and whippets. Hot food, licensed bar, ice cream, etc. Judging starts at 1pm. Contact Gareth- 079134181614 OR 01291641513 for more info

This beautiful, well situated venue is within easy reach of Malvern, Bromyard, Hereford, Worcester, Ross-on-wye, Cheltenham and Gloucester.

Friday 4th May 8pm-Treadam Barn Goes Ronnie Scotts’s -A Celebration of Billie Holiday & Lester Young with Canadian jazz vocalist Lauren Bush, saxophonist Fliss Gorst & jazz pianist Pete Billington Saturday 5th May 7.30pm-Gospel meets Jazz-With Soul’d As Seen & Bluesy Susie Sunday 6th May 4.