Events in May
Showing until Saturday 29 May
S.K. Stevens
Chapel Gallery, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39
4QR
Tel: 01695 571328
Email: chapel.gallery@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Chapel
Gallery
Price: free
A showcase of expressive landscape paintings.
Each work is a complex blend of memory and direct observation.
Showing until Saturday 5 June
Recollection
Chapel Gallery, St Helens Road, Ormskirk L39
4QR
Tel: 01695 571328
Email: chapel.gallery@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Chapel
Gallery
Price: free
An exhibition that focuses on memory and
mementoes, from the sentimentality of nostalgia and the way in
which memory distorts over time, to the emotions evoked by the
simplest object.
Saturday 15 May, 2pm
Medicinal plants
Meet at the Ranger Station, Beacon Country
Park, Beacon Lane, Up Holland, WN8 7RU
Tel: 01695 622794
Email: beacon.park@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Countryside
Price: free
Join local experts in exploring Beacon Country Park and discover
some fascinating traditional uses for a variety of the parks flora.
Booking is advisable as place are limited.
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 May, 10.00am –
4.00pm
Balsam Bashing
Fairy Glen, meeting place to be confirmed
Tel: 01695 622794
Email: beacon.park@westlancs.gov.uk
Web: Countryside
Price: free
Help to protect one of our prettiest countryside sites by taking
part in our annual balsam pull. Find out more about this attractive
but ruthless species and the damage it does to our native wildlife.
Gloves and sturdy footwear are essential.