Learn to arrange beautiful spring flowers foraged from garden, hedgerow and field bank, to make a wild bouquet inspired by nature. Learn basic design principles and take your seasonal creations home. Shapwick Moor Nature Reserve is the perfect spot to take inspiration from the natural world and apply this to crafts like flower arranging. We start by meeting in the visitor car park and walking up to our workspace, looking Dora's Poetry Corner Bunny Hop 2024! Contact us via Shapwick Starlets Facebook page or email shapwickwi@yahoo.com We were eased into the New Year by the amazing Gregory Steward who performed some songs from the musicals. We are so lucky to have such a talented young man in the village. It was a magical evening. Our speaker for February was Zoe Thomas from the NHS Foundation Trust who told us all about their ongoing projects and the amazing things they have achieved so far, raising funds to support patients and staff at all hospitals in the Trust including Musgrove and Yeovil hospitals. 4 S PR I NG I S SUE APR I L 2 0 2 4 Shapwick Starlets WI SUE SELLICK Netball is such good fun: we are playing a combination of normal rules and walking netball rules, and it is so hard not to run when you see the ball. We are all becoming much fitter and are laughing lots. Who knew there were warm up exercises involving opening and shutting the gates! Looking forward to the summer months when we can play on the outside court. In March our speaker was Peter Lander talking about the peat industry on the levels – Pete on Peat! Such an interesting talk and lovely old photos; we learned about turves, ruckles and taits, winrowing, mumps! The competition was to write a limerick/poem containing the words Pete/peat and bog. We have never had so many entries! We have now replaced the bench in the church yard, made from 100% recycled materials, a quiet place to sit and reflect. Please go and take a look. Our April meeting is all about recycling and we will be decorating plant pots with mosaics made from broken crockery. Thanks to Secret World Wildlife Rescue, we have a big box of broken plates rescued from their summer fair, as their smash a plate stall was very successful! We are now in the process of booking speakers for next year, so if you are local and have a craft to share or story to tell, please let us know at shapwickwi@yahoo.com Spring Flower Arranging Workshop Shapwick Moor Nature Reserve, Saturday 20 April, 10am DORA WATKINS Columbine The humble columbine that trails Over hedge and over rails Making everything so gay Is it a weed? Who’s to say? It’s pretty enough to be a sweet flower Creeping over its sunlit tower But some will say: Obnoxious thing, It clings and chokes up everything Yet when I look at your pretty head I cannot wish that you were dead So go on, trail your merry way Making the countryside look gay! See also p. 5 ! out for butterflies and nesting birds in the hedgerows on the way. We will work in a beautiful log cabin and outside so that we can enjoy the birdsong and keep our eyes peeled for passing hares and kestrels while we work. A delicious lunch and refreshments are included. For cost and how to register see poster on p. 8. the Village Hall for tea, bacon butties, and the odd celebratory race cider. It was lovely to see so many villagers taking part - congratulations to all participants, and a huge thank you to the organisers, marshalls, helpers, cake bakers and cheereronners at another fantastic Hop... see you next year! JOHN ANDERSON, TERESA KING Photo: Frank Barnard In a welcome break from the rain, the sun shone for this year's Bunny Hop! The legendary 7.5 mile race was a sell out, with 150 intrepid runners taking on a very muddy and challenging course before heading back to
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