There will be a meeting at the Village Hall on 26th October 2016 at 7pm to seek community support for the production of a Neighbourhood Plan for Beech. Neighbourhood plans are important because they have legal status. Local councils and planning inspectors must make their planning decisions on ... Read more
Beech Village Summer Show – September 2016
On Saturday 17 September the Beech Gardeners held their third Summer Show. Below are all the photos taken at the Show - the tables showing all the fruit, vegetables, flowers, floral arrangements, cakes, quiches, jams, chutneys, handcrafts, paintings, photographs, etc etc. The list of winners is ... Read more
‘Brains of Beech’ Quiz Night with the Bembridges!
5 teams battled it out to take the trophy on 8th October, all ending up within a few points of each other. At the end of a fun evening, the 'Defenders' emerged as winners by margin of half a point. This team featured the same line-up as the winners of last October's quiz, so with two in a row ... Read more
BGs Dahlias Visit 7.9.16
The Beech Gardeners visited Gilbert's Dahlias just outside Romsey on Wednesday 7 September to see the amazing "Dazzling" Dahlia field in all its glory. Twelve of us gathered at the Village Hall at 1.00 pm and drove in 3 cars to Romsey. As we drove south west the clouds melted away and we had ... Read more
St Peter’s Church: August News
News from St Peters - August 2016 We hope you are enjoying the Summer with time to relax and refresh. We welcome Chris Bradish (our new curate) , Naomi and their two children to the Parish and Lynn Power as an Assistant Priest. We hope to see them in Beech soon at one of our services and ... Read more
Beech Village Show – Saturday 17th September 2016
More information to follow - in the meantime START PREPARING NOW !!!!! Click here for the entry form and terms and conditions ... Read more
BGs’ visit to Houghton Lodge Gardens, Stockbridge
The Beech Gardeners visited Houghton Lodge Gardens at Stockbridge on Wednesday afternoon of 6th July 2016. We were greeted by the owner who told us a potted history of the house - built in 1793 and thought to be designed by John Plaw, a disciple of Nash, who built the Royal ... Read more
The Queen’s 90th Birthday Tea Party – 12 June 2016
Her Majesty herself would have been impressed with the turnout for her 90th birthday celebrations in Beech. We had over 100 people attending - spanning the generations between the ages of 4 and 94! We were also very fortunate to have three of Beech’s own nonagenarian guests attend the ... Read more
BGs Alton Town Walk No 2 – 1.6.16
On Wednesday 1st June on a fairly chilly cloudy afternoon the Beech Gardeners met up in the Library car park for a walk round Alton, guided for the 2nd time by Jim Dickinson. We walked out of the car park via the footpath into Amery Street and stopped and looked at the building opposite the ... Read more
BGs visit Tilford Cottage Gardens
On Wednesday 25 May 2016 the Beech Gardeners visited Tilford Cottage Gardens, south of Farnham on a fairly cloudy but fine day. The owner of the gardens, Rod Burn, met us at the start and gave us a plan of the gardens which led down to the River Wey. At Tilford the two branches of the River Wey ... Read more