• Sign up for our wildlife photography workshop, Sunday 20th July 2025

Local photographer André Neves will be running a practical photography workshop in the Dovecot Meadow. This will be a great opportunity to learn, improve or advance your skills photographing our local flora and fauna. The morning workshop will be open to all levels of experience and equipment but limited to 20 participants (minimum age 16) and cost £5. If you would like to take part in the practical session, please get in touch using the website contact form. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis. In the afternoon, there will be a free to attend print exhibition and sale in the hall of some of André’s local wildlife images.

Tentative schedule:
09:30 – 09:40 Greetings and brief introduction of programme and speakers
09:40 – 10:00 Introduction to conservation activities in the Dovecot Meadow
10:00 – 10:20 Introduction to flower and insect photography
10:30 – 12:00 Practical session in the Meadow
12:00 – 13:00 Review w/ refreshments and exhibition browse
13:00 End of practical workshop
14:00 – 16:00 Local Wildlife Photography: exhibition and print sale by André

• Open gardens, Sunday, June 22nd 2025, 1pm – 5.30pm

Come and explore some of the lovely gardens here in Foxton, stop off for refreshments in the church and hope for good weather. All profits will go to Help for Heroes in this year when we have been remembering the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

• 2025 Best Kept Front Garden competition

Peter Jackson (from Scotsdales) has once again very kindly agreed to judge the competition. Preliminary area judging will be performed by FGA committee members beforehand and the shortlisted gardens will be judged by Peter on Tuesday 24th June 2025. The Foxton resident with best kept front garden will be awarded the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Cup at the Village Show in September!

• AGM

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2025 AGM and especially to our guest speaker Judith Large from the Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital. Minutes from the meeting are now available.

• Plant Sale and Swap

Despite a cloudy start, the sun eventually came out and it was lovely to see so many of you taking part in the plant swap, winning a prize in the tombola and enjoying some tea and cakes provided by the WI. Thank you to everyone who came along. We hope you found some new plants for your gardens!

• FGA website updates

We now have a “Featured in Foxton“ section on the website where we will occasionally share news and stories related to projects and activities from the village. So far we have details of the Remembrance period Poppy Project being organised by the Foxton ‘Craft & Create’ Group, and an introduction to a local flower and insect photography project.  If you would like to keep up to date with the latest news from the FGA, please enter your e-mail address in the Subscribe box to receive the latest news in your inbox!