The competition for children in this year's Ross-in-Bloom event is to make a garden on a tray. The contest is open to both individual and group entries and the lucky winners will not only receive the Ross Gazette Shield, to keep for a year, they will also win a token to spend in W. H. Smith. Runners up will receive prizes donated by the Ross-in-Bloom team and all entrants will receive a certificate of achievement.

The closing date for the competition is Saturday 30th June when the entries will be judged. All tray gardens will be on display in the Heritage Centre for the Heart of England in Bloom judges to see during their visit on Tuesday 17th July and must remain there until 18th July.

If you need some ideas of how to go about making your garden, there is a free, drop in workshop for under 11s at the Heritage Centre between the hours of 10:30 and 12:30 on Saturday 30th June, where Ross-in-Bloom volunteers will be on hand to advise you. Judging of entries will take lace at 2 pm. Parents please note that children must be accompanied by an adult.

There is still time for you to enter the competition and entry forms are available from Ross Heritage Centre.

Goodrich Summer Folly was extremely well attended on Sunday and there was lots going on to both entertain adults and children alike.

I was unable to stay long myself due to other commitments but went along to take a few photos of the fun, which can be seen below.

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Christine and Allan Lyus would like to welcome you to Nature's Choice, their restaurant and guest house which is situated in Broad Street in the centre of the historic market town of Ross-on-Wye. The local shops, pubs, restaurants and clubs are virtually on the doorstep, so you don't have to venture very far to access any of the local amenities. Goodrich Castle and the beautiful Symonds Yat are just a few miles away along with many other places of scenic and historic interest. . . .

For further information, click here to go to the Nature's Choice page on Wyenot.com.

Ross-on-Wye Weather Station is located by the tennis courts and bowling green at 'Crossfields' and is one of the important stations around the country which regularly sends data to the Meteorological Office. This is why Ross-on-Wye is sometimes mentioned on the BBC weather reports. It is currently still a manually monitored station and readings are taken twice per day by husband and wife team, June and Rex Swallow.

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