Events/talks

27-28 Hereford DanceFest Summer School, The Garrick Room, The Courtyard, seven - 11yrs/3-4.30pm; 12yrs/4.30-6pm. Booking 01905 611199.

27-28 Multi-Sport Activity Course, Folly Lane Hereford, 8-13yr olds. 01432 346907.

28 Lecture on The Life and Works of Joseph Murray Ince, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, 7-8pm. 01432 264366.

29 Dinedor Sports, The Old School Field, Dinedor, 2.30pm.

29 Pembridge Show and Trotting Races, Paws For Thought dog display team The Long Meadow, Pembridge 9am. Details 01544 388414.

Aug 2 Where Wild Things Play, family nature activities (free) 11am-2pm, new park on left of Aylestone Hill, details 01432 356872.

3 Llanthony Valley and District Show and Companion Dog Show and Fell Race, Court Farm, Llanthony, 01873 890551.

6 Vipassana Meditation Centre - open day, Dhamma Dipa, near Ross-on-Wye. 2-6pm. 01989 730234.

Theatre

27-29 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, Senior Youth Theatre, Hereford Courtyard, 7.30pm. 0870 1122330.

27-28 White Open Spaces, Pentabus Theatre Company, The Courtyard, 7.45pm. 0870 1122330.

Musical

27 DJ Jus'Jay, Doodies, 8.30pm. 01432 269974.

29 Jazz Fans Treat, Ken Colyer Legacy New Orleans Jazz Band, Hellens, Much Marcle, 7.30pm. 01886 880275.

1 Alea Quartet, Holy Trinity Church, Hereford, 8pm.

Exhibitions

`til 28, Herefordshire Art & Craft Society, Leominster Library, Tues-Sat.

`til 29, City Palettes by Nancy Padden, Hereford Sixth Form College, Towards The Labyrinth by Tim Seaward, Hereford Courtyard, 0870 1122330.

`til 30, John Kyrle High School A level and GCSE Annual Exam Art work exhibition, Market House Heritage Center, Ross-on-Wye.

`til 30 Blue-ginger textile and jewellery fest, Blue-ginger Gallery, Home End Farm, Stiffords Bridge, Cradley, Nr Malvern 01886 880240.

`til Aug 2 Group of Four art exhibition and sale of paintings by local artists, St David's Hall, Castle Street, Hereford, 10am-5.30pm, admission free.

`til Aug 31, Summer Exhibition, Old Chapel Gallery, Pembridge, Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm, Sun 11am-5.30pm. 01544 3888842.

`til Sept 4, Light Shifts, watercolours by Barry Herniman and Summer Artists paintings by Anthony Rowe, Laurence Dingley and Terry Burke, Ceramics by Clio Graham, Janet Halligan and Jane Malvisi, Parkfields Gallery, Ross-on-Wye, 01989 565266.

`til Sept (weekends only) Shieldbrook Sculpture in the garden, Shieldbrook, Kings Caple, Hereford 2pm-5pm. 01432 840670

`til Sept 3, Joseph Murray Ince (1806-59) of Presteigne, Hereford Museum and Art Gallery, Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun/Bank Hol Mon 10am-4pm. 01432 260692.

`til Sept, Old Toy Museum exhibition of Thunderbirds etc. Tues-Sat, 10.30am-4.30pm. 01885 410558.

`til Nov, The White Road Westwards by Kathleen Freeman, daily, Eardisland Church 01544 388226.

`til Nov, Eardisland Historic Dovecote, daily. 01544 388226.

31-Aug 5, Hiroshima, an exhibition of 30 posters from the Hiroshima Museum, Japan, All Saints' Church, Hereford. Mon-Fri-10am to 4.30pm, Sat-10am to 1pm.

Groups

29 Hereford Oxfam Campaign Group, volunteers urgnetly needed for annual Oxfam street collection, High Town 11am-3pm, call 01885 488077.

31- Aug 5 Hereford Oxfam Campaign Group display of Japanese posters to commemorate Hiroshima Day, All Saints Church, organised by Hereford Peace Council..

Gardens

Aug 2 - October 22, The Picton Garden, Old Court Nurseries, Colwall. 11am-5pm.

`til Oct 1, The Bannut, Bringsty, nr Bromyard, Wed/Sat/Sun/Bank Hols, 12.30pm-5pm. 01885 482206.

`til Sept 17 Sculpture in the Garden, Galanthus Gallery and Cafe, Wormbridge, Herefordshire 01981 570506.

`til end of Sept, Abbey Dore Court Gardens, Abbey Dore, Tues/Thurs/Sat/Sun 11am-5.30pm. 01981 240419.

`til end of Sept, Part-Y-Seal gardens, Part-Y-Seal, Grosmont. 12noon-5pm. 01981 240814.

`til end of Aug, Arrow Cottage Gardens, Ledgemoor, Wed/Fri/Sun 11am-4pm, Sat 1pm-4pm. 01344 318468.

`til end of Sept, Part-y-Seal, Grosmont, 12noon-5pm. 01981 240814.

`til end of Sept, Shuttifield Cottage, Birchwood, Storridge by appt and Aug 12 for NGS. 01866 884243.

Friday-Tuesday, Moors Meadow Garden and Nursery, Collington, nr Bromyard, 11am-5pm. 01885 410318.

Broadfield Court Gardens and Vineyard, Bodenham, 10am-4.30pm. 01568 797483.

By appointment, Old Longworth, Lugwardine, 01432 850652.

Wednesday/Thursday, Ivy Croft, Ivington Green, Leominster, 9am-4pm. 01568 720344.

July 27-28 The Long Barn, Eastnor, 11am-5pm. 01531 632718.

July 29-Sep 5 High Summer Exhibition, Galanthus Gallery and Cafe, Wormbridge. 01981 570506.

30 Caves Folly Nursery, Evendine Lane, Colwall, 2-5pm. 01684 540631.

30 Longacre, Evendine Lane, Colwall Green, 2-5pm. 01684 540377.

30 The Wiggly Garden, Blakemere, 2-5pm. 01981 500391.

Aug 2 The Wiggly Garden, Wiggly Wigglers, Blakemere, 2-5pm. 01981 500391.

2-4 The Long Barn, Eastnor, 11am-5pm. 01531 632718.

5 Charity Pruning Day, Peterchurch and District Gardening Club, Urishay House, Peterchurch 10am-3.30pm. 01981 550756.

6 Lower Hope Gardens, Ullingswick, 2-5pm. Five miles south of Bromyard, off A417.

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