Merry Christmas from everyone at LOHP

We would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year 

from everyone at LOHP and thank you for your support over the last year.

Misty morning on New Fen © Reg Langston

After the festivities, why not join us on our annual Winter Walk on Sunday 28th December 2025, 10.30am - 12.30pm. Enjoy a 2.8 mile circular walk around the fens, exploring the landscape and wildlife of the Little Ouse valley while working off all the Christmas excesses. No need to book, just turn up. Wellies recommended. Everyone welcome, even well behaved dogs on a lead. Meeting and parking on Parkers Piece, near Thelnetham Windmill, signs will be up on the day, more details on attached poster.

Suggested donation £3 members, £4 non-members

enquiries@lohp.org.uk 

07919 912045

We look forward to seeing you in 2026.

Winter Walk 28-12-25 - Poster.pdf

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Events Galore

We have had a busy few months with events. Over the August bank holiday weekend we held our second 'Art in Nature' Art Exhibition, this year at Hinderclay Village Hall. Again it was a great success, the variety and standard of art work was amazing. There was a great atmosphere, with positive feedback from visitors, 51 art works and numerous cards were sold, along with lots of cakes, helping to raise our profile and bring in donations for our charity.

LOHP Art in Nature Art Exhibition - 24th and 25th August 2025 - © David Oliver

We attended Garboldisham Summer Fair at the end of September, which enabled us to engage with lots of local people. And we held our first Fundraising Talk at the beginning of October at Hopton Bowls Club which was also a great success. Our speaker was Chris Bell, BBC Look East Weatherman, who spoke about the 'Science of weather forecasting', the talk was really engaging and could not have been better timed with the arrival of storm Amy.

Chris Bell Weatherman

Then at the beginning of November we held our Moss Identification Walk for Beginners, the event was fully booked. First we were guided through some identification features and looked at some samples, then headed out to New Fen to see what we could find. Everyone found it fascinating and had lots of questions.

Moss Identification Walk © Ellie Beach

Coming up we have our AGM on Friday 5th December at Garboldisham Village Hall with our annual talk and our Winter Walk on Sunday 28th December more details will be available on our Events Page.

A Blooming Success

Our first Spring Plant and Craft Fair held on Sunday 13th April 2025, was a great success. It was a lovely day, the sun shone, over 550 people visited us throughout the day. We had 30 stalls - plant stalls, craft stalls and other local organisations, 39 volunteer helpers and we raised the profile of LOHP along with donations totalling over £2,000 for LOHP, to help with our important conservation work. A huge thank you to everyone who was either involved as a volunteer or who came along to visit us on the day, without you, none of this would have been possible.

Plant Stall at LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair © Arthur Rivett

Rob Robinson, LOHP Chair said, 'What impressed me was the way so many of our volunteers were involved in some way or other - a real team effort with everyone contributing, which is what makes LOHP such a great organisation.'

A busy day at LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair © Arthur Rivett

We look forward to seeing you at our Spring Plant and Craft Fair 2026. Happy growing.

Craft Stall at LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair © Arthur Rivett