2nd LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair a great success

LOHP's 2nd Spring Plant and Craft Fair was held on Sunday 12th April at a new venue Lophams Village Hall. The new venue provided a flat field for the outdoor stallholders and with the added benefit of inside space for more stallholders, refreshments and toilets.

LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair 2026 - Lophams Village Hall - © Rowena Langston - 12-04-26 i

There were over 14 plant sellers, 23 craft stalls, a couple of information stalls, LOHP's nature table and tombola. Along with refreshments hot and cold, including hot dogs, ice creams, beers and homemade cakes, there was something for everyone.

LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair 2026 - Lophams Village Hall - © Rowena Langston - 12-04-26 ii

It stayed dry and the sun even came out. The LOHP donated plant stall was really popular along with the LOHP tombola which was quite a favourite, thanks to all the stallholders for donating prizes.

LOHP Donated Plants Stall - Lophams Village Hall - © Rowena Langston - 12-04-26

The indoor space allowed us to invite more craft stalls who could not be outside and was somewhere for us to provide our own refreshments.......

LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair 2026 - inside hall - © Rob Robinson - 12-04-26

..... like the huge variety of homemade cakes on offer.

LOHP Spring Plant and Craft Fair 2026 - LOHP Refreshments - © Rob Robinson - 12-04-26

A huge thank you to all of the LOHP volunteers who helped out not only on the day but with all the preparations before and after the event, and all the stallholders who came along and made the day a great success. Not forgetting the over 500 visitors that joined us - thank you.

All donations raised from the event have gone towards the Prince Freddy's Meadows Appeal.

See you in 2027 for the next one.

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.