LifeGuide LIFE HOME & GARDEN SHOW 2017 Tricks of the trade Full line-up of talks at Ask the expert the Cumbria Life Home & Garden Show 2017 SATURDAY, MARCH 18 towards mental health charity, Growing favourite plants. Learn new skills and get advice for your garden at this year’s Cumbria Life Home & Garden Show Well. Please drop off any questions for Tom Attwood runs the talk, as well as samples and photos, Abi and Tom’s Garden A GUIDE TO prior to the talk. Tickets can be pre- Plants, at Halecat, BATHROOM DESIGN booked. near Grange-over- with Shaun and Kerrie Time 2pm Cost £3 in aid of Growing Well Sands, with his wife Ellison from Alexander Duration 1hr 30min Abi. The Edinburgh & Sancto, and Kew trained If you are looking to gardener and redesign, revamp, or DESIGNER designer held head gardener posts in the create a new bathroom, HEADBOARDS north west before opening the nursery in then this talk will help with Stephen Ball of 2011. you make the most of Stephen Ball Time 12pm Cost included in ticket price your space and select the right products. Upholstery, Duration 45 minutes Water pressure, layout, sanitary ware and Cliburn, near Penrith types of tiles will be among the topics Stephen will give an discussed. insight into designing PASSIVHAUS Janet Queen and Eric Robson Husband-and-wife team Shaun and and making your own DESIGN with on a previous Gardener’s Kerrie Ellison run Alexander & Sancto tile headboard. The experienced upholsterer Andrew Yeats from Question Time panel specialists in Kendal. After being affected will discuss the tools of the trade, the Eco Arc architects, by the 2015 floods, their refurbished best fabrics to use, and give a stage-by- showroom opens in March featuring Kentmere, Kendal stage demonstration. Architect Andrew Yeats lans for this year’s will be located by the entrance stunning tile designs in bathroom settings Stephen became a professional explains the principles Cumbria Life Home on arrival at the show. The from brands including Duravit, & Garden Show are questions will be selected by Eric upholsterer following a lifechanging behind Passive House Porcelanosa, Catalano and Bossini. accident in 1999. His work includes well underway, with and the panel of experts prior to buildings which are Time 11am Cost included in ticket price re-upholstery of contemporary furniture, nearly all the the 2pm talk. Gardener’s built to the highest possible energy Duration 45 minutes renovation of antiques, and creating and exhibitor spaces Question Time is an additional efficient standards and are designed to fit refurbishing furniture for the hospitality already taken. More than 60 £3 on the entrance price in aid of sensitively into their environments. P industry. He also designs and makes Examples include new builds and interiors, home and garden Kendal charity Growing Well, NORTH WEST bespoke furniture. businesses from across Cumbria which supports people with GARDENING with conversions, and buildings within the Time 4pm Cost included in the ticket private, public and voluntary sectors. and beyond have secured their mental health issues through its Janet Queen, head price Duration 45 minutes Andrew Yeats is a principal director of places at the show which drew organic farm and training centre. interiors ■ gardens ■ design ■ home improvement gardener at Rose Eco Arc and a certified Passive House 2,000 people to Rheged last year. Visitors can also learn from Castle, near Dalston SUNDAY, MARCH 19 architect. As well as showcasing experts in the small, specialist Janet Queen has cumbrialife Time 1pm Cost included in ticket price exhibitors throughout the masterclasses which are new for gardened in the north TOTAL HOME Duration 45 minutes venue’s five spacious halls, this year’s show and include west of Scotland, AUTOMATION with the 2017 event will feature willow weaving, pottery, HOME & and Italy, and Michael Glarvey of hands-on masterclasses where stencilling, cooking with herbs, her talk focuses on her experiences in all Luuxx Home DESIGNING FOR visitors can learn from experts in furniture restoration, and three locations. Although the general Automation THE DELUGE their field, and an exciting making lampshades and GARDEN theme is gardening, Janet will also speak Michael will explain how - wet gardens with programme of talks in the footstools. These paid-for about the cultural and lifestyle aspects of to make the most of the Phil Newport from theatre. sessions must be booked each area. latest technology in Wildroof SHOW 2017 Janet is head gardener at Rose Castle, Gardener’s Question Time, in advance. In partnership with Buzy Lizzie Garden Design and Whitemore & Thwaytes Interiors your home to operate Landscapes, near Dalston, and also works as a chaired by broadcaster and Now in its third year, the lights, music, heating, TV and security Catterlen, near freelance gardening writer for Cumbria writer Eric Robson on Saturday, Cumbria Life Home & Garden from your tablet or smartphone. Penrith Life and other publications. March 18, is a unique opportu- Show supports Cumbria’s Rheged Centre, Penrith Based at Hayton, near , Luuxx As the average Time 12pm Cost included in ticket price, nity for visitors to quiz experts creativity and craftsmanship Home Automation is an independent rainfall increases in Cumbria, Phil will look Saturday 18 & Sunday 19 March Duration 45 minutes on gardening issues. From through showcasing the best in specialist providing bespoke home at innovative solutions for managing automation systems. seed-sowing to discouraging home, interiors, garden water in the garden. Phil Newport runs slugs, the panel of Janet Queen, landscaping and building. Main show admission tickets £6 per day GARDENER’S Time 11am Cost included in ticket price Wildroof Landscapes along with his wife head gardener at Rose Castle; It takes place at Rheged, near including access to exhibitors and talks QUESTION Duration 45 minutes Liz (Buzy Lizzie Garden Design). The plantsman and nursery owner Penrith, on Saturday, March 18 excluding Gardener’s Question Time (£3). TIME Wildroof team specialises in innovative Tom Attwood; Shelagh Todd, and Sunday, March 19. Under 16s free. in aid of THE NATURALISTIC APPROACH garden landscaping projects across from Newton Rigg College, and Growing Well, TO PLANTING with Tom Attwood Cumbria. Time 2pm Cost Included in ticket price James Smith, of Growing Well, Tickets for the Cumbria Life To purchase tickets and to pre-book Kendal from Abi and Tom’s Garden Plants, Duration 45 minutes will offer advice on how best to Home & Garden Show cost £6 your masterclass see our website or Chaired by broadcaster, Eric Robson, the Halecat Nursery, Witherslack solve your horticultural and include access to all the telephone 01768 868000 panel will include Janet Queen (Rose Tom will explain the theory and practical problems. Just bring along your exhibitor stands and most talks. Castle), Tom Attwood (Abi and Tom’s problems behind planting techniques to Talks are included in the admission price question, a small plant sample or For more information visit Garden Plants), Shelagh Todd (Newton help you get stunning results for your (excluding Gardener’s Question Time). photograph on the day and place www.cumbrialifehomeand Rigg College) and James Smith (Growing garden. He will highlight recent examples Access to the theatre will be on a first it into the large flower pot which gardenshow.co.uk. www.cumbrialifehomeandgardenshow.co.uk Well). The £3 cost of the talk goes in Cumbria and discuss some of his -come first-served basis.

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G&S Specialist Timber, Stainton, near Penrith Kendal Quality Carpets, Kendal

G&S Specialist Timber specialises in hardwoods imported from Kendal Quality Carpets has 26 years experience in supplying and around the world, which they supply to cabinet makers and installing luxury carpets and hard flooring across Cumbria and joinery companies across the country. . Established by brothers Paul and Karl The family-owned business, based at Stainton, near Penrith, Greenall in 1990 in Lancashire, the business expanded to Kendal is run by father and son Garry and Shaun Stevenson. It shares in 1993 when they opened a state-of-the-art showroom on the the site with its sister company, the Alpaca Clothing Company, Dockray Industrial Estate on Burneside Road. By 2006, Kendal which is run by Garry’s wife, Joy, and their daughter Katie Quality Carpets had become the biggest flooring contractor Stevenson. within a 50-mile radius of the Cumbrian town. G&S Specialist Timber stocks more than 40 species of FSC or Renowned for its expert PEFC-certified timber which makes it the largest stockist of finishing touches and hardwood in Cumbria. The company’s on-site saw mill offers professionalism, the business cut-to-size full machined timbers including bespoke mouldings, is founded on two important structural beams and specialist turnings. principles: stocking the UK’s There is also a comprehensive joinery leading carpet and flooring workshop where windows, roof trusses, brands, and superb customer doors, flooring, staircases and other items are service. Customers say Kendal created to complement the extensive range Quality Carpets always goes of flooring and quality hand tools in the G&S the extra mile for them. Specialist Timber store. The 2,000 ft showroom is home to the latest carpet and The company recently opened a new flooring displays from brands including Axminster, Crucial showroom which features flooring, doors Trading, Victoria Carpets and Brintons, and a specialist studio and kitchen displays as well as the latest showcases the entire Amtico flooring ranges. Knowledgeable addition to its range, Little Greene paints staff are on hand to help customers find the right flooring for and wallpapers. G&S Specialist Timber their home or business. offers Little Greene’s full colour range and a The family firm, which continues to be led by Paul and Karl, same day paint mixing service is available in store. works with both domestic and commercial customers. From The company has been involved in several major projects leading developers of housing, power stations, schools, offices, including the restoration of Underscar Manor, a Grade II-listed hotels, golf clubs and shopping centres to home-owners, Kendal building near Keswick. During 2016, it supplied all the joinery Quality Carpets prides itself on being an innovator in excellent items including period panelling and bespoke mouldings to match service and aftercare, while also investing in well-trained floor the original patterns. layers to deliver that high level of service. Find out more about G&S Specialist Timber look forward to meeting visitors at the Kendal Quality Carpets at its stand at the Cumbria Life Home & Cumbria Life Home & Garden Show where it will be showcasing a Garden Show. new handmade product designed especially for the show. Kendal Quality Carpets, G&S Specialist Timber Unit 4/5 Dockray Hall Industrial Estate, The Workshop, Snuff Mill Lane Burneside Road Stainton, near Penrith CA11 0ES Kendal, LA9 4RU Tel: 01768 891445 Tel: 01539 730080 /07769 278708 www.toolsandtimber.co.uk www.kendalqualitycarpets.co.uk

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