Summer 2019 Full steam ahead for DOCA InThis Issue... The DOCA team with two new members of staff are working away to programme an Mayor’s Message exciting Summer of events since hearing about successful funding applications from Arts xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxx Council England who invested £87,725 towards Carnival and the Festival Fortnight. xxxxx xx xxxx x x x ... page 3 Summer in the Park Hillworth Park gears up for the summer with lots of holiday events... page 2 Gardeners’ Corner Date / snippet here Date / xxx xxxx xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxx xxxxx xx xxxx x x x page 2 In Bloom Competition Enter the annual Devizes & Roundway in Bloom The Devizes Area Board also International Street Festival, we are working with young people would like Competition... page 3 committed to contributing £3,978 seeking schools to benefit from a series to work with a professional artist and Our Services... towards developing the carnival of artist led workshops for Carnival be part of a special section leading the through workshops available to ready for its new date of Saturday Carnival with the Through the Ages Allotments • Cemeteries schools and young people’s groups. 13 July. We are looking forward to a theme.” Loz Samuels This is in addition to significant special birthday edition of Picnic in Parks • Open Spaces Check out the website and Facebook annual support from Devizes Town the Park. pages with updates as the programme Community & Civic Events Council. Thanks should also be given “We are excited to be seeking schools evolves. Carnival entries are now open Sports Facilities • Devizes in to everyone involved with the recent to work with now and would be keen on line and Colour Rush entries can be Winter Ales Festival, which generated a Bloom • Civic Awards to hear from those wishing to benefit made in the same way. further £4,500 for DOCA. from this work, please get in touch www.docadevizes.org.uk. Find our more at DOCA will celebrate 20 years of the if your school or any organisation www.devizes-tc.gov.uk Our Venues... Devizes Twinning Association Tornio Visit A delegation from Industry and local government visited Did you know that our we Devizes from our twin town Tornio in Finland during the offer unique venues for... first week in May. Weddings • Conferences The group hosted by the Tornio Twinning Association visited a number of key employers in the town as well as Serviced Meeting Rooms gaining an understanding of the challenges facing public Private Room Hire services deliver. Tornio’s Mayor Timo Nousiainen said Music Venues • Parties that “it had been a wonderful opportunity to visit our twin town again. Devizes has a great sense of community Visit our venues site for more and whilst like any town it has its challenges the town information & download our has a sense of purpose and has clear vision about its weddings brochure at future”. Devizes Town Mayor said “it has been good to meet with www.devizesvenues.co.uk delegations from Tornio. During our conference we very Contact Us quickly discover that some issues we are discussing are See the back page for contact details equally as import in there town but they also have some Do you recognise this and to view Councillor’s Surgery dates. very different challenges that need innovative solution”. place? (Answers on back page) Lina Mullins from the Tornio Twinning thanks those member of the club who had kindly open up home to the delegates. DEVIZES IN BLOOM OPEN GARDENS Once you’ve exhausted yourself thinking about all you have to do, why not arm yourself with a map for our Open Gardens weekend, in aid of the Mayor’s charities, so you can visit other people who have worked themselves into a frenzy for your delight! Your early flowering shrubs like Deutzia, white breakfast! early Bridal Wreath (Spiraea arguta) and Forsythia Dead-head as well. That way you will need attention now that they have finished will prolong the flowering season. flowering. You may need to take out some of the This is especially important with oldest stems right to the bottom to open the whole bedding plants in your baskets plant up to let air and light flow through. That way and containers to maintain that you will get new growth and more flowers next colourful display; feed them as year. The same will apply to Philadelphus, along well using a high potash tomato- with Lilacs, Weigela and Kolkwitzia. The rule of type feed. Water consistently – a thumb is ‘if they flower before the end of June, good dousing is better than a daily prune’, as in, prune after they have flowered. The trickle! new growth that they put on in the rest of the Our Open Garden Weekend summer is what will produce next year’s flowers. This year, our weekend is June 15th This means that if you go at them in the early spring, and 16th and gardens will be open you will be cutting off all the potential flowers and from 12 noon until 4.00 p.m. Maps, then bemoan the fact that ‘the thing never does which are also your entry ticket, anything’! cost £5 per adult, (children go free) We also have our In Bloom competition coming up. Be on the look-out for weeds and critters and act and cover both days. They are available from Devizes fast. If you reach for the weedkiller or insecticide/ Residents can enter 6 categories this year: seasonal Books, The Emporium, The Bear Hotel, the Town Hall bedding garden, front garden, rear garden, new to fungicide sprays then please only use them in and Hillworth Park Café. Do not panic if you have not the evening after the bees have gone to bed and gardening, hanging basket and single container. equipped yourself with one before the weekend . Judging will take place in July and you will be the sun has gone in. I am a ‘squisher’ and am not . our generous and brave Open Gardeners will have squeamish about running my fingers up at greenfly- contacted by a committee member beforehand. Be some on hand to sell on the day. You will spot an bold – give it a go! coated stem. I also try to plant flowers that will Open Garden by the large numbered Cornflowers Happy Gardening! encourage the ladybirds, lacewings and hoverflies outside each one. in, as their babies eat mountains of aphids for Zena Robson Summer in the Park June PHAB Sponsered Wheelchair Push & Walk Saturday 1st June 2019 from 2.30pm The Mayor of Devizes will be supporting our PHAB friends as they hold their annual fundraising event in the park. Come along and cheer them on! July Fantasy Radio’s Music in the park Event Every Sunday 2pm-5pm Put out your picnic rug and join our friends from Fantasy Radio to enjoy some great free music! Held every Sunday from 2pm until 5pm the ‘month of Sunday’ events will feature live music, chat and top tunes! August Fantasy Radio’s Lark in the Park Sunday 11th August 2019 1pm-4pm The Fantasy Radio posse will be back to rule the park and the airways from 1pm Picinic in the Park Sunday 18th August 2pm-5pm Devizes launches its Festival Fortnight with this fantastic event. Bring a picnic and relax with great music, chilled out family entertainment and copious refreshment of all types!!! September Twilight Cinema in the Park Saturday 31st from 6.30pm Watch the stars under the stars at out first ever twilight cinema event! We will be kicking off what we hope will be a regular event with the hugely popular Bohemian Rhapsody! The evnt will include live music a processco bar and plenty of food for you to enjoy! This is a ticketed event, to book please visit: www.ticketsouce.co.uk/the-cafe-in- the-park or call Jan www.hillworthpark.org.uk 2019 MAYOR’S MESSAGE I could never have imagined being a member of the Town Council, let alone being elected to be Mayor of Devizes, when we walked into our beautiful Market Place 36 years ago, fell in love with the town and decided to make it our home. In 2001, when the issue of the Market Place trees The first of my three chosen charities is Wiltshire arose, I found myself getting involved in the local Victim Support, as I am very aware of the amazing affairs. I took part in the fight to save Devizes work their staff and volunteers do, largely unsung, Hospital, becoming secretary to DASH2, and in to help victims of crime and domestic violence. 2013, much to my surprise and delight, I was elected Secondly, although I wish they did not have to exist, as a Town Councillor for South Ward. supporting the Devizes & District Food Bank If a couple of the qualities necessary to fulfil the seems the least I can do to help. role of Town Mayor are love of and pride in our Finally I would like to support Devizes Town wonderful town, then I can assure you that I have Youth Football Club’s “free of charge” football both in abundance. I am privileged to be trusted programmes.One for 3-6 year old boys and girls, with this responsibility, and will do my best to fulfil and another for girls between 7-16 years old, which that trust over the next twelve months. encourage children to learn how football can Amongst the many things the Mayor must take progress not only their sports skills, but also their Caption here? Delete box if not needed responsibility for, there is a tradition of using the emotional and social development.