Added 27 August
The Amersham Festival of Music proudly unveils its Winter 2025–26 Season, the first series under the direction of acclaimed conductor and pianist Chris Hopkins. Running from October 3rd 2025 to February 13th 2026, this winter series is full of highlights, from internationally renowned ensembles such as the Fibonacci Quartet and the Glenn Miller Orchestra, to immersive song and two-piano performances, and masterpieces including Mozart’s 40th Symphony and Vivaldi’s Four Seasons with the Festival’s own celebrated professional chamber orchestra. www.amershamfestival.org
Paul Heath leads the Chiltern Society's Rough Around the Hedges volunteer group which is focused on better management and rejuvenation of Chilterns native hedgerows. Paul will talk about the importance of our hedges for biodiversity and the environment and explain his group’s work in the heritage art of hedgelaying. This talk has been organised by Wild Amersham and is being hosted at Amersham Museum. www.sustainableamersham.org
Hedgelaying, where living trees and shrubs are carefully cut or “pleached”, then laid at an angle to form a dense barrier, has been practiced since as least as far back as the 16th century. The pleached tree stems then sprout new vertical stems from the cut base and the angled trunks to increase the bushiness of the hedge. With some additional staking and binding, the hedge not only becomes stockproof, but provides a better habitat for wildlife. The laid hedge is a safer corridor for small mammals and birds to move around, feed and nest. Benefits translate to the wider environment too.
Hedgelaying, where living trees and shrubs are carefully cut or “pleached”, then laid at an angle to form a dense barrier, has been practiced since as least as far back as the 16th century. The pleached tree stems then sprout new vertical stems from the cut base and the angled trunks to increase the bushiness of the hedge. With some additional staking and binding, the hedge not only becomes stockproof, but provides a better habitat for wildlife. The laid hedge is a safer corridor for small mammals and birds to move around, feed and nest. Benefits translate to the wider environment too.
THE ARTS SOCIETY AMERSHAM
We return on Thursday 4 September with a talk on “Opium: Seduction, Greed and Art” with Amanda Herries. This will combine the social and art history of this hugely desirable substance.
Then on Thursday 2 nd October we have Jennifer Toynbee-Holmes on Turner and the Sublime.
She has worked as a guide at the Tate and in TV and Film production.
As usual the talk will start at 8pm at The Kings Church, Raans Road, Amersham HP6 6LX, with coffee from 7pm till 7.45.
Guests are welcome to attend at £8 per lecture, and please arrive early. There is extra free parking in the industrial estate opposite.
New members are welcome, and for details of our future talks visit: www.theartssocietyamersham.org.uk.
We return on Thursday 4 September with a talk on “Opium: Seduction, Greed and Art” with Amanda Herries. This will combine the social and art history of this hugely desirable substance.
Then on Thursday 2 nd October we have Jennifer Toynbee-Holmes on Turner and the Sublime.
She has worked as a guide at the Tate and in TV and Film production.
As usual the talk will start at 8pm at The Kings Church, Raans Road, Amersham HP6 6LX, with coffee from 7pm till 7.45.
Guests are welcome to attend at £8 per lecture, and please arrive early. There is extra free parking in the industrial estate opposite.
New members are welcome, and for details of our future talks visit: www.theartssocietyamersham.org.uk.
Added 13 August
Sustainable Amersham Repair Café Saturday 6th September
Sustainable Amersham has grown hugely since we started in 2020, and we now run a wide variety of sustainability and wildlife initiatives.
These include promoting recycling and reducing plastics, running the Repair Café and Toy Swaps, providing advice on Green Energy, managing wildflower meadows and planting trees and hedges on three sites, and organising many activities and walks.
We have become a CIO, (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) which gives us a great platform for future development.
Looking ahead to the next 5 years, we are starting a community-wide conversation to understand how Amersham is responding to the challenges of climate warming and biodiversity loss, and how as a community we can better adapt and promote greater resilience.
We will be talking to people at the Repair Cafe to find out what issues concern them most- a project which is called Future Amersham.
People are welcome to come in to the cafe, whether they are there for a repair or not!
Sustainable Amersham has grown hugely since we started in 2020, and we now run a wide variety of sustainability and wildlife initiatives.
These include promoting recycling and reducing plastics, running the Repair Café and Toy Swaps, providing advice on Green Energy, managing wildflower meadows and planting trees and hedges on three sites, and organising many activities and walks.
We have become a CIO, (Charitable Incorporated Organisation) which gives us a great platform for future development.
Looking ahead to the next 5 years, we are starting a community-wide conversation to understand how Amersham is responding to the challenges of climate warming and biodiversity loss, and how as a community we can better adapt and promote greater resilience.
We will be talking to people at the Repair Cafe to find out what issues concern them most- a project which is called Future Amersham.
People are welcome to come in to the cafe, whether they are there for a repair or not!
Added 6 August
Chiltern u3a - Open Day in Amersham: 13th September
For more information please visit our website chiltern-u3a.org.uk and Facebook page
