Saturday’s Picnic on the Green was a joyful expression of what it means to live in a real community. Friends and neighbours gathered on Upper Green outside Ilmington Community Shop and picnics were duly spread. The Flowers of Ilmington Morris side lit up the day with traditional music and dances created 150 years ago. Folk […]

The small things become the big things when we take time to notice them. Tomorrow, at our Picnic on the Green, we will be encouraging folk to write a few words of gratitude on tags for our Thank You Tree. We have so much to be thankful for: the community we live in being one […]

…here in Ilmington this week, we are celebrating the arrival of our new air conditioning system in the community shop! Volunteers Addi Asher and Karen Ashworth kindly agreed to look suitably chilled near the chocolate to demonstrate that – for the first time in six years – we haven’t had to hide the Dairy Milk […]

We’ve booked “Sunny intervals with a gentle breeze” for Saturday afternoon with almost no chance of rain. So you can order your food and drink with confidence! We’re looking forward to a wonderful get-together on Upper Green. Our food order has to be in today, so do let Michele know what savouries, drinks and desserts […]

Volunteer and Ilmington resident Alan Sarjant pauses to read our big new poster about Picnic on the Green. “I didn’t realise the order deadline was Monday,” he says. “I’d better fill a form in now!” We will be placing a special order for fresh sandwiches (£3.20 or £3.25), Eastwood Farm pies, cheese and bacon turnovers, […]