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Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebration
2nd Jun 2022 @ 14:00 - 16:00
Free
The excitement is building for the unveiling of the jubilee stones at the picnic to mark the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations which is being held at the Old Showfield on Thursday 2nd June from 2pm to 4pm.
Join us with a picnic and relax in the sunshine in one of the town’s most glorious open spaces and admire the blossom circle with new easily accessible pathways created by the Town Rangers. The ceremonial stones on either side of the circle have been kindly donated by local quarries and Curtis Ilott has provided the inscription work.
The event will also see the new royal Windsor oak as the centrepiece; Julian Hight, our local tree author will tell us about the heritage of the oak which he was able to secure from Windsor Great Park and will be on hand to give tours of the numerous trees in the Showfield.
There will be fun and games (including a dog agility course) and acoustic music from Dom & Bel. Enjoy refreshments from Active and in Touch’s tea ladies, The Crumpeteers, or something more cooling from Tony’s ice cream or Flow on the go.
To celebrate such an auspicious landmark, the “Queen” will put in an appearance on the day. Rare Species will be on hand with their corgis, testing out the dog agility and we hope lots of you will join in making Bug-ingham palace, a new royal residence for many insects after the picnic.
70 tree saplings will also be given away on the day, to help with the Queen’s Canopy project, if you’d like to receive one, please sign up on the Frome Town Council website.
