Editor David Hardy has just produced the latest edition of Yr Ardd.
The A4 glossy is the magazine of the National Botanic Garden of Wales and this season celebrates the attraction’s 10th birthday.
Its features include a welcome from Garden director Rosie Plummer, arguing strongly for extended Assembly funding, news that rugby’s Gareth Edwards is now honorary president and a piece on a 10th birthday cake created by volunteer Alison Howell.
Favourite
My favourite items, however, remain the forthcoming events and activities.
As always, they’re a fragrant propagation of niche interest, super-popular and splendid curiosity.
Amongst the entries in the niche category flutters a lifelong learning course in January: Painting Leaves in Watercolour. Students will tackle the mixing of greens, will paint vein structure and wil capture a variety of surface textures.
Water lilies
On October 30, they can attend Painting Autumn Leaves and Berries; on November 13 it’s Painting Fruit and Vegetables. There’s more through the spring but I’ll be waiting for the water lilies course – apparently there’s money in them.
The most popular events in the coming weeks are likely to be Christmas-themed temptations such as a tree decorating competition for schools, Santa’s grotto and a December 11-12 craft and food fair.
One of the year’s most enchanting occasions at Llanarthne comes a week and a bit before December 25 when it’s Carols at the Garden evening.
Oddball
More oddball will be lifelong learning programme’s Doorstops to Die For sessions, with designs featuringchickens, turkeys and rabbits. Even the blurb describes it wonderfully as “something dfferent and a little silly.”
Failing that, there’s always improvers classes for beekeepers, quilting and cushion making for those “petrified” of patchwork and plenty of woodturning advice.
Now if that’s not worth Assembly funding, what is?
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
Swansea Bay broadcaster awaits listener figs
There was much energy and activity at Newby House when Swansea Bay Media Master visited this week.
Neath Abbey's very own broadcasting house is home to many of the good folk from Town and Country Broadcasting.
That's the company which brings us stations such as Bay Radio, Scarlet FM, Radio Carmarthenshire and Nation Radio.
Managing director Martin Mumford, one of the Swansea Bay media scene's brightest forward-thinkers, was relishing the prospect of new listener figures about to be released. The relish was spiced with that most traditional of vital ingredients: nervous anticipation.
His staff, meanwhile, were gathering video testimonials from satisfied advertisers. Expect to see them on the company's website soon.
Martin's excited about 2010 and continues to be inspired by the incredible success of guitar-heavy Nation which lures around 130,000 listeners every month.
He's also upbeat about Bay which targets a population of more than 450,000 and is encouraged that the sister local services, although young, are now an established part of the Swansea Bay media mix.
Martin, good luck with the Rajars!
Neath Abbey's very own broadcasting house is home to many of the good folk from Town and Country Broadcasting.
That's the company which brings us stations such as Bay Radio, Scarlet FM, Radio Carmarthenshire and Nation Radio.
Managing director Martin Mumford, one of the Swansea Bay media scene's brightest forward-thinkers, was relishing the prospect of new listener figures about to be released. The relish was spiced with that most traditional of vital ingredients: nervous anticipation.
His staff, meanwhile, were gathering video testimonials from satisfied advertisers. Expect to see them on the company's website soon.
Martin's excited about 2010 and continues to be inspired by the incredible success of guitar-heavy Nation which lures around 130,000 listeners every month.
He's also upbeat about Bay which targets a population of more than 450,000 and is encouraged that the sister local services, although young, are now an established part of the Swansea Bay media mix.
Martin, good luck with the Rajars!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Media Master wins more applause
Plaudits continue to arrive for my daily Media Master. The breakfast-time email snapshot of the day's Swansea Bay media goes to around 300 decision-makers and opinion-formers across the area.
The audience includes more than 150 professionals who ply their trade in the local print and broadcast community.
It's good to receive warm feedback from the likes of South Wales Evening Post reporter Nino Williams and from David Hardy, a former editor of the Carmarthen Journal.
Nino, a genuine good egg of the Swansea media scene, said: "It's really helpful - sometimes you can be running about so much that you miss things. The Media Master's a nice little touchstone."
David, a West Ham fan (ouch), said: "Good work, Andy."
This gregarious fella, incidentally, heads the marketing function at Llanarthne's National Botanic Garden of Wales and it's right I mention here that entrance is free all this month to mark 10 years of the treasure. Go see it and see if you can get your hands on one of the garden's member magazines, Yr Ardd. The last time I checked, these good looking glossies were being designed and printed by Media Wales in Cardiff, with words and pictures supplied by David. A good job all round.
The audience includes more than 150 professionals who ply their trade in the local print and broadcast community.
It's good to receive warm feedback from the likes of South Wales Evening Post reporter Nino Williams and from David Hardy, a former editor of the Carmarthen Journal.
Nino, a genuine good egg of the Swansea media scene, said: "It's really helpful - sometimes you can be running about so much that you miss things. The Media Master's a nice little touchstone."
David, a West Ham fan (ouch), said: "Good work, Andy."
This gregarious fella, incidentally, heads the marketing function at Llanarthne's National Botanic Garden of Wales and it's right I mention here that entrance is free all this month to mark 10 years of the treasure. Go see it and see if you can get your hands on one of the garden's member magazines, Yr Ardd. The last time I checked, these good looking glossies were being designed and printed by Media Wales in Cardiff, with words and pictures supplied by David. A good job all round.
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