Around the edges of The Button Pushers NTG Summer Courtyard Concert 2018

Around the edges of The Button Pushers NTG Summer Courtyard Concert 2018

What happens around the edges of The Courtyard, makes the difference between a good evening and a great evening. This post is warmly dedicated to our stallholders and audience who came along to Wednesday 18th July's concert when Irish Folk Band, The Button Pushers, produced a great set, generating lots of smiles and foot-tapping.

Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE, former Director-General of National Trust, as Guest Speaker for NTG AGM 2018

Some like it hot – wild orchids 'Lady's Tresses' thrive in Summer 2018 as they did in 1995

Some like it hot – wild orchids 'Lady's Tresses' thrive in Summer 2018 as they did in 1995

Readers of ‘Guernsey Country Diary’ ­published by the late Nigel Jee in 1997, may be familiar with his reference to ‘Lady’s Tresses’ wild orchids, appearing around the tombstones in St. Peter’s churchyard, during the month of September, in a summer of drought. The reference to Lady’s Tresses was likely written in 1995, when the Island enjoyed warm weather all summer long, with temperatures peaking at the start of August.