We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who supported this joyful and creative event. To all our Christmas Tree entries from across our community who created such wonderful eye-catching creations. Seeing was believing.Over the weekend our visitors had the opportunity to vote for their favourite 3 trees in our ‘Peoples Choice Vote’, many found this difficult to choose but we did have 3 winning Christmas Trees.1st Buntingford Gardening Club, A beautiful creation of handmade wreaths with seasonal foliage displayed to make a Christmas tree shape. The attention to detail with handmade creatures we would find in our gardens, watering cans made to look like they were watering the foliage, a scarecrow sitting on top taking watch over this wonderful creation.2nd Little Lambs of Westmill Church with their ‘While Shepherds Watch their 'Little Lambs' by Night.’ As the children and adults gather weekly every Wednesday at St Mary the Virgin Church, one activity they had been working on was creating some beautiful sheep to make everyone just smile with joy.3rd Lil Foster and her 'Food Glorious Food' tree beautifully decorated with hand knitted foods from fruit & veg to burgers & cakes and so on. The attention to detail and hand crafted work is outstanding.Listed below are all those who submitted a tree and we thank you all for the time, effort, imagination and creativity every Tree a master piece. Tree No Name of Tree Presented by 1 The Memory Tree St Peter’s Church 2 Buntingford Gardening Club Buntingford Gardening Club 3 Food Glorious Food Lil Foster 4 Remember, Remember the Songs of December Alzheimer’s Society 5 All things Millfield Millfield First & Nursery School 6 Forever Young Layston Grove Care Home 7 Ding Dong Merrily on High Aspenden Bellringers 8 Time to Sparkle The Luxury Brand Watches & Jewellery 9 Sweet Treats Aspenden Parish Council 10 EHAAT East Herts Air Ambulance Trust 11 Home-Start Home-Start Royston Buntingford & South Cambs 12 Helping you Feel your Best this Christmas Attend2Health 13 What Brings Us joy at Christmas Time Edwinstree Middle School 14 Buntingford Guides and Rangers Buntingford Guides and Rangers 17 While Shepherds watch their Little Lambs by Night Little Lambs 18 Dental Health Matters Buntingford WI 19 The Gift of Reading Buntingford Library 20 Your Town, Our Community, Its People Buntingford Town Council 23 Lest We Forget Royal British Legion, Buntingford Branch 24 Weddings with Us St Mary’s Aspenden, St Mary the Virgin Westmill & St Peter’s Buntingford 25 Westmill Croquet Westmill Croquet 26There is room at the Inn Sword Inn Hand 27 Enhancing your Property Marketing Needs Property Photo Services 29 Cougars under 10’s football Cougars 30 The Children of Aspenden We would also like to thank everyone who put this event together and helped with refreshments, making cakes, meeting and greeting visitors and getting the church ready. To our visitors for your support and kind and generous donations made over the weekend, monies are still being counted but it is looking to be approximately £1000.Thank you On behalf of St Mary’s Church Aspenden.
New for 2026. We will be praying Morning Prayer at each of our 3 churches at 9am. Tuesdays at St Peter's Church, BuntingfordWednesdays at St Mary the VirginThursdays at St Mary's, AspendenWe pray the Church of England Daily Prayer using either a phone or a book (when at St Peter's). This is a quiet and reflective start to the day, you'd be very welcome to join us at any of the churches. https://www.churchofengland.org/prayer-and-worship/join-us-service-daily-prayer
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the annual Lights of Love ceremony, held in outside the Manor House with Buntingford Town Council and Isabel Hospice. The choir of Edwinstree Middle School led us in the singing too.As the evening progressed, the High Street was buzzing with many stalls and shops. Thank you to the team at St Peter's Church for the stall selling cakes, bottle tombola and Guess the Name of the Reindeer amongst other things. We had a super night..
On Saturday 13th September, Sue and Trina got on their bikes and Paul and Kirsty donned their walking boots to set off on the Beds & Herts Historic Churches Bike 'n Hike. It was a day of extremely mixed weather but that did not deter us. Sue and Trina, on behalf of St Mary the Virgin, Westmill, rode around the countryside until Sue's bike could go no further. Paul and Kirsty, on behalf of St Mary's, Aspenden and St Peter's, Buntingford walked 12 miles and visited 8 churches. We were very grateful to the churches who provided loo stops, and drinks and cakes. Thank you to everyone who sponsored this event. The funds are shared equally between the named chosen church and Beds & Herts Historic Churches Trust.
