St MARK'S Church, Eldon, is holding a flower festival, called Art in Bloom, from Friday to Sunday, August 30 to September 1.

The event is open on the Saturday, from 10am to 5.30pm, with food available. On the Sunday there will be a sung Eucharist from 11am to noon. The festival is held from 2pm to 5pm with afternoon tea, followed by a songs of praise, from 6pm to 7pm.

SOCIETY SHOW: Durham and Northumberland Fuchsia Society will hold its 21st annual show at Spennymoor Leisure Centre on Saturday, August 31, from 1pm to 5pm, and Sunday, September 1, from 10am to 4.30pm. For details, contact 0191-377 1972.

COMRADES REUNION: The search is on for former members of The Light Dragoons, formerly the 15th/19th Hussars and the 13th/18th Hussars, living in south west Durham. They are invited to a reunion at the Companions Club in Waddington Street, Durham next Friday. For details, call 0191-389 0118.

TABLE-TOP SALE: The Women's Co-operative Guild is holding a table-top sale at West Cornforth Community Centre next Wednesday, from 10am to noon. Attractions include raffles, tombola, and nearly-new sale. Tea and coffee will be served. All proceeds will go towards equipment for the village's new medical centre.

BODY CONDITIONING: Body conditioning classes will take place every Monday, from September 2, between 6.30pm and 7.30pm, at Jubilee Fields Centre, Shildon.

JUMBLE SALE: Belle Vue Workingmen's Club, in Commercial Street, Crook, is holding a jumble sale and coffee morning on Tuesday, from 9.30am to 11.30am, to raise cash for the children's Christmas charity fund.

FLOWER POWER: Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle stages a flower festival over the bank holiday weekend to mark the 150th wedding anniversary of the founders, John and Josephine Bowes. The festival, organised by the Museum Friends, is open from 11am to 5pm from today until Monday.

open day: The Witham Hall in Barnard Castle holds an open day on Monday from 11am to 3pm to publicise its facilities and activities. Admission is free and tea will be available.

BOOT SALE: A car boot and table-top sale will be held at Thwaite Hall, Cotherstone, on Monday, from 10.30am, with proceeds going to Holy Trinity Church, Startforth.