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Our April 18th visit will be to Plantagenet Plants located at 7 rue des Figuiers-Argentay, Les Verchers sur Layon, Doué-en-Anjou. This pepinière produces 750 varieties of plants, mainly perennials and grasses that are easy-to-grow. The cost of the visit is 7€, but everyone will receive a coupon for the same amount to be used for purchases in the boutique. The tour will start at 2:30pm. Find more information about Plantagenet Plants at: https://www.plantagenetplantes.com. A fun lunch is planned beforehand at Le Caveau, 4 Place du Champ de Foire, Doué-en-Anjou. This special troglodyte restaurant serves a “typical, back-in-the-day, Anjou meal” for a fixed price of 26 euros, absolutely everything included (aperitif, entrée/plat/dessert, wine & coffee). You have no choice in what to eat; everyone eats the same meal, and the fouaces are “all you can eat” direct from the oven. You will find detail for the meal at https://restaurantlecaveau.com/les-cartes/. Send an email to GardenClubELLIA@yahoo.com no later than April 4th if you are planning to come to Plantagenet Plants and be sure to indicate whether or not you will come to the lunch. If you are coming to the lunch, plan to arrive a few minutes early so that we can be seated as a group at exactly 12:30. |
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If you enjoy exploring all forms of textile and multimedia art, this activity is for you. We experiment with many different techniques (embroidery, weaving, patchwork, quilting, collages…) and we take pleasure in sharing and exploring various types of work together. Lately we have completed individual and shared projects which may be displayed. No previous expertise required. Just come and join us! |
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It’s time for our next BIG, BIG BOOK SALE (BBB)! Come to the library and browse through thousands of second-hand books in English that we’ll have for sale. Whatever your reading style or level is, we’ll have something for you: children’s books, young adult fiction, crime thrillers, classic novels, non-fiction (gardening, cooking) biographies, autobiographies and many, many more! The cost is 2€ per book, or buy 5 books and get the 6th book free! We will be open from 10:00 to 18:00, but we encourage you to come early before our hottest titles go! And that’s not all. We’ll also have an assortment of plants and baked goods for sale. You don’t want to miss out! This event is open to the public. The BBB is a bi-annual library fundraiser in which we sell books that have been generously donated to us by our community in order to raise money to fund our operations. It is an important event that allows us to continue to thrive and offer quality books and services. If you are interested in donating your gently used books, you may bring them to the front desk of the library before Saturday, April 13th. Thank you for your continued support of our organization!
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The library’s Garden Club will be selling seedlings from Saturday, April 20th through Saturday, April 27th during opening hours. We’ll have lots of vegetable and flower seedlings available to choose from…but that’s not all… The cherry on the cake (or the plum on the tree)…all proceeds help to support the library! |
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The library is an authorised test center for the TOEIC Listening and Reading Test (the Test of English for International Communication). For more information please visit our TOEIC page or to sign up go to the official ETS website. |
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“Springtime in the States” is a 3-day workshop for collégiens. Participants learn English in a fun, interactive way with games, songs and activities with lots of talking and moving around! The workshop will be at the library for three consecutive afternoons from 2:00-5:00. To sign up, please contact the front desk by phone (02 41 24 97 07) or email (info@ellia.org). Limited number of participants so sign-up fast! Cost is 75 euros (includes snack, materials and a one-time library membership for collégiens who sign up for the first time). |