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The garden club invites you to discover the beautiful gardens in the area!

This will be a guided visit of the Angers University School of Pharmacy Botanic Garden 16 Boulevard Daviers (just after the blood center)
More information here!

This 100-year-old garden of 8000 square meters includes a greenhouse with tropical plants, a garden with medicinal plants, and aquatic plants that are fed by an artificial river. One of our members, Nicole Genard, will help the head gardener so that we can have our tour in English. The cost for this visit is 5€.

There will be a place for people to enjoy their snacks afterward. If your snacks leave crumbs, or if you bring something to share – please be sure to bring paper plates, napkins, a knife, etc., so that we don’t leave them with any clean-up work.

For those interested in joining for lunch prior to the visit, reservations have been made at Bouillon Baron for 12:30, which is located at 11 avenue Marie Talet. They offer a three-course menu that changes daily for 19€ (drinks extra). The restaurant is next door to the Lycée Joachim du Bellay; for those taking the tram, get off at the St Serge Université stop.

Please send an email no later than April 14th (prior to the school holidays) to GardenClubELLIA@yahoo.com to let us know if you will be joining us. Specify whether you will come just for the visit or if you will come for the visit AND the lunch. Thank you!

 

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!

Come and play (simple) Bridge (cardgame) at the library! Engage in a brain-stimulating sport: the Mini Bridge Exclusive Society. Discover, learn and play Mini Bridge in a relaxed, casual and informal ambiance. Mini Bridge, as developed by MBES allows and encourages

• conversations while playing the game,
• comments and remarks before, during and after the game,
• second thoughts,
• not taking oneself too seriously,

…in a nutshell, MBES (Mini Bridge Exclusive Society) proposes a different concept from the competing conventional Bridge Clubs.

Feel free to sign up and come and discover this new activity for library members! It is free and open to members of the library. Please contact the library to join!

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.

The library will be closed exceptionally from April 24th through the 30th. Reopening on Tuesday, April 25th. Please accept our apologies if this inconvenience.

Treat yourself to an afternoon of a collective reading of one of Shakespeare’s plays. This activity consists of watching a BBC production on DVD and then reading relative scenes. This is a great activity for lovers of language and fans of the great wit. Free and open to all library members. For more information or to sign-up, please contact the group coordinator here. The number of participants is limited.

“Books and Tea” is a monthly meeting for bookworms and tea drinkers. Bring a book you’ve really enjoyed, talk about it and pass it on! The group meets from 2:15 to 3:45. Note that the group will be meeting at La Cour…23 rue de la Roe. No need to sign up, just come and enjoy!

Come and play (simple) Bridge (cardgame) at the library! Engage in a brain-stimulating sport: the Mini Bridge Exclusive Society. Discover, learn and play Mini Bridge in a relaxed, casual and informal ambiance. Mini Bridge, as developed by MBES allows and encourages

• conversations while playing the game,
• comments and remarks before, during and after the game,
• second thoughts,
• not taking oneself too seriously,

…in a nutshell, MBES (Mini Bridge Exclusive Society) proposes a different concept from the competing conventional Bridge Clubs.

Feel free to sign up and come and discover this new activity for library members! It is free and open to members of the library. Please contact the library to join!

Please note that the library has cancelled the Intensive English workshop “Springtime in the States” during the April vacation.

Get on those hiking boots and take some time to revel in the great outdoors! The group “Walk and Talk” organises an easy walk once a month – approximately 10 km, 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon – in order to discover or re-discover the beautiful hiking paths of the Maine-et-Loire. Come along with good walking shoes, protection against rain, cold or heat according to the season…. a bottle of water and a little “en-cas” to keep your stamina up !

Maximum group is 20 so make sure to sign up!

Want to sign up? Easy as pie!

Sign up by sending your name, email address and phone numbers (perferably cell phone) to this email address. You will be sent full details of the walk in due time.

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