THIS year's Flower Festival at St Andrew's Church, Stratton, held on September 28, 29 and 30, coincided with the traditional time for the celebration of the harvest.

The festival took the response of gratitude and extended it across a wide variety of themes. Facing the church door, on a painted screen displayed on the pillar, the title of John Rutter's poem 'Look at the World' invited the visitor to be alert and open as they began their journey around the church.

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