The idea and most of the project steering had come from Christine Rushton and Rosemary Roberts, members of St Peter's, who had been on a visit to a church in Aldershot and seen something similar there. 

It was officially launched in the market square by the Mayor in January and proclaimed by the town cryer. That led to the formation of spontaneous 'Knit and Natter' knitting and crochet groups of people who wanted to contribute. 

The church originally asked for 6,000 poppies to cover the church porch, to be a backdrop for the Remembrance service in the square in November. But they stopped counting when they reached 17,000 poppies, from the surrounding villages, and even around the world.

Children’s workshops were held in August for them to decorate red, white and purple poppies and to help understand why we remember every November. The results of those workshops were tied onto the pillars in church with ribbons. 

Finally, in late September, the Crafty Codgers - a men's group from Liss - came along to make all the framework that was required to cover the porch with poppies. Then the church called on volunteers to tie on those 17,000 poppies. 

The poppy fall inside the church saw poppies arranged from the lighting gallery to the floor on the north side of the sanctuary - around a 20ft drop, in addition to the poppies covering the porch and arranged on window ledges and around pillars.

Other support has come from Sew Creative, the parish office, the local community hub at Winton House, local firm JB Corrie, the town council, and Travis Perkins as well as a number of others. The poppies will remain in situ until November 22.