Diary Dates
Celebrity line up at first Gloucester Quays Garden Party
21 February 2012
Gloucester Quays has confirmed it has secured three Celebrity Gardeners for its first ever Garden Party Festival taking place over the Easter Bank Holiday weekend (Saturday 7th, Sunday 8th and Easter Monday 9th April 2012).
A cacophony of crocus
27 January 2012.
Celebrate the coming of spring with a day at historic Forde Abbey and see the magnificent carpets of crocus.
Chiddingstone Castle opens for 2012 with a Daffodil Spectacular
27 January 2012.
Chiddingstone Castle in Kent will be FREE to enter on Mothering Sunday, 18th March, as part of Visit Kent’s ‘Big Weekend’. 100 vouchers for the Castle will be available to download from the Visit Kent website.
Seed swaps in Kent
11 January 2012.
Two great seed swap events in Kent for you to look out for over the coming weeks.
Get your garden and yourself into shape for the New Year
11 January 2012.
If your New Year’s Resolution is to burn off some calories, get your garden under control or take up a new interest Godinton House have a new programme of gardening workshops for 2012.
Eat, Drink and be Merry!
11 January 2012.
The plans for the 2012 Spalding Flower Parade are well underway and the theme for next year will be Food Glorious Food. The Parade will be held on Saturday 5th May from 2pm.
Chase away rainy day blues with the National Trust
20 December 2011.
Planning a big family day out in 2012, but worried about March mizzle, April showers or even May monsoons? At the National Trust, they’ve been hard at work thinking up great family activities to keep the kids happy during the wet weather. Don’t let rain ruin a day out; celebrate the chance to do something different.
Festival of British Fruit Makes its Debut at Countryside Live
8 October 2011.
The Festival celebrates the best of British apples and pears, with at least 25 different apple varieties and up to nine different varieties of pears on display. In addition, visitors are being asked to judge the fruit. A specially selected panel will have the task of voting for Britain’s Tastiest Apple, to decide the overall champion.
LEARN FORAGING SKILLS FROM THE EXPERT AT WEST DEAN
7 October 2011.
“Foraging, especially for mushrooms, has long been a passion for me” explains local wild food expert and chef Nik Westacott. “A lot of my colleagues wait for foragers to bring wild food finds to them but there is nothing better than being out and about seeking the ingredients myself, it helps to stop the plunder of wild food if people who know what they are looking for, gather it themselves.”
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