Summer Party Saturday 31st July 11am till 5ish Live music from ... Spencer Cloud & The Range Brothers (album launch party) The Bigsby Brothers Bailey Sisters Micky Van Gelder Pepper Street Jacob H James Jamie Dodger & Our Kid (aka the HCGC String Ensemble) Plus the Dubland Woodland DJs + special guests Local veg! Local food! Local strawbs & cream! ... beer, crafts, arts, stalls, music, plants, flowers, seeds swap, cakes, farmer’s food fair, free goodie bags, give aways, sand castle competition and... ...did we mentioned music and beer? Do come .... Community Compost Companion Planting Saturday 30th May 11am till 3pm We will be looking at compost making, companion planting and lots of stalls from local initiatives such as Edible Street, Fairfield Compost, Abundance etc. A day for all the family to learn about plant companionship, strawberries adore growing with leeks and chives planted by your apple tree or roses could prevent green flies. Come and see!! Also a guided tour planned at 2pm. Do come .... Spring Thing .... Sunday 18th April 11 am till 4 pm A day for all the family when we celebrate spring and look at all the wonderful things we can grow (and eat!). So, it might be something beautiful to look at or something wonderful to eat or both at the same time! We’ll have everything you need for spring sowing – from artichokes to rainbow chard, runner beans to sweet peas. There’ll be the usual warm HCGC welcome, experts on hand to answer all your questions, activities for children, beautiful arts and crafts and lots more. Refreshments, cakes and sowing workshop for the lil' ones. A Celebration of All Things Spring! Join the festivities and put a Spring in your step with HCGC. Do come ... Our first event is POTATO DAY on Sunday 21st February from 11am till 4.30. Potato expert Bill Whitehead will be on hand for advice and information plus an extensive display of heritage and rare seed potatoes ! On sale on the day (subject to availabilty) will be ... FIRST EARLIES Accord, Colleen, Maris Bard, Orla, Pentland Javelin, Red Duke of York, Swift and Winston. SECOND EARLIES Anya, British Queen, Kestrel, Hunter, Maris Peer, Nadine. MAIN Ambo, Arran Victory, Cara, Desiree, Golden Wonder, Isle Of Jura, Nicola, Lady Balfour, Record, Remarka, Robinta, Rooster, Sante, Setanta, Valor, Sarpo Axona, Sarpo Mira. SALAD, Bambino, Charlotte, Pink Fir Apple, Salad Blue. Also on sale ... GARLIC, ONION and SHALLOT SETS ASPARAGUS RHUBARB many varieties of BUSH AND TOP FRUIT. ORGANIC VEGETABLE, HERB AND FLOWER SEEDS. MUSHROOM KITS Refreshments and delicious soup available. See you there! |
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