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Dorset County Show invites growers to sell plants
CALLING all professional plant growers! Come and sell your plants along the new plant avenue at Dorset County Show on the weekend of September 3-4, 2011.
An avenue is being established in response to popular demand from show visitors and nurseries.
Robin Pitcher, the show’s Horticultural Chairman, said: ‘The idea behind the new plant avenue is to give local plant growers the chance to sell and showcase their plants to a wide market at an affordable cost.
‘The horticultural side to the show is becoming more and more popular every year. We know many people come to the show to buy plants and we think this is a good opportunity for nurseries to sell their produce.’
Stands are available to all professional growers and sellers of ornamental and edible plants who produce more than 75% of their own stock.
3m x 3m pitches are £50 each, first come, first served.
The showground’s countryside area attracts thousands of visitors who spend time and money enjoying many open-air and tented attractions and stands, including two entertainment rings, a farmers’ market, a beer tent and the floral pavilion.
Last year’s show was the biggest ever with 56,000 visitors.
To apply for a stand on the plant avenue please contact the show office on 01305 264249 or see www.dorsetcountyshow.co.uk
Also new for the show’s horticultural area is the Plot on a Pallet class, which professional landscape and garden designers, including students studying horticulture, are invited to enter. The pallet display must represent a 4’x4’ segment from a garden illustrated on an accompanying A3 scale garden plan. The plan should represent a full garden site, either imaginary or for a real client.
This Class is aimed at Garden Designers/Landscapers to work together and design a plan and turn a segment into to piece of real life garden on a 4’x 4' pallet. As the Chairman explained, the good thing about this class is that it can either be constructed on site at the show or off site and brought in already made and fork lifted into place.
The winner will receive a £50 cash prize with two runners-up prizes.
For further information and to enter please ring the show office on (01305) 264249
NOTES FOR EDITORS
For more information, or to arrange interviews, please contact Abigail Perry or Emily Pykett at Watershed PR on 01308-420785, email abigail@watershedpr.co.uk or emily@watershedpr.co.uk.
The Dorset County Show is one of the UK’s premier county shows, celebrating the spirit of the county and the best rural traditions of Dorset since 1841.
When: 3-4 September, 2011.
Where: The Showground is a mere mile outside Dorchester just off the A35.
How: By car; parking is free at the Showground. If you’re coming by public transport, take the train or bus to Dorchester and pick up a First Bus service, running frequently from Dorchester to the Showground from 07.35am to 17.08pm.
Tickets: An advance adult ticket is £10. Entrance is free for children aged 16 and under. You can buy tickets online at www.dorsetcountyshow.co.uk or from Tourist Information Centres in Dorchester, Weymouth, Bridport, Lyme Regis, Wimborne, Blandford, Wareham and Swanage.
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