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The gates of orchards will be opened along with the doors of village halls to celebrate the plums and the orchards of these three villages.
There will be opportunities to learn about orchards , ie,the many fruits and their maintenance plus displays and info and walks within orchards on bee-keeping. Local pubs / restaurants will be serving plum based menus, pates, crumbles, chutneys and cream teas, we also have a Thai take on the plum from a local chef serving at one of the village halls, chicken noodles and plum sauce! A Somersham orchard will be open for Pick your own. Damson and plum ice-cream and local cider available. A local chilli grower will be producing a plum / chilli sauce 2010 especially for the event! The local WI will be serving teas and cakes and there will be a Plum identifier on hand to let you know what variety plum you have been eating for years! Cake and jam making workshops are being organised and orchards just to sit and relax in will be open.
For kids, story telling and sensory walks (for adults too!) and open air laboratories and surveying. Talks and birds to learn about for home egg production from a local small holder. A silk screen artist will be running an all day workshop to print designs onto cotton bags. Exhibitions of photos and paintings from local orchards will be at various locations, these are both to enjoy and can be purchased.
Local school children have painted and drawn designs for programmes and posters. The plum weekend is all about raising local awareness of the beautiful orchards that surround the inhabitants of these villages and to have a part in their preservation not as local features but as living working productive farming environments in the present time and for future generations.
The “Plum Weekend” is organised by the Cambridgeshire Biodiversity partnership and is supported financially by Natural Englands count-down 2010 funds as part of the traditional orchard partnership project managed by The National Trust.
If anyone feels they have something they would like to offer, still looking for jam and chutney makers!! Pls do contact the co-ordinator.
Contact: Roz Scott (Co-ordinator) 07870 457 847 |
Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th August 11am to 5pm
2010
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