The Farm’s cereal harvest has now been completed and they are turning to ploughing and harrowing before drilling next year’s crops.  The Fruit Farm have just started picking the earliest varieties of apples; pressing these varieties for juice is now under way and apples are available from the Plant Shop at the Visitor Centre.  The Pick-Your-Own season will start in mid-September – full details are on the “Estate Produce” page.  Cox and Bramley are always the most popular varieties and will be available from 18th September, but Howgate Wonder apples have their own dedicated fans – it is the result of a cross between Newton Wonder and Blenheim Orange and gives a cooking apple that holds its shape and needs very little additional sweetening.

 

The Sandringham Flower Show took place on 28th July and initial reports suggest that it was one of the best-attended Shows ever.  The competitions for fruit, vegetables,flowers, baking and preserves were particularly well supported this year, and visitors packed the competition marquees, the show gardens and the arena events.  Their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall and their guests visited the Show during the morning and were greeted with warmth as always.

 

As soon as the Show was over, the marquees started to come down and the Park was cleaned and tidied ready for the outdoor concerts featuring Will Young and Russell Watson, with a Craft, Art and Sculpture Fair taking place the following weekend, and the Game Fair and Country Show arriving in the middle of September on the same site; this is always a very busy six-week period for Country Park staff!

 

Finally, the Sandringham group of parishes held their second annual summer fete and dog show on 24th August.  It was very well attended and the money raised will be divided among the six churches of the group.

 

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