Plantswoman and Horticulturalist Christine Walkden
The One Show’s Resident Gardening Guru
Brogdale will be holding the largest Apple Festival in the country on the 19th and 20th October and have just announced celebrity guest Christine Walkden is to attend.
Christine (The One Show’s resident gardening guru) will be making an appearance on the Sunday of the festival to meet visitors and give a gardening talk.
Bernie Cranfield, Events and Marketing Manager Comments, “we are so pleased to have Christine at the Apple Festival. It was not so long ago that she was at Brogdale filming for The One Show and I think she has been captivated by the vast and interesting varieties in the National Fruit Collection”.
Christine has been a horticulturist since the age of 10 and is always willing to get her hands dirty to share her passion for plants. Visitors can come and be inspired by Christine’s championing and get some top tips for the garden.
The apple festival offers literally hundreds of varieties to taste and buy over the weekend. It is a rare opportunity to find heritage varieties, exceptional flavours and explore the world’s largest collection of fruit. Different activities for all ages will take place including orchard tours, rural talks, cooking demonstrations, kid’s crafts, bouncy castle and face paints, live music and kite flying. Enjoy locally produced cider and ale from the bar and indulge in some of the food on offer including gourmet burgers, artisan pizza or homemade curry.
An array of local produce will tickle the taste buds from home baked fruit cakes, to cobnuts, chilli sauces and preserves. Kentish craft stalls will offer ideas for Christmas gifts and woolly winter warmers.
The National Fruit Collection is renowned for its exceptional collection of apples exceeding 2,200 different varieties – a national treasure. Apples are Britain’s most popular fruit and have been native for over 1000 years; there is a long colourful history to be explored.
After discovering a favourite apple, visitors can even take home a tree grafting from the collection.
It is the perfect time and place to celebrate Britain’s humble fruit – the apple.
The National Fruit Collection is the largest collection of fruit in the world
Contact: Kimberly Campion Tel: 01795 536250 Email: kimberly@brogdalecollections.co.uk
