Apple Day
Sunday 5th October 2008
at Ryton Gardens
Join us at Apple Day
10am – 5pm
There's plenty of fun for everyone as Garden Organic celebrates the apple.
Apple Day is a celebration of Britain's delicious and exquisite apple varieties. The day aims to demonstrate the taste, variety and versatility of apples, show how important it is that we continue to buy British apples over foreign imports, and give you the advice you need to have a go at growing this tasty fruit at home.
This year's Apple Day is particularly important to Garden Organic, as we are also introducing our very own commemorative variety – the Bright Future apple - marking our 50th anniversary. Order yours today for November delivery.
What's happening at Apple Day?
| What? | When? | Where? |
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Orchard Tours - Learn all about our orchard and many of the top fruit varieties grown within it. |
The Apple Orchard |
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Apple Market – over 50 British apple varieties for you to sample and buy. |
All day |
The Courtyard |
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Apple Menu – enjoy a range of apple dishes at our award-winning restaurant. |
All day – book early to avoid disappointment! |
The Restaurant |
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Children's activities: Garden Organic's education team will be running a host of fun activities for children, including apple on a string, apple printing, apple draughts and apple bird feeders. |
10.30 - 12.30 13.00 - 4.00 |
The Apple Orchard |
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Elephant Up a Pole morris dancing group will treat visitors to traditional harvest-time dances. |
1.00pm – 2.00pm |
The Apple Orchard |
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Apple fun and games: Test your hand-eye co-ordination with apple petanque and other outdoor games. |
All day |
The Apple Orchard |
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Take a taste of our orchard's apples by sampling freshly pressed apple juice. Cider Tasting: Harrod Horticulture will be demonstrating their apple presses and crushers, with fresh juice to sample. |
All day |
The Courtyard The Apple Orchard |
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Apple Archery: William Tell, an expert marksman, famously shot an apple off his son's head - come along and test your own archery skills (no humans involved!). |
10.00am – 4.00pm |
The Trials Field |
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Apple identification – got an apple tree but not sure what variety it is? Then bring your fruit along to be identified by our experts. |
10.30am – 12.30pm 1.30pm – 4.00pm |
The Redland Building The Hills Room |
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Apple talks |
1.30pm – 2.15pm |
The Redland Building The Brace Rooms |
Admission prices to the gardens
Admission prices 2010 inclusive of Gift Aid:
Adult £6.60 (includes one child admission free)
Concession £6.00
Additional child £3.30 (age 5-16)
Under 5s FREE
These prices include a 10% donation as part of the gift aid scheme see below for details
Thanks to a government initiative, if you're a UK tax payer, and you make a donation that is 10% more than the basic entry fee, the government will give us an extra 25% of the full gift aid admission. This makes a massive difference to a Charity like Garden Organic. Your extra money goes towards the upkeep of the gardens and our other activities. The prices above include a voluntary 10% donation, which allows us to benefit from an additional 25p in every £1 paid.
If you are not a UK taxpayer or do not wish to make a charitable donation the admission prices are as follows;
Admission prices 2010 exclusive of Gift Aid:
Adult £6 (includes one child admission free)
Concession £5.45
Additional child £3.00 (age 5-16)
Under 5s FREE
Please note that only assistance dogs are permitted within the organic gardens.
Why not take advantage of our annual membership offers? With an annual Garden Organic Membership, you can enjoy unlimited visits to Garden Organic throughout the year, for little more than the price of three visits.
Admission to the garden is FREE to RHS and Birmingham Botanical Society (BBS) members - Except on Event Days
Please note : Garden Organic "2 for 1" entry vouchers (and similar) are not valid on event days.
Group discounts are available. See the group visits information, groups must be booked two weeks in advance.
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