Open Days 2008
29 May – Tayside Forestry ( Brian Hughes )
Dundee - Full Day
16 June- Robert Morgan,
Swansea – Full Day
1 July – Leigh Sinton
Farm, Malvern – Half Day
We are invited to visit the farm of Walter Beard at Lower
Interfield, Malvern,Worcestershire WR14 1UU for an AFTERNOON
meeting on 1 July 2008 at 1.30pm, finishing at 4pm. There is no
booking, just turn up, and you can buy refreshments at the farm
café.
24 July- Rougham Estate,
Bury St Edmunds- Full Day
There will be am Open Day at Rougham estate, near Bury St
Edmunds, on 24th July starting at 10.30 am.
Directions
for Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham Estate, Rougham
Take Junction 45 off A14 at Rougham, three miles east of Bury St
Edmunds. Follow signs for Rougham, heading south (not for
Rougham Industrial Estate heading north). Continue down road for
400 metres to T junction. Turn sharp left down avenue past large
sign for Blackthorpe Barn and continue for 400 metres.
Blackthorpe Barn is or right. Some car parking is available in
front of thatched barn, further car parks available straight
ahead down avenue. For GPS postcode is IP30 9JG. Further
information and map Visit
www.blackthorpebarn.com
13-16 August- NCTA
Convention – Des Moines, Iowa
2-3 September- Four Oaks
Show
21-23 September - GLEE
30 October – Competition
for best grower; Seminar on Christmas Tree Contracts;– Stoneleigh Park
Wholesale growers list
for 2007 has now been published. Phone/ fax or email with
your address for a copy. Please note that the phone number
for NI Forestry on p5 should read - 02890410268.
The 2007 competition was held at Keele Christmas
Trees on 25 October 2007.
|
Container
Grown |
|
Keele
Christmas Tree Farm
11
Station Road, Keele
Newcastle‑under‑Lyme
Staffordshire
ST5 5AH
01782 624
271 |
|
Undecorated
Wreath |
|
Woods Farm,
Bill's Lane, Shirley
Solihull
West Midlands
B90 2PP
0121 733 2633
|
|
Decorated
Wreath |
|
Marldon
Christmas Trees, Torbay, Devon
01635 25 4485
|
|
Champion
Wreath |
|
Cambrian
Trees,Bleanyresgair, Ffair Rhos
Ystrad Meurig
Dyfed
SY25 6BS
01974 831 408
|
|
Runner up
Pine |
|
Greenfield
Farm
Watlington
Oxfordshire
OX9 5HG
01491 61 2434 |
|
Best Pine |
|
Alisdair Sim,
Scruschloch
Farmhouse
Kilry
Perthshire
PH11 8HZ
01575 582 353 |
|
Runner up
Spruce |
|
Rougham
Estate,
Bury St
Edmunds
Suffolk
IP30 9LZ
01359 270238 |
|
Best Spruce |
|
Dinmore Hill
Christmas Trees
Wellington
Hereford
HR4 8AF
01432 830 997 |
|
Runner Up Fir |
|
Dartmoor
Christmas Tree Farm ( Stuart Kirkup)
25 Southview
Road
Paignton
Devon
TQ3 2QG
01803 665 064
|
|
Best Fir |
|
Marldon
Christmas Trees, Torbay, Devon
01635 25 4485 |
|
Champion |
|
Dinmore Hill
Christmas Trees
Wellington
Hereford
HR4 8AF
01432 830 997 |
