insideKENT Magazine Issue 78 - September 2018 | Page 24

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FINE FOOD FESTIVAL // 15-16 SEP
CUPCAKE DECORATING WORKSHOP // 16 SEP
Join Melissa from Fairy Dust Bakery, Canterbury for a morning of
cupcake craft in Neptune’s spacious Suffolk kitchen. Melissa will show
you how to make decorative toppers, delicious buttercream icing, and
will demonstrate piping techniques. She will help you put all of these
skills into practice to decorate your very own box of 12 vanilla cupcakes,
which you can then take home! Neptune will keep everyone well fuelled
with nibbles, buck's fizz, tea and coffee throughout the morning. Spaces
are limited so booking is essential. Also taking place on 10th November
and 8th December.
10.30am. Price: £49
Neptune, The Oast, Wincheap, Canterbury CT1 3TY
www.neptune.com / 01227 209300
As part of their 50th anniversary celebrations, Great Comp Garden is
launching a brand new Fine Food Festival. The event will be held across
the weekend of the 15th and 16th September and will see a cookery
theatre delivering hourly demonstrations in the florally fantastic garden
in Sevenoaks. Exhibitors include: All About Grub, Copper Rivet Distillery,
O’er The Moon, Village on the Hill, The Lemon Grove, Squerryes,
Willowbeans Espresso Bar, Korko, May Farm Luxury Ice Cream, Riverford
Organic, Lizzie Ross’ Kitchen, Simply Ice Cream, Little Brittany, Potash
Farm, BitSpicy, and Finesse Juice.
From 11am. Price: £8 (children 3 to 17 £3)
Great Comp Garden, Comp Lane, St Mary’s Platt TN15 8QS
www.greatcompgarden.co.uk / 01732 885094
THE FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS // 15-20 SEP
PEAR DAY // 16 SEP
Enjoy a guided walking or
tractor trailer tour of the
National Fruit Collection at
Brogdale with expert and
knowledgeable guides. Tractor
Trailer tours will be running
throughout the day which are
included in the price of your
tour ticket. See the orchards
from a fresh perspective as one of the fantastic guides tells you all about
the history and wonder of the collection. Enjoy a small display of the
pears in season from the 550 varieties in the National Fruit Collection
at Brogdale. Discover the fruit display of pears in all shapes, sizes and
colours plus fact filled information on the history of pears and the
varieties in the National Fruit Collection at Brogdale.
From 10am. Price: £12 (children 3-15 £5.50)
Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Farm, Faversham ME13 8XZ
www.brogdalecollections.org / 01795 536250
SEVENOAKS LITERARY FESTIVAL // 21 SEP – 5 OCT
See incredible floral displays inside the Castle, themed this year to 'Ladies
Day'. Be inspired by the creativity of international award-winning floral
designers and enjoy a programme of specialist talks and demonstrations.
Price included with general admission tickets.
From 10am. Price: £25.50 (children 4-15 £17.50)
Leeds Castle, Maidstone ME17 1PL
www.leeds-castle.com / 01622 765400
From bestselling novelists to
music scholars, there will be
something to suit all tastes.
And this year’s festival is
excited to introduce the
Young Readers Festival Day
with a sparkling range of
events for children and their
families. For readers of novels,
there is Sebastian Faulks and
Patrick Gale; for lovers of nature, Patrick Barkham; for those interested
in politics and current affairs, activist Gina Miller, Tessa Dunlop on
women’s view of the last 100 years and journalist Luke Harding on
Russia and Donald Trump; for biography fans, Vita Sackville-West’s
granddaughter Vanessa Nicolson and Nell Stevens on Mrs Gaskell; for
music-lovers, conductor Jane Glover on Handel; and for poetry lovers,
a delicious afternoon listening to poet-photographer Virginia Astley
while her daughter plays the harp.
Various dates and times
Various Locations Around Sevenoaks
www.sevlitfest.com
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