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Sussex Garden Poultry
Rosemary Moon
Parham Harvest Fair
Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th September 2016 10:30am – 5:00pm
Celebrating food, foraging and estate life.
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Parham House and Gardens sit serenely below
the picturesque South Downs, and are set
within an ancient deer park.
Celebrating the abundance of produce that
Autumn brings and the traditional rituals of
harvest time, Parham’s Harvest Fair brings
together the very best of homemade food,
locally grown produce and small holding,
as well as activities such as live cookery
demonstrations, deer walks, gun dog displays,
fungi talks, working horse cart rides, falconry
displays, Tudor cooking demonstrations and
Tudor dancing in the House. There will also
be a wide array of stalls selling food, drink and
country wares.
The popular ‘Outdoor Working Arena’ will
be filled with interesting demonstrations,
including gundogs, falconry displays and
heavy horses. Experts will be on hand to
give advice on bee keeping, chickens, ferrets,
pigs, sheep and plenty of other interests. The
exhibitor stalls vary from local food producers
to craft makers and outdoor living supplies.
The House will be open, and new exhibits
from “behind the scenes” will be on display.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to see
inside the 18th century Dovecote and the
Icehouse, both of which are only open for
this event. There will also be live jazz in the
Pleasure Grounds for those who would like to
relax and enjoy the stunning surroundings.
Local celebrity chef Rosemary Moon will be
back by popular demand in the demonstration
kitchen, showing us how to create delicious
dishes with the very best fresh produce of
the season. There will also be a new element
to the event this year, with Tudor cooking
demonstrations and Tudor dancing in the
Great Hall in the Elizabethan House.
BBC Sussex and Surrey Radio will be airing the
popular gardening show “Dig It”, with hosts
Joe Talbot, Jim Buttress and Parham’s Head
Gardener Tom Brown; it will be transmitted live
from the Harvest Fair on the Sunday morning,
25th September, from 9:00am. Visitors will
be available to engage with the show from
10:30am – 12 noon, whilst the event is open.
10:30am – 5:00pm
Adult £10.50 | Senior Citizen £9.50 |
Child £5.50 | Under 5’s Free
Family (2 Adults with 4 Children) £30.00
Prices include Event, House & Gardens.
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Parham House & Gardens, Pulborough,
West Sussex RH20 4HS
(SATNAV RH20 4HR)
www.parhaminsussex.co.uk
[email protected]
Photography by Elizabeth Zeschin
Working Horse Trust