Welcome to the RHS London Harvest Festival Show

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1 Welcome to the RHS London Harvest Festival Show Tuesday 2 Oct - Wednesday 3 Oct 2018 Enjoy the RHS Autumn Fruit and Vegetable Competition, Giant Pumpkin Competition and the Heaviest Apple Competition as well as five garden produce displays from schools taking part in the RHS Campaign for School Gardening. Don t forget to vote for your favourite carved pumpkin, have your photo taken in our living artwork and try some unusual apples.. Cookmaid with Still Life of Fruit and Vegetables Pennard Plants have interpreted Cookmaid with Still Life of Vegetables and Fruit by Sir Nathanial Bacon as an interactive living artwork which needs you to complete the picture by posing as the cookmaid! During the show Nneka Uzoigwe will paint a still life inspired by the installation Pennard Plants have created, whilst also talking through her work and answering any questions that you may have about it. Nneka trained at London Fine Art Studios for 3-years and was awarded the de Laszlo Scholarship. She now works as a full-time artist, taking on commissions with a particular interest in flora. She has exhibited with the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the Society of Women Artists at the Mall Galleries. Exhibitor List Fruitful Orchard Uncommon whole fruit preserves, compote drinks & Juice Telephone: National Vegetable Society Southern Branch Vegetable display and vegetable growing advice Pennard Plants Vegetables and the delights of the autumn harvest An Interactive Living Artwork Telephone:

2 RHS Fruit Identification Bring along your home grown fruit to quiz our expert horticulturists on identification. RHS Fruit Group Information on the group and how to join, advice on fruit growing and the heaviest apple competition. RHS Gardening Advice Our friendly staff will be on hand to give free advice, whatever your query may be and feel free to bring samples or photos along too /membership/rhs-gardening-advice RHS Lindley Library The world's finest horticultural library, sharing the Royal Horticultural Society collections of books, periodicals, photography and botanical art /libraries RHS Membership Enjoy unlimited days out in our gardens, exclusive access to shows, and expert advice, all while helping support a beautiful Britain /membership RHS Book Shop A selection of topical books. RHS Wisley Trials Team Display of vegetables from the RHS Wisley trials. RHS Wisley Edibles Team Apples to taste and buy. Sea Spring Seeds Best-known for its chillies, sells an eclectic range of varieties as both seeds and plug plants, along with other vegetables. Telephone: Vegepod Self-contained raised garden beds. 2

3 Food and drink Brett & Bailey Delectable, seasonal, handmade baked goods. Telephone: Café Bueno Fair Trade artisan coffee Vegan Sweet Tooth London Italian bakery 3

4 Talks and Demonstrations Taking place in the annex at the back of the hall Tuesday 2 October 11am 12noon 1pm 2pm 3pm RHS Autumn Fruit and Vegetable Competition award presentation Getting the best from your orchard Jack McCrickard, from The Orchard Project Growing and using unusual tuber crops Chris Smith from Pennard Plants Chillies for all Tastes Joy Michaud from Sea Spring Seeds Giant Pumpkin Growing Matt Oliver from RHS Garden Hyde Hall Wednesday 3 October 12noon Getting the best from your orchard Jack McCrickard, from The Orchard Project 1pm 2pm 3pm Growing and using unusual tuber crops Chris Smith from Pennard Plants Chillies for all Tastes Joy Michaud from Sea Spring Seeds Giant Pumpkin Growing Matt Oliver from RHS Garden Hyde Hall 4

5 Join in the Competitions next year! The horticultural competitions run by the RHS are open to all and free to enter with friendly stewards on hand to answer queries and help with staging. As well as fruit and vegetable competitions we hold ones for daffodils, tulips, camellias, rhododendrons and other ornamental plants. For more information or show schedules please contact the Horticultural Competitions Manager, Georgina Barter. tel: or visit the Website: Save the Date café will be collecting the fruit and vegetables at the end of the show. Save the Date Café is an egalitarian eatery based in the heart of East London. We take food which is destined for landfill and create restaurant quality meals which are sold on a pay as you feel basis. Our aim is to ensure that everyone in the community has access to great food and a friendly venue regardless of whether you are homeless, unemployed, a student or living comfortably. We aim to bring a sense of commuity back to an ever changing city. 5