RHS Garden Rosemoor announces autumn programme

This autumn, RHS Garden Rosemoor is bringing together shows, festivals, exhibitions, foodie activities, family days out, talks and more with events and activities to delight and inspire every garden lover.

Here are just a few of the highlights:

September

5 – 7 Sept: West Country Craft Fair, RHS Garden Rosemoor
The West Country is a popular base for many craftspeople given the landscapes, materials and inspiration available. Rosemoor has brought together more than 40 artisans from across the South West to demonstrate the beauty and creativity of the products they make.

5 – 21 Sept: Exhibition: The Artists’ Garden, RHS Garden Rosemoor
More than 80 of the South West’s most talented artists are involved in this exciting and colourful exhibition of naturalistic pictures, prints and cards created using a variety of media. The focus is on gardens and plants as well as landscapes, seascapes and wildlife, and the range of images is eclectic in both style and price. All the work exhibited is for sale and the exhibition is stewarded by at least one of the participating artists each day.

14 Sept: Wedding Inspiration Fayre, RHS Garden Rosemoor
Rosemoor is one of the most exclusive wedding venues in North Devon. Meet some of the best local and national bridal industry professionals, and be entertained by a catwalk show and live classical music. The award-winning catering team will also be offering visitors sample canapés and a glass of fizz to enjoy while meandering around the marquee.

21 Sept: September Food Fair, RHS Garden Rosemoor
Rosemoor’s Food Festival celebrates traditional local produce and organic foods including locally reared meats, handmade cheeses and English wines, plus a wide range of other tasty foodstuffs. The quality of the land, the access to the coast and the warm and damp weather conditions in the South West make it an ideal region for foodies, so bring your shopping bag and help to support local producers.

October
5 Oct: Apple Day – A Taste of Autumn – sponsored by Mr Fothergill’s, RHS Garden Rosemoor
A great day out for all the family, Rosemoor’s Apple Day is organised in conjunction with Orchards Live, Thornhayes Nursery and the RHS South West Area Fruit Group who will endeavour to identify your unknown apple cultivars. With fantastic apple displays; cookery demonstrations and apple recipes; tastings; planting & cultivation tips and talks; free face painting and children’s activities; plus stalls selling fruit, cider and apple juice – truly something for everyone to enjoy.

18 – 19 Oct: Autumn Antiques & Collectors Fair, RHS Garden Rosemoor
Devon County Antiques Fairs organises another of its popular events here at Rosemoor with a number of carefully selected stallholders from across the South West and beyond, selling a wide variety of antiques and collectables to suit all tastes and pockets. An early opportunity to pick up a unique Christmas present or two.

25 – 26 Oct: Pumpkin and Woodcraft Weekend, RHS Garden Rosemoor
See artisans at work on traditional crafts, including woodturning, carving, whittling, basket weaving and spinning. Get ready for Halloween by carving your own pumpkin at lantern-making workshops, with pumpkins supplied at £1 each. You can also take the Pumpkin Trail around the garden and learn how to cook delicious pumpkin-based dishes at cookery demonstrations each afternoon. Enjoy free face painting by Devon Face Painting, too.

25 Oct – 2 Nov: October Half Term Family Fun – Repulsive Plants & Frightening Food, RHS Garden Rosemoor
A host of family activities including: craft workshops; snapping Venus’ fly trap making (complete with insects!); an interactive promenade performance from Pregnant Fish Theatre Company, featuring the strangest, smelliest and silliest plants around; and much more.

November
7 Nov: Free Day Friday, RHS Garden Rosemoor
Enjoy a free day out at any of the four RHS Gardens. Sample some of the benefits of RHS membership for yourself and get a taste of the gardens in their late-autumn splendour.

15 – 30 Nov: Exhibition: Tales from Beyond a Tangled Wood, by John A Howells, RHS Garden Rosemoor
A photography exhibition inspired by the wild magic found in places and landscapes. The result of journeys near and far by photographer John A Howells, these moments are gilded glimpses of another world. Come and explore the visions that can be seen if you are prepared to take a look at life from a different perspective and peek beyond the obvious.

22 – 23 Nov: Christmas Craft and Design Fair, RHS Garden Rosemoor
Start your Christmas shopping at this fantastic two-day Christmas Craft and Design Fair, where you will find exciting gifts on display on every stall. The fair focuses on the beautiful and unusual, so you are guaranteed to find something for everyone.

22 Nov – 22 Feb: Exhibition: Winter Sculpture, RHS Garden Rosemoor
Rosemoor’s winter sculpture exhibition continues into 2015 with an exciting and eclectic mix of exhibits from a diverse collection of sculptors, throughout the garden. Pick up a trail and see how many sculptures you can discover. Most of the pieces exhibited are for sale.

Free, guided sculpture walks leave the Visitor Centre at 11.30am most Wednesday mornings.