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Garden conference is talk of the town

Gardening was the talk of the town at Trinity Park, Ipswich, yesterday, (November 4) when three of the countries leading designers and landscape architects revealed some of their favourite gardening secrets and gave practical advise on how to maintain a garden to the standard it was created.

Farmers throughout Suffolk were recognised for their farm business skills last week at the annual “Oscars” of the county’s farming scene.

The first Student Food and Farming Day jointly run by the Suffolk Agricultural Association, Otley College, the Suffolk Education Business Partnership Ltd and Hollow Trees Farm, was hailed an outstanding success by the organisers.

President of the Suffolk Agricultural Association Mike Hollingsworth together with his wife Mary and daughter Angie Ashby-Hoare held a tea party to hand over £800, raised by guests attending the President’s lunches during this year’s Suffolk Show, to St Elizabeth Hospice his chosen charity for his year in the role.

Thousands of Suffolk schoolchildren got their hands dirty when they went back to the land to discover more about where their food comes from and the importance of the countryside to today’s living, at the School Farm and Country Fairheld on Thursday April 23, 2009 at Trinity Park.   

The theme Combinable Crops has clearly stimulated the minds and imagination of many of the county’s school pupils, as once again the Suffolk Schools Competition has attracted a large number of entries across the seven classes.

Park Farm Business Centre in Fornham St Genevieve is the winner of the 2008 Best Alternative Land Enterprise (BALE) Award.

The 2008 Best Alternative Land Enterprise (BALE) Award, the region’s premier annual farm diversification competition, is open for entries.

A sunny evening welcomed the 730 guests to the Suffolk County Ball, which was held at TrinityPark on Saturday 24th May 2008.

This ride is a firm favourite at any show and will undoubtedly cause you to marvel at the training and commitment of both officers and horses as they perform their display in the Grand Ring.