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Pumpkin Festival

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Pumpkin Games!

Pumpkin Games!

Come to the Pumpkin Games and test your skills and stamina...

Pumpkin Carving & Halloween Activities

Pumpkin Carving & Halloween Activities

carving scary pumpkins (price tbc) and haunting Halloween activities including a spooky treasure que...

Great Pumpkin Festival 2008

As part of Cheshire's Year of Gardens 08 grow your own pumpkin and gain access to heaps of pumpkin-packed events across Cheshire.

This year we have teamed up with Cheshire's Gardens of Distinction and local businesses to bring you The Great Pumpkin Passport. This is your chance to show off your prize-winning pumpkin and access great prizes and discounts across Cheshire.

Pumpkin Games at ArleyWhy not enter your heaviest pumpkin into to the Arley Hall and Gardens Pumpkin Games in October and you could win a free trip for you and your class to Chester Zoo.

Or grow a pumpkin bigger than the size of your head and get in free to Chester Zoo's Pumpkin Festival, one child free with every full paying adult. Pumpkin Games at Arley

Register here simply e-mail your name and postcode. If you would like us to post your official Cheshire's year of Gardens pumpkin seeds, please include your address and we will get them in the post for you today! Send your registration NOW

HAPPY PUMPKIN GROWING!

Sowing and growing:

  • Plant late April or early May in a 7 cm pot. Leave to grow and sunbath on your windowsill.
  • Early June plant in your garden, 90 cm apart, in a sunny open spot.
  • Love and nurture ready for October pumpkin fun.

 

Chester Zoo Pumpkin Festival 25 October to 2 November.

Arley Hall and Gardens Pumpkin Games 25 - 26 October.  

 

Seeds donated by The Hollies Farm Shop - A food lovers heaven!

 

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