6:03pm Thursday 4th February 2010
The organisers of the Edible Garden Show say that the painfully slow recovery from recession has forced organisers to postpone next month’s (March 19-21) Edible Garden Show following concerns among potential sponsors and exhibitors over the uncertain economy.
The first-ever national event dedicated exclusively to ‘Grow Your Own’ fruit and vegetables was targeted to reflect the phenomenal explosion of interest among the public for home-grown produce and healthy eating. Although the imaginative concept for the new show had been well received, organisers found increasing difficulty in securing commitment from enough exhibitors to justify the scheduled launch on Friday, March 19, 2010.
The Edible Garden Show will now debut on March 18-20, 2011 at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, with organisers confident that the new date will allow time to maximise the number of exhibitors attending and to secure sponsorship deals.
The show had already won official endorsements from two of the most high-profile organisations in the gardening and agriculture world – the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (NSALG), which boasts 103,000 members in the UK at over 2,000 allotment societies, and the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Both organisations have pledged their continuing support for the show and back the decision to postpone the launch until 2011.
The National Federation of Women’s Institutes was also supporting the show with cookery demonstrations due to be conducted at the event by the WI’s National Cookery School.
Officials from The Edible Garden Show are contacting exhibitors and visitors who had booked space or purchased tickets with a view to returning money or transferring orders to the 2011 event. For further details on The Edible Garden Show 2011, visit: www.theediblegardenshow.co.uk
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