Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival

TV presenter Dick Strawbridge at Green Homes and Buildings Show

1:57pm Friday 1st May 2009

Celebrity television presenter and author Dick Strawbridge will be at this year`s Greener Homes and Buildings Show, one of the UK`s top green construction event.

The New Smallholder Bookshop

8:00am Saturday 11th April 2009

October 1st 2008 was a landmark date for my partner Steve and myself as this was the first trading day for our new smallholder bookshop.

Dancers to step out at Royal Welsh Festival

5:40pm Friday 10th April 2009

Dancers to step out at Royal Welsh Festival Come dancing! That's strictly the invitation to addicts of the popular television show and to all other toe-tapping visitors to the Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival where 'have-a-go' dancing sessions are being included in this year's programme.

Top dogs for RWAS Smallholder and Garden Festival 16/17 May 2009

2:33pm Wednesday 8th April 2009

Every dog has its day – and so will the owners of winning entries at the open dog show to be staged at this year’s Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival who have designs on exhibiting at Crufts, the largest event of its kind in the world where up to 28,000 top canines line up for judging.

Smallholder and Garden Festival to stage biggest pig show

2:28pm Wednesday 8th April 2009

The largest display of pig breeds in Britain will be staged at this year’s Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. More than 200 pigs representing all 17 registered breeds in the country will be on view over the two days of the event on the Royal Welsh showground on May 16 and 17.

Smallholder show's bloomin' brilliant!

3:53pm Wednesday 25th March 2009

The annual Smallholder and Garden Festival held by the Royal Welsh Agricultural Society "opens the gates to summer in Wales."

All set for the Royal Cornwall Show

12:28pm Friday 20th March 2009

Cool weather and a slow start to the growing season could result in a spectacular display of colour at the flower show staged at the Royal Cornwall Show in June.

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Pigs at the RWAS Smallholder and Garden Festival

10:50am Friday 13th February 2009

Keith Brown previews the pig section and pig agility at this years RWAS Smallholder and Garden Festival.

RWAS Smallholder and Garden Festival news

10:59am Wednesday 11th February 2009

Planning for the annual Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival is well underway for the weekend event, which this year is on May 16 and 17.

Pygmy goats return to show

11:02am Thursday 22nd January 2009

Smallholder Show and Garden Festival has a wealth of information on popular breed

Solo encores for Wonderland of Wool and Natural Fibres

11:24am Wednesday 11th July 2007

This year's showcase of Welsh wool and natural fibres at the Royal Welsh 2007 Smallholder and Garden Festival in May was such a success that organisers have decided to run it as a separate event in 2008.

A record-breaking weekend - Smallholder editor Liz Wright enjoys a packed programme at the Builth Wells Showground

2:41pm Wednesday 20th June 2007

A WEEKEND simply wasn't long enough to totally "do" everything at the ever-growing Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival in Builth Wells. Should I listen to one of the talks, go to a demo, attend the auction, see the pigs or watch the main ring? Difficult but pleasurable questions to answer.

High dog show standards maintained

1:05pm Wednesday 9th May 2007

THE Dog Show, one of the main attractions at the Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival, maintained its high standards last year and achieved an average of more than five entries per class.

Going, going, going, gone ... Lyndon Trumper looks ahead to the auction in a prominent and spacious new venue

1:02pm Wednesday 9th May 2007

ABERGAVENNY auctioneers J Straker, Chadwick and Sons have been involved with the Smallholder and Garden Festival at the Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells, since 1997.

The greenest event in Wales - ‘There’s something for all tastes at Builth Wells so come along and make a weekend of it’

1:00pm Wednesday 9th May 2007

COMPETITORS at the Royal Welsh Garden Festival won £6,450 in prize money at last year's event at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, which attracted a record crowd of 24,144 visitors.

Doctors’ prescriptions for apples

12:54pm Wednesday 9th May 2007

TWO Powys "doctors" have been busily writing up a range of prescriptions for apples - or at least, how to grow them!

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