A Warwickshire and Worcestershire college group renowned for horticulture is embarking on its biggest ever show garden and is appealing for help to bring its ambitious design to life. Pershore College and Moreton Morrell College, part of WCG (formerly Warwickshire College Group), are creating the show garden at The Game Fair which is being held at Ragley Hall in Alcester in September. The show garden is one of the main attractions at the three-day festival of the countryside. The event attracts over 120,000 visitors and WCG has been tasked with coming up with a design ...

Following the success of the partnership in 2019, leading wealth managers Charles Stanley are sponsoring The Game Fair’s show-stopping ‘smart’ garden in 2020. The three-day outdoor festival of the countryside is taking place in the familiar surroundings of Ragley Hall in Warwickshire on new dates, Friday 18 to Sunday 20 September. The 25x45 metre garden is being created by around 50 students from two local land-based colleges - Moreton Morrell and Pershore – under the watchful eye of horticultural and landscape lecturer Mike Roberts. This year’s theme will showcase how ‘smart’ a garden can be. ...

The Game Fair is delighted to be able to announce that Mr. Stephen Kimberley and Mrs. Annie Jones have been appointed as judges for this highly prestigious new competition on Friday, 18 September 2020. Both Stephen and Annie are current and regular Field Trial judges with proven track records. “We are currently in the process of planning the test and I’m using Steve and Annie as a sounding board. I’m just delighted that they are both on board. Getting the ingredients just right is really important. We are working hard to ...

The Game Fair has extended an invitation to the HPR (Hunt, Point, Retrieve) group of working dogs to show their capabilities in the first HPR Home International competition to be held in the UK. The Game Fair will once again take place in the stunning surroundings of Ragley Hall, Warwickshire from 18 - 20 September, with a number of exciting new gundog events. On Friday, 18 September, HPR teams of 4 will represent England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland and battle it out in the prestigious Home International Arena. This will be followed by the Home International ...

Following the event many of the plants are being redistributed to local charities, schools and hospices to ensure that the project leaves a lasting positive legacy. Monday 29thJuly 2019: Lady Salisbury, of Hatfield House, welcomed guests to the grand opening of The Game Fair Gardens on Friday 26thJuly. The garden, which covers more than an acre, is the largest show garden ever created, and was designed and planted by staff and students from Capel Manor College, London’s only land-skills based college. Led by Julie Dowbiggin, the college’s RHS gold medal-winning designer students created a garden that ...

Lucinda Southern, a rural businesswoman from Nottinghamshire, won the fifth annual Best Dressed Lady competition at The Game Fair 2019, taking home the stunning prize worth more than £600 which included a countryside coat and boots. The stunning lucky lady, 32, went home with an amazing Welligogs Demelza Grey Coat and a fabulous pair of Mayfair Black waterproof boots, while runner-up Jane Wagstaff from Thirsk received jewellery provided by County Equestrian Jewellers. Sponsored for the fifth year running by British clothing brand Welligogs, a family-owned company renowned for blending style with performance and elegance, the fun ...

SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2009, THE LAPADA ART & ANTIQUES FAIR HAS GROWN TO BECOME A FOREMOST INTERNATIONAL SHOWCASE FOR ART AND ANTIQUES, AS WELL AS ONE OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS EVENTS ON THE LONDON SOCIAL CALENDAR. This new partnership offers complimentary access to LAPADA Art and Antiques Fair using the e-ticket below, plus the opportunity to attend an exclusive evening event. The Game Fair Managing Director James Gower explained ‘A vast number of visitors to The Game Fair are from, or based in London and have been coming to the event for decades, sourcing ...

This brand new competition is open to all gundog clubs across the country. Dogs do not need to be Kennel Club registered and will be judged by a Gamekeeper alongside a panel judge. Teams will consist of 3 Spaniels and 2 Retrievers. Download the flyer for more information and to enter. ROUND ONE Simulated driven shoot with the Spaniels, which will hunt a specified area. Shots will then be fired and dummies thrown over the guns’ heads. When the Spaniels reach the guns a signal siren will sound for the dummies to be picked up ...