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13
Aug 2021
Prize-winning vegetables and cakes to be sold in Harrogate's Valley Gardens
Visitors to Harrogate's Valley Gardens on Sunday will be able to view and buy produce grown in allotments across the Harrogate district.
The Harrogate and District Allotment Federation is holding its 60th annual allotment show in the Sun Pavilion from 11am until 4pm.
Stalls displaying produce will also be open on the nearby Sun Colonnade. Entrance to all areas is free.
Harrogate district mayor Trevor Chapman will formally open what will be the federation's 60th show at noon.
The federation, which brings together members of 16 allotment sites in Harrogate, Ripon and Knaresborough, was due to celebrate its diamond jubilee show last year until covid forced its cancellation.
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Vegetables, plants and cakes will be judged and sold and any outstanding items donated to Resurrected Bites, the Harrogate and Knaresborough community organisation that gives food that would have been thrown out to the needy.
The event will also include a miniature bug hotel, a raffle and stalls by Harrogate Civic Society and The Woodland Trust as well as craft and coffee stalls. Musicians will play in the bandstand between 2pm and 3.30pm.
Profits from this year's event will be donated to Ripon Museum Trust, which owns the Workhouse Museum, Prison and Police Museum and Courthouse Museum in Ripon.
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