Activites
Thank you to all the organisations and people who made CountryTastic such a huge success. If you would like to participate in 2009 then please contact Sue Hodgson-Jones on 01684 584924 for an application form.
There are no additional charges for any of the activities at CountryTastic
Weston’s Shire Horse Dray Rides
Workshops
Cake Creations of Bromyard – cake decorating
Elisabeth Svedsen Trust for Children & Donkeys - donkey grooming and petting
Dick Whittington Farm Park – pot making and seed planting
Earth Balloon – Sustainability workshop
Eastnor Pottery – pottery cake making
Rev. Robert Barlow – egg decorating, mince pie/barley bread/harroset making/Chick hatching
Heart of England Fine Foods – smoothie making
Peter Oakley – corn dolly creating
PJ Teamwork – knitting, plaiting and simple weaving
PJ Bentley – wood turning
Al Boden and the Organic Hillbillies – music workshop
Greenwoods Therapeutic Horticulture – seed planting
RABI – Welly decorating
Wiggly Wigglers – composting
Gloucestershire Young Farmers – Have a go at milking the special CountryTastic cow
Kiddicarru – grassheads and spoons
Demonstrations
Campbell Environmental Oils – Rape seed oil tastings
Llandinabo Farm Shop (rare breeds) - Sausage making
Duckworth Trust – Re-cycling, waste, water and energy
Holme Lacy – Egg story
The Green Energy Company – biomass technology
Ladies in Pigs – cooking with pork
Paul Hands – Bees and honey
Pershore College – fruit juice from orchard to bottle
Cultivations – horticulture
Gus Dermody – ‘One Man and His Dog’ – sheep dog trials with geese and ducks
Sheep Shearing
Countryside Alliance – Game to eat cookery
Malvern Cheesewrights – Cheesy Things
Worcestershire Waste Management – Mission Impossible - Recyling
Falconry – contact Bob Edwards
Columbian Exotic Fruit Trade – fruit tasting
Displays
Bird Table Company – Chickens and rabbits
Ellis Dawes – modern farm machinery
Dominic Lucas – farm models – milking parlour, lambing, sheds, machinery and animals
Fred Beard and Geoff Chapman – Vintage Tractors and Gypsy Caravan
Three Counties Agricultural Society – Vintage Shepherd’s hut, tools and clothing collection
Bennetts Farm – Ice cream display and sampling
September Organic Ice Cream – display and sampling
Fruit and vegetables
Nesta – Planet Science – online science resources
Environment Agency – Sustainability
Flights Orchard Organics – fruit & vegetables
Joanne Roach ( The Foodie Books)
Pixley Berries – Blackcurrant display and sampling
Clives Fruit Farm – sampling
Drews of Worcester – Tomato Juice tasting
Really Welsh – Daffodils, Leeks and Cauliflowers
Malvern St. James
Nelson Thornes
Royal Agricultural College - Careers
Herefordshire Rural Hub
The Dairy House – yoghurts, cheesecake, cream, butter and cheese sampling
Bredon Hill Foods – elderflower tasting with take home child friendly recipes
Animals
Chickens
Donkeys
Bees
Birds of Prey
Ferrets
Rabbits
Cattle
Sheep
Goats
Pigs
Alpacas
Shetland ponies
Spotty ponies
Deer