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News Archive

Released	Headline & Abstract
21/10/2009	Talking Wizard Makes An Entrance At Malvern Fireworks
	A six foot high talking head, which started life as a Charles Dickens character, and turned into a British Prime Minister overnight, will take centre stage at one of Worcestershire’s biggest firework displays next week.
08/10/2009	Halloween Bonfire Set To Make A Bang
	The Halloween fireworks display is set to make its debut at the Malvern Showground on Saturday 31 October.
30/09/2009	Autumn Show Is An End Of Year Success
	Long-awaited summer temperatures, bumper competition entries and superb quality exhibits, saw 63,000 people flock to the Malvern Showground this weekend to enjoy a feast of flowers, fruit and vegetables, cookery, crafts, animals, entertainment and shopping.
21/09/2009	Television Gardener Plants Bicentenary Tree
	Award-winning garden designer and broadcaster, Chris Beardshaw, is to plant a young Bramley Apple tree at the Malvern Showground in Worcestershire, in celebration of 200 years of Britain’s best loved cooking apple.
18/09/2009	Garden Design Set To Inspire Show Visitors
	Visitors to the Malvern Autumn Show at the Three Counties Showground this month (September 26th/27th) are set to be inspired by a garden designed and created by the winner of this year’s Chris Beardshaw Mentoring Scholarship (CBMS). They will also have the opportunity to take landscaping products, ideas and advice home for their own gardening projects.
17/09/2009	Autumn Show Is A Real Feast!
	Advocates of healthy eating and honest cooking which uses simple, fresh products farmed, fished or reared locally, look set to enjoy a real feast at next week’s Malvern Autumn Show (26 & 27 September).
14/09/2009	BBC Gardeners’ World Presenter Shares His Allotment Tips With Autumn Show Visitors
	BBC Gardeners’ World presenter, Joe Swift, is to headline in the brand new ‘Good Life Pavilion’ at this month’s Malvern Autumn Show (26 & 27 September).
24/08/2009	Autumn Show Pear Exhibitors Hope To Set New Record
	A dedicated group of farmers, nurserymen and fruit growers committed to raising the profile of the humble perry pear, is hoping to set a new record at next month’s Malvern Autumn Show (26 & 27 September 2009).
17/08/2009	Garden Designers Bring Back The Buzz!
	Landscape designers building show gardens at next month’s Malvern Autumn Show (26 & 27 September), are doing their bit to highlight the plight of the declining bee population, by incorporating them into their edible plots.
07/07/2009	Autumn Show Promotes The Good Life
	Beautifully laid-out edible gardens, colourful displays of home-grown fruit, vegetables and herbs, cooking demonstrations, perry tasting, harvest fashion and small-scale animal husbandry – this year’s Malvern Autumn Show embraces every aspect of living a truly good life.
30/06/2009	A Buoyant Mood At Malvern’s Food And Farming Showcase
	Farming and non-farming communities came together this year to celebrate all aspects of the great British countryside, as the annual Three Counties Show at Malvern (19 – 21 June) attracted another bumper crop of visitors, exhibitors and traders.
17/06/2009	Record-Breaking Stuntman Accepts Malvern Challenge
	Record-breaking stuntman The Kangaroo Kid (Matt Coulter) has accepted a challenge to jump over ten classic Morgan cars, astride his famous quad bike, at this week’s Three Counties Show (19 – 21 June).
16/06/2009	Tractor Challenge
	Vintage tractor enthusiasts, aged between 16 and 80, will be going full throttle this week, as they tackle a unique challenge of mammoth proportions!
10/06/2009	Malvern Bee Entries Buck National Trend
	Entries for the Bees and Honey section at next week’s Three Counties Show at Malvern (19 – 21 June) are creating a bit of a buzz!
09/06/2009	Rory & Paddy’s Malvern Adventure
	Comedians Rory McGrath and Paddy McGuinness will be dropping in to Malvern this month, on the second leg of their nationwide tour for ‘Rory & Paddy’s Great British Adventure’ (IWC Media for Five).
05/06/2009	TV Vet Comes To Malvern
	Visitors to the Three Counties Show (19 – 21 June) are in for a real treat this year, as popular veterinary surgeon and television presenter, Steve Leonard, heads to Malvern’s annual food and farming spectacular.
04/06/2009	Rural Business Alive and Kicking
	Rural business is alive and kicking - that’s the message from the Three Counties Agricultural Society (TCAS) as it puts the finishing touches to its farm business programme at this month’s Three Counties Show (19 – 21 June).
27/05/2009	Full Steam Ahead For Midlands Food & Farming Favourite
	It may be curtains for Warwickshire’s Royal Show after this year, but its long running equivalent, the Three Counties Show, is already gearing up for the future.
13/05/2009	24th Malvern Spring Gardening Show Defies The Odds
	Gardens and borders, flowers and fashion, food, cookery, crafts and even chickens – it was probably the most diverse collection of attractions in the Malvern Spring Gardening Show’s 24 year history, and a veritable recipe for success, as 92,000 visitors flocked to Worcestershire’s beautiful Showground last weekend, to see horticulture in all her finery!
09/05/2009	Garden Designer Finds Novel Solution To Credit Crunch
	Garden designer Claire Potter, who is building a show garden at this week’s national Malvern Spring Gardening Show (7 – 10 May), is refusing to let the credit crunch crisis pour cold water on her dreams of success, by coming up with a novel solution to make ends meet during the long, hard build!
08/05/2009	Malvern’s Chickens Are Completely Green!
	According to a recent survey by DIY giant, B & Q, keeping chickens in the back garden is among the top five most-envied status symbols amongst homeowners, with 1 in 10 people either owning or planning to buy a chicken coop this year!
07/05/2009	School Gardens Go For RHS Medals For The First Time
	School gardens on display at this week’s Malvern Spring Gardening Show (7 – 10 May) are to be judged by the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) for the first time.
06/05/2009	Cake That Gives You Your 5-A-Day
	A sweet cake that delivers your 5-a-day quota has been created by celebrity chef Felice Tocchini. It will be unveiled at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show – the first big Royal Horticultural Society show of the year – at Worcestershire’s Malvern Showground from 7th – 10th May 2009.
05/05/2009	Top Speakers Lined Up For Beef Expo 2009 Conference And Dinner
	The charismatic “Black Farmer”, Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones, will be guest speaker at the Beef Expo 2009 dinner on Wednesday, May 20.
05/05/2009	Try Your Hand At Auctioneering At Beef Expo 2009
	Both professional auctioneers and members of the public will have the opportunity of demonstrating their skills in auctioneering in a novel competition at Beef Expo 2009.
28/04/2009	Gardening Show Sets A New Record In 24th Year
	There will be no shortage of inspiration for visitors coming to the national Malvern Spring Gardening Show (7 – 10 May), this year, as the first big event on the horticultural calendar celebrates a record-breaking collection of 22 innovative show gardens.
20/04/2009	Celebrity Chef Keeps It Under His Hat!
	A Tuscan-born chef who made his English debut at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre restaurant in Stratford, is to bring his own special blend of culinary magic to the Malvern Spring Gardening Show (7 – 10 May 2009)
07/04/2009	BBC Countryfile Star To Open CountryTastic
	BBC 1 Countryfile star, Adam Henson, is lending his support to Worcestershire’s up and coming countryside event for children and their families.
02/04/2009	Supermarket To Support Countryside Event
	Supermarket giant, ASDA, renowned for its work with schools across the UK, is adding Worcestershire’s new educational family fun event to its long list for 2009.
26/03/2009	National Gardening Show Bucks Trend To Present New Garden Catwalk
	Top fashion designers are rumoured to be swapping traditional runway fashion previews for cheaper webcasts, and film presentations, but in Worcestershire, it’s show time...
24/03/2009	National Farm Shop Beef Butchery Competition At Beef Expo 2009
	A novel butchery competition for farm shop owners, managers and butchers will be a new feature of this year’s national beef event, Beef Expo 2009, to be held at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcester, on Thursday, May 21.
09/03/2009	Businesses Go Head To Head In Bear Pit Battle
	A forward-thinking agricultural society, committed to supporting and growing rural enterprise, is urging three counties entrepreneurs to take the bull by the horns, enter the ‘battle arena’ and sweat it out in pursuit of a cash prize and some invaluable business advice to boot!
19/02/2009	Gardening Show Visitors Defy Recession
	We may be in the middle of a recession, but gardeners, it seems, are refusing to let the credit crunch spoil their enjoyment of one of Britain’s top five horticultural shows.
03/02/2009	Designers Go Head To Head in Scholarship Battle
	Twelve budding garden designers, drawn from eleven counties, have made it to the first selection stage of a vocational garden design scheme, now in its second year.
07/01/2009	Lloyds sponsors Beef Expo 2009 at the Malvern Showground
	Beef Expo 2009, organised by the National Beef Association, will be held at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, courtesy of the Three Counties Agricultural Association, on Thursday, May 21, 2009.
24/11/2008	Malvern Conference Packs A Big Punch
	What is happening, and going to happen, to UK farming? Are farmers set to endure a bleak and difficult future with farm gate prices in long term decline while costs rise, or will the global food crisis result in a prosperity not seen for many decades?
12/11/2008	Showground Aims High
	The Three Counties Showground in Worcestershire has been officially recognised as a quality business venue by the Meetings Industry Association (MIA).
16/09/2008	Scholarship Winner Brings Rome To Malvern
	A delightful edible garden, reminiscent of the historical kitchen plots of Rome, looks set to steal the show at Britain’s biggest autumn gardening and countryside event.
03/05/2008	Bradstone Backs Chris Beardshaw Scholarship
	A unique mentoring scholarship with award-winning gardener and journalist Chris Beardshaw is to be supported until 2012 by leading hard landscaping manufacturer Bradstone.