Itinerary


Tour Itinerary — September 1-7, 2012

Day 1 — Saturday, September 1
Lodging provided at hotel near Heathrow Airport (hotel to be determined) 
                            
Day 2 — Sunday, September 2
  • Hosted breakfast at hotel
  • 9:00 a.m. — Meet in lobby, visit Windsor Castle (admission included)
  • Lunch on your own
  • Depart Windsor Castle, drive to the Royal Hotel, Ross on Wye and Herefordshire
  • Haygrove welcome reception at Royal Hotel
  • Dinner on your own in Ross on Wye

Day 3 — Monday, September 3
  • Hosted breakfast at hotel
  • 8:30 a.m. – Meet in lobby, travel to Haygrove, Ledbury, the main organic site for the business. Crops grown include strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, cherries and blueberries. There will be a tunnel skinning demonstration and the full range of Haygrove substrate systems and tunnels will be on show.
  • 11.30 a.m. — Tour of Haygrove pack house
  • 12:30 p.m.  – Hosted packed lunch
  • 1:30 p.m. – Visit Haygrove's Riverside  Farm, the largest of Haygrove’s glasshouse production; full display of Haygrove’s double/triple Substrate Systems
  • 4:00 p.m. — Depart to the Royal Hotel
  • Dinner on your own in Ross on Wye

Day 4 — Tuesday, September 4
  • Hosted breakfast at hotel
  • 8:30 a.m. – Meet in lobby, depart to visit Anthony Snell, Pencoyd Court Farm Farm, Herefordshire - tunneled strawberries and raspberries in soil and substrate.  We will also tour the pack house and retail farm shop.
  • 12:30 p.m. – Hosted packed lunch
  • 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. — Classroom presentations at the Royal Hotel
    • Graham Moore — Tunneled asparagus and raspberries in substrate.
    • Tim Sobey — Blueberries and blackberries in tunnels and under shade.
    • Rolly Whatton — Tunnel Cost vs. Tunnel Strength; Wind management from an engineer's perspective. 
    • John Berry — How tunnels are revolutionizing horticulture around the world — and in the U.S.A.  Subjects include: hoop bending, tunnel skinning, tunnel management and benefits of tunnels.
  • 7:30 p.m. – Haygrove team will host dinner at the Royal Hotel

Day 5 — Wednesday, September 5
  • Hosted breakfast at hotel
  • 9:00 a.m. — Part 2 of Classroom Presentations, plus on-farm tunnel construction and skinning demonstrations.
  • 12:00 p.m. – Hosted packed lunch
  • 12:30 p.m. — Visit Steven and Steven and David McGuffie, New Farm Produce, Staffordshire – tunneled asparagus, raspberries and strawberries. Retail farm shop.
  • 4:30 p.m. — Steven and David will host a BBQ at their farm
  • 7:30 p.m. – Depart McGuffie Farm for the Royal Hotel

Day 6 — Thursday, September 6
                                            
Day 7 — Friday, September 7
  • Hosted breakfast at hotel
  • 8:30 a.m. – Meet in lobby, visit Neil Cairns, Barfoots of Botley, Hampshire — tunneled beans and asparagus, field grown sweet corn and rhubarb
  • 2:00 p.m. — Pub lunch
  • Depart for airport hotel (lodging/breakfast included)






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