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

• Hosted breakfast at hotel
• 8:00 a.m. – Meet in lobby, visit Sandy Booth, New Forest Fruit Farm, Hampshire  – tunneled substrate strawberries, glasshouse production and nursery propagation.
• 1:30 p.m. – Pub lunch
• 2:30 p.m. – Visit Richard and Vern Emery, Littlebrook Nursery, Hampshire – tunneled strawberry production with their own design of substrate blocks/production
• 4:30 p.m. — Depart for local hotel in Hampshire
• Dinner on your own

                                            

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)