Apple Day at Houghton Lodge Gardens
Sun 27 Sept
|Houghton Lodge
Apple enthusiasts, rejoice! Houghton Lodge Gardens' popular Apple Day is back and celebrating 10 fruitful years of festivities
Time & Location
27 Sept 2026, 11:00 – 16:00
Houghton Lodge, Houghton, North Houghton, Stockbridge SO20 6LQ, UK
About the event
Apple Day
Sunday 27th September from 11am to 4pm
Your chance to 'Ask the experts' with Mr. Chris Bird, M.Hort (RHS) of Sparsholt College. There will be plenty of opportunities to ask questions about fruit tree growing, cultivating and pruning along with the chance to view and taste the many varieties. Not sure if you have a ‘cooker or an eater’ in your garden? Bring your mystery apples for expert analysis and learn the true identity of your own garden's harvest. There will also be the chance to view and taste the many different varieties and participate in an ancient wassail ceremony, toasting the trees in the orchard for a bountiful future harvest.
Hampshire storyteller, Michael O’Leary will be entertaining visitors with his folk stories from Hampshire.
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