It was a busy Easter Monday at the Fosseway Garden Centre in Moreton in Marsh, where children happily got their hands dirty to create some colourful miniature gardens. With a nod to the spring that’s still to appear, the green-fingered youngsters came up with their inspirational creations as part of the Moreton Show - Have A Go’  sessions designed to encourage even more entries in the Home and Garden section at this year’s show on Saturday, September 1. There was also advice for the children on growing potatoes for the show’s ever-popular Potato in a Pot class, a treasure hunt and the chanc..

The build up to Moreton Show starts early this year, with e-tickets going on sale on Sunday, April 1. The digital tickets are available only through the Moreton Show website and people who buy early can get big discounts. Buying online will save £8 on a family ticket, £3 on an adult ticket and £2 for children. This year’s Moreton Show is on Saturday, September 1. Moreton Show secretary, Sarah Taylor said: ‘We’re moving with the times.  More and more of our show visitors like to buy online and it’s great that we can offer some really good savings on our e-tickets. ‘Last year’s sunsh..

The Moreton Show Home & Garden team will be returning to Fosseway Garden Centre in Moreton in Marsh this Easter Monday (April 2nd) with their popular ‘Moreton Show - Have A Go’  sessions for children. Show organisers are hoping to encourage more children and young people to enter the classes in the Home & Garden section at this year’s show on Saturday, September 1st. Children will be able to try their hand at making a miniature garden in a seed tray, with all compost and plant material for the workshops supplied by the garden centre.  The youngsters will take away their mini-gardens and ..

Broadway father and son, Ken and Jason Brain made sure that success stayed in the family at the Farms and Crops annual prize giving, organised by the Moreton in Marsh and District Agricultural and Horse Show Society and sponsored by Knight Frank. Among the trophies presented to Ken, 70 and Jason, 25, from Peters Farm at Broadway, was the Farmers’ Ball Challenge Bowl for Champion Farm.  It’s a title they also won at the Gloucester Root, Fruit and Grain Society and it’s the second time in three years that the 1000-acre Peters Farm has achieved the double. On a night when more than 140 farm..