PRESS PHOTO CALL – The Edible Garden ShowThe Edible Garden Show 2010 Press Launch with the ‘First Lady’ of allotments Eunice McGhie-Belgrave MBE. Inspirational ‘First Lady’ of allotments and ‘Pride of Britain’ winner Eunice McGhie-Belgrave will give local schoolchildren a master class in home-grown vegetables during the official press launch of UK’s ultimate ‘Grow Your Own’ event – The Edible Garden Show 2010. Eunice, who has inspired countless children to grow and cook their own vegetables, has given her full backing to the first-ever national show dedicated to exclusively to ‘Grow Your Own’ fruit and vegetables. And on Wednesday January 27, this amazing 75-year-old community worker will be joined by youngsters from Birmingham’s Rookery Primary School at the Shades of Black allotments in Handsworth to promote The Edible Garden Show. Eunice says: “I’m delighted to support this fantastic new event. It’s high time the gardening world had a national show to celebrate the work of gardeners who grow their own fruit and vegetables. I know how popular ‘Grow Your Own’ is with the public and I’m sure there will be terrific support for the show.” The Edible Garden Show is being staged at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from March 19-21 2010. Eunice has become a cult figure in Midlands’ gardening circles since she launched the Shades of Black allotments project in 1985 to heal and unite an area devastated by the Handsworth riots. She was awarded an MBE in 2002 for her work and last year won the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain award. Her thriving allotments scheme introduces city youngsters to the joy of growing their own food. Teachers and pupils from Rookery Primary School make regular visits to her Handsworth allotments to learn about gardening. And produce from the allotments is distributed to elderly people and local day care centres. Just as Eunice continues to encourage young people to develop horticultural skills alongside their academic work, The Edible Garden Show 2010 is dedicated to providing a one-stop-shop for anyone harbouring an inner desire and passion to grow their own fruit and vegetables. As UK’s first-ever national garden show launched amid the phenomenal explosion of interest in home-grown food, The Edible Garden Show is a ‘must-see’ event for seasoned gardeners and complete novices. The show has already won official endorsements from two of the most high-profile organisations in the gardening and agriculture world – the National Society of Allotment and Leisure Gardeners (NSALG), which boasts 103,000 members in the UK at over 2,000 allotment societies, and the Royal Agricultural Society of England. The National Federation of Womens’ Institutes are also supporting the show with cookery demonstrations to be conducted at the event by the WI’s National Cookery School. Date/Time: 1.30pm, Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 For further details about the show including information for exhibitors and visitors, including ticket prices and opening times, visit: www.theediblegardenshow.co.uk Media Contact: Paul Smith Associates For exhibitor, sponsor and visitor information go to www.theediblegardenshow.co.uk 18 January 2010 |