The Farmers Mart Aug/Sep 2016 - Issue 47 | Page 28

Great Yorkshire Show

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partnership with the
Yorkshire Agricultural
Society and Brook Taverner,
made its debut on the
catwalk at the event. The
jacket, in the Society’s
colours of green and gold,
proved a resounding
success with visitors as
almost all sold out.

‘It was a
wonderful three
days and a superb
showcase for the
farming industry’

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Elsewhere, the new-look
garden show received the
official seal of approval from
celebrity TV gardener Carol
Klein, while visitors were
entertained throughout
the three days with a host

of top-notch gardening
experts, including former
gardener to the Royal
household, Jim Buttress.
And BBC weatherman and a
Yorkshireman, Alex Deakin
delighted the crowds and
presented one of the main
show jumping prizes in the
Main Ring.
Many of the county’s
leading chefs entertained
with spectacular cookery
demonstrations, in not
just one but two cookery
theatres this year – Great
Yorkshire Show favourite
Rosemary Shrager led
the line-up, along with
famous faces from Michelinstarred restaurants across
Yorkshire.
Dates for the 159th Great
Yorkshire Show are Tuesday
11 - Thursday 13 July 2017.