Otter Nurseries will be paying homage to its own anniversary at this year’s Devon County Show with a display based around events in its history.
The team at the popular East Devon garden centre has designed a two-sided stand to both acknowledge the roots of the business and show how far it has come.
One side of the stand will be a step back in time to 1964 with old gardening equipment, a vintage T20 Ford tractor and some of the first types of plants sold by the nurseries, such as pansies and lettuces.
The opposite part of the stand will be bang up to date to show...
The Duke of Kent is to attend the Devon County Show at Westpoint, Exeter on Friday, May 23. It will be The Duke’s first visit to the county’s largest annual event where he will be accompanied by Show President Sir Eric Dancer, KCVO, CBE, JP, the Lord Lieutenant of Devon. Sir Eric said: “We are honoured and delighted that The Duke of Kent will be with us this year and we are preparing a varied programme to reflect his interests.” The Duke undertakes a large number of official Royal engagements and has close associations with many charities, professional bodies and other organisations. The...
The Devon County Show has rolled out a brand new mobile website designed to be used on all smartphones and small tablet devices.
The new site, available to view at the usual web address - www.devoncountyshow.co.uk - helps visitors using handheld devices to get the most out of their day at the Show on May 22-24 at Westpoint, Exeter.
Show Secretary Ollie Allen said demand from users of mobiles and tablets is growing rapidly: “Visits to our website from mobile devices increased by 85 per cent over the last year and numbers are set to increase dramatically again this year....
The Devon County Agricultural Association, organisers of the Devon County Show, the county’s largest annual event, is gearing up for a double celebration this year.
2014 will be the 119th County Show, an annual celebration of farming, food and the countryside, and it is 25 years since the Association took ownership of the Westpoint showground, which is home to the County Show and its wholly owned subsidiary company - Westpoint Centre (Devon).
Tickets are on sale now for the Devon County Show - known as the South West’s agricultural showing season curtain-raiser, as well as...
Sir Eric Dancer, the Lord Lieutenant of Devon, has been appointed President of the Devon County Agricultural Association, organisers of the Devon County Show (May 22-24). He succeeds the Hon. George Lopes DL.
Sir Eric was appointed Lord Lieutenant by Her Majesty the Queen in 1998. He is her official representative in the county of Devon and has organised many royal visits to the Devon County Show.
Speaking at the DCAA’s Annual Meeting at Westpoint, Exeter, on Friday, January 24, Sir Eric said that he was delighted and honoured to be taking on his new role, and was looking...
One of West Country farming’s best known personalities, Ollie Allen, organiser of the Devon County Show, has taken over as Chairman of a national organisation, the Association of Shows and Agricultural Organisations (ASAO). Ollie has been the Secretary of the Devon County Show since 1996 and before that earned her spurs in 16 years at the Royal Bath and West. She says that she is hugely honoured to have been given the chance of leading the ASAO, at a time of great challenge and change for agricultural shows. “To have been elected to do this job by one’s peers is a great honour, but also a...
Dream-A-Way, the Exeter-based charity that provides holidays and outings for people with disabilities across Devon and Cornwall, is celebrating a big success as the Official Show Charity at the Devon County show at Westpoint last week. This is also the charity’s 20th birthday year so the Trustees were delighted to be chosen as charity of the year and then to receive a royal visit in addition was a huge Bonus.
The Dream-A-Way stand was the first to be visited by HRH the Duchess of Cornwall after she had officially opened the County Show. She was introduced to Dream-A-Way Chairman...
So I was at the Devon County Show today and I struck up a conversation with one of the traders. It turned out we both hailed from the same place. He eventually asked me what I did for a living and when I said media and marketing he responded with: “Okay, give me your top three marketing tips”, which I did. And whilst they are fresh in my mind I thought I’d share them through my blog. Tip 1 Look for referrals: I asked him what he did to encourage his satisfied clients to encourage others to buy from his business and, apart from some passive email marketing, the answer was not a lot. However...
An East Devon firm has reported brisk trade at this year’s County Show. Marla Custom Blinds’ boss Steve Hartland said the three-day event had generated a number of new leads for the business, which specialises in commercial and domestic blinds for windows and conservatories.
“We must have handed out more than 250 leaflets, and also generated a good number of positive leads and follow-up appointments.
“I’m confident that we will again do well out of this year’s Devon County Show, which has once more proved successful to us from a business point of view.
Sunny weather for most of this year’s Devon County Show helped provide a boost for one of the county’s leading renewables companies.
South West Solar & Renewable Systems, www.swsolarsystems.co.uk , had a large display at this year’s event, which helped greatly to increase interest in its solar panels and other renewable technologies.
Managing Director Nick Bartlett said: “We had a bumper Devon County Show this year, it was the best we have attended in terms of generating new leads for the company.
“For 2013 we took one of the larger stands in the Federation of...
