Exeter

Teddy Bears Picnic at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
17/08/2014 - 10:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer
  • Special treat from the Garden Room Restaurant for children bringing along their teddies
  • Best dressed Teddy Competition
  • Teddy Mac stories from Author Margaret Edmonds
  • Teddy Mac Special on the Beer Heights Light Railway

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

Kit Construction Days (Tuesdays only) at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
26/08/2014 - 11:00am
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

Every Tuesday between the 29 July and 26 August there is a wonderful opportunity for you to learn about building kits from the well-known modelling experts Gordon and Maggie Gravett.

Gordon, famous for his French metre gauge 'Pempoul' model railway, will show you the best ways to place your buildings in realistic scenes.

NOTE: A nominal £1.00 charge will be made for all kits.

Children under eight years of age must be accompanied by an adult.

Sessions last approximately two hours - last admission 20 minutes before the end. There are two sessions per day,...

Early Learners Week at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
14/07/2014 - 10:00am to 18/07/2014 - 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

Children's entertainment daily at 12 noon at the Peco Marquee with learning in mind, plus special activities for our younger visitors.

Intensive train service on the railway with unlimited rides for Bargain and Premium Ticket Holders.

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

RHS Garden Rosemoor Spring Flower Show

Event Date: 
15/03/2014 - 10:00am to 16/03/2014 - 4:00pm
Venue: 
RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington

RHS Garden Rosemoor will be bursting with blooms this March when it hosts its first Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Spring Flower Show and competition, on 15–16 March.

The inaugural show focuses on camellias, including the RHS Early Camellia Competition, early magnolias and rhododendrons as well as classes for ornamental shrubs and the RHS Rosemoor Daffodil Competition. Visitors can view the exquisite displays of top quality blooms from competitors from all over the South West.

Trade and advice stands in the show plus a superb range of early spring shrubs and flowering...

Let Animated Exeter entertain your young ones

If you want to entertain your young ones this half term look no further than Animated Exeter.

Take the kids to Moshi Monster Sunday, which includes a special festival screening of the new ‘Moshi Monsters: The Movie’ and a ‘Make a Moshling’ workshop.

Have some fun learning to animate at one of many workshops aimed at different age-groups and abilities; make characters from your favourite C Beebies programme, Mike the Knight and bring them to life at Exeter Cathedral on Monday; discover how scrap meets animation to make weird creatures come to life; visit our exhibitions, see...

Peco Open Garden Day

Event Date: 
06/07/2014 - 10:00am to 5:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

FREE entry to the Gardens (other charges applicable) Donations welcome to our nominated charity of the year Devon Air Ambulance.

Full programme of events available shortly on our website: www.pecorama.info

Vintage and Classic Vehicle Rally at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
25/05/2014 - 10:00am to 4:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

A wide range of vehicles from the last century on display, with an average of 200 vehicles.

If you would like to take part in this free event, please contact us on 01297 21542.

For more information visit www.pecorama.info

Spring Gardening Weekend at Pecorama, Beer

Event Date: 
04/05/2014 - 11:00am to 05/05/2014 - 4:30pm
Venue: 
Pecorama, Beer

Pecorama's Head Gardener will be giving expert tuition on how to produce beautiful Hanging Baskets and Troughs.

The Workshop will take place in the Top Spot Marquee between 11am and 4.30pm on both days. Visitors can join in at any time during each session.

Participants can bring their own planters and troughs, or these can be purchased along with a wide variety of plants at Pecorama.

Cost: TBC

Please refer to our website: www.pecorama.info

National award for Devon cider retailer

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Thu, 02/13/2014 - 12:02pm

A Devon based cider maker is celebrating its silver jubilee year in style after winning a national retailing award.

The Green Valley Cyder Barn and Ale House retail outlet based at Dart’s Farm at Topsham near Exeter has won the nationally recognized Drinks Retailing Award for Independent Cider Retailer of the Year 2014.

The Cyder Barn has grown from a small outdoor unit selling only cider pressed on site and made only from Devon apples to a large in-store retail outlet stocking 180 ciders and perrys from the UK and across Europe. It is now probably the largest retailer of...

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