Programme of events

Time	Event	Location
9:00am	Festival opens to public
All day	Our crafts people will be displaying their skills	Rural Skills Area, Main Hall
All day	Various equine events; details at the Equine Area	Equine Area, Main Hall
All day	Guilds of Spinners, Weavers and Dyers will be displaying their skills	Foyer upper floor
9:00-10:00am	Garden, Craft and Food Competition Tabling of Entries	Foyer upper floor
9:30am	Sheep judging commences	Sheep Area, Main Hall
9:30am	Goat judging commences	Goat Area, Main Hall
9:30am	Selling at your Farmers’ Market; Alison Tuke, Stalls Coordinator, Kelso Farmers’ Market	Room 1, Foyer upper floor
9:30am	Our apple and cider journey: Anna Lamotte and Digby Legge, Diggers Fine Cider Ltd	Room 2, Foyer upper floor
9:30am	Starting with poultry: Sandy Brown, Hippy Chicks Poultry	Room 3, Foyer upper floor
10:00am	Garden, Craft and Food judging commences	Foyer upper floor
10:00am	Pig judging commences	Central Hall
10:00am	Mini-workshop: Construct a willow star with Anna Liebmann. Booking required. More details ⇒	Rural Skills demo area, Foyer upper floor
10:00am	Equine parade	Equine Area, Main Hall
10:30am	Grassland management: Siobahn Macdonald, SAC	SRUC Theatre, Main Hall
10:30am	The Making of a Meadow: Deborah and Colin Richardson-Webb, The Lint Mill	Room 1, Foyer upper floor
10:30am	Our market garden: Louise Docherty, Upper Ballaird Farm Coop	Room 2, Foyer upper floor
10:30am	Starting with alpacas: Alison Wiseman, Balnuith Alpacas	Room 3, Foyer upper floor
10:30am	Cookery demonstration: Wendy Barrie and Bosse Dahlgren	Cookery Theatre, Foyer ground floor
11:00am	Mini-workshop: Construct a willow star with Anna Liebmann. Booking required.	Rural Skills demo area, Foyer upper floor
11:00am	Sourdough baking demonstration: Alison Ramcharran, Trustee, Scotland the Bread	Rural Skills Area, Main Hall
11:30am	Infrastructure essentials – getting fencing and water right: Robert Ramsay, SAC	SRUC Theatre, Main Hall
11:30am	Cattle and biodiversity: Ruth Dalton, Whinpot Farm	Room 1, Foyer upper floor
11:30am	St. Brides Free-range Poultry: Robert Morris	Room 2, Foyer upper floor
11:30am	Starting with Goats: Deborah and Colin Richardson-Webb, The Lint Mill	Room 3, Foyer upper floor
11:30am	Rare and native breed taste experience: Wendy Barrie and Bosse Dahlgren, sponsored by Macbeth’s Butchers. Booking required.	Cookery Theatre, Foyer ground floor
12 noon	Mini-workshop: Hairpin Crochet with Ellie Fiddes. Booking required.	Rural Skills area, Foyer upper floor
12:30pm	SRUC: A new Vet School for Scotland	SRUC Theatre, Main Hall
12:30pm	More woods and more hedges for Scotland: Charlie Owen, The Woodland Trust	Room 1, Foyer upper floor
12:30pm	Micro-dairying – the Highland Fold Experience: Jane Isaacson	Room 2, Foyer upper floor
12:30pm	Starting with pigs: Bob Pratley, Tullich Highland Rare Breed Pigs	Room 3, Foyer upper floor
12:30pm	Pig agility	Central Hall
1:30pm	Goat MOT: Practical tips for goat keepers	SRUC Theatre, Main Hall
1:30pm	Making best use of your fleeces: Julie Hermitage, UAN Wool	Room 1, Foyer upper floor
1:30pm	Knockfarrel Produce: Jo Hunt	Room 2, Foyer upper floor
1:30pm	Starting with sheep: Janice Milne, Keirhead Ryelands	Room 3, Foyer upper floor
1:30pm	Cookery demonstration: Wendy Barrie and Bosse Dahlgren	Cookery Theatre, Foyer ground floor
2:00pm	Sourdough baking demonstration: Alison Ramcharran, Trustee, Scotland the Bread	Rural Skills Area, Main Hall
2:00pm	Equine parade	Equine Area, Main Hall
2:00pm	Pig MOT Practical tips for pig keepers: SRUC	Central Hall
2:30pm	Sheep MOT: Practical tips for sheep keepers	SRUC Theatre, Main Hall
2:30pm	Small-scale hay making – yes, you can: Bosse Dahgren	Room 1, Foyer upper floor
2:30pm	The Lost Flock; the Borerays of Orkney: Jane Cooper, Orkney Boreray	Room 2, Foyer upper floor
2:30pm	Starting with cattle: Ruth Dalton, Whinpot Farm	Room 3, Foyer upper floor
3:15pm	Presentation of Garden, Craft and Food prizes and Sausage Competition Prizes	Rural Skills area, Foyer upper floor
4:00pm	Festival closes