Wealden Times Midwinter Fair 2009 | Book Barn

Visitors to Wealden Times Midwinter Fair are invited to join us in the Book Barn for our mini literary festival, where gardens are a hot topic amongst the authors...

Thurs 3 December

Tom Hart Dyke

Tom Hart Dyke
10.30 am Thurs 3 December

Author, broadcaster, botanist and adventurer Tom Hart Dyke will be talking about his book Englishman's Home, the Adventures of an Eccentric Gardener, describing his life at Lullingstone Castle... read more

Sandra Howard

Sandra Howard
2.30 pm Thurs 3 December

Sandra Howard was one of the leading fashion models of the 1960s, appearing on the cover of American Vogue two months running. She worked as a freelance journalist alongside modelling... read more

Thursday 3 December
GALA EVENING

Sarah Raven

Sarah Raven
6.30pm Thurs 3 December

Sarah Raven, writer, cook, broadcaster and teacher, is the expert on all things to grow, cut and eat from your garden. In her book The Great Vegetable Plot (2005)... read more

Adam And Juliet Nicolson

Adam & Juliet Nicolson
8.00 pm Thurs 3 December

Adam and Juliet Nicolson will be in conversation with Hilary Wilce. Sissinghurst Castle residents and grand children of Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson... read more

Friday 4 December

Steven Bradley

Steven Bradley
10.30am Fri 4 December

Garden writer and broadcaster Steve Bradley's vast knowledge of gardening regularly assists listeners on a live phone-in basis as BBC Southern Counties Radio's... read more

Alex Mitchell

Alex Mitchell
2.30pm Fri 4th December

Alex Mitchell is an author, journalist and gardener who has grown her own fruit, salad, herbs and vegetables for ten years. She contributes to various magazines... read more

Gardening for the Disabled

Entry to the Book Barn

Entry to the Book Barn was open to all visitors to Wealden Times Midwinter Fair. It is advisable to book your ticket to the Book Barn when buying your ticket to the Midwinter Fair. Entry to talks is £2.00 and all monies raised from the book barn will be given to The Gardening for Disabled Trust.