PUBLIC PLACES


The Game Fair, held biennially at Ragley Hall, is the estate’s largest public event


The secret garden, soon to be planted with perennials to replace the current display of annuals


farming and groundsmanship, and a crop of silage or hay may be taken off the grass before the event. “We have to be aware of the impact of the previous crop on the grass for events, for example treating any weeds that come up,” he comments.


Ground preparations have to be completed well in advance for handover to the event organisers - for a major event such as the Game Fair, contractors can be onsite for a total of twelve weeks.


There will be some overlap between the


Grassland and Muck and APF event breakdown and build-up in 2020, so this will also have to be factored in. Some clients carry out their own extensive site works as part of their booking - the Game Fair takes out and later replaces park fencing to suit the exhibition layout and has developed a game cover area for gundog competitions, whilst Grassland and Muck organiser, the Royal Agricultural Society, will grow individual grass variety demonstration plots on behalf of exhibitors. Ragley has been able to turn this


cooperation to its advantage in some areas; where new trees have been planted to replace those from the original Capability Brown landscape, several of the tree shelters have been installed by the Game Fair to hide fibre optic service points. The twenty-six acre gardens, previously open to the public five days a week, are now reserved for specific garden activities and for events, functions and private tours. “We have autumn garden days in October and snowdrop days in February, and the gardens play a key role in the many


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