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Apples and Bees: A Celebration of the Late Summer Bounty from the Garden at Dalemain

This is a week-long celebration of the harvest from the garden, focusing on our historic apple collection and our Dalemain Bees.

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Event Date

12 September 2025

This event occurs daily from
12 Sept 2025 to 21 Sept 2025

Description

There will be apple themed food in our tearoom, a free display of the variety of apples in the mediaeval hall, kids trails of the bees and apples in the garden and bee and apple tours in the garden during the week and over the weekend.

As well as a this there will be apple juicing with the North Lakes Orchard Group. Visitors should bring clean apples (hand-picked and washed, not rotten) and a container for their juice (on Sunday only).

There will be specialist tours focused on the bees with Colin and also on our historic apple collection with Hillary. Days and Times TBC. Contact Michelle via phone on 017684 86450 (option 1) for more information.

Herbs, honey and apples have been harvested from Dalemain and will be served as part of our delicious Autumnal menu in the Great Barn Tearoom. Like the apples you see and taste? Get drawn into the magic of the celebration of the harvest and buy your own Dalemain apple tree from our plant stall!