TREEMENDOUS!

What can I say except that this year's Celebration of Trees, sponsored by Husqvarna, was a huge success and definitely surpassed my expectations - we were even blessed with glorious weather!

Thank you to our sponsor Husqvarna for helping to make this year's show possible and thanks to all of our exhibitors for taking the time to join us. I saw some great displays on my travels around the show field and some unique ways of attracting people to your stands through competitions - although I still can't believe I fell off the rolling wall after about 40 seconds!! Shame on me!

For those of you that visited the show I hope you found it beneficial and managed to enjoy yourself while you were here trying out the archery and other activities. I saw many of you leaving with arms full of purchases so can only assume you found what you were looking for.

We saw bumper numbers in terms of vistors to the show this year with 880 people on Friday and over 1300 people on Saturday; a 44% increase on last year's numbers which is a fantastic result and to give you an idea of the trade:general public split we had approx 68% trade.

The ISA's Student Tree Climbing Competition, sponsored by Treeworker, was once again a huge success and congratulations to the winner Tom Bunday. You can click on the following link to see the results in full: http://www.isa-arboriculture.org/content/cm000112.htm

A huge thanks has to go to Venables for being my knights in shining armour. My fears about the soft ground came to reality as a few heavy vehicles got stuck in the mud but thanks to their 'wonderful winch' they were free in seconds.

A few pics have been uploaded onto our website, click on the following link  2008 Celebration of Trees and the Countryside - image gallery to view and you can also take a look at the shots taken by Venables by clicking here: http://www.venablestrees.com/?content=images&SELgallery=Capel_08&SELoffset_gallery=0

Watch this space for news of next year's dates and what we have planned for 2009.
Thanks again everyone and I look forward to seeing you all next year. 

LAURA
Show Organiser

 

Capel Manor College
Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield, Middlesex EN1 4RQ
Tel: 08456 122 122