St Martin’s Fete

You might wonder what our annual island fete has to do with growing flowers. The answer as you would expect is ‘not much’ but almost everyone here at the farm is involved in some way or another. The fete takes months of preparation by our operations manager Neil and the rest of the Island Hall Committee. In the run up to the fete everyone is busy coming up with new and interesting ideas for games and stalls, perfecting recipes, ordering supplies and most importantly testing out the bouncy castle!

On the day the weather was (mostly) kind to us and the frequent showers certainly didn’t dampen any spirits. Neil was in charge of pretty much everything. Ben, Joe, Izzy and Josie were on burgers and the bar. Zoe, Jackie and Jack were running stalls and games. Geoff was in charge of announcements and the rest of the farm team helped with putting up the tents and setting up the tables. We had live music throughout the day including brilliant performances from island youngsters ‘Red Venom’ and the St. Martin’s female choir ‘Enys Keur’.

This year’s fete raised over £7500 for the Island Hall, from which a donation will go towards Cornwall Air Ambulance appeal for a new helicopter, not bad for our little island!