By Isle of Wight Observer
Visitors to the Wolverton Manor Garden Fair will be able to watch traditional countryside skills and live displays, during a weekend celebrating local heritage.
The event will showcase skilled craftspeople, passionate enthusiasts, and age-old techniques brought to life. Highlights include flying displays from SWB Raptors, featuring magnificent birds of prey demonstrating their speed and agility.
Award-winning chainsaw artist, Mark Buckett, will also transform timber into sculptures throughout the day.
History enthusiasts can step back in time at Passamezzo’s Elizabethan Living History Camp, which features traditional dancing, cookery demonstrations, and authentic Tudor history. Visitors will also be able to watch displays from Ability Dogs4YoungPeople, highlighting the work of assistance dogs.
Traditional rural crafts will form a major part of the fair, with demonstrations from the Isle of Wight Coppice Group, the Guild of Weavers, Spinners & Dyers, embroiderers and lace-makers. The Vectis Vintage Tractor & Engine Club will also exhibit restored vintage machinery.
A full programme of demonstrations and a complete exhibitor list will be published in the Isle of Wight Observer, on Friday, September 4.
Free parking will be available throughout the weekend. Tickets cost £8 for adults on the gate, while children under 14 enter for free. Advance adult tickets cost £6 from The Village Shop in Brighstone, Waterstones, and the IW Observer office, in Newport, while stocks last.
