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^{WELCOME
TO THE KAPUNDA FARM FAIR}

^{Organiser Bill
Adams, extends a warm welcome to our regular exhibitors and to those who
will be at Kapunda for the first time. You can be assured of our very
best endeavours as to site location and service.}

^{For those who are
not familiar with our location, you will find the site, and car parking
is user friendly and well sign posted. Kapunda is 77 kms north of the
city of Adelaide (turn off Gawler By-Pass), 20 minutes to the Barossa
Valley, an hour to the Clare Valley and just over an hour to the
Riverland.}

^{Estimating
attendances is difficult with all outside events, however, given good
weather, we anticipate 4,000 on Friday and 5,000 on Saturday.}

^{This is the
8th Kapunda Farm Fair and the 2011 season is looking very promising
following record yields in 2010. All Augurs well for another highly
successful event.}

Friday, April 20

9am onwards

Free Pony Rides in the parade ring and Grandpa’s Animal Nursery, Bank SA Pavilion has free show bags for the kids, Scissor Lift Rides, Australian Year of the Farmer 2012 Road Show, Quilting and Crochet demos in the dining room/bar area indoors, Haby’s Element Racing Pro Class Off-Road Buggy, Kapunda’s car entry into the Variety Club Bash, Vintage Tractors and Farm Machinery, Mechanical Bucking Bull Rides, V8 Simulator Car, Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board bird and animal display, Peter O’Brien’s furniture restoration information.

9.30am – Animals Anonymous Show – A hands-on native wildlife show with plenty of Australian animals including bettongs, potoroos, gliders, crocodiles, pythons, frogs, turtles and creepy crawlies and more.

10.00am – Sophie Thomson, gardening presenter from ABC TV’s Gardening Australia talking about, “The basics of water wise gardening - from the ground up”. You can talk to Sophie after her show about your gardening issues.

11.15am – Kapunda Musical Society parade of old fashioned costumes and music, upstairs in the grand stand members’ area.

12 noon – Fashion Parade featuring local Kapunda businesses Sally’s Clotheshorse, Karen’s Clearance Shoes & Bags, Modern Image Hair & Beauty in the dining room/bar area indoors near the quilting.

12.30pm – Animals Anonymous Show – come and touch, feel and learn about some of our beautiful Australian animal friends.

1.15pm – Sophie Thomson – expert gardening presenter from ABC TV talking about, “Making good plant choices for water wise gardening”. Chat to Sophie after her show about your gardening issues.

2.30pm – Kapunda Musical Society Show – with musical performances from the Young People's Drama Workshop upstairs in the grand stand members’ area.

3.30pm – Fashion Parade featuring Meredith Lithgow Direct - classic country women’s styles including relaxed jackets, trousers, skirts, blouses and tops. Also featuring Triple BBB Outback & Rural Clothing and work wear for the blokes in the dining room/bar area indoors near the quilting.

Saturday, April 21

9am onwards

Free Pony Rides in the parade ring and Grandpa’s Animal Nursery, Bank SA Pavilion has free show bags for the kids, Scissor Lift rides, Australian Year of the Farmer 2012 Road Show, Quilting & Crochet demos in the dining room/bar area indoors, Haby’s Element Racing Pro Class Off-Road Buggy, Kapunda’s car entry into the Variety Club Bash, Vintage Tractors and Farm Machinery, Mechanical Bucking Bull Rides, V8 Simulator Car, Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board bird and animal display, Peter O’Brien’s furniture restoration information.

11.15am – Kapunda Musical Society parade of old fashioned costumes and music, upstairs in the grand stand members’ area.

12.30pm – Animals Anonymous Show – come and touch, feel and learn about some of our beautiful Australian animal friends.

1.15pm – Sophie Thomson – expert gardening presenter from ABC TV talking about, “Garden Woes - top 10 garden pest and disease problems and how to deal with them”. Chat to Sophie after her show about your gardening issues.

2.30pm – Kapunda Musical Society Show – with musical performances from the Young People's Drama Work shop upstairs in the grand stand members’ area.

3.30pm – Fashion Parade featuring Meredith Lithgow Direct, classic country women’s styles including relaxed jackets, trousers, skirts, blouses and tops. Also featuring Triple BBB Outback & Rural Clothing and work wear for the blokes in the dining room/bar area indoors near the quilting.

KAPUNDA FARM FAIR - Entertainment

Celebrity gardener Sophie Thomson comes to Kapunda Farm Fair

Organisers are proud to be bringing Sophie Thomson to the Kapunda Farm Fair to talk to our keen gardeners.

Sophie is a South Australian personality on television’s Gardening Australia and throughout the two days of the 2012 Kapunda Farm Fair she will be presenting some very interesting talks about plants and gardening.

With a serious passion for plants and gardening, Sophie spent many years in the Adelaide Hills working in her parent’s plant nursery. When the plant business was sold Sophie became a garden consultant and began taking on roles in the gardening media, doing talkback radio, television and writing.

As well as presenting for the ABC Television's Gardening Australia and writing for the Gardening Australia Magazine, Sophie writes a weekly gardening column for the Sunday Mail and the Adelaide Hills Weekender Herald. She is also the garden writer for the quarterly Adelaide Hills Magazine.

Sophie co-authored the Reader's Digest book Water Wise Gardening, as well as another superb book called “From the Ground Up”. This particular book is a comprehensive gardening guide specifically for people living in South Australia. The book has a strong emphasis on plants and techniques which have a proven success rate here in our state. It mentions Kapunda and its wonderful date palm trees that are scattered around the town.

Sophie says, "Be it on talkback radio, at garden club meetings, or in my role as a home garden consultant, I am constantly asked about the various problems home gardeners are encountering in their gardens”. I will be talking about some of these problems at the Kapunda Farm Fair”.

Speaking at hundreds of gardening and lifestyle events, garden clubs and plant societies, Sophie’s serious passion for plants and gardening appeals to people of all ages.

After each presentation at the Kapunda Farm Fair, Sophie will be available to assist you with any gardening-related questions you may have.

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