The Big Little Fruit Campaign

Highlighting neglected culinary fruits

8 September - Ludlow Marches Food Festival

Nuts About Fruit - free cookery demonstration with Debbie Hearn, showing you some delicious ways to match fruit and nuts, 2 pm, Castle Garden Demonstration Area www.foodfestival.co.uk/index.html

15 September - Abergavenny Food Festival

What's ripe? A tutored fruit tasting with Big Little Fruit’s founder, food writer Debbie Hearn, exploring ripeness, how to choose seasonal fruit and offering ideas on how to make the most of it. 11 am, tickets £6  www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com/saturday-events_whats-ripe.htm

How to harvest, store, freeze and cook fruit from your tree. Bring a few of your own apples, for tailored tips. £40 including tea/coffee and homemade biscuits 9.30 am - 12 pm Treetops, Newbury, Berkshire www.treetops-newbury.co.uk/dates.htm

November - Sloe Gin making

Slow Food Berkshire and Wiltshire hosts this opportunity to pick your own sloes and make a bottle of the purple elixir to take home. Debbie Hearn takes you from hedgerow to bottling. Further details to follow.

10 December - Hampshire Organic Gardening Group

Debbie Hearn shares Christmassy ideas for fruit and gardeners share treats made with their home-grown fruit. Time TBC