Carmarthenshire’s ‘Lost in Time’ garden attraction Aberglasney is having a celebration of this year’s bumper crops of apples, squashes and gourds next Sunday (October 5), and everyone is invited to come and join in the harvest fun.

This new family event in the Aberglasney calendar will include apple pressing with the Dinefwr Orchardeers. You can bring your apples and containers along and they will help you make apple juice to take home with you that day. Their experts can help with apple identification and give advice if you’re looking to grow apples in future.

Aberglasney’s Harvest Celebration will include storytelling, harvest crown making, pumpkin carving, corn dolly creation, apple bobbing, candle making, folk dancing, live music and a pumpkin trail around the gardens for all ages to enjoy.

Helen Scutt, Aberglasney Gardens’ Director, said: “We want all the family to come along and celebrate this year’s bumper harvest with us. We will have something for everyone including local storyteller, Ceri Phillips, telling Welsh forest folktales with autumnal themes. Dawnswyr Llanarthne will be performing traditional folk dances.

“Huw Richards and our very own Hattie Kerrs will have a question and answer session about growing your own fruit and vegetables. Come and pick their brains once you’ve picked your apples to turn into juice with us.”

Huw Richards, Permaculturalist and Sunday Times Bestselling Author will join Aberglasney Kitchen Gardener Hattie Kerrs, for a Q&A session from 2pm in the main hall of the mansion when visitors can ask all their fruit and vegetable gardening questions.

Local singer and guitarist from Carmarthen, Dylan Carmichael, will bring feel-good vibes and acoustic charm to visitors from 3pm to bring the celebration a close.

Aberglasney’s Tearooms will be serving a selection of apple dishes including cake and juice made from apples grown in their own gardens as well as a selection of homemade soups and cawl using vegetables harvested in the gardens.

There will also be hot food on-the-go available from Y Bocs Tatws, from Llanelli, and The Steak Boxx, from Myddfai, will be serving delicious locally produced pork and apple burgers.

The gardens will be open between 10am and 6pm with harvest celebration activities running from 11am until 4pm. An entry fee applies. Entry to the Harvest Celebration will be free for members of Aberglasney Gardens. Children 16 years old and under always have free entry to Aberglasney.

Full details and timetable of events are available on www.aberglasney.org