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Borders Organic Potato Day – a really positive success story
We arranged to attend Borders Organic Potato Day at the Borders Event Centre in Kelso, Scotland. This was to show a presence to our existing Scottish membership and to show potential members all the benefits we can offer.
I travelled up the afternoon before the event and stayed in Kirk Yetholm, a stone’s throw away from Kelso. There I met a couple of local allotment gardeners, who directed me to where their allotment site was. It was very nice.
In the morning I set up the NAS promotional stand at the Event Centre. Dr Deborah Burn, our Research and Development Officer, joined me at the start of the event.
We were rushed off our feet the whole of the day, with well over 1000 attendees passing through.
We had such a positive response to our presence, and so many people were pleased to see us there. There were lots of enquiries about new membership, and a very healthy demand for the latest information
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