Devon

FOOD: Five Course Feast with Melissa Hemsley, River Cottage, Axminster, Fri 13 Mar
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Join the River Cottage chefs and the real food queen herself for a slap-up feast created by Melissa who will be there to talk you through each course and sign copies of her new book, Eat Green. Read Muddy&#8217;s interview with Melissa (and get your mitts on £20 off) <a href="https://devon.muddystilettos.co.uk/people/muddy-devon-meets-melissa-hemsley/">here</a>.
<a href="https://www.rivercottage.net/dining-and-events/five-course-feast-with-melissa-hemsley">river cottage.net</a>
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GARDEN: Seed Swap, National Trust, Knightshayes, Sat 14 Mar
Join expert gardeners and fellow enthusiasts to exchange any spare seeds and bring back a little of the enviable Knightshayes kitchen garden to your own plot.
<a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/2ece9ba8-b163-4732-a1e8-08c7fd37232a/pages/details">nationaltrust.org.uk</a>
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GARDENS: Spring Flower Festival, RHS Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Sat 14 &#8211; Sun 15 Mar
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Check out the cream of the daffodil and camellia crop, along with magnolia and rhododendron. A wonderful way to shake off the winter blues.
<a href="https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/rosemoor/viewevent?EFID=334&amp;ESRC=CMS">rhs.org.uk</a>
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MUSIC: Missa solemnis, Exeter Philharmonic and Exeter Chamber Orchestra, Exeter Cathedral, Sat 14 Mar
A one night special performance to mark 250 years since Beethoven&#8217;s birth.
<a href="http://www.exephil.org.uk">exephil.org.uk</a>
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HOME: Design your own Cut Flower Garden, Chicken Shed,  Dartington, Sat 14 Mar
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Don&#8217;t know your elderflowers from your elbow? Join Kew trained Jane Gleeson for a one-day&#8217;s course to teach you how to sow, plant, and care for your own cut flower garden.
<a href="https://www.dartington.org/event/design-your-own-cut-flower-garden-with-jane-gleeson">dartington.org</a>
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WEDDING: The Big North Devon Wedding Show, The Big Sheep, Bideford, Sun 15 Mar
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A big show for your big day, with 70-plus exhibitors and free entry to all the sheep attractions. Free entry for brides and grooms, pop up hair and beauty parlour, live music, product demos, a yummy cafe and more.
<a href="https://thebigsheep.co.uk/events/weddingshow/">thebigsheep.co.uk</a>
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FOOD: One-day Chocolate Cookery Course, Exeter Cookery School, Sun 15 Mar 
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Learn every aspect of how to prepare,  cook (and eat) chocolate like an expert. Truffle, anyone?
<a href="https://exetercookeryschool.co.uk/courses/one-day-course/one-day-chocolate-cookery-course">exetercookeryschool.co.uk</a>
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EXHIBITION: Royal Photographic Society: SW Region Biennial Exhibition, Torre Abbey, Torquay, until 22 Mar
Last chance to see the biennial exhibition of the Royal Photographic Society South West members&#8217; work &#8211; visual art, landscapes, nature, people, travel and more.
<a href="https://www.torre-abbey.org.uk/whats-on/royal-photographic-society-south-west-region-biennial-exhibition/">tore-abbey.org.uk</a>
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GARDENS: Snowdrop Festival, The Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, until 31 Mar
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Well worth a visit at any time of year, but especially when the little beauties are in bloom. This is The Garden House&#8217;s first snowdrop festival.
<a href="https://www.thegardenhouse.org.uk/events/2019/12/13/coming-soon-snowdrop-festival">thegardenhouse.org.uk</a>
THEATRE: Amsterdam, Theatre Royal, Plymouth, Thurs 27 &#8211; Sat 14 Mar
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The UK premiere from the Actors Touring Company, by prize-winning playwright Maya Arad Yasur &#8211; one which acts questions of our collective history and how our past influences our present, and how we treat each other.
<a href="https://theatreroyal.com/whats-on/amsterdam/">theatreroyal.com</a>
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Words by Ashley Tremlett.

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