Visit Harrogate is bringing super seasonal vibes and fantastically fruity flavours to Harrogate’s 2023 Autumn Flower Show, which takes place at Newby Hall and Gardens from 15^th – 17^th September.

All new for 2023, visitors will be able to pop along to Visit Harrogate’s Miniature Pop-up Orchard and “pick their own apple” for a chance to win prizes ranging from tasty fruit to an exciting gardens experience.Those taking part in the apple challenge will retrieve either a good apple (a specially embossed Visit Harrogate eating apple); a bad apple (meaning an unlucky no-win-this-time); or a distinctive golden apple, offering a day out at one of the Harrogate area’s fabulous formal gardens.The pop-up orchard reflects a taste of autumn in the gardens of the Harrogate area at this time of year, with events upcoming to celebrate nature’s bounty and the changing colours of the season.

Newby Hall and Gardens, located near Ripon, hosts Apple Day on Sunday 1^st October, together with the annual Apple Throwing Championships. Whoever throws an apple the furthest distance across the River Ure – which flows through the Newby Estate – wins the prestigious title and trophy for Apple Throwing Champion.

Beningbrough Hall, Gallery and Gardens, which reopened its rooms this summer following a £2.3m refurbishment project, hosts an Apple Harvest from 11^th to 15^th October, where visitors can learn more about the varieties of fruit that the gardens sustain.

The Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park near Masham celebrates autumnal edibles (and non-edibles) of a different kind with a Fungus Foray on 27^th September, followed by an Autumn Harvest Day on 26^th October.

While RHS Garden Harlow Carr is gearing up for an Autumn Garden Weekend from 21^st – 22^nd October. An array of exhibitors and specialist nurseries will arrive at the 58-acre garden in Harrogate; ablaze with autumn colour; for talks and garden tours as well live music, food and drink, shopping and fun for all the family.

Tickets for the Harrogate Autumn Flower Show. can be booked online here: Tickets | Autumn Show (flowershow.org.uk) Find out more about the gardens of the Harrogate area from the Visit Harrogate website: visitharrogate.co.uk/love-garde