We’re currently preparing ourselves for a long weekend in Surrey, as the Royal Horticultural Society’s Wisley gardens play host to A Taste of Autumn 2009.

This four day harvest festival is jam-packed with all things foody. The Belvoir Fruit Farms team will be there. And our delicious drinks will be in good company: there’ll be around thirty-five stalls catering for all tastes, selling everything from chocolate and honey to cheese and olives.

And if you’re unsure of the best ways to use these wonderful ingredients in the kitchen, Peter Osborne, ‘The Big Chef’, will be giving live cookery demonstrations every day from 10am–4pm.

Still not got around to buying your Halloween pumpkin? Fear not, you can choose one from the 1,500 grown especially for the event by the Wisley trials team.

And if you fill up on food, there’s much more to do in such pleasant surroundings. Children’s activities and entertainers will keep the kids amused, and there’ll be plenty of toe-tapping live music on the Chinese Pavilion.

Sounds like a wonderful way to spend the day. Perhaps we’ll see you there?