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Car raffle the centrepiece of a magical Grow Christmas

GROW LTD is transforming its greenhouses for a magical Christmas fayre organised by the Friends of Grow.

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Trust Ford has donated a new Ford Fiesta ST to be raffled at Grow Ltd’s Christmas fayre. (Picture by Carol Brehaut)

Christmas trees will be sold for the first time, Father Christmas will be in his grotto, and someone will go home with a new car.

Donated by Trust Ford, a Ford Fiesta ST is being raffled, while plenty of festive and creative activities will be going on.

‘We have wreath making with Tiger Lily Florist, tea and cake. Children can come down and make bug boxes and Father Christmas is visiting. There are lots of different crafts and things to do,’ said Friends of Grow event lead Anne-Marie Woodhead.

Bug box making and wreath making cost donations of £10 and £35 respectively, with wreath making needing booking ahead.

Printed In Guernsey made 3,500 raffle tickets.

Trust Ford offered to help last year and has been brilliant, she said.

‘Everything is local - you’ve got to.

‘We started organising our car raffle in January for June, but had to put everything on hold because of Covid. Peter Ferbrache, our new chief minister, is going to come down [on 5 December] at 1.30pm and draw the winning ticket at 2pm. I’m really chuffed.’

Passers-by can have a peek at the car, which is parked at Grow Ltd.

Event Services is decorating the site for a snowy and bright Christmas feel.

‘They’re lining it with fairy lights and lighting them up with green and red to make it look festive and magical.

‘The Louvre Group Charitable Foundation and Walkers’ Guernsey both donated money towards it all.’

Grow’s It’s a Knockout event is now happening in May next year, which involves teams of 10 doing assault course challenges on 15 and 16 May at St Sampson’s High School.

A specialist UK company is bringing the course over and there will be all-day events going on for people not taking the course.

Christmas fayre details

. All are welcome to attend Grow Ltd, Petits Quartiers Vinery, Coutanchez, St Sampson’s, GY1 4GE from 10am until 3pm on Saturday.

. Car raffle tickets are £20 each and available from Grow. Tickets will be on sale on the day.

. Visit grow.gg/events/ for more information.