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Bottesford-based Belvoir Farm is calling on community spirit across the county to pitch in and pick elderflower a little earlier than expected this year, thanks to weather patterns which have accelerated flower growth. With this year’s annual elderflower harvest celebrating 40 years, the crucial four-week picking window usually kicks off at the beginning of June – where local people are paid to pick the many wild elderflowers growing across Cambridgeshire that go on to become the company’s world-famous cordial. But this year’s harvest was brought forward, with farmers at the country’s largest producer of elderflower cordial opening up its Peterborough weigh-in centre almost two weeks earlier than expected to capitalise on the abundance of flowers already appearing. The harvest will run for at least four weeks from 20 May likely to the end of June – depending on flower quality and the weather! Belvoir Farm is paying pickers £3.50 per kilo of flowers delivered to the two drop-off locations in Sacrewell Farm & Country Centre, Peterborough (Monday to Saturday, 2pm to 5pm) and Barkestone Lane, Bottesford (Monday to Saturday, 2pm to 6pm). All flowers must be fresh, so pickers will need to deliver on the day they’re picked. The flowers are infused within 24 hours of picking and turned into the rich and fragrant cordial, which is then bottled and shipped in the millions across the UK and around the world. For more information about the Belvoir Farm Elderflower Harvest and to get involved, visit belvoirfarm.co.uk Calling Cambridgeshire!
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