03/09/2026
September earns the demand. The light softens, dinner outdoors still works without anyone reaching for a wrap until ten, and the valley is at its best in the weeks either side of the harvest.
It also runs on a working calendar of its own. Estates are picking. The roads carry tractors. The venues that are farms first will tell you honestly which weekends they can give you, and the ones that will not tell you that are worth knowing about early. Here is what we plan around, and what we plan with.
Save this before you pick a weekend.