“Your Local Potato Day, Since 1996!”
Back Again 2026 …..Save the Date, below…
Join us to celebrate 30 years of East Anglia Potato Day on date Saturday February 14th 2026 !!! with a huge 51 Varieties of Potato Tubers of which an impressive quantity of 25 are certified Organic Varieties of Potato Tubers including a selection of *9 New Varieties of Potato Tubers to East Anglia Potato Day 2026 as follows …
When : Saturday February 14th 2026, Doors Open 10am
Where : Suffolk Rural (Otley) College, Charity Lane, Suffolk
IP6 9NE
Why visit East Anglia Potato Day 2026 and pick your very own choice from 51 varieties of Seed Potato Tubers to Grow Your Own…… ?? Here’s Why …..
When you visit your local shop or store to purchase your own potatoes to cook and eat at home….. and the flavour of these potatoes may possibly taste a little diminished….. Why you may ask….??
The possibility, and likelihood is, that these potatoes have been lifted early, when their demand is needed to be put on sale for ourselves to purchase. This may possibly be, many weeks before the potatoes have had time to reach their full developmental stage.
The primary factors are, a lower concentration of starch and reduced flavor compounds.
The primary component giving mature potatoes their characteristic texture and flavor is starch. Early in their development, potatoes contain more water and less starch. The potato plant is still in the process of moving sugars from its leaves to the tubers and converting them into starch for long-term energy storage. Because the potato tubers have accumulated less dry matter and more water, their flavor is diluted, contributing to a milder or blander taste. With a reduced flavor compound development, means the complex flavor compounds that develop through maturity are less concentrated in early-harvested potatoes. These compounds typically form later in the growing cycle.
However, be rest assured, this is where the annual East Anglia Potato Day comes to the rescue…… When you visit East Anglia Potato Day 2026 you will have the very best opportunity (within East Anglia) to view and choose your very own selections of seed potato tubers from 51 certified scottish sourced varieties. With many heritage varieties, going back decades and nearly 50% of these varieties to choose from, are certified organic.
So why not choose your very own potato tubers to grow at home, allotment or smallholding. So experience the true flavour of your own, home grown, freshly dug, lifted tasty potatoes as they should be….!!
Please tell all your family and friends about East Anglia Potato Day, so we can make the event an even more, popular day next year on Saturday 14th February 2026. We look forward to welcoming you all, at 10:00am when our doors open on the day.
Thank you, so very much for your continued support. EAPD”***
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***please remember your £1.50 CASH per person entry fee, thank you***
Event Date / Time:
Saturday February 14th 2026
Doors open from 10am – 2pm
Entry Fee £1.50 Adults – Children Free
No Dogs, except Guide Dogs
*Payment Options can be made by
Cash, Debit / Credit Card or Cheque
Location:
Suffolk Rural (Otley) College
Charity Lane
Suffolk
IP6 9NE
Car Parking Free
The East Anglia Potato Day is an annual event that has been running since 1996.
It is organised and run entirely by volunteers from three organic gardening groups:
Norfolk Organic Group
Suffolk Organic Gardeners
Ipswich Organic Gardeners, Group.
Approximately 40 different varieties of seed potatoes are available. They are sold as individual tubers, so that you can buy as many or as few as you require.
We also aim to offer as many organic varieties as possible, usually about 25% of the overall total.
