PICTURES: Slindon pumpkin display 2017
In the end 1,500 fruits, all carefully placed by local artist Mark Ford, form a giant – 20ft by 14ft – homage to the timeless boardgame snakes and ladders.
“It was a challenge, especially finding the stripy ones for the ladders,” he said.
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Hide Ad“It took just under ten days to complete with about 25 varieties and each fruit has two or three hazel or willow stakes supporting it.”
The annual attraction, which started in 1968 under local pumpkin grower Ralph Upton, is said to be proving more and more popular, according to the artist.
This year it is in support of Coastal West Sussex Mind, see slindonpumpkins.co.uk