Bisterne Scarecrow Festival
Nestled deep within the countryside that surrounds ICM headquarters, lies the sleepy village of Bisterne - home to an annual scarecrow festival.
Every year scores of people from across the country flock to the small village to view the multitude of imaginative scarecrows on display. A map directing visitors to each and every scarecrow can be bought for one pound, with all the proceeds going towards helping the Bisterne community. This year’s fundraising is in aid of ongoing repairs to the Village Hall.
The festival boasts scarecrows of all shapes and sizes, each pitted against the other in the competition, with notable entries being Midsomer Murders, Flour Power, Oil’s Well and Mr Men and the Bootcamp.
The Stockley family was crowned 2008’s overall champion with their charming and elaborate scarecrows in a scene titled ‘Cooee’.
By Emily McGuinness
Exploring Dorset's heritage
Food for thought
Mud, sweat and cheers
September 18th, 2011 at 5:38 pm
My daughter and I loved your scarecrows and thought the models were amazing!
I am a teacher at Blackfield Primary school and we are very keen to do some lifesize models of Greek mythodogical creatures….and we were struggling to think how to do them: luckily, I remembered your wonderful models- so I was wondering how they have been made? Are they all made from straw and covered? what makes them weatherproof?
I would really appreciate any help with this project- we were hoping to do our models like …the one intitled’ Cooee’. Thank you.