TRADERS confirmed a bumper attendance by reporting a healthy interest in their products.

Thousands of visitors to the Malvern Spring Gardening Show surveyed foods and crafts from around Britain at more than 100 stalls.

They tucked into everything from traditional Cornish pasties to hand-made organic yoghurts.

Mary Mackinlay, from the Scottish family firm of Mackinlay and Booth, said that her haggis were also proving popular.

"In the summer we are based in Bath but even if we had to travel down from Scotland for this show we would," she said. "It's really nice and everyone has been interested in our whisky and our best-seller, the haggis."

Craftspeople were also doing well.

Dave Preston of P and O Craft, from Ledbury, was hard at work selling his garden furniture.

He said: "I use this as a showcase, really. Because it's not too far from Ledbury I can transport my furniture around easily.

"I get a lot of people who come to the stall here and although they may not buy something there and then, they'll take away a brochure and perhaps ring back in a day or a month's time."

Helen Moss, of Much Marcle's Moss Magic Mushrooms, creates wooden animals from logs, said the demonstrations it was holding were encouraging customers.

"We're doing pretty well and the demos help massively," she said. "Usually we spend a lot of the time on the road travelling around to get to things like this, so it's nice to be just down the road."