Part-time workers wanted as maize maze gets ready for summer visitors

Beverley Maze is grown from 60,000 maize seedlings which, at this time of the year, can grow as much as two inches a day.

The attraction, now in its second year, opens on July 23 and its owners are holding an open day this weekend to try to recruit 20 staff for a variety of roles.

Informal interviews will take place at the Maze site just off the A164, at Park Farm, Risby, near Beverley from 10am tomorrow.

This year’s theme is “Bee a Hero” and once the maize has grown to 1m, the bee shape will be cut out using GPS satellite technology that steers a tractor around the course and cuts the maize to the ground.

At the end of the season, the remaining maze will be harvested and used as animal feed for a local dairy farmer.

Last year, 10,000 visitors came to see the Maze from as far afield as Dublin and Hertfordshire.

Owner and farmer John Clappison said: “It was a little bit backward but it has certainly made up ground with the nice sunny weather and rain of late.

“Maize is a sun-loving plant and it really does like plenty of sunshine.”

The Clappison family are well known in East Yorkshire for their sprouts – the 3.2 million plants that they grow annually represent 5 per cent of the UK’s crop.

People interested in the part-time jobs can get more information and job specifications by email from [email protected].

CVs can be submitted to the same email address.