Specialist Plant Show

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A fabulous day out for plant lovers and gardeners of all levels featuring many of our Plant Societies with all the garden favourites such as delphiniums, sweet peas, roses, clematis, iris and dahlias as well as alpines, fruit & vegetables, hostas, carnivorous, bonsai and cactus.
 
Visitors to this annual Specialist Plant Show can enjoy lovely displays of colourful and unusual plants, chat to friendly experts for help and advice, take part in free propagation, pruning and plant care demonstrations as well as buy gorgeous and unusual plants and seeds. You can also find out what to cook with your garden produce throughout the year. 

Exhibiting Plant Societies for 2019:

• British Cactus & Succulent Society
• Alpine Garden Society
• British Conifer Society
• British Pteridological Society
• British Sweet Pea Society
• Carnivorous Plant Society
• Cyclamen Society
• Delphinium Society
• European Boxwood & Topiary Society
• Hardy Plant Society
• Historic Roses Group
• National Dahlia Society
• National Vegetable Society
• Plant Heritage
• Sutton Bonsai Society

Mini masterclasses timetable
Saturday 15 June:

• 11am: Dahlias – planting seeds, taking cuttings and plant care
• 11.30am: Sweet peas – how to get the best from your plants
• 12noon: How to make your own ‘fish box’ alpine trough
• 12.30pm: Growing Delphiniums – the beginner’s guide to success
• 1pm: Bonsai clipping and shaping
• 1.30pm: Special Historic Roses – find out how to plant and care for these wonderful heritage varieties in containers
• 2pm: Boxwood & topiary clipping & box moth update
• 2.30pm: How to sow beans and take cuttings of your favourite tomatoes

Sunday 16 June:

• 11am: How to make your own ‘fish box’ alpine trough
• 11.30am: Success with carnivorous plants
• 12noon: How to sow beans and take cuttings of your favourite tomatoes
• 12.30pm: How to look after your Cactus & Succulent plants – the differences between cacti and succulents, propagation, cultivation, suitable plants for the home and pest control
• 1pm: Sweet peas – how to get the best from your plants
• 1.30pm: Historic roses
• 2pm: Ferns – spore sowing and growing
• 2.30pm: Bonsai clipping and shaping
• 3pm: Boxwood & topiary clipping & box moth update

Practical demonstrations from our friendly experts with time for questions, answers and advice.