BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair 2024 - Show Interviews

Soak up seasonal advice with Saul Walker – whether on a tour of one of Beaulieu’s stunning gardens or in a hands-on Have-A-Go Workshop each day at the Fair!Saul Walker fell in love with horticulture through his Grandparents passion for visiting historic houses and gardens, and after a brief spell as an Archaeologist, he went to train and work as a Gardener for the National Trust at Antony House in Cornwall.After many years there he was accepted to study on the prestigious 3-year Kew Diploma o...

See Rachel de Thame at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair on Sunday 5 May.Rachel de Thame, presenter on BBC2s Gardeners’ World, makes her BBC Gardeners’ World Events debut in 2024, sharing top tips and advice live on stage.Rachel is a broadcaster, writer and passionate gardener. Trained at The English Gardening School, she has been a regular presenter on BBC2’s Gardeners’ World since 1999. Rachel is also a long-term member of the team providing coverage of all the major RHS Flower Shows, for wh...

See Frances Tophill at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair on Friday 3rd May, live on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine stage.In 2016 Frances joined BBC’s Gardeners’ World doing a few strands for the programme, one on vegetable seed trials which she worked on from her local RHS garden, RHS Rosemoor and another on gardens situated in extreme locations.Frances is involved with the RHS campaign for school gardening and is passionate about enthusing young people to get into horticulture. She i...

Adam will be the Gardeners’ World presenter headlining the line-up on Saturday 4 May. he will be sharing practical spring gardening tips in the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage, alongside a member of the Gardeners’ World Magazine editorial team. and will also make a couple of appearances in the Club Lounge, with exclusive extra ‘In Conversation’ talks, where the expert talks frankly with a member of the magazine team about their life in gardening. The Club Lounge is for BBC GW Mag Subscrib...

Meet the experts - The Caley BrothersJodie and Lorraine of the Sussex-based Caley Brothers were raised in Surrey, with a childhood was enriched with home grown, nutritious and delicious food. From working on their folks and gramps allotments to holiday cover on a livestock farm in the New Forest that included tractor driving, sheep herding, vineyard planting, hay bailing, egg collecting and lambing to prepping geese for the festive season and so much more.It is these experiences that ga...

Chris Bavin is so full of character he was born to be on TV. After a TV production company first stumbled across him in 2011 he has gone from strength to strength and is currently co-presenting his fourth series of BBC1’s hugely successful series Eat Well For Less? With Gregg Wallace. The show has had incredible ratings across its first three series with the next two to be aired later on this year.In addition to Eat Well for Less, Chris has presented Tomorrow’s Food with Dara O’Brian, The Tru...

Chris Collins is Head of Horticulture at Garden Organic .He’s also a gardening writer, TV broadcaster, lecturer and horticultural consultant. Chris’s books include ‘Grow Your Own For Kids’.Chris Graduated from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and has previously been Head Gardener Westminster Abbey.He’s done much TV work including This Morning and being a former Blue Peter gardener.Chris will be on the Let’s Grow Stage at the Fair, find out more below.

Frances is involved with the RHS campaign for school gardening and is passionate about enthusing young people to get into horticulture. She is working on a number of community gardening projects in the South West and is also helping the redevelopment of some costal gardens that were damaged by the 2014 storms. This is a particular passion of hers having grown up by the sea and was also part of her degree specialisation.Frances is a popular choice for gardening talks and has appear...

Louise is Head Gardener at Audley End House and Gardens in Essex.Following a career change from social care in her mid 30’s, Louise studied horticulture at Brooksby Melton College in Leicestershire and gain practical paid experience at the same time by working for a local garden centre, a specialist plant nursery and a large scale bedding grower.Having successfully gained a place as a Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme Trainee (HBGTP) at Audley End in 2007, Louise spent 12 months ...

Ade Sellars is a gardener, presenter, writer and content producer, with a passion for growing food in his kitchen garden. After working in London as a TV producer for many years, he re-trained with the Royal Horticultural Society at Capel Manor and Regent’s Park before upping sticks and moving to the heart of rural Suffolk to build the kitchen garden of his dreams and launch his gardening business.As a regular garden writer for various magazines, Ade has presented on the QVC channel, &nb...

Sara Ward has transformed her Victorian terraced house in London into an urban smallholding, ‘Hen Corner’, complete with chickens, honeybees, fruit trees and overflowing veg patches. Last year they harvested £3,000 worth of food from their back garden. Her recent book ‘Living the Good Life in the City’ shares some of the ways she and her family have brought city and country together, and shows that you, too, can make a difference to how you live and the food you eat.

Arit Anderson is a garden designer, writer and presenter on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World.She spent 25 years working in the dynamic industries of retail fashion and creative events. She managed teams that delivered collections and events across the globe. She balanced this fast-paced career with interests in well-being, working as a therapist and teaching holistic therapies, which led her to travel extensively to the USA.It was the joy of having her own garden that enabled Arit to diversify her ...

Emma Crawforth is the Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and responsible for shaping gardening content that’s horticulturally correct.Kew trained, she’s worked for the brand for over 10 years creating inspirational, problem-solving and thought-provoking features. At home she grows fruit, veg and flowers while tending her ornamental and productive gardens. Her book, Things to do with Plants, was published this year with the aim of helping us all connect more with the botanic...

David Hurrion has spent more than 20 years writing for and editing the nation’s crop of garden magazines, and is now Associate Editor for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine.David has also appeared both as a regular contributor and an horticultural commentator on a wide range of national and local radio programmes, as well as on television.David’s knowledge is based on more than 40 years of growing plants, working in gardens and nurseries, and gardening his own plots in many different parts of the ...

Lucy Chamberlain & Saul Walker - BBC GWL Autumn Fair Preview 2023

Kevin Smith is the Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and Head of Content for the GW brand. He’s worked for GW for the past 18 years and is responsible for leading the magazine’s content in print and on GardenersWorld.com, the GW podcast, social media and our live events.Kevin’s a passionate gardener with a suburban plot in Essex that he shares with his wife and daughter – he’s trying to adapt the way he gardens to be more sustainable and better suit our changing climate. Kevin’s a regul...

Carol Klein - Gardeners World TV Show

Lucy Hutchings - The Secret Homestead Garden - 17 June 2023

Neil Gow - 101 Brand new plants 'Hot Off the Potting Bench'

Andrea Childs - Beth's Garden - Community Endeavour Award - 16 June 2023

Ruth Gwynn, Designer - Platinum Best Show Garden

Hilary Collins, Grafton Nurseries - Geoff Hamilton Award Winners 2023

Claire Morrell - Platinum Best Beautiful Border Winner 2023

Kevin Smith - Editor, Gardeners World Magazine - 16 June 2023

Ellen Mary - Plant based living - 16 June 2023

Jason Williams - The Cloud Gardener - 15 June 2023

Stephanie Hafferty - No dig gardening - 15 June 2023

David Stevens - Garden Walk Leader - 15 June 2023

David Hurrion - Show gardens and exotic plants - 15 June 2023

Darren Rudge - Local gardening talent at the Show - 15 June 2023

Michael Perry - The Plant Geek - BBC Gardeners' World Live 2023 Preview

Lucy Bravington is the award winning designer behind the Liz Earle Beauty Co.’s Botanical Show Garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023. The garden will harness the power of plants for feelings of wellbeing, featuring perennial plants to showcase the botanicals included in many Liz Earle Beauty Co. products, such as echinacea, rosemary and lavender. Every day, Liz Earle’s ethnobotanist, James Wong, will be on the garden to talk to visitors and share insights into the power of plants. The...

Chris Collins is Head of Horticulture at Garden Organic .He’s also a gardening writer, TV broadcaster, lecturer and horticultural consultant. Chris’s books include ‘Grow Your Own For Kids’.Chris Graduated from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and has previously been Head Gardener Westminster Abbey.He’s done much TV work including This Morning and being a former Blue Peter gardener.

The Show Gardens at BBC Gardeners’ World Live are known for their inspirational design and planting whilst being relatable and packed with practical ideas that visitors can recreate in their own gardens. Visitors will enjoy the Show Gardens, feature gardens, APL Avenue, Showcase Gardens and Beautiful Borders in a relaxed and engaging atmosphere with picnics, bandstand entertainment and magic moments around every corner.A Garden Fit for a King, by Paul Stone In this year of the Coron...

Nicki Chapman will be the host of ‘In Conversation’ talks at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023, as well as hosting a unique series of talks on the headline show garden ‘A Garden Fit for a King’ and on the Let’s Talk Plants Stage.Nicki is an accomplished TV presenter and broadcaster known for her work including ‘Wanted Down Under’, the nation’s favourite ‘Escape To The Country’ and its spin-off, ‘I Escape To The Country’ for BBC1.She has become a mainstay of the BBC presenting team, being a centr...

Women’s health takes centre stage at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live (NEC Birmingham, 15-18 June) as leading menopause expert, Dr. Louise Newson, joins forces with award-winning garden designer, Ruth Gwynn, to create the Newson Health Menopause Show Garden. The walk-through Show Garden reflects Newson Health’s ethos of inclusive and accessible menopause support for everyone. It is designed to evoke feelings of community, creating a safe, tranquil and comfortable space for women to ...

Adam Frost is an award-winning British garden designer, television presenter and motivational speaker.Best known for his successes at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, he is passionate about inspiring adults and children alike to create their own gardens and watch hedgerows spring to life appreciating each one of our distinct seasons as they unfold.Adam is a presenter on BBC’s Gardeners’ World (BBC Two) and also appears regularly on the BBC’s coverage of RHS Flower Show. He has also featured on The On...

Joe Bagley is the creator of ukhouseplants.com which influences and teaches people about houseplant care in a simplistic, standardised way.You might have heard Joe on BBC Radio Leicester every Sunday and Tuesday where he shares ‘Joe’s Houseplant of the Week’ and discusses a whole range of easy-to-find plants and how to care for them. Find Joe in daily sessions on the House Plant Hub stage at BBC Gardeners’ World Live where he will share his expertise on houseplant care every day of the S...

Sue Kent will be designing a Beautiful Border at BBC Gardeners’ World Live. She will be appearing on her Border daily as well as giving a talk each day on the Let’s Talk Plant Stage and in the BBC Gardeners’ World Subscribers’ Lounge.In 2020, Sue Kent launched her gardening career by sending a viewer’s home video to BBC2 Gardeners’ World; it was such a hit that she is now a regular presenter on the show, winning a Garden Media Award for her efforts.Born with an upper limb disability caused by...

Alan Titchmarsh was born and brought up on the edge of Ilkley Moor. He left school at fifteen and became an apprentice gardener in the local nursery, following this with full-time training at horticultural college and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.Alan was the main presenter of Gardeners’ World and the hugely popular Ground Force, and has also presented How To Be A Gardener, British Isles – A Natural History, The Great British Village Show, The Nature of Britain. His own daytime ...

Saul Walker fell in love with horticulture through his Grandparents passion for visiting historic houses and gardens, and after a brief spell as an Archaeologist, he went to train and work as a Gardener for the National Trust at Antony House in Cornwall. After many years there he was accepted to study on the prestigious 3-year Kew Diploma of Botanical Horticulture at RBG, Kew and was exposed to the fantastic plant collections in the gardens and glasshouses, as well as travelling to Austr...

Lucy was raised at her parents’ market garden in Essex, before venturing to further her horticultural education at Writtle and Wye colleges. With an Honours Degree in plant sciences she then worked at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden (RHS) Wisley. After six years she left to pursue a career as a garden writer – first, for four years at Amateur Gardening magazine and then for six years as Editor of Grow Your Own magazine. She is now Head Gardener at East Donyland Hall – a 100- acre ...

Known as ‘The People’s Gardener’, Matt Biggs trained at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has presented a number of television programmes, written several books and undertake lectures and talks.He is best known for his regular appearances on Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time.

Celebrate summer gardening with a great day out at BBC Gardeners’ World Live, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC, from 15 – 18 June 2023.The ultimate gardener’s day out includes inspirational Show Gardens and Beautiful Borders, vast Floral Marquee, top gardening experts including Frances Tophill, along with Monty Don, Carol Klein, Adam Frost and Alan Titchmarsh; great shopping, live entertainment and more. Frances Tophill will be at the Show on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June. Visitors can ...

Arit Anderson is a garden designer, writer and presenter on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World.She spent 25 years working in the dynamic industries of retail fashion and creative events. She managed teams that delivered collections and events across the globe. She balanced this fast-paced career with interests in well-being, working as a therapist and teaching holistic therapies, which led her to travel extensively to the USA.It was the joy of having her own garden that enabled Arit to diversify her ...

Adam Frost is an award-winning British garden designer, television presenter and motivational speaker.Best known for his successes at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, he is passionate about inspiring adults and children alike to create their own gardens and watch hedgerows spring to life appreciating each one of our distinct seasons as they unfold.Adam is a presenter on BBC’s Gardeners’ World (BBC Two) and also appears regularly on the BBC’s coverage of RHS Flower Show. He has also featured on The On...

Lucy Chamberlain - BBC Gardeners' World Spring Fair 2023 Preview

Saul Walker fell in love with horticulture through his Grandparents passion for visiting historic houses and gardens, and after a brief spell as an Archaeologist, he went to train and work as a Gardener for the National Trust at Antony House in Cornwall. After many years there he was accepted to study on the prestigious 3-year Kew Diploma of Botanical Horticulture at RBG, Kew and was exposed to the fantastic plant collections in the gardens and glasshouses, as well as travelling to Austr...

Known as ‘The People’s Gardener’, Matt Biggs trained at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has presented a number of television programmes, written several books and undertake lectures and talks.He is best known for his regular appearances on Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time.

Start the gardening season in style at the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, taking place at Beaulieu in the New Forest, from 28-30 April 2023.Get your garden ready for the year ahead with inspiration from Showcase Gardens and Beautiful Borders; the Hillier Experience; expertise on tap at the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage and Theatre of Greens; shopping from over 100 exhibitors of plants and gardening kit; hands on workshops and exclusive tours; plus street food, BBC Good Food Market, b...

Chris Collins - Garden Organic - 2022 Show Preview

Visit Audley Ends attractions and gardensEnjoy a day out exploring the spacious grounds and estate of one of England’s grandest mansions, Audley End. Whether you’re exploring the servant’s wing, state rooms, stables, kitchen garden or beautiful grounds, you’ll discover what life was like at a Victorian country house.Whether you’re exploring the servant’s wing, state rooms, stables, kitchen garden or beautiful grounds, you’ll discover how a what life was like above and below stairs at a ...

Arit will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Saturday 3 September.

Joe will also be at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Sunday 4 September.

Plant Expert TourAutumn garden inspiration will be in abundance as you join a Plant Expert Tour at the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair.

Emma O'Neil - Garden Organic - 2022 Show Preview

Feature Garden Platinum Award WinnerThis year marks the BBCs 100th year and, to celebrate, a host of displays in the Floral Marquee will be inspired by popular BBC programmes. Find out more about Alexandra Froggatts’ feature, inspired by the Peaky Blinders.

Find out when she’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage here.Frances Tophill will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2022 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.Find out when she’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Theatre here.In 2016 Frances joined BBC’s Gardeners’ World doing a few strands for the programme, one on vegetable seed trials which she worked on from her local RHS garden, RHS Rosemoor and another on gardens situated in extreme locations.Frances is involved with the RHS camp...

Book to see Pippa on stage for her sessions on House Plants with British Garden Centres Pippa Greenwood trained as a botanist at Durham University (BSc hons) and then gained an MSc. in Crop Protection at Reading University. In 2007 she was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Science by The University of Durham.In 1985, Pippa started working at The Royal Horticultural Society’s Garden at Wisley in Surrey, where she ran the Plant Pathology Department, answering several thousand gardening quer...

Adam Frost will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2022 on Saturday and Sunday.Find out when he’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Theatre here.Adam will also be at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Friday 2 September.Adam Frost, seven-time Chelsea gold medallist, started his career building Geoff Hamilton’s gardens for the BBC at Barnsdale.In 2013, he helped set up the Homebase Garden Academy and in 2014 became an RHS Ambassador to raise the profile of horticulture and encourage secondary sch...

Joe Bagley - UK House Plants

Paul Stone - Designer - The Archers Garden

Tim Cutting - Michael Wheat Group - Nostalgic Experience Garden

Jo Fell - Head Grower Hilliers

Professor David Stevens FSGD, FCI Hort is one of the best known garden designers in the world.He originally trained as a landscape architect and went on to form his own private practice in 1972. He was offered and accepted the first Chair of Garden Design at Middlesex University. David’s 26 RHS Chelsea Flower Show medals, 11 of which have been gold, and three Best Garden in Show awards have ensured his success. He has additionally won three Gold Medals at The Hampton Court International ...

David has also appeared both as a regular contributor and an horticultural commentator on a wide range of national and local radio programmes, as well as on television.David’s knowledge is based on more than 40 years of growing plants, working in gardens and nurseries, and gardening his own plots in many different parts of the UK. He studied horticulture at Writtle College in Essex and went on to gain his certificate in education which took him to teach at some of the country’s foremost horti...

Joe is a familiar gardening face having been a regular presenter on BBC Gardeners World since 1998. He also anchors The BBC coverage of The Chelsea Flower show and other RHS shows and has presented several gardening series over the years.Joe is the Design Director of Modular, a garden design and build brand. He has won many design awards including a Chelsea Gold Medal and Society of Garden designers awards.Joe writes a weekly column for The Times and Radio Times Magazine and has written eight...

Lucy Hall is the Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, taking over from founding editor Adam Pasco in 2012, after 10 years as Deputy Editor.Her earliest memory is the smell and taste of fresh tomatoes in her grandfather’s greenhouse and, from then on, she was hooked on growing her own.Growing up north of the border, Lucy was raised on a diet of Beechgrove Garden, as well as Geoff Hamilton’s Gardeners’ World, while these days she gardens in the west country, in a awkwardly narrow garden. At...

Saul Walker fell in love with horticulture through his Grandparents passion for visiting historic houses and gardens, and after a brief spell as an Archaeologist, he went to train and work as a Gardener for the National Trust at Antony House in Cornwall.After many years there he was accepted to study on the prestigious 3-year Kew Diploma of Botanical Horticulture at RBG, Kew and was exposed to the fantastic plant collections in the gardens and glasshouses, as well as travelling to Australia, ...

Neil Gow - Best New Plant Winner - Sweet Pea Peter Seabrook

Bob Sweet - Horticultural Director GWL

Chris Collins - Garden Organic - Gold Award winner

Cathy Perry - Beautiful Borders Platinum Award

Darren is a multi award winning garden designer, broadcaster, lecturer and garden writer.He has spent his career delivering and managing horticultural and other land based qualifications as well as running a successful garden design consultancy. He was one of the first recipients of the City and Guilds medal of excellence.Darren regularly has articles published in the gardening press and is the permanent gardening expert for BBC WM 95.6 in the West Midlands; know as “ the Laughing Gardener” h...

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Arit Anderson will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2022 on Sunday.Find out when she’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Theatre here.Link: Book TicketsArit will also be at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Saturday 3 September.

Leading the production team, ensuring all plants are grown in the correct environment with the necessary nutrition, watering and cultural techniques. I also lead the team for all plant production and preparation for show plants.

Matt Biggs will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair 2022 Everyday.Find out when he’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage.Known as ‘The Peoples Gardener’, Matt Biggs trained at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has presented a number of television programmes, written several books and undertake lectures and talks. He is best known for his regular appearances on Radio 4 gardeners’ question time.

Frances Tophill will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair 2022 on Sunday.Find out when she’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage here.In 2016 Frances joined BBC’s Gardeners’ World doing a few strands for the programme, one on vegetable seed trials which she worked on from her local RHS garden, RHS Rosemoor and another on gardens situated in extreme locations.Frances is involved with the RHS campaign for school gardening and is passionate about enthusing young people to get into horti...

Adam Frost will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair 2022 on Friday 29 April.Find out when he’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage here.Adam Frost, seven-time Chelsea gold medallist, started his career building Geoff Hamilton’s gardens for the BBC at Barnsdale.In 2013, he helped set up the Homebase Garden Academy and in 2014 became an RHS Ambassador to raise the profile of horticulture and encourage secondary schools to embrace gardening.Recently, he wrote and published his own book...

Joe Swift will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair 2022 on Saturday.Find out when he’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage.Joe is a familiar gardening face having been a regular presenter on BBC Gardeners World since 1998. He also anchors The BBC coverage of The Chelsea Flower show and other RHS shows and has presented several gardening series over the years.Joe is the Design Director of Modular, a garden design and build brand. He has won many design awards including a Chelsea Gold...