2019 Calendar of Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Happy new year! Happy new plants! Here are the dates and details of plant sales, plant festivals, plant swaps, seed swaps, and other super opportunities to buy wonderful, locally grown plants at fantastic prices; as well as details of events where you can swap plants or seeds for free! Great quality, rare, hard to find, special, and unusual plants can be found at the specialist plant fairs and other events that I have listed for you below, in this, my 2019 Calendar of UK Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps!
In this 2019 calendar of specialist plant fairs, sales, swaps, and other lovely events where you can purchase, swap, or be given plants, bulbs, corms, tubers, rhizomes, or seeds, I have included huge events: such at the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, large plant fairs: such as the plant fair at the Loseley Park Spring Show, festivals: such as the Chilli Fiesta at West Dean Gardens, fetes: such as Compton fete, which is held near Guildford, in Surrey, as well as much smaller plant sales organised by local groups, and plant societies, and everything in between! Many of the sales listed below benefit plant societies, local organisations, or charities.
Many of the small organisations that run plant and seed swaps, or plant sales are dependent on others growing and delivering plants on the day – nothing is guaranteed! If you have any plants or seeds to donate, I am sure the charitable organisations listed below would be most grateful for your support. It is worth bringing cash with you to all of these plant sales and events, as not all of the stalls at these events are able to accept card payments. Don’t forget to bring enough bags with you to carry your purchases away!
If I have missed your event where plants, seeds, bulbs, corms, tubers, or rhizomes, will be sold, swapped or given, contact me with the full details, and I will add your event to my calendar.
Please note: to make it easier for you to find events, I have created a page divider, which you’ll find right at the very top of this page. From here, you can click on the red text for each month of the year, to quickly find all of the specialist plant fairs, festivals, sales, and swaps, that are held during the particular month you wish to search. You’ll find an upwards facing arrow on the right hand side of the page. Clicking on this arrow will deliver you back up to the top of the page, to save you scrolling!
So, without further ado, here are the dates and details for your diaries!
January 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
On Saturday 26th January 2019, Myddelton House Gardens, Bulls Cross, Enfield, Middlesex, EN2 9HG, will be holding their Ultimate Snowdrop Sale, which opens from 10.30am until 12 noon. A select range of nurseries will be selling both rare and more commonly seen snowdrops. There’s a suggested donation of £3.50 and a small charge for parking. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Myddelton House Gardens can be found here.
On Thursday 31st January 2019, Welford Park, Welford, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8HU, are holding a Snowdrop Plant Sale from 11am until 4pm. This Plant Sale will be a weekly event, held every Thursday, during the garden’s opening period. Welford Park is a private home, please check their opening times before visiting the gardens, if you’re interested, you’ll find all the details here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
February 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
The Alpine Garden Society are holding their annual Snowdrop Day from 9am until 4pm, on Saturday 2nd February 2019, at Ford Hall, Lilleshall National Conferencing Centre, Newport, Shropshire, TF10 9AT. The AGS Snowdrop Day features snowdrop lectures from: Richard Hobbs, who will be giving a talk about, ‘Plants and People: an A-Z’, Jim Almond, who is giving a lecture entitled, ‘Snowdrops: the Theme is Green, and Anne Wright, who will be giving a talk entitled, ‘Making More Snowdrops’. There will also be a snowdrop question and answer session. Attendees can purchase snowdrops at the AGS Plant Sale, which is open until 4.30pm, nurseries attending include: Matt Bishop, Edulis, Monksilver, Glen Chantry, Jim Almond, and Woodchippings. There will also be an AGS stand, where a selection of gardening books and merchandise are available for purchase. This is a popular event where the tickets are sold in advance, and places are limited – it’s wise to buy your tickets early. For all the information, including details of the hot two course lunch and coffee, please click here.
On Saturday 2nd February 2019, the Avon Bulb Sale will be held from 11am until 3pm, at the Garden House, Buckland Monachorum, Yelverton, Devon, PL20 7LQ. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Saturday 2nd February 2019, a Snowdrop Gala, with other spring treasures, will be held from 9.30am until 5pm, at Ballykealey Manor Hotel, near Altamont, Ballon, Co Carlow, Ireland. Nurseryman, Ian Christie, will be giving a talk entitled ‘Snowdrops Madness: recent finds in Scotland’ and Gardener, Ian Young, will be giving a talk entitled ‘Waves of Colour’ at this special snowdrop event. In the afternoon, there will be a guided tour of Altamont with Paul Cutler. Avon Bulbs, Altamont Plants, Assumpta Broomfield, Coosheen Plants, Christie’s Specialist Plants, Jim Almond, and Marchants Hardy Plants, will all be at the Plant and Bulb Sale. Tickets are €70 (make cheques payable to Robert Miller of Atamont Plants) if purchased before the 30th January 2019, which includes the lectures, lunch at Ballykealey Manor, admission to the bulb sale, a guided tour, and afternoon tea and cake at Altamont. To book your place at this special Snowdrop Gala, or for more details, contact Hester Forde of Coosheen Garden – you can telephone Hester on 086 865 4972 or email – hesterforde@gmail.com, or alternatively contact Robert Miller of Altamont Plants – telephone Robert on 087 982 2135 or email sales@altamontplants.com
On Saturday 2nd February 2019 – Kenilworth Organic Potato Day and Seed Swap will be held at Kenilworth Senior Citizens Club, Wilton Court, Abbey End Car Park, Kenilworth, CV8 1QJ, from 10am until 2pm. Please package your seed you’re bringing along to swap clearly, and label with the full plant name wherever possible. Flower, tree, shrub, and vegetable seeds are allowed at this swap, with the exclusion of cucurbit seed. There will be a range of organic seeds for sale from Skea Organics, along with refreshments, and information and advice on growing potatoes and other vegetables. This event is free for both members and non members, for all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 2nd February 2019 – The Big Seed Swap and Mini Potato Day will be held at The Courtyard Theatre, The Courtyard, Edgar Street, Hereford, Herefordshire, HR4 9JR, from 10am until 2pm. Please package your seed you’re bringing along to swap labelled with the full plant name and harvest date wherever possible. Flowers, tree, shrub, herbs, fruit, and vegetable seeds are allowed at this swap. There will be a range of seed potatoes for sale including many organic potato tubers, all available to purchase as singles. This event is free to attend.
Sunday 3rd February 2019 – Brighton Seedy Sunday, Brighton, Hove, and Sussex Sixth Form College, 205 Dyke Road, Hove, BN3 6EG, from 10.30am until 4pm. This year’s Brighton Seedy Sunday event will feature a seed swap, expert speakers, an Infinity Cafe, activities for children, and a number of stalls. Please note that there is no onsite parking for the public, on-street parking is available nearby, for all the details, please click here.
On Tuesday 5th February 2019, Ashwood Nurseries, Ashwood Lower Lane, Kingswinford, West Midlands, DY6 0AE, are holding morning (10.45am) and afternoon (2.15pm) Snowdrop lectures and special garden tours of ‘John’s Garden’. Snowdrop Expert, Nurseryman Alan Street, from Avon Bulbs, will be giving a lecture entitled ‘Snowdrops at Avon Bulbs’, and there will be the opportunity to visit John’s Garden. Refreshments are available in the Tea Room. Named snowdrops, Hellebores, ferns, and winter and spring flowering bulbs will be available to purchase. All tickets must be booked in advance, tickets are £22.50 each, for all the information, please click here.
On Thursday 7th February 2019, Welford Park, Welford, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8HU, are holding a Snowdrop Plant Sale from 11am until 4pm. This Plant Sale will be a weekly event, held every Thursday, during the garden’s opening period. Welford Park is a private home, please check their opening times before visiting the gardens, if you’re interested, you’ll find all the details here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Saturday 9th February 2019, Bristol Seed Swap will be held at The Station, Silver Street, Bristol, BS1 2AG, from 12 noon until 4pm. There will be a programme of talks and lots of gardening information, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 9th February 2019 – British Iris Society Early Spring Show from 10.30am to 3.30pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Visitors can enjoy seeing the collections and competition classes of early spring flowering iris on display. The British Iris Society are also holding a photographic exhibition, there will be plants for sale, and experts will be on hand to answer your questions.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Saturday 9th February 2019, the Shaftesbury Snowdrop Study Day opens at 9.15am for registration, tea and coffee. First, at 10am, Jane Kilpatrick and Jennifer Harmer will be giving a talk entitled, ‘The Galanthophiles – Snowdrop Devotees – 1854-2014’. Next, at 11am, Tom Mitchell will be giving a talk, ‘Extreme Snowdropping – adventures in search of wild snowdrops part 2’. Then from 12 noon until 1pm, there will be access to the snowdrop sale. There’s soup and cake for lunch, which is followed by a Guided Tour of the Heritage Snowdrops at Shaftesbury with Emma Thick. Then Andy McIndoe will be giving a talk, entitled, ‘The Winter Garden’, with the event closing at 4pm. For all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 9th February 2019, Shropshire Organic Gardeners are holding a Potato Fest at Wattlesborough Village Hall, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY5 9DX, from 9am until 3pm. Visitors will find potato tubers, seeds, and plants for sale, there will also be refreshments for all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 9th February 2019, East Anglia Potato Day is being held from 9.30am to 1pm at Stonham Barns Leisure and Shopping Village, Pettaugh Road, Stonham, Aspal, Suffolk, IP14 6AT. This lovely event features the chance to purchase and swap potatoes. Organic potatoes and non-organic potatoes are offered for sale, with over 80 different types of seed potato on offer. Seed potatoes sold at 17p per tuber, Take part in activities from chip tasting to seed potato swaps. For all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 9th February 2019 and Sunday 10th February 2019, there’s an Early Spring Show at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8ET. Visitors can admire a range of early spring flowering plants and bulbs.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 9th February 2019 – West Yorkshire Organic Group Potato Day and Seed Swap at Shipley College Exhibition Building, Exhibition Road, Saltaire, Bradford, BD18 3JW, opening from 10am until 2pm. 40 different varieties of potato will be on sale at 15p per tuber, this includes 19 organically grown varieties of seed potatoes. Plants, compost, and locally produced foods will also be on sale. Local community group Veg On The Edge will be holding a seed swap, so don’t forget to bring along any seeds you would like to swap. Refreshments and light meals will be available, and there will be stalls run by local vegetable growers and charities as well as gardening talks, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 10th February 2019 – Ryde Arts Festival are hosting a Seed Swap from 10.30am until 4pm at Aspire Ryde, Dover Street, Portsmouth, PO33 2BN. This is a free event, just bring the seeds you want to swap.
On Sunday 10th February 2019, there’s a Snowdrop and Early Spring Plant Fair at Hole Park, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, Kent, TN17 4JA. This special plant fair opens from 11am until 3pm, admission is £4.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Thursday 14th February 2019, Welford Park, Welford, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8HU, are holding a Snowdrop Plant Sale from 11am until 4pm. This Plant Sale will be a weekly event, held every Thursday, during the garden’s opening period. Welford Park is a private home, please check their opening times before visiting the gardens, if you’re interested, you’ll find all the details here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 16th February 2019 – Yapton Gardeners’ Primrose Sale, opens at 10am, in the Club Room, at Yapton Village Hall, Main Road, Yapton, West Sussex, BN18 0ET.
On Saturday 16th February 2019, the Scottish Rock Garden Club will be holding their Early Bulb Day from 10am until 4pm, at Victoria Hall, Dunblane, Scotland, FK15 9EX. The speakers at this event will be Ian Christie and Ian Young, visitors can also enjoy seasonal displays and plant sales. For all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 16th February 2019 and Sunday 17th February 2019, Primrose Bank, Dauby Lane, Kexby, York, YO41 5LH, are opening their winter garden from 10am to 4pm to raise funds for the Anthony Nolan Trust. Visitors can explore this developing winter and spring garden and Primrose Bank’s adjacent RHS Gold Medal winning nursery. There will be talks, gardeners’ question time, refreshments, and the auction of one of Dryad Nursery’s sought after Dryad Gold snowdrop bulbs! Snowdrops, Hepatica, Narcissus, and other plants for sale from Primrose Bank Nursery, Dryad Nursery, and Michael Myers.
Great Comp Gardens are usually closed during February, so this special day, The Snowdrop Sensation Plant Fair, held on Sunday 17th February 2019, (The Plant Fair is open from 10am until 12 noon, but Great Comp Gardens are open until 4pm) is a lovely opportunity to view Great Comp’s collection of snowdrops, hellebores, and other winter flowering plants and purchase some pretty snowdrops and early spring flowering plants. Val Bourne will be giving a talk entitled ‘Tales of the Unexpected – Strange Encounters with Galanthophiles Past and Present’. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Great Comp Gardens can be found here.
On Thursday 21st February 2019, Welford Park, Welford, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8HU, are holding a Snowdrop Plant Sale from 11am until 4pm. This Plant Sale will be a weekly event, held every Thursday, during the garden’s opening period. Welford Park is a private home, please check their opening times before visiting the gardens, if you’re interested, you’ll find all the details here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Saturday 23rd February 2019, South East Essex Organic Gardeners are holding their Seed Potato Day, Seed Swap and Seed Sale from 10am until 2pm, at Growing Together Westcliff, 47 Fairfax Drive (corner of Fairfax Drive and Prittlewell Chase), Westcliff-on-Sea, SS0 9AG. Visitors will find 49 different varieties of seed potato available to purchase, for as little as 20p per tuber (with 1 tuber free, for every 5 potato tubers purchased) at this special potato day, where onion sets and organic fertiliser will also be available to purchase. There will also be seeds available to swap or purchase. There’s free admission to this lovely event and refreshments will be available, for all the details, please click here
On Sunday 24th February 2019, there’s a Snowdrop and Plant Fair at Kingston Bagpuize House, Abingdon, Oxford, OX13 5AX, opening from 11am until 3pm. Visitors can purchase snowdrops and plants from a variety of nurseries at this brand new plant fair, attendees will also have the chance to enjoy the snowdrops in Kingston Bagpuize House’s gardens.
On Thursday 28th February 2019, Welford Park, Welford, Newbury, Berkshire, RG20 8HU, are holding a Snowdrop Plant Sale from 11am until 4pm. This Plant Sale will be a weekly event, held every Thursday, during the garden’s opening period. Welford Park is a private home, please check their opening times before visiting the gardens, if you’re interested, you’ll find all the details here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
March 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
There’s a Plant and Gardening Fair at Forde Abbey Chard, Somerset, TA20 4LU, on Sunday 3rd March 2019, from 10am until 4pm, where you can purchase snowdrops and other spring flowering plants, and admire the display of snowdrops and crocus in the gardens at Forde Abbey. Entrance to the Plant Fair and Gardens is £3, parking is free.
On Sunday 3rd March 2019, Borders Organic Gardeners are holding a Potato Day and Green Fair from 11am until 3pm, at Border Union, Springwood Park, Kelso, Scotland, TD5 8LS. 100 varieties of seed potato will be offered for sale, including organic, heritage, and blight resistant varieties. Tubers will be sold at 20p each. Plants will also be offered for sale, and there’s activities for visitors of all ages too. For all the details, please click here.
Friday 8th March 2019 – Specialist Plant Fair at The Coach House Garden, Ampney Crucis, Cirencester, GL7 5RY. This Plant Fair is open from 10am until 1pm. Visitors will find lots of wonderful specialist nurseries at this plant fair, where they can buy hellebores, bulbs, and perennials. For all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 16th March 2019 – National Auricula and Primula Society Southern Section 23rd Early Primula Show and Plant Sale in the Harrison Room, at Old Barn Hall, Church Road, Great Bookham, Surrey, KT23 3PQ. This show opens at 10am to members, and at 2pm to the public, there will be plant sales of Primulas and Auriculas, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 16th March 2019 – Carsington Water Plant Hunters’ Fair, Big Lane, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1ST, is open from 10am until 4pm. Visitors will find a number of specialist nurseries at this plant fair, where visitors enjoy free entry, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 17th March 2019 – Plant Fair at Digby Hall, Hound Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 3AA. This Plant Fair opens from 10am – 2pm, there’s free entry with donations to charity. This is an indoor venue with 15 different nurseries plus European Garden Breaks Club and Garden Artefacts. Visitors will find both house plants and garden plants for sale. There’s car parking right next to hall, and refreshments are available. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 17th March 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at the Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2PD, from 10am until 4pm. Admission is £6 per adult (£4.80 for main RHS Members), which includes entry to the palace and gardens, a saving on the regular entry price. You’ll find a number of specialist and independent nurseries at this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 17th March 2019 – Plant Hunters’ Plant Fair at Alderford Lake, Tilstock Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 3JQ. This plant fair opens from 10am until 4pm. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 23rd March 2019 – Early Spring Plant Fair at East Lambrook Manor Gardens, East Lambrook, South Petherton, Somerset, TA13 5HH, organised in association with the Somerset Group of the Hardy Plant Society opens from 10am until 4pm, entry is £4 a head (£3.50 for RHS members – don’t forget your membership card), which includes entry to the gardens (this entry fee is a reduction of the usual entry fee to visit the gardens).
Saturday 23rd March 2019 – Sugnall Walled Garden Plant Hunters’ Fair, Sugnall, Stafford, ST21 6NF. This fair opens from 10am until 4pm, there’s a special entry price of £1 which includes entry to the fair, walled garden, and bluebell woods, for all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 23rd March 2019 and Sunday 24th March 2019 – The Sutton Bonsai Society Show will be held from 10am to 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Come and see the fascinating Bonsai Competition classes and fabulous bonsai displays created by bonsai experts. If you’re interested in growing bonsai trained plants, you’ll find experts on hand to give advice and answer your questions, at this weekend show. There will be demonstrations on growing and training bonsai plants from seed, as well as care information to help beginner to experienced bonsai growers. There will be bonsai plants and bonsai equipment for sale. The Wisley Plant Centre will also host a re-potting, styling, and advice service. Visitors wishing to take advantage of this offer should bring their bonsai trees to The Plant Centre by 12 noon, on either 23rd or 24th March 2019. The charge for re-potting bonsai plants is from £5 per tree.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 24th March 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Holme Pierrepont Hall, Nottinghamshire, NG12 2LD. Open from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 24th March 2019 – Plant Hunters Fair at Ness Botanic Gardens, Neston Road, Ness, Neston, South Wirral, CH64 4AY, the fair opens from 10am until 4pm. At this plant fair you have the chance to purchase plants from many different specialist nurseries and expert growers. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Ness Botanic Gardens can be found by clicking here.
Sunday 24th March 2019 – Hardy Plant Society Plant Fair at Lenham Community Centre, Lenham, near Maidstone, Kent, ME17 2QT, from 11.15am to 2.15pm. Purchase plants from local growers and nurseries at this indoor plant fair. Refreshments are available. The Plant Fair will be followed by a talk on ‘Fabulous Foliage – A Foil for Flowers’ by Andrew Ward. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 30th March 2019 – Cyclamen Society Spring Show will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Visitors can see Cyclamen Competition classes, which feature rare and interesting cyclamen plants, there will also be displays of spring-flowering cyclamen species. Unusual Cyclamen cultivars and companion plants will be offered for sale. Cyclamen experts will be on hand to give advice and answer any of your Cyclamen related questions.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 30th March 2019 and Sunday 31st March 2019 – Bournemouth Orchid Society Show and Plant Sale at Highcliffe Castle, Rothesay Drive, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 4LE, open from 10.30am to 4pm. At this show, visitors can see a range of orchids and learn about these varied and interesting plants. Visitors can also purchase orchids from trade orchid nurseries, get questions answered in a plant clinic, and potting demonstrations. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 30th March 2019 – Plant Hunters Fair at Patchings Art Centre, Oxton Road, Calverton, Nottingham, NG14 6NU. This Plant Fair opens from 10am until 4pm. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 30th March 2019 – Hardy Plant Society East Yorkshire Group Annual Lecture and Study Day at Bishop Burton College, York Road, Bishop Burton, East Yorkshire, HU17 8QG, from 9am until 4.30pm. This event includes talks and lectures alongside plant sales. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 31st March 2019 – The World of Alpines Show will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Enjoy pretty displays of alpine plants and spring flowering bulbs at this lovely show! If you’re looking to grow alpine plants, you’ll find expert advice at this event at RHS Garden Wisley, where you can also purchase many unusual alpine plants and bulbs.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 31st March 2019 – Middleton Hall Plant Hunters’ Fair, Middleton, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 2AE. This plant fair opens from 10am until 4pm, entry to the fair gardens and hall is £3, with free entry for children and free parking, for all the details, please click here.
April 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Saturday 6th April 2019 and Sunday 7th April 2019 – The Great Dixter Spring Plant Fair will open from 11am until 4pm at Great Dixter, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH. A small but special plant fair for plantsmen and plant lovers. Talks will be given by specialist growers at intervals through the day. The house and Garden will be open for the season, the admission fee includes entry to the garden. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Great Dixter can be found here.
On Saturday 6th April 2019 – National Auricula and Primula Society Southern Section 51st Primula Show and Plant Sale in the Harrison Room, at Old Barn Hall, Church Road, Great Bookham, Surrey, KT23 3PQ. This show opens at 10am to members, and at 2pm to the public, there will be plant sales of Primulas and Auriculas, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 6th April 2019 – Hoghton Tower Plant Hunters’ Fair, Hoghton, Preston, PR5 0SH. The fair opens from 10am until 4pm, entry is £1, parking is free. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 7th April 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at Evenley Wood Garden, Northamptonshire, NN13 5SH, open from 11am until 4pm, entry is £5 for adults, which includes entry to the gardens, and children enter for free. You’ll find a number of independent and specialist nurseries at this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 7th April 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Sandon Hall, Staffs, ST18 0DL. Open from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 7th April 2019 – Plant Sale at the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8BL, from 10am until 1pm. This monthly plant sale is held in the grounds of the hospice, which are fully accessible and wheelchair friendly. 100% of the proceeds from this sale benefit the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, the hospice are always very grateful for any donations of plants you might have. A gardening advisor will be present at this plant sale, where a variety of shrubs, trees, as well as flowering plants and vegetables will be sold at bargain prices for a great cause, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 7th April 2019 – Plant Hunters’ Fair at Bramall Hall, Bramall Park, off Hall Road, Bramall, Stockport, SK7 3NX. This specialist plant fair is open from 11am until 4pm, entry to the fair is £2. For all the details, please click here.
The RHS London Spring Launch and RHS London Orchid Show will be held on Monday 8th April 2019, from 5pm until 9pm (tickets are £10 in advance, £12 at the show), and Tuesday 9th April 2019, (tickets are £5 in advance, £8 on the day, with free entry for RHS members), from 11am until 8pm, and Wednesday 10th April 2019, from 11am until 6pm (tickets are £5 in advance, £8 on the day, with free entry for RHS members) – The RHS London Spring Plant and Orchid Show are held at the RHS Horticultural Halls, Westminster, London ( the RHS Lindley Hall SW1P 2QW and the RHS Lawrence Hall SW1P 2QD). To purchase tickets for the shows, please click here. The RHS London Orchid Show will be held in the RHS Lindley Hall, where you’ll find displays from orchid societies, botanical gardens and professional growers. You’ll also have the chance to purchase orchids and learn more about these fascinating plants.
Over the road, inside the RHS Lawrence Hall, visitors can ask advice from specialist growers, listen to a programme of talks from plant experts, and purchase top quality, spring flowering plants, from a variety of specialist nurseries. To see photographs of the spring flowers at the RHS Spring Flower Show in 2016, please click here. To see photographs of the orchids at the RHS London Orchid 2016 show, please click here. For all the details of the 2019 Shows, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Friday 12th April 2019, Saturday 13th April 2019, and Sunday 14th April 2019, The RHS Cardiff Flower Show, Bute Park, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff, CF10 1BJ. This show opens from 10am until 5.30pm on Friday and Saturday, and from 10am until 4.30pm on Sunday. Visitors can enjoy seeing the garden designs, purchase plants from specialist growers and much more besides, for all the details, please click here. To buy tickets, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to the RHS Cardiff Flower Show can be found here.
Saturday 13th April 2019 – Sandwell Valley Park Plant Hunters’ Fair, Salters Lane, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B71 4BG, opens from 10am until 4pm. There’s free entry and pay and display parking at this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 13th April 2019 – Hardy Plant Society Worcestershire Group Ambassadors Day will be held from 10am until 4pm at the Frank Parkinson Centre, Pershore College, Avonbank, Pershore, Worcester, WR10 3JP. This event has the theme of ‘Gardening in the 21st Century’ and includes a timetable of talks and plant sales. For all the details, including a booking form, please click here.
Sunday 14th April 2019 – Fota House Plant and Garden Fair, from 11am until 4pm, at Fota House, Arboretum and Gardens, Fota Island, Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork, Ireland. This is the largest plant and garden fair outside of Dublin. Visitors have much to look forward to, including the chance to purchase rare trees, shrubs, herbaceous, aquatic, and alpine plants from growers and plant specialists, who can also provide lots of tips and advice to their customers. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 14th April 2019 – Spring Fling Plant Fair, at Great Comp Garden, Comp Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8QS, open from 11am until 5pm. Featuring specialist and award winning nurseries from across the south of England, this specialist plant fair has a lot to offer and interest visitors, for all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Great Comp Gardens can be found here.
Sunday 14th April 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at The Old Rectory, Quenington, near Cirencester, GL7 5BN, opening from 11am until 4pm, entry is £5, which includes entry to the gardens, children enter for free. You’ll find a number of independent and specialist nurseries at this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 14th April 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, North Yorkshire, YO61 4AS. Open from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 14th April 2019 – Consall Walled Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair, Consall, Wetley Rocks, Staffordshire, ST9 0AG, will be opening from 10am until 5pm. Entry is £3, and includes entry to the fair, gardens, and parking. Visitors will find a number of specialist, independent nurseries at this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 14th April 2019 – Mapperton Gardens Spring Plant Fair, Mapperton, nr Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NR. This plant fair is open from 10am – 4pm. Admission to the plant fair is £3, with the benefiting charity this year being The Dorset Wildlife Trust, discounted entry to house & garden is available on the day. Forty stands will be throughout the grounds selling all sorts of plants and garden ornaments including metal and willow work. This popular event is now in its 20th year, it’s one of the biggest fairs in Dorset. For all the details, please click here.
Good Friday 19th April 2019, Easter Saturday 20th April 2019, and Easter Sunday 21st April 2019 – The Garden Show at Firle Place, Firle, Lewes, East Sussex, BN8 6LP, open from 10am until 5pm, with last entries at 4pm. There’s lots happening at this garden show, from gardening advice, face painting, birds of prey, live music and much more, for all the details, please click here.
Good Friday 19th April 2019 – Whittington Castle Plant Hunters’ Fair Castle street, Whittington, Shropshire, SY11 4DF, is open from 10am until 4pm. There’s free entry to this fair, with just £1 for car parking, for all the details, please click here.
Easter Saturday 20th April 2019 – Bodenham Arboretum Plant Hunters Fair, Crossways, Hobro, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5TB, opens from 10am until 4pm. You’ll find many different specialist nurseries at this plant fair. There’s free entry and free parking for visitors, for all the details, please click here.
Easter Sunday 21st April 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Holker Hall, Cumbria, LA11 7PL. This plant fair opens from 10am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Easter Sunday 21st April 2019 – Plant Fairs Roadshow Plant Fair at Hall Place and Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1PQ. This spring plant fair opens from 10am until 3pm, admission is free.
Easter Sunday 21st April 2019 and Easter Monday 22nd April 2019 – The Dorothy Clive Garden Plant Hunters’ Fair, Willoughbridge, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4EU. This plant fair will be opening from 10am until 5pm on both days. Entry to the gardens and fair is £4, which is half the standard garden entry fee, and parking is free, for all the details, please click here.
Wednesday 24th April 2019 – Gardening for Disabled Trust‘s Annual Plant Fair and Open Garden at Hush Heath Vinery, Five Oak Lane, (junction of Snoad Lane) Staplehurst, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 0HT. Hush Heath Vinery has a 400 acre estate, so there’s plenty of room for stalls and visitors at this super plant fair. Visitors can taste Hush Heath’s multi award winning pink fizz and take a tour of the Balfour-Lynn family’s recently restored, rarely seen, private garden. You’ll find nurseries selling rare, exotic, and unusual plants at this special plant fair.
Friday 26th April 2019 – Specialist Plant Fair at The Coach House Garden, Ampney Crucis, Cirencester, GL7 5RY. This Plant Fair is open from 10am until 1pm. Visitors will find lots of wonderful specialist nurseries at this plant fair, this is a great fair to visit to buy shrubs, climbers, and ferns. For all the details, please click here.
Friday 26th April 2019, Saturday 27th April 2019, and Sunday 28th April 2019 – Loseley Spring Garden Show at Loseley Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1HS, this Show opens from 10am until 5pm on Friday and Saturday, and 10am until 4pm on Sunday. Enjoy plant sales, garden stalls, driftwood sculptures, garden bygones, Shepherds huts, summer houses, garden furniture, and food and drink stalls. This show is also a lovely opportunity to see the gardens at Loseley before they open for the season. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Loseley Park can be found here.
Saturday 27th April 2019 – Community Plant Share from 10am until 2pm, at Cornerstone Community Centre, 61 Mill Street, Silverdale, Newcastle, ST5 6PF. Bring your spare seedlings, plants, and seeds to share.
On Saturday 27th April 2019 – Plant Sale in Aid of St Catherine’s Hospice, opens from 10am until 2.30pm, at the Ark, Mount Lane, Turners Hill, West Sussex, RH10 4RA. There’s free entry to this plant fair, where you’ll find lots of lovely and many unusual plants for sale, as well as refreshments, and a raffle. If you have any plants you’d like to donate, to help raise funds for St Catherine’s Hospice, please bring your plants to the Ark anytime, from 9.30am to 3.30pm, on Friday 26th April 2019. For all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 27th April 2019 – National Auricula and Primula Society Southern Section 135th Auricula Show and Plant Sale in the Harrison Room, at Old Barn Hall, Church Road, Great Bookham, Surrey, KT23 3PQ. This show opens at 10am to members, and at 2pm to the public, there will be plant sales of Primulas and Auriculas, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 27th April 2019 – The British Iris Society Late Spring Show will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Visitors can admire collections of spring flowering iris, as well as a photographic exhibition. You’ll find plants for sale and experts on hand to answer your questions.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Saturday 27th April 2019 – Spring Plant Fair at RHS Garden Hyde Hall, Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8ET. Visitors can find a wide range of plants for sale from specialist nurseries.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 27th April 2019 – Battlefield 1403 Plant Hunters’ Fair, Battlefield, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY4 3DB. This plant fair opens from 9.30am until 4pm, where visitors have the opportunity to purchase plants from a number of specialist nurseries. There’s no charge to visit this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 28th April 2019 – Spring Plant Fair and Tulip Festival at Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9NB. Buy plants from specialist nurseries at this plant fair, which opens from 10am until 5pm. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Arundel Castle can be found here.
Sunday 28th April 2019 – Cholmondeley Castle Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair at Cholmondeley Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8AH. This fair is open from 10am until 5pm. There’s a special entry price of £3.50, which includes entry to visit both the fair and the gardens, there’s free parking too. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 28th April 2019 – Clare Garden Festival opens from 11am to 5pm, at Ennis Showgrounds, Showgrounds Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland. There are over 30 stalls in the Indoor Arena and further stalls in the Outdoor Courtyard at the Clare Garden Festival. Visitors can also listen to talks, demos, and workshops. For all the details, please click here.
May 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Friday 3rd May 2019 and Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Toby’s Garden Festival at Powderham Castle, Kenton, Exeter, EX6 8JQ. The festival opens from 10am until 5pm both days. This is the fifth year of this special garden festival, where you’ll find over 100 nurseries, celebrity speakers, garden crafts and local foods. For all the details, or to purchase advance tickets online, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Powderham Castle can be found here.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Mike and Maureen’s Grand Plant Sale opens from 9am to 5pm, at 83a Nutfield Road, Merstham, Redhill, Surrey, RH1 3HD. Visitors can purchase all manner of plants, including roses, shrubs, bedding plants, herbs, perennials, and a wide range of vegetable seedlings, including runner beans. So much effort has gone into this plant sale, all proceeds go to support St Catherine’s Hospice. The organisers have grown 23 different tomato plants, with 1200 tomato plants up for sale, at this fair! Visitors have a choice of refreshments, with the chance to enjoy breakfast, lunch, and afternoon tea with Mike and Maureen, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Merrylee Plant Sale and Allotment Tour from 11.30am until 3pm, at Merrylee Allotments, Quadrant Road, Newlands, Glasgow, Scotland, G43 2QQ. Visitors can tour these charming allotments and purchase a wide range of bedding plants, herbs, perennials, unusual plants, and vegetable seedlings, all grown by the allotment holders. There’s also home-baking for sale and children’s activities, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Devon Orchid Society Annual Show opens from 10.30am until 4pm, at the Public Hall, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, EX9 6RJ. Visitors can see displays of orchids grown by members of Devon Orchid Society and purchase plants grown by Burnham Nurseries, Laurence Hobbs Orchids, and the Writhlington School Orchid Project. There will be potting demonstrations, growing advice, a raffle and a tombola. Refreshments will be available, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Thursley Horticultural Society Plant Sale will be held from 10.30am to 12 noon, at Thursley Village Hall, Dye House Road, Thursley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 6QD. At this lovely plant sale you’ll find a wide variety of locally grown plants including: roses, herbaceous perennials, vegetables, and much more! Visitors can also purchase home-made cakes and items from the produce stall. Thursley Village Hall is wheelchair friendly with disabled ramps, there are accessible toilets, and parking facilities close by.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Grayshott Gardeners‘ Plant Sale from 10.30am until 11.30am, at Grayshott Village Hall, 35 Headley Road, Grayshott, Hindhead, Surrey, GU26 6TZ.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Wood Street Village Horticultural Society Plant Sale will be held today from 11am until 1pm at Wood Street Village Green, Wood Street Village, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 3EU.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th May 2019 – Donington Le Heath Manor House Plant Hunters’ Fair, Donington Le Heath, Leicestershire, LE67 2FW, will be opening from 10am until 4pm. You’ll find a number of specialist, independent nurseries at this plant fair. Entry is £1, which includes entry to the fair, garden, and grounds, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 5th May – The Mammillaria Society Show will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Visitors can view displays and collections of these fascinating plants with and discover more about these interesting plants during specialist talks and plant care demonstrations. You’ll find plants for sale and experts on hand to answer your questions.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 5th May 2019 – Plant Heritage Plant Fair held at RHS Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 1QB. Visitors will have the opportunity of buying plants from specialist nurseries and growers.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 5th May 2019 – Plant Sale at the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8BL, from 10am until 1pm. This monthly plant sale is held in the grounds of the hospice, which are fully accessible and wheelchair friendly. 100% of the proceeds from this sale benefit the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, the hospice are always very grateful for any donations of plants you might have. A gardening advisor will be present at this plant sale, where a variety of shrubs, trees, as well as flowering plants and vegetables will be sold at bargain prices for a great cause, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 5th May 2019 – Plant Heritage Plant Fair at Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AA. This lovely plant fair opens from 10am until 2pm. Visitors can buy plants from specialist nurseries and Plant Heritage members at this super plant fair. For all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 5th May 2019 and Bank Holiday Monday 6th May 2019 – Weston Park Plant Hunters’ Fair, Weston-Under-Lizard, near Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8LE. This special plant fair will be opening from 10am until 5pm, entrance to the gardens and plant fair is £3. Visitors will find 1000 acres of ‘Capability Brown’ parkland, including bluebells, spring bulbs, rhododendrons and azaleas in flower, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Monday 6th May 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Ness Hall, Ness, Near Maldon, York YO62 5XD, from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Thursday 9th May 2019, Friday 10th May 2019, Saturday 11th May 2019 and Sunday 12th May 2019 – RHS Malvern Spring Festival at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW, opening from 9am until 6pm, for all the details, please click here.
For ticket prices and to purchase tickets online, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to the RHS Malvern Spring Festival can be found here.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – Yapton Gardeners Plant Sale, opens at 10am, at Yapton Village Hall, Main Road, Yapton, West Sussex, BN18 0ET.
Saturday 11th May 2019 and Sunday 12th May 2019 – Scottish Orchid Society Show at Glasgow Botanic Gardens, 730 Great Western Road, Glasgow, Scotland, G12 0UE. This special orchid show opens from 10am until 6pm on Saturday and from 10am until 5pm on Sunday. Visitors can admire orchid displays and attend talks and demonstrations arranged by the Scottish Orchid Society. Specialist orchid nurseries will be in attendance, selling orchid plants to visitors. This is a free event.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – Plumpton College Open Day, opens from 10am until 5pm, at Plumpton College, Ditchling Road, Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 3AE. Find out about Plumpton College, the courses they offer and discover the facilities available at the college. Visitors will find plants, bedding plants, hanging baskets, vegetable plants, floral arrangements, as well as wine made by the students and much more besides, all offered for sale. For all the details, including early bird special offers, please click here.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – Yarlington House Plant Fair, Yarlington House, Yarlington, Wincanton, Somerset, BA9 8DY. This plant fair opens from 10am – 4pm – Admission is £3 with the benefiting charities being the local St. Mary’s Church and Village Hall. 35 stands around the pretty manor house, which is not open, but there’s a two-acre garden to explore. Plants and garden ornaments will be for sale including metal and willow work and refreshments available in the courtyard. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – Chiddingfold Horticultural Society Plant Sale will be held today at Chiddingfold Village Hall, Coxcombe Lane, Chiddingfold, Surrey, GU8 4QA. This Plant Sale opens at 11.30am.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – Onslow Village Garden Club Table Top Sale will be held today from 9.30am until 1pm, at Onslow Village Hall, 4 Wilderness Road, Surrey, GU2 7QR.
On Saturday 11th May 2019 – Ash Parish Garden Club Plant Sale will be held from 10am until 1pm, at Ash Victoria Hall, 121 Ash Hill Road, Ash, Aldershot, Hampshire, GU12 5DN.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – Egham Gardens and Allotment Association Plant Sale will be held today, outside the United Church, High Street, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9EX.
On Saturday 11th May 2019 – Elstead Garden Club Plant Sale will be held outside the United Reformed Church, Milford Road, Elstead, Surrey, GU8 6HP.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – RNLI Mortimer District Annual Plant Sale will be held at St John’s Hall, 22 West End Road, Mortimer Common, Reading, RG7 3TF, from 8.30am until 2pm. Visitors will find a wide range of great value herbaceous plants, shrubs, herbs, vegetable seedlings, and other great value, locally grown plants, all kindly donated to raise funds for the RNLI.
On Saturday 11th May 2019 – West End Village Gardening Club Plant Sale will be held at the Sports Pavilion, Benner Lane, West End, Woking, Surrey, GU24 9JP.
Saturday 11th May 2019 – National Memorial Arboretum Plant Hunters’ Fair, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, are opening from 10am until 4pm for this plant fair, where you’ll find a large number of specialist and independent nurseries. There’s free entry to the plant fair and arboretum, but parking charges do apply, for all the details, please click here.
On Saturday 11th May 2019 and Sunday 12th May 2019 – West Kent Garden and Craft Show at Longmead Stadium, Darenth Avenue, Tonbridge, Kent, TN10 3JF. This show opens from 9am to 5pm on Saturday and 10am until 4pm on Sunday. Buy plants from nurseries and growers across Kent at this show, where you’ll find bedding plants and seedlings, shrubs, ferns, trees, perennials and bulbs for sale, alongside lawn mowers, garden tools and equipment. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 12th May 2019 – Rare and Special Plant Fair from 10am until 5pm, at Glin Castle, Glin, Co. Limerick, Ireland. Visitors to this plant fair can enjoy purchasing plants from over 40 specialist nurseries at this wonderful plant fair. For all the details, please click here.
On Sunday 12th May 2019 – Oakley Garden Club are holding their Plant Sale at St Leonard’s Centre, Rectory Road, Oakley, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG23 7ED.
Sunday 12th May 2019 – Adlington Hall Plant Hunters’ Plant Fair, Mill Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4LF. This specialist plant fair opens from 10am until 4pm, there’s a special entry price of £3, which includes entry to the fair and gardens, and parking is free. For all the details, please click here.
On Sunday 12th May 2019, there’s a Plant Fair at Godinton House and Gardens, Godinton Lane, Ashford, Kent, TN23 3BP. This Plant Fair opens from 11am until 4.30pm. For all the details, please click here.
To see a map with the disabled access route around the gardens, please click here.
Wednesday 15th May 2019 – Sandhurst Gardening Club Plant Sale and Graham Talbot’s talk, ‘Growing Fruit in Pots’, will be held at 7.30pm, at Sandhurst Community Hall, Yorktown Road, Sandhurst, Berkshire, GU47 9BJ.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – Garden Festival and Plant Fair from 11am until 5pm, at Mount Congreve, Waterford, Ireland. Sat nav co-ordinates are: 52.2409N, 7.2 140W. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – Puttenham and Wanborough Plant Sale at 2.30pm, at Marwick Hall, School Lane, Puttenham, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1AS.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – Elstead Garden Club Plant Sale from 10am to 11am, at the United Reformed Church, Miford Road, Elstead, Surrey, GU8 6HP.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – The Leigh Charity Plant Sale in aid of St Catherine’s Hospice, opens from 2pm until 5pm on the Village Green, Leigh, Reigate, Surrey. Visitors can purchase recycled garden tools, vegetable seedlings, perennials, and other locally grown plants at this lovely plant sale. Refreshments, including tea and cake, will be available, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – Woodham and New Haw Horticultural Club Plant Sale and the Silver Club Cake Sale will be held in the Car Park of the Black Prince Pub, 300 Woodham Lane, New Haw, Addlestone, Surrey, KT15 3ND. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 18 May 2019 – Horsley Horticultural Society Plant Sale will be held today from 2pm to 4pm, at 95 The Street, West Horsley Village Hall, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT24 6DD.
Sunday 18th May 2019 – Jacobs Well Horticultural Society Plant Sale will be held today at Jacobs Well Village Hall, Jacobs Well Road, Surrey, GU4 7PD.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – London Spring Plant Fair at Telegraph Hill Centre, Kitto Road, New Cross, London, SE14 5TY. This lovely plant fair opens from 1pm until 3pm. Admission is £2.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – British Ironwork Centre Plant Hunters’ Fair, Whitehall Aston, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4JH. This fair opens from 10am until 4pm, entry to the plant fair, sculpture trail and iron works is £1, with proceeds going to Hope House Children’s Hospices, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 18th May 2019 – Berkshire Hardy Plant Society Plant Sale, from 1.30pm at St Peter’s Church Hall, Church Road, Earley, Reading, Berkshire, RG6 1EY. Lots of locally grown, beautiful hardy plants for sale, at great prices. You can buy homemade cakes as well as plants at this fair. 50p entrance, free parking.
Sunday 19th May 2019 – Special Plant Fair from 11am until 5pm, at Mount Congreve, Waterford, Ireland. Sat nav co-ordinates are: 52.2409N, 7.2 140W. Visitors can purchase rare trees, shrubs and other plants at this interesting plant fair. As well as plants, there are lots of local food stalls, a plant creche, and many other stands. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 19th May 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at Winterbourne House and Garden, Birmingham, B15 2RT, opening from 10.30am until 4pm. Admission is £6 for adults, £5 for concessions, £18 for a family ticket, season tickets are also available, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 19th May 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Cedarbarn Farmshop, Pickering, North Yorks YO18 7JX, from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 19th May 2019 – Abbeywood Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair, Abbey Wood, Abbey Lane, Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2HW. This fair opens from 10am until 5pm, entry to the fair and gardens is £3 and parking is free, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 19th May 2019 – Brockham Horticultural Society Plant Sale will be held from 2pm to 4pm, at Brockham House, 3 Middle Street, Brockham, Surrey, RH3 7JT. Visitors will find an array of locally grown plants including vegetables, herbaceous plants, as well as gift ideas, and refreshments.
Tuesday 21st May 2019, Wednesday 22nd May 2019, Thursday 23rd May 2019, Friday 24th May 2019, Bank Holiday Saturday 25th May 2019 – The RHS Chelsea Flower Show, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, SW3 4SL. The RHS Chelsea Flower Show is open from 8am until 8pm from Monday to Friday, and from 8am until 5.30pm on Saturday, with the plant sell-off commencing at 4pm on Saturday. For ticket prices and to purchase tickets online, please click here.
To see photographs from last year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show, please click here. For all the details and information about the RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2019, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors planning a trip to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show can be found here.
Bank Holiday Saturday 25th May 2019 – The Leatherhead Horticultural Society Plant Sale and Coffee Morning will be held from 10am until 12 noon, at 19 The Mount, Fetcham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9EB. This lovely charity fundraising event features a wide range of locally grown plants and refreshments, with top quality plants and cakes for sale.
Bank Holiday Saturday 25th May 2019 – The British Iris Society Summer Show will be held from 11am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Visitors can admire stunning collections and displays of summer flowering iris at this Summer Show. There’s a photographic exhibition, plants sales, and experts on hand to answer your questions.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Bank Holiday Saturday 25th May 2019 – Pirbright Horticultural Society Plant Sale will be held today, from 10am until 12 noon, at Cricketers Cottage, The Green (behind the Cricketers Public House), Surrey, GU24 0JT.
On Bank Holiday Saturday 25th May 2019 and Bank Holiday Sunday 26th May 2019, there’s a Cheese and Chilli Festival on at Bedford Park, Kimbolton Road, MK41 7SS, from 10am until 5pm. For all the details, please click here.
On Bank Holiday Saturday 25th May 2019 and Bank Holiday Sunday 26th May 2019, from 2pm to 5pm, there’s a Plant Fair at Canterbury Cathedral, 11 The Precincts, Canterbury, Kent, CT1 2EH. This once a year event allows visitors to see the private gardens of the Cathedral Precincts. For all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 26th May 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at Kingston Bagpuize House, Abingdon, Oxford, OX13 5AX, opening from 11am until 4pm. You’ll find a number of independent and specialist nurseries at this plant fair. Tickets are £8 for adults and £4.50 for children, which includes entry to the house, fair, and gardens, or £5 Adults and £3 for children for entry to the fair and gardens – do please note, this is payed by cash or cheque only. For all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 26th May 2019 – Potterton’s Nursery and Garden Plant Hunters’ Fair Moortown Road, Market Rasen, LN7 6HX, will be opening from 9am until 5pm. Entrance is £3 to the plant fair and gardens, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 26th May 2019 – Cranbrook Goes Nuts in May, from 10am to 5pm at Cranbrook, Kent (for a map of activities and parking click here.) This special day, part of the Chelsea Fringe and run under the umbrella of Cranbrook in Bloom, is a street festival that celebrates everything about plants! The village is open for this special event, which will features specialist nurseries and growers selling plants, live music, food, art, crafts, and lots of plants! For all the details, please click here.
On Bank Holiday Sunday 26th May 2019 and Bank Holiday Monday 27th May 2019, the Grayshott Hidden Gardens Event will see over 30 private gardens opening. There’s a treasure hunt for children at this event. Visitors can see a demonstration beehive, view the local fire station, see a working forge, take a tour of the village’s historic trees, listen to bell ringing, as well as viewing over 30 of the village’s private gardens. Visitors can buy locally grown plants at bargain prices, there are also homemade teas, and a made in Grayshott stand. Advance programmes go on sale, on 6th May 2019 at Pins and Needles, Grayshott Wine Centre, Warren Powell Richards, and Grayshott Post Office. Programmes are available on the day of the event from the box office on the village green. Headley Road, Grayshott, Surrey, offers free parking, Sat nav reference GU26 6LF. There’s alternative refreshments available at the village pub and cafe.
Bank Holiday Monday 27th May 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Rode Hall and Gardens, Cheshire, ST7 3QP. Opening from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Monday 27th May 2019 – Carsington Water Plant Hunters’ Fair, Big Lane, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1ST, is open from 10am until 4pm. Visitors will find a number of specialist nurseries at this plant fair, where visitors enjoy free entry, for all the details, please click here.
Thursday 30th May 2019, Friday 31st May 2019, Saturday 1st June 2019, Sunday 2nd June 2019, and Monday 3rd June 2019 – Bloom in the Park, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. Visitors to Bloom can explore gardens created especially for this special horticultural event and discover a wide range of interesting, exciting, and beautiful plants. There’s all kinds of exhibits and displays at Bloom, this show celebrates horticulture, plants, and food. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Friday 31st May 2019 – Specialist Plant Fair at The Coach House Garden, Ampney Crucis, Cirencester, GL7 5RY. This Plant Fair is open from 10am until 2pm. Visitors will find lots of wonderful specialist nurseries at this plant fair; this is a great fair to visit to buy unusual perennials, and other summer flowering plants. For all the details, please click here.
Friday 31st May 2019, Saturday 1st June 2019, and Sunday 2nd June 2019 – Gardening Scotland, at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH28 8NB. There’s so much to see at this special gardening show, there’s a wide range of plants for sale as well as competitions for all ages. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
June 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Thursday 30th May 2019, Friday 31st May 2019, Saturday 1st June 2019, Sunday 2nd June 2019, and Monday 3rd June 2019 – Bloom in the Park, Phoenix Park, Dublin, Ireland. Visitors to Bloom can explore gardens created especially for this special horticultural event and discover a wide range of interesting, exciting, and beautiful plants. There’s all kinds of exhibits and displays at Bloom, this show celebrates horticulture, plants, and food. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 1st June 2019 – Chingford Horticultural Society, Early Summer Show, at Mornington Hall, (at the end of Green Walk), Station Road, North Chingford, London, E4 7EN. This Show opens at 2pm, there will be a plant sale, and a sale of the show exhibits. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 1st June 2019 and Sunday 2nd June 2019 – The Floral Fringe Fair at Amberley Museum, Amberley Museum, New Barn Road, Amberley, Near Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9LT. This event opens from 10am until 5pm. Visitors can shop at a variety of stalls, including stands run by specialist nurseries and food producers, at this quirky plant fair. For all the details, please click here or here (if you don’t have Facebook).
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 1st June 2019, and Sunday 2nd June 2019 – Gardening Scotland, at the Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH28 8NB. There’s so much to see at this special gardening show, there’s a wide range of plants for sale as well as competitions for all ages. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 1st June 2019 and Sunday 2nd June 2019 – Hodnet Hall Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair, Hodnet, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 3NN. This plant fair is open from 10am until 5pm, there’s a special entry price of £3.50, which includes entry to the plant fair and gardens. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 2nd June 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at High Glanau Manor, Lydart, Monmouthshire, NP25 4AD. Opening from 11am until 4pm. Entry is £5 for adults, with children entering for free – do please note, this is payed by cash or cheque only, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 2nd June 2019 – Plant Sale at the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8BL, from 10am until 1pm. This monthly plant sale is held in the grounds of the hospice, which are fully accessible and wheelchair friendly. 100% of the proceeds from this sale benefit the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, the hospice are always very grateful for any donations of plants you might have. A gardening advisor will be present at this plant sale, where a variety of shrubs, trees, as well as flowering plants and vegetables will be sold at bargain prices for a great cause, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 2nd June 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Salmesbury Hall, near Preston, Lancashire, PR5 OUP. Opening from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 2nd June 2019 – Hardy Plant Society Peony Group Peony Day, from 10am onwards, at Birtsmorton Court, Birtsmorton, Malvern, WR13 6JS. This special day includes lectures and plant sales. For all the details including a booking form, please click here.
Wednesday 5th June 2019, Thursday 6th June 2019, Friday 7th June 2019, Saturday 8th June 2019, Sunday 9th June 2019 – The RHS Chatsworth Flower Show, Chatsworth, Bakewell, Derbyshire, DE45 1PP, for all the details, please click here. To buy tickets to the RHS Chatsworth Flower Show, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Thursday 6th June 2019, Friday 7th June 2019, and Saturday 8th June 2019, there’s a Wealdon Times Midsummer Fair at Hole Park, Benenden Road, Rolvenden, Kent, TN17 4JA. This special plant fair features over 200 stalls, selling all manner of plants and garden related products. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Friday 7th June 2019, Saturday 8th June 2019, and Sunday 9th June 2019 – The Garden Show in Summer at Stansted Park, at Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire, PO9 6DX, opens from 10am until 5pm. Visitors can learn about gardening from expert advisors at this special show, where you can find all manner of items for your garden and home, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 8th June 2019 – Caterham and District Horticultural Society Plant Sale from 1pm, at Westway Common, Chaldon Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5TR. Visitors can purchase vegetable plants and all manner of locally grown plants at this Plant Sale, which is part of the Caterham Carnival event. There’s a parade and lots of other stalls and entertainment.
Saturday 8th June 2019 – Bosworth Battlefield Plant Hunters’ Fair, Ambion Lane, Sutton Cheney, Nuneaton, CV13 0AD, will be opening from 10am until 4pm. You’ll find a number of specialist and independent nurseries at this plant fair. Entry is £1, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 8th June 2019 and Sunday 9th June 2019 – The Christchurch Cheese and Chilli Festival at Hurnbridge Farm, Hurn, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6AD. The festival opens from 10am to 5pm. The seed and plant stalls at this festival will interest gardeners. There’s lots of entertainment planned for all the family at this weekend festival, with free rides and games for both adults and children, including free chilli, cheese and wine tasting, a weekend beer festival from Downton Brewery, an inflatable pub and bar, chilli and cheese talks, chilli eating competitions, and live music. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 9th June 2019 – Buds and Blossoms Laois Garden Festival, opens from 12 noon until 6pm, at Spink Community Grounds, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois, Ireland, R32 PW80. Visitors will find an array of plant stands at this Garden Festival; don’t miss the programme of speakers. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 9th June 2019 – Plantpassion, a flower farm at Hilltop Barn, Hilltop Farm, Staple Lane, East Clandon, Surrey GU4 7FP, are holding an open day, from 1pm until 5pm. There will be tea and cake, and farm gate sales of cut flowers, plants, and seeds, as well as tours of the flower farm. For more details, please click here.
Sunday 9th June 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Sandon Hall, Staffs, ST18 0DL. Open from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 9th June 2019 – Plant Fair Summer Roadshow at the Sussex Prairie Garden, Moorlands Farm, near Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9AT. The fair is open from 12 noon until 5pm, where you can buy unusual plants from specialist nurseries, as well as garden sundries and other extras.
For information for disabled visitors, please click here.
Sunday 9th June 2019 – Norton Priory Plant Hunters’ Fair, Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1AX, opens from 10am until 4pm. Visitors enjoy free parking and free entry to this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Thursday 13th June 2019, Friday 14th June 2019, Saturday 15th June 2019 and Sunday 16th June 2019 – BBC Gardeners’ World Live at the NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT. Opening from 9am until 6pm, for all the details, please click here.
For ticket pricing and to book tickets online, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to BBC Gardeners’ World Live can be found here.
Friday 14th June 2019 and Saturday 15th June 2019 – The Country Brocante Summer Fair at Parham Park, Pulborough, West Sussex, RH20 4HS. This Summer Fair opens from 9am until 5pm on Friday, and from 10am until 5pm, on Saturday. Visitors will find a wide array of items for sale at this event, including hand-made and vintage items. Gardeners will delight in finding plants for sale, there’s a programme of talks, demonstrations, and workshops, as well as free entry for children under 16. For all the details including ticket types and prices, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 15th June 2019 – Witley Horticultural Society will be running a plant stall at Witley Village Fair, which opens at 12.30pm. Visitors are instructed to park at Chichester Hall, Petworth Road, Witley, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 5PL, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 15th June 2019 – Frensham and Dockenfield Horticultural Society Plant Sale at Frensham Fayre, at 1pm, at Hollowdene recreation ground, Shortfield Common Road, Frensham, Farnham, Surrey, GU10 3BJ.
Saturday 15th June 2019 and Sunday 16th June 2019 –Unusual Plant Fair at Gilbert White’s House and Garden, The Wakes, Selborne, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 3JH. This Unusual Plant Fair opens from 10.30am until 5pm. Visitors can discover specialist nurseries from across the Southern Counties, selling rare and unusual plants, shrubs, bulbs, trees, and gardening accessories. Refreshments and home-made cakes will be available. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 15th June 2019 and Sunday 16th June 2019 – The Plant Society Show will be held from 11am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. This is sure to be fabulous day out for plant lovers and gardeners, this summer show features stalls and exhibits from over twenty different Plant Societies, including all your garden favourites, such as delphiniums, clematis, sweet peas, iris, dahlias, alpines, fruit and vegetables, carnivorous plants, bonsai and cactus. Visitors to this annual Plant Society show can enjoy displays of colourful and unusual plants, and meet friendly experts, who will be giving advice on growing all manner of plants throughout the weekend. You can take part in free propagation, pruning, and plant care demonstrations and buy unusual plants and seeds.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 16th June 2019 – Bookham Open Gardens and Plant Sale, Bookham, Surrey, from 10am until 5pm. There will be a good range of private gardens, including both large and small gardens across Great Bookham and Little Bookham, all opening for this special day to raise money for the upkeep of the Old Barn Hall. You’ll find plant sales at the Old Barn Hall, Great Bookham, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT23 3QA, at the allotments. Tickets are £5 in advance, or £6 on the day, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 16th June 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry, near Wheatley, Oxfordshire, OX33 1JZ, opening from 10am until 4pm. Visitors will find a number of independent and specialist nurseries at this plant fair. Entry is £6 per adult, which is a reduction on the usual entry price, and includes entry to the fair and garden, for all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Waterperry Gardens can be found here.
Sunday 16th June 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Sion Hill Hall, Kirby Wiske, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, YO7 4EU, opening from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 16th June 2019 – Limerick Garden Festival opens from 11am to 5pm, at Limerick Milk Market, Limerick, Ireland. Visitors can peruse over 50 plant, garden and food stalls and purchase plants from specialist plant nurseries and expert growers at this Garden Festival. There are a programme of speakers to entertain and inform visitors. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Sunday 16th June 2019, Ness Botanic Gardens, Neston Road, Ness, Neston, South Wirral, CH64 4AY, are holding an Alpines for All Plant Fair, from 10am until 3pm. This event is organised by the Wirral and West Cheshire group of the Alpine Garden Society. Visitors can admire displays of pretty alpine plants and purchase plants direct from growers and experts. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Ness Botanic Gardens can be found by clicking here.
Friday 21st June 2019, Saturday 22nd June 2019, and Sunday 23rd June 2019 – The RHS Harlow Carr Flower Show, RHS Harlow Carr, Crag Lane, Beckwithshaw, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG3 1QB, entrance is free for RHS members, other visitors just pay the usual garden admission fees. Visitors will have the opportunity of buying plants from specialist nurseries and visiting trade stands. There will also be talks, demonstrations and much more besides, for all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Friday 21st June 2019, Saturday 22nd June 2019, and Sunday 23rd June 2019 – Blenheim Palace Flower Show at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX20 1UL. TV Presenter, George Clark will be opening this Flower Show, at 10am on Friday. Visitors have so much to see at this large event, there are show gardens to inspire, as well as talks, question and answer sessions, and discussions, to inform and educate visitors. There’s a shopping village and lots of opportunities to buy plants! This lovely event is set in the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace. For all the details, including ticket options, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 22nd June 2019 – Rare Plant Fair opens from 11am until 5pm, at Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath, Ireland. Visitors can enjoy free entry to this plant fair, where Irish specialist nurseries will be selling a variety of rare and unusual plants. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 22nd June 2019 – Gardeners Gathering and The National Pelargonium Annual Show and Competition will be held from 10am until 5pm, at Fibrex Nurseries, Honeybourne Road, Pebworth, near Stratford Upon Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 8XP. There will be talks, demos, and workshops, as well as plants for sale from Fibrex Nurseries, Pheasant Acre Plants, Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, the National Pelargonium and Geranium Society, the Pteridological Society, and the National Begonia Society. Visitors can view the National Pelargonium and Geranium Society Annual Show at 10.30am. Fibrex Nurseries’ collections of Hedera (ivy) and Pelargoniums will be open for visitors to view. Refreshments will also be available. This is a great event to purchase Pelargoniums, herbaceous perennials, ferns, ivy, Dahlias, bulbs, Begonias, and Geraniums. There’s free entry and plenty of parking spaces.
Saturday 22nd June 2019 – Arley Arboretum and Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair, Upper Arley, Bewdley, Worcestershire, DY12. This plant fair opens from 10am until 4pm, entry to the fair, gardens and arboretum is £2.75, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 23rd June 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at Rodmarton Manor, Near Tetbury, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF, opening from 11am until 4pm. Entrance is £5, which includes entry to the gardens children under 16 enter for free. For all the details, please click here
Sunday 23rd June 2019 – Plant Fairs Roadshow Plant Fair at Hall Place and Gardens, Bourne Road, Bexley, Kent, DA5 1PQ. This plant fair opens from 10am until 3pm, admission is free.
On Saturday 29th June 2019 and Sunday 30th June 2019, from 12 noon until 5pm, Benington Lordship Gardens, Benington Lordship, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 7BS, are holding their Floral Festival for Village Funds and the National Gardens Scheme, where visitors can admire the beautiful gardens and purchase plants. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Benington Lordship Gardens can be found here.
Saturday 28th June 2019 and Sunday 29th June 2019 – Henbury Hall Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair, Henbury, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9PJ. This specialist plant fair is open from 10am until 5pm, entry to the fair, gardens and grounds is £3, which is half the standard garden entry price, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 30th June 2019 – Leicester University Botanic Garden Open Day Plant Sale and Family Day, Glebe Road, Oadby, Leicester, LE2 2LD. Open from 10am until 5pm. Visitors will find a wide range of specialist nurseries at this Plant Fair.
For more information about Leicester University Botanic Gardens, please click here.
On Sunday 30th June 2019, Shere Open Gardens opens from 2pm until 6pm, to raise funds for local charities. Thirty beautiful private gardens are opening for this special event, there’s a Plant Sale, Gardeners’ Question Time, a Pimms stand, and other refreshments. Shere is between Guildford and Dorking, in Surrey. There’s free parking in Shere, which is signposted. Tickets are available in the Village Hall, Gomshall Lane, Shere, Surrey, GU5 9HE. Tickets are £7 for adults, £6 for over 65s, and children are free. All proceeds go to charity.
On Sunday 30th June 2019, Sculpture by the Lakes Rare Plant Fair, at Sculpture by the Lakes, Pallington, Dorcester, Dorset, DT2 8QU, from 10am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 30th June 2019 – Cholmondeley Castle Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair at Cholmondeley Castle, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14 8AH. This fair is open from 10am until 5pm. There’s a special entry price of £3.50, which includes entry to visit both the fair and the gardens, there’s free parking too. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 30th June 2019 – Faversham Open Gardens and Plant Sale opens from 10am until 5pm in the historic market town of Faversham, in Kent. Around 30 gardens are opening for this special event. Plants will be for sale in the market, where from 10am until 4pm, visitors will find 30 nurseries selling plants, tools, and other garden related products. For all the details, please click here.
July 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Tuesday 2nd July 2019, Wednesday 3rd July 2019, Thursday 4th July 2019, Friday 5th July 2019, Saturday 6th July 2019 and Sunday 7th July 2019 – The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show, Hampton Court Palace, East Molesey, Surrey KT8 9AU. The Flower Show opens at 10am until 7.30pm from Tuesday to Saturday, and from 10am until 5.30pm on the Sunday. The plant sell-off is at 4.30pm on Sunday.
The RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show is a truly wonderful place to go shopping! You’ll find many specialist nurseries selling plants, seeds, garden tools, equipment, ornaments, sculptures, clothing, and much more! To see all the information about the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2019, please click here. For ticket prices and to buy tickets online, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to the RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show can be found here.
Saturday 6th July 2019 and Sunday 7th July 2019 – The Swindon Cheese and Chilli Festival at Lydiard Park, Lydiard Tregoze, Swindon, SN5 3PA, from 10am to 5pm. The seed and plant stalls at this festival will interest gardeners. There’s lots of entertainment planned for all the family at this weekend festival, with free rides and games for both adults and children, including free chilli, cheese and wine tasting, a weekend beer festival from Downton Brewery, an inflatable pub and bar. Visitors can also enjoy chilli and cheese talks, chilli eating competitions, and live music. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 6th July 2019 and Sunday 7th July 2019 – Galway Garden Festival opens from 11am until 6pm, at Claregalway Castle, Ireland. There’s a full programme of speakers, music, and artisan foods, to entertain visitors as well as plant stands from specialist nurseries and expert growers. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 7th July 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Constable Burton Hall, Leyburn, North Yorkshire,DL8 5LJ, opening from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 7th July 2019 – Plant Sale at the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8BL, from 10am until 1pm. This monthly plant sale is held in the grounds of the hospice, which are fully accessible and wheelchair friendly. 100% of the proceeds from this sale benefit the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, the hospice are always very grateful for any donations of plants you might have. A gardening advisor will be present at this plant sale, where a variety of shrubs, trees, as well as flowering plants and vegetables will be sold at bargain prices for a great cause, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 7th July 2019 – Sugnall Walled Garden Plant Hunters’ Fair, Sugnall, Stafford, ST21 6NF. This fair opens from 10am until 4pm, there’s a special entry price of £1 which includes entry to the fair, walled garden, and bluebell woods, for all the details, please click here.
Wednesday 17th July 2019, Thursday 18th July 2019, Friday 19th July 2019, Saturday 20th July 2019, Sunday 21st July 2019 – RHS Flower Show Tatton Park at Tatton Park, Mereheath Lane, Knutsford, Cheshire, opening from 10am until 6.30pm from Wednesday to Saturday, and from 10am until 5pm on Sunday (with the plant sell-off at 4pm), for all the details, please click here. For ticket pricing and to purchase tickets online, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to RHS Flower Show Tatton Park can be found here.
Saturday 20th July 2019 – Chingford Horticultural Society Summer Show, at Mornington Hall, (at the end of Green Walk), Station Road, North Chingford, London, E4 7EN. This Show opens at 2pm, there will be a plant sale, and a sale of the show exhibits. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 20th July 2019 and Sunday 21st July 2019 – The Guildford Cheese and Chilli Festival at Shalford Park, Shalford Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU4 8BL, from 10am until 5pm. The seed and plant stalls at this show will interest gardeners. There’s lots of entertainment planned for all the family at this weekend festival, with free rides and games for both adults and children, including free chilli, cheese and wine tasting, a weekend ale and cider festival from Downton Brewery and Worley’s Cider, plus Dorset Mobile Bar’s inflatable pub and bar which will be serving cider, larger, wine, cocktails and soft drinks. Visitors can also enjoy chilli and cheese talks, falconry displays, magic shows, Punch and Judy, treasure hunts, and live music from local bands. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 20th July 2019 and Sunday 21st July 2019 – Carnivorous Plant Society Show will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. This is sure to be an interesting and fascinating show, visitors can marvel at displays of carnivorous plants from around the world. Listen to talks on the planting, care, and use of carnivorous plants in the home and garden. Unusual carnivorous plants and books will be offered for sale.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
On Sunday 21st July 2019, Rare Plant Fair at Highnam Court, Highnam, Gloucester, GL2 8DP, from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 21st July 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Wynyard Hall, Tees Valley, TS22 5NF, open from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
On Sunday 21st July 2019, there’s a Plant Fair at Chawton House, Chawton, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 1SJ. This event opens from 11am until 5pm.
Sunday 21st July 2019 – Middleton Hall Plant Hunters’ Fair, Middleton, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B78 2AE. This plant fair opens from 10am until 4pm, entry to the fair gardens and hall is £3, with free entry for children and free parking, for all the details, please click here.
Tuesday 23rd July 2019 – A Celebration of Echinacea will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Celebrate Echinacea! These colourful, garden plants look wonderful at this time of year, enjoy viewing the floral displays while you learn about the RHS Echinacea trials, join in propagation and plant care demonstrations and have the chance to buy plants from a large range of interesting cultivars.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Friday 26th July 2019, Saturday 27th July 2019, Sunday 28th July 2019 – The Garden Show at Loseley, at Loseley Park, Guildford, Surrey, GU3 1HS, from 10am until 5pm (with last entries at 4pm).
This is the 7th year of this special show, where you’ll find 150 exhibitors, including specialist nurseries selling plants, expert gardening advice, country food and wines, gifts, art, craft and design, family entertainment, and more at this special Show.
For all the information about The Garden Show at Loseley, please click here.
To buy tickets to The Garden Show at Loseley, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Loseley Park can be found here.
Saturday 27th July 2019 – National Memorial Arboretum Plant Hunters’ Fair, Croxall Road, Alrewas, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, DE13 7AR, are opening from 10am until 4pm for this plant fair, where you’ll find a large number of specialist and independent nurseries. There’s free entry to the plant fair and arboretum, but parking charges do apply, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 28th July 2019 – British Ironwork Centre Plant Hunters’ Fair, Whitehall Aston, Oswestry, Shropshire, SY11 4JH. This fair opens from 10am until 4pm, entry to the plant fair, sculpture trail and iron works is £1, with proceeds going to Hope House Children’s Hospices, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 28th July 2019 – RHSI Garden Show opens from 10am until 5pm, at Russborough House, Blessington, Co. Wicklow, Ireland. Visitors can purchase a variety of plants grown by specialist nurseries, see demonstrations, and listen to a programme of events. For all the details and to buy tickets, please click here.
Tuesday 30th July 2019, Wednesday 31st July 2019, Thursday 1st August 2019 – The New Forest Show, New Park, Brockenhurst, SO42 7QH. Open from 8am until 6.30pm. There’s a lot to see at this show, including vegetable and flower shows and plant sales.
More information about the New Forest Show, including information for disabled visitors, can be found here.
Wednesday 31st July 2019, Thursday 1st August 2019, Friday 2nd August 2019, Saturday 3rd August 2019, Sunday 4th August 2019 – The RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show, Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8RA, there’s free entry for RHS members, normal admission fees for all other visitors. Visitors can make the most of the beauty of the summer garden at Hyde Hall, whilst visiting specialist nurseries, trade stands, and enjoying talks and demonstrations, for all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to RHS Garden Hyde Hall can be found here.
August 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Tuesday 30th July 2019, Wednesday 31st July 2019, Thursday 1st August 2019 – The New Forest Show, New Park, Brockenhurst, SO42 7QH. Open from 8am until 6.30pm. There’s a lot to see at this show, including vegetable and flower shows and plant sales.
More information about the New Forest Show, including information for disabled visitors, can be found here.
Wednesday 31st July 2019, Thursday 1st August 2019, Friday 2nd August 2019, Saturday 3rd August 2019, Sunday 4th August 2019 – The RHS Garden Hyde Hall Flower Show, Creephedge Lane, Rettendon, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 8RA, there’s free entry for RHS members, normal admission fees for all other visitors. Visitors can make the most of the beauty of the summer garden at Hyde Hall, whilst visiting specialist nurseries, trade stands, and enjoying talks and demonstrations, for all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to RHS Garden Hyde Hall can be found here.
Thursday 1st August 2019, Friday 2nd August 2019, Saturday 3rd August 2019, and Sunday 4th August 2019 – BBC Countryfile Live at Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX20 1UL. This is a really huge event! Visitors have so much to see at this special show, there are arena shows, farm animals, talks, question and answer sessions, and discussions, designed to inform, entertain, and educate visitors. There will be over 700 exhibitors at this show, so there should be lots of opportunities to buy plants! This lovely event is set in the beautiful grounds of Blenheim Palace. For all the details, including ticket options, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Friday 2nd August 2019 and Saturday 3rd August 2019 – Taunton Flower Show, Vivary Park, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3QG. Open from 11am until 7pm on Friday and from 10am until 6pm on Saturday.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 3rd August 2019 and Sunday 4th August 2019 – British Pteridological Society Show will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Visitors can enjoy viewing displays of unusual tender and garden ferns, they can also take part in free propagation demonstrations, join a tour of the Wisley fern plantings, and meet our friendly experts, who will be giving advice on the planting, care, and use of ferns in all parts of the garden. Visitors have the chance to purchase plants from a large range of interesting and unusual fern cultivars.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 4th August 2019 – Plant Sale at the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8BL, from 10am until 1pm. This monthly plant sale is held in the grounds of the hospice, which are fully accessible and wheelchair friendly. 100% of the proceeds from this sale benefit the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, the hospice are always very grateful for any donations of plants you might have. A gardening advisor will be present at this plant sale, where a variety of shrubs, trees, as well as flowering plants and vegetables will be sold at bargain prices for a great cause, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Saturday 4th August 2019 – Donington Le Heath Manor House Plant Hunters’ Fair, Donington Le Heath, Leicestershire, LE67 2FW, will be opening from 10am until 4pm. You’ll find a number of specialist, independent nurseries at this plant fair. Entry is £1, which includes entry to the fair, garden, and grounds, for all the details, please click here.
Friday 9th August 2019, Saturday 10th August 2019, and Sunday 11th August 2019 – Chilli Fiesta at West Dean Gardens, West Dean, Near Chichester, West Sussex. PO18 0RX.
This is the UK’s biggest Chilli Festival, which is held in the beautiful grounds of West Dean House. Visit the beautifully restored gardens at West Dean, where you can see many varieties of chillies, growing in West Dean’s restored glasshouses. This is a fun filled fiesta! There are plant stalls, live music, latin dance demonstrations and workshops with professional dancers, as well as cider, champagne, and cocktail bars, guided garden tours, a vintage fun fair, activities for children, demonstrations, food stalls, camping, and much more! Early bird tickets for the Chilli Fiesta at West Dean are available, offering visitors a 20% discount when they purchase their tickets in advance, online. For all the details, please click here. For all the details of the 2019 Chilli Fiesta at West Dean, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to West Dean Gardens can be found here.
Saturday 10th August 2019 and Sunday 11th August 2019 – The Great Comp Summer Show, at Great Comp Garden, Comp Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8QS. Opening from 11am until 5pm. There’s live jazz music and Pimms served on the lawn. This Summer Show features specialist and award winning nurseries from across the south of England. This specialist plant fair has a lot to offer and interest visitors, for all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Great Comp Gardens can be found here.
Saturday 10th August 2019 – Carsington Water Plant Hunters’ Fair, Big Lane, Ashbourne, Derbyshire, DE6 1ST, is open from 10am until 4pm. Visitors will find a number of specialist nurseries at this plant fair, where visitors enjoy free entry, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 11th August 2019 – Southwell Minster Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair, Archbishop’s Palace, Southwell Minster, Church Street, Southwell, Nottingham, NG 25 0HD. This Plant Fair will be opening from 11am until 4pm. Entrance is £1, which contributes towards the upkeep and conservation of the house, for all the details, please click here.
Thursday 15th August 2019, Friday 16th August 2019, Saturday 17th August 2019, and Sunday 18th August 2019 – BBC Countryfile Live at Castle Howard, Castle Howard Estate, York, YO60 7DA. Visitors have so much to see at this special show, including over 400 exhibitors, so there should be lots of opportunities to buy plants! This lovely event is set in the beautiful grounds of Castle Howard. For all the details, including ticket options, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Friday 16th August 2019, Saturday 17th August 2019, and Sunday 18th August 2019 – The RHS Rosemoor Flower Show, RHS Garden Rosemoor, Great Torrington, Devon, EX38 8PH, Visitors can enjoy talks and advice from gardening experts and will be able to visit an array of specialist nurseries and trade stands. To buy tickets to visit Rosemoor, please click here. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to RHS Garden Rosemoor can be found here.
Sunday 18th August 2019 – Abbeywood Gardens Plant Hunters’ Fair, Abbey Wood, Abbey Lane, Delamere, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2HW. This fair opens from 10am until 5pm, entry to the fair and gardens is £3 and parking is free, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 18th August 2019 – Plant Heritage Plant Fair at Denbies Wine Estate, London Road, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6AA. This lovely plant fair opens from 10am until 2pm. Visitors can buy plants from specialist nurseries and Plant Heritage members at this super plant fair.
On Bank Holiday Saturday 24th August 2019, Bank Holiday Sunday 25th August 2019, and Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2019, from 12 noon until 5pm, Benington Lordship Gardens, Benington Lordship, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 7BS, are holding their Chilli Festival, where visitors can admire the beautiful gardens, celebrate chillies, and purchase plants! For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Benington Lordship Gardens can be found here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 25th August 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Holker Hall, Cumbria, LA11 7PL. This plant fair opens from 10am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Sunday 25th August 2019 – Plant Fair at Walled Garden Nursery, Water Lane, Cranbrook, Kent, TN18 5DH. This plant fair opens from 11am until 4pm.
Bank Holiday Sunday 25th August 2019 and Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2019 – The Dorothy Clive Garden Plant Hunters’ Fair, Willoughbridge, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4EU. This plant fair will be opening from 10am until 5pm on both days. Entry to the gardens and fair is £4, which is half the standard garden entry fee, and parking is free, for all the details, please click here.
Bank Holiday Monday 26th August 2019 – Flower Power Plant Fair at Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, North Yorkshire, YO61 4AS. Open from 11am until 4pm, for all the details, please click here.
Easter Saturday 31st August 2019 – Bodenham Arboretum Plant Hunters Fair, Crossways, Hobro, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, DY11 5TB, opens from 10am until 4pm. You’ll find many different specialist nurseries at this plant fair. There’s free entry and free parking for visitors, for all the details, please click here.
September 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Sunday 1st September 2019 – Plant Heritage Autumn Specialist Plant and Local Craft Fair, at Athelhampton House, Puddletown, Dorchester, DT2 7LG, opens from 10am until 3pm (the gardens remain open until 5pm). Visitors will find a stunning array of plants for sale at this plant fair, including grasses, herbs, alpines, perennials, climbers, and shrubs, all grown by specialist growers. Entry is £7, which includes entry to the gardens and extensive grounds of Athelhampton House. Superb dining facilities are available, as well as refreshments and free parking.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 1st September 2019 – Plant Fair at Midney Gardens near Somerton, Midney Gardens, Mill Lane, Midney, near Somerton, Somerset, TA11 7HR. This new plant fair opens from 1 – 5pm. Admission to the plant fair is £3, with the 1st Somerton Scouts group being the benefiting charity. Fifteen stands will be selling a wide range of plants. The popular tearoom will be open, and plants propagated on site will also be on sale. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 1st September 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at Adwell House, Thame, Oxfordshire, OX9 7DQ. Opening from 11am until 4pm, entry is £5 per adult, which includes entry to the gardens, and children enter for free. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 1st September 2019 – Plant Sale at the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, Waverley Lane, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8BL, from 10am until 1pm. This monthly plant sale is held in the grounds of the hospice, which are fully accessible and wheelchair friendly. 100% of the proceeds from this sale benefit the Phyllis Tuckwell Hospice, the hospice are always very grateful for any donations of plants you might have. A gardening advisor will be present at this plant sale, where a variety of shrubs, trees, as well as flowering plants and vegetables will be sold at bargain prices for a great cause, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 1st September 2019 – Unusual Plant and Garden Fair at the Sussex Prairie Garden, Moorlands Farm, near Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9AT. The fair is open from 11am until 5pm, where you can buy unusual plants from specialist nurseries, as well as garden sundries and other extras.
For information for disabled visitors, please click here.
Sunday 1st September 2019 – Plant Hunters Fair at Ness Botanic Gardens, Neston Road, Ness, Neston, South Wirral, CH64 4AY, the fair opens from 10am until 4pm. At this plant fair you have the chance to purchase plants from many different specialist nurseries and expert growers. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Ness Botanic Gardens can be found by clicking here.
On Tuesday 3rd September 2019, Wednesday 4th September 2019, Thursday 5th September 2019, Friday 6th September 2019, Saturday 7th September 2019, Sunday 8th September 2019 – Wisley Flower Show at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. This year is the 27th anniversary of this spectacular six-day floral extravaganza at RHS Garden Wisley, offering visitors the chance to browse, buy and seek advice from 55 nurseries and 21 garden trade stands. Many of the nurseries you’ll find at The RHS Wisley Flower Show have won medals from the RHS for their stands at the RHS Chelsea and RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Shows. You’ll find inspiring displays, expert advice, the chance to purchase lots of beautiful plants from specialist nurseries and growers, together with the opportunity to explore the gardens at Wisley during their colourful late-summer peak. The National Dahlia Society Annual Show, features over 100 competitive classes, including the Wisley Challenge Class and the People’s Dahlia Competition. Beautiful floral displays from NAFAS are a special feature of this show. You can read more about the RHS Wisley Flower Show and see photographs from the 2016 Wisley Flower Show here. For details of the 2019 Wisley Flower Show, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors visiting RHS Garden Wisley can be found here.
Friday 6th September 2019, Saturday 7th September 2019, Sunday 8th September 2019 – Dundee Flower and Food Festival, Camperdown ark, Coupar, Angus Road, Dundee, Scotland, DD2 4TF. For information on ticket prices, please click here.
Saturday 7th September 2019 – Orsett Country Show, Orsett Showground, Rectory Roard, Orsett, Grays, Thurrock, Essex, RM16 3JN. There’s lots to see and do at this family show, there are all kinds of exhibitors and stalls relating to horticulture, agriculture, art and crafts, schools, hobbies and much more besides.
More information about the Orsett Country Show, including information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 7th September 2019 – Hedychium Open Day at Batchmere, Chichester, West Sussex, PO20 7LQ. This is a special open day and the chance to visit a National Collection of Hedychium (gingers). Look for signs directing visitors to the glasshouses where this lovely plant collection is housed. For more information, please click here.
Saturday 7th September 2019 – Chingford Horticultural Society Autumn Show, at Mornington Hall, (at the end of Green Walk), Station Road, North Chingford, London, E4 7EN. This Show opens at 2pm, there will be a plant sale, and a sale of the show exhibits. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 8th September 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at the Bishop’s Palace, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2PD, from 10am until 4.30pm. Admission is £6 per adult, which includes entry to the palace and gardens, a saving on the regular entry price. You’ll find a number of specialist and independent nurseries at this plant fair, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 8th September 2019 – Weston Park Plant Hunters’ Fair, Weston-Under-Lizard, near Shifnal, Shropshire, TF11 8LE. This special plant fair will be opening from 10am until 4pm, entrance to the gardens and plant fair is £2.50. Visitors will find 1000 acres of ‘Capability Brown’ parkland, including bluebells, spring bulbs, rhododendrons and azaleas in flower, for all the details, please click here.
Sunday 8th September 2019 – National Garden Scheme Open Day and Plant Sale at the Sussex Prairie Garden, Moorlands Farm, near Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9AT. The garden is open from 11am until 5pm, you can buy unusual plants and enjoy the gardens in their September glory. For all the details, please click here.
For information for disabled visitors, please click here.
Friday 13th September 2019 – Specialist Plant Fair at The Coach House Garden, Ampney Crucis, Cirencester, GL7 5RY. This Plant Fair is open from 10am until 2pm. Visitors will find lots of wonderful specialist nurseries at this plant fair, this is a great fair to visit to buy climbers, topiary, and perennials. For all the details, please click here.
Friday 13th September 2019, Saturday 14th September 2019, Sunday 16th September 2019 – The Harrogate Autumn Flower Show, Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, Yorkshire, HG2 8PW. Open from 9.30am until 5.30pm. There is so much happening at this show, visitors will find a large number of specialist nurseries, as well as talks, exhibitions, demonstrations, gardens etc, for all the details, including tickets and prices, please click here.
Saturday 14th September 2019 – The Romsey Show, Broadlands Park, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 9LQ. There’s a lot to see at this country show, including plant sales from the British Cactus and Succulent Society and a horticulture tent.
More information about the Romsey Show, including information for disabled visitors, can be found here.
Saturday 14th September 2019 and Sunday 15th September 2019 – VegFest at the Sussex Prairie Garden, Moorlands Farm, near Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9AT. The fair is open from 11am until 5pm, where you can buy unusual plants from specialist nurseries, as well as garden sundries and other extras.
For information for disabled visitors, please click here.
Saturday 14th September 2019 – Littlehampton Town Show and Family Fun Day, opens from 12 noon until 5pm, at Rosemead Park, Littlehampton, West Sussex, BN17 6UH. Visitors will find lots to see and do at this special day out, including entertainment, a horticultural show, and plant sales.
Sunday 15th September 2019 – Plant Fair, at Borde Hill Garden, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH16 1XP. This lovely plant fair will open from 10am to 3pm.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 15th September 2019 – Mapperton Gardens and Plant Fair, Mapperton, nr Beaminster, Dorset, DT8 3NR. This plant fair opens from 10am – 4pm. Admission is £3. Visitors will enjoy the thirty specialist nurseries and stands throughout the grounds selling plants and garden ornaments. The café and shop will also be open. For all the details, please click here.
As part of the Heritage Open Days, Plantpassion, a lovely flower farm run by Claire Brown, at Hilltop Barn, Hilltop Farm, Staple Lane, East Clandon, Surrey, GU4 7FP, will be opening without charge on Sunday 15th September 2019, from 1pm until 5pm. There will be tea and cake, farm gate sales of flowers, plants and seeds, and tours of the flower farm, which will be full of sunflowers, Zinnias, Dahlias, and other pretty flowers at this time of year. There is disabled access to the upper part of the flower farm, but disabled visitors may find the short journey to the adjoining flower field difficult, and may need to bring an assistant. For more details, please click here.
On Saturday 21st September 2018 and Sunday 22nd September 2019 – Cactus World Live opens from 11am until 5pm, at Lullingstone Castle, Kent, DA4 0JA. The British Cactus and Succulent Society presents this amazing cacti and succulent show. Visitors can purchase cacti and succulents from specialist nurseries and expert cacti and succulent growers. There will be practical demonstrations and workshops, and lots of help and advice for anyone interested in cacti and succulents. For all the details, please click here.
Sunday 22nd September 2019 – Rare Plant Fair at Llanover House, Llanover, near Abergavenny, NP7 9EF, opening from 11am until 4pm, entry is £5 which includes entry to the gardens, children enter for free, for all the details, please click here.
Saturday 28th September 2019 and Sunday 29th September 2019 – Malvern Autumn Show at the Three Counties Showground, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW, opening from 9am until 6pm on both show days, for all the details about this show, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to the Malvern Autumn Show can be found here.
Saturday 28th September 2019 and Sunday 29th September 2019 – Holkham Plant Fair at Holkham Hall, Holkham Road, Wells-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, NR23 1AB. For all the details about this fair, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Holkham Hall can be found here.
Sunday 29th September 2019 – Houseplant Festival and Houseplant Swap opens from 11am until 5pm, at the Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB. This one day celebration of indoor gardening includes a programme of talks throughout the day, a houseplant clinic, and a photography exhibition. Visitors also have the chance to swap houseplants and to purchase plants from stalls manned by a range of houseplant nurseries, who will be selling a wide range of houseplants at this event. The £5 entry fee includes entry to the Garden Museum. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Sunday 29th September 2019 – Aden Country Fair from 11am until 3.30pm, at Aden Country Park, Station Road, Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, AB42 5QF. Locally grown plants will be for sale along with home-made jams, chutneys and marmalades, sweets, hand-made jewellery, craft items, hand-made cards, and locally produced eggs. There’s so much for visitors to enjoy at this country fair – there will also be a vintage tractor working day, a heritage fair, craft demonstrations, live Scottish music, highland dancing, rare breed animals, a bouncy castle and other activities. Plus there’s free entry, for all the details, please click here.
October 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Saturday 5th October 2019 – Frensham and Dockenfield Horticultural Society Autumn Plant and Produce Sale at Frensham Shop, Shortfield Common Road, Frensham, Surrey, GU10 3BJ, from 9.30am until 11am.
Saturday 5th October 2019 and Sunday 6th October 2019 – The Great Dixter Plant Fair at Great Dixter, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH. Great Dixter’s Plant Fair is open to visitors from 11am until 4pm, there’s free entry to the Fair for Friends of Great Dixter, Annual Ticket holders and children under 16. Entry to fair is included in entrance fee to the gardens, which is currently £9.50. At this fair you’ll find specialist nurseries from the UK and Europe. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Great Dixter can be found here.
Sunday 6th October 2019 – The Cyclamen Society Autumn Show will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. Visitors to this autumn show can view competition classes featuring rare and interesting cyclamen, there will be beautiful autumn flowering cyclamen species on display. You’ll find unusual Cyclamen cultivars and companion plants for sale, while friendly experts are on hand to answer your questions and give advice.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
Saturday 12th October 2019 and Sunday 13th October 2019 – Autumn Extravaganza , at Great Comp Garden, Comp Lane, Platt, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 8QS, open from 11am until 5pm. Featuring specialist and award winning nurseries from across the south of England, this specialist plant fair has a lot to offer and interest visitors, for all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Great Comp Gardens can be found here.
On Wednesday 16th October 2019, Thursday 17th October 2019, Friday 18th October 2019, Saturday 19th October 2019 and Sunday 20th October 2019 – Taste of Autumn at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey GU23 6QB. This special show celebrates everything wonderful about autumn! See wonderful displays of pumpkins and other fruit and vegetables. If you’re unsure what apple tree you have in your garden, bring along your apples, to be identified by the RHS fruit experts. The National Vegetable Society will be giving advice and providing information on how to grow vegetables; they’ll also be displaying some of the top quality vegetables that the NVS members have grown. Plant and produce will be offered for sale. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to RHS Garden Wisley can be found here.
Sunday 20th October 2019 – The Conifer Society Show (Clore) will be held from 10am until 4pm, at RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB. This autumn show features informative displays about conifer care and the use of conifers in the garden. Visitors can learn about these interesting plants during talks and propagation demonstrations. Find out about conifers for every size and aspect of garden and view an interesting display of conifer cones and photographs.
Information for disabled visitors can be found here.
November 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
Saturday 2nd November 2019 – Chingford Horticultural Society Late Autumn Show, Mornington Hall, (at the end of Green Walk), Station Road, North Chingford, London, E4 7EN. This Show opens at 2pm, there will be a plant sale, and a sale of the show exhibits. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 23rd November 2019 – Eco Fair at Gilbert White’s House and Garden, The Wakes, Selborne, Alton, Hampshire, GU34 3JH. This Eco Fair opens from 10.30am until 4pm. Visitors can discover eco groups and companies at this new fair. For all the details, please click here.
Saturday 23rd November 2019 and Sunday 24th November 2019 – The Beth Chatto Plants and Gardens Christmas Fayre at Beth Chatto Gardens, Elmstead Market, Clacton Road, Elmstead, Colchester, Essex, CO7 7DB. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to the gardens can be found here.
Saturday 23rd November 2019 and Sunday 24th November 2019 – The Great Dixter Christmas Fair at Great Dixter, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH. Great Dixter’s Christmas Fair is open to visitors from 10am until 4pm. Great Dixter’s Nursery and Shop will also be open. For all the details, please click here.
Information for disabled visitors to Great Dixter can be found here.
December 2019 Specialist Plant Fairs, Festivals, Sales, and Swaps
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