Get Growing Stage

Make sure to drop by this stage for daily talks on growing your own from the National Allotment Society.

Whether you have an allotment, a vegetable patch in your garden, or perhaps a sunny balcony or windowsill, head to this stage for top tips and advice for thriving produce.

Come armed with questions for help with planting, plotting, pests and diseases and more! You’re sure to take home plenty of ideas for your plot and for home-grown delicious produce for your table.

10:00 am English Heritage Gardeners

11:00am Erin BakerFrom Plot to Plate

12:00pm Fiona Warin – ‘On your marks, get set, grow!’   Ideas for first time growers and plot holders 

1:00pm Roger Umpelby -Growing your own, what could possibly go wrong?

2:00pmErin Baker – From Plot to Plate

3:00pm Fiona Warin – ‘On your marks, get set, grow!’   Ideas for first time growers and plot holders

4:00pm Roger Umpelby -Growing your own, what could possibly go wrong?

10:00am English Heritage Gardeners

11:00 am Mick Poultney – Gardening – my way!

12:00pm Ade SellarsLiving ‘the good life’ …is it as good as it’s cracked up to be?

1:00pm Stephanie Hafferty – No Dig Gardening

2:00pm Mick Poultney – Gardening – my way!

3:00pm Ade SellarsLiving ‘the good life’ …is it as good as it’s cracked up to be?

4:00pm Stephanie Hafferty – No Dig Gardening

10:00am English Heritage Gardeners

11:00am Rod Weston -Composting on Allotments and Community Gardens

12:00pm Nick MartinSecret Wildlife of My Garden

1:00pm Bill Laws -Green Tips – a planet friendly  guide to growing vegetables

2:00pm Rod Weston -Composting on Allotments and Community Gardens

3:00pm Nick MartinSecret Wildlife of My Garden

4:00pm Bill Laws -Green Tips – a planet friendly  guide to growing vegetables

10:00am English Heritage Gardeners

11:00am Mike Hinton -Introduction to Growing Vegetables

12:00pm Darren Rudge -Teabags, bras and tights: sustainable gardening to sustain you and the planet.

1:00pmMike Hinton -Introduction to Growing Vegetables

2:00pm Darren Rudge -Teabags, bras and tights: sustainable gardening to sustain you and the planet.

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'The Chef's Table' headline Show Garden

Designed by Adam Frost

Gardeners’ World presenter, Adam Frost, will create the headline Show Garden for BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2024!

Featuring a rustic, outdoor cooking-dining area, Adam’s Show Garden will be overflowing with edibles growing in a naturalised setting, and ideas for how you can integrate edibles into your own garden.

There’ll be plenty of plot-to-plate inspiration to dig into as Adam welcomes chefs from the Good Food Show Summer onto the garden, to share cooking and recipe ideas. 

Popping in for talks and demos on Adam's garden:

THURSDAY

Cassie Best, James Martin and Glynn Purnell

FRIDAY

Cassie Best, Michel Roux and Glynn Purnell

SATURDAY

Good Food Magazine, Glynn Purnell and Paul Ainsworth

SUNDAY

Good Food Magazine, Glynn Purnell and more to be annoucned.

Informal drop in sessions, standing only

Timetable:

Adam will host top experts on his garden for talks and demos including Michel Roux, James Martin and Cassie Best from BBC Good Food Magazine. Who will you see during your visit?

Thursday 13 June

Informal drop-in sessions. Limited availability, first come first serve.

Good Food’s Cassie Best will be popping in for talks on Adam’s Chef’s Table Garden.

In this Gardeners’ World podcast, Adam and Cassie share tips and tricks for growing flavour-packed vegetables and turning them into delicious dishes, in this podcast series

As well as growing homegrown veg, Adam loves cooking it too – creating delicious meals with produce taken straight from plot to plate. In the podcast series, he and Cassie, food director of BBC Good Food magazine, share inspirational recipes to help you make the most of your homegrown vegetables.

See Adam on stage

You’ll be able to glean tips and expert advice from Adam at the Show in the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Theatre, or at our drop-in stages around the Show.

Adam will be at the Show on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 

BBC Gardeners' World Live (14th - 16th June 2023)
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With thanks to Hillier, plant supplier for the Chef’s Table Show Garden

With thanks to garden product suppliers