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Visitors can look forward to stunning show gardens and oral displays, stages featuring friendly advice from Gardeners’ World TV presenters and magazine editors, hands-on workshops and demonstrations by expert horticultural hosts, garden tours, plants to browse and buy, and more. With exciting new features and a new show layout, it’s the perfect spring day out and tickets are on sale now. Headline sponsor, Hillier, will present the Spring Fair’s central feature - a stunning woodland-themed seasonal show garden with shade-friendly planting, owers and and Rosy Hardy, founder of Hampshire-based nursery, Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants. e expert team will host a daily programme of bookable, hands-on workshops to boost your growing know-how. Workshop themes include Peat-Free Propagation, 10 Essentials of Grow Your Own, and Keeping Healthy Houseplants. Another brand-new Spring Fair highlight for 2024 is an exclusive ne dining invitation from Gardeners’ World presenter, Adam Frost, and Lime Wood Chef Director, Luke Holder. To make an already fabulous day at the Spring Fair extra special, the duo will be hosting a one-of-a-kind, limited availability Supper Club at Lime Wood on Saturday 4th May with a menu featuring locally sourced produce, including fruit and veg from Lime Wood’s greenhouse and kitchen garden. Guests will experience Lime Wood’s laidback luxury while enjoying drinks, relaxed conversation with the evening’s hosts, and a set menu supper served at banqueting style tables in e Scullery. Tickets are £185 per person and are extremely limited. Early booking is advised. e Supper Club is sponsored by Regent Seven Sea Cruises. At the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage, special guests Frances Tophill (Friday), Adam Frost (Saturday), and – new for 2024 - Sue Kent (Saturday) and Rachel de ame (Sunday) will be joining the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine’s editors to share seasonal gardening advice. Seasonal plants get top billing as stars of the show at the Spring Fair, with more than thirty specialist plant nurseries and growers to browse and buy from, and a wide range of high-quality retailers selling garden accessories, décor, tools, equipment and furniture. Volunteers from Maggie’s Cancer Care in Southampton will be hosting a Plant Crèche and Wheelbarrow Porter Service for handsfree plant shopping. Donations to the charity will be very gratefully received. e Spring Fair’s Showcase Gardens, College Garden competition, and compact Beautiful Borders are sure to inspire with their creative designs and imaginative planting. Showcase Gardens include: The Inner Dancer by Matt Le Gassick, a tribute to the legendary dance choreographer and director, Dame Gillian Lynne; e Retreat by Marc Buirski (2 Forks and a Spade), a woodland-inspired mindfulness garden for schoolchildren and sta ; A Forest of Calm, by Leigh Johnstone (aka e Beardy Gardener) and Lily Clarke, inspired by the New Forest National Park and the mental health bene ts of being in nature; and Garden of Life by Mountbatten Hampshire Hospice. At 9m2, the Beautiful Borders are miniature, show gardens, packed with design elements and brimming with ideas for small spaces and challenging places. is year’s Beautiful Borders theme is ‘Share My Space’. Entries include e Kettle’s On by Catherine Butcher (Plants For bulbs. Plant information will be available throughout to inspire visitors’ own garden plans, with advice pods and a large retail area stocked with Hillier plants and garden accessories, plus expert horticultural advice from Hillier’s nursery team on the main stage. New for 2024 is the Get Growing Stage, an exciting, informal drop-in space that’s dedicated to the joy of home growing, hosted by horticultural broadcaster, author and award-winning podcaster, Ellen Mary. Well-known faces from the world of ‘Grow Your Own’ will be sharing their top tips, including Jason Williams (Cloud Gardener UK), ower farmer, Kim O’Brien, mushroom growers, Caley Brothers, and chefs from e Pig and Lime Wood hotel. Also new is the Plant Expert Workshop Marquee, where visitors can take part in a range of practical activities led by plant experts Lucy Chamberlain, Saul Walker Continued on page 23
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