Green-fingered growers are in for a treat as the hugely popular BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair returns to Beaulieu in May.
Aimed at gardening novices and seasoned growers, the vibrant weekend will feature a host of horticultural highlights, delicious food and drink, and live music. It takes place at Beaulieu from Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd May.
Event tickets also include access to Beaulieu’s extensive grounds, gardens and attractions, including the National Motor Museum, Palace House, the medieval abbey, and Secret Army Exhibition.
This year the headline sponsor, Hillier, will be creating a neighbourhood of gardens featuring a family garden, a potted garden, a cottage garden, and an urban jungle garden. The stand will also feature plant advice, drop-in talks and daily sessions at the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage.
The BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair returns to Beaulieu
Elsewhere at the event BBC Newsround presenter and keen allotmenteer, De-Graft Mensah, has joined forces with professional gardener and writer Lucy Chamberlain to create a “beautiful border”. The plot is inspired by a campaign encouraging people to transform one square metre of outdoor space to support wildlife, nature, and biodiversity.
De-Graft Mensah said: “This year, I’m going to be encouraging people to make every metre matter and to show them how to design a border.”
On the main stage, BBC Gardeners’ World presenters Adam Frost (Friday), Frances Tophill (Saturday), Ashley Edwards and Sue Kent (both Sunday) will be sharing expert advice for the spring gardening season with host David Hurrion.
Meanwhile, the award-winning Hampshire garden designer, Vicky Lincoln, and landscaper Rob Woodhouse will be creating a showcase garden called Nature’s Spa, inspired by the poetry of William Wordsworth.
The vibrant weekend will feature a host of horticultural highlights
Food and drink writer and broadcaster Andy Clarke joins the fun to host the spring table. This stylish alfresco space will feature tasting sessions with Beaulieu winery, B58, and New Forest distillers 820 Spirits.
Meanwhile the popular Good Food market returns with artisan producers, a wide range of street food options, a vintage tea tent and live music. At the ‘In Conversation With’ stage, horticulturalist Ade Sellars hosts a daily programme of relaxed gardening and foodie chat with Good Food editor and chef, Barney Desmazery, food and flower grower Helen Hutchings Cox, and BBC Gardeners’ World presenter Ashley Edwards.
Standard tickets to the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair are priced from £24.50. A&T readers can receive a 10% discount on Friday and Sunday 9.30am and 11.30am entry tickets with the discount code SAVE10. Parking is free and well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome in outside areas. To find out more or to book visit www.bbcgardenersworldfair.com
To be in with a chance of winning one of three pairs of tickets for Sunday 3rd May, simply answer this question: Which day will Gardeners’ World presenter Adam Frost be appearing on the main stage?
A. Friday
B. Sunday
C. Thursday
Entries with the answer and contact details can be posted to What’s On Competition, Advertiser and Times, 11 Mallard Buildings, Station Road, New Milton, Hampshire BH25 6HY or emailed to competition@advertiserandtimes.co.uk (put What’s On Competition in the subject line).
Entries must be received by Friday 27th March.
Terms and Conditions: One entry per person either by post OR email. The rst correct entry picked at random will be deemed the winner. The editor’s decision is nal and no correspondence will be entered into. Photocopies of the entry form will not be accepted. The prize is non-transferable. Employees of New Milton News and Media or their immediate family members may not enter the competition. Entrants must be over 18 years of age. Proof of posting is not regarded as proof of entry or receipt. Promoter: The Advertiser and Times, 11 Mallard Buildings, Station Road, New Milton, Hampshire, BH25 6HY. The organisers will not be issuing paper tickets. Winners will be emailed a link to register online and will receive their tickets by email. Tickets are non-refundable, non-exchangeable and non-transferable, and do not include travel, accommodation or expenses.
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