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911±¬ÁÏ Malvern Spring Festival

Give it a Grow Theatre

Get ready to dig deeper at the Give it a Grow Theatre. New for 2025, this exciting stage, hosted by podcaster Leigh Johnstone, is packed with expert advice, hands-on tips and practical inspiration for gardeners of all abilities

Adam Frost in the garden

Don’t miss: Adam Frost

Saturday and Sunday

BBC Gardeners’ World presenter, gardener and author Adam is also an accomplished designer with an impressive haul of seven 911±¬ÁÏ Chelsea Gold medals to his name. He has a knowledgeable and inspirational yet down-to-earth attitude to gardens and design, and is keen to encourage gardeners of all ages and abilities to fall in love with plants. Catch him as he shares a career’s worth of wisdom on gardening for wellbeing.

Thursday 8 May 2025

  • 10.30am | School Garden Awards
  • 11.30am | Chris Collins: From Blue Peter to Cameroon – my life in horticulture
  • 12.30pm | Chris Collins: Perfecting propagation – plants for free

  • 1.30pm | Society of Garden Designers: An uphill battle – working with your topography
  • 2.30pm | Sarah Gerrard-Jones: Houseplant question time (plus book signing)
  • 3.30pm | Eddie Bailey (Rhizophyllia): The power of microbes – putting the life back into your soil

Chris Collins
Sarah Gerrard-Jones
Jonathan Moseley

Friday 9 May 2025

  • 10.30am | Adam Alexander: Meetings with remarkable vegetables – the accidental seed heroes (plus book signing)
  • 11.30am | Anya Lautenbach: The money-saving gardener (plus book signing)
  • 12.30pm | Rachel de Thame: Beautiful, beneficial blooms – a flower garden for pollinators (plus book signing)

  • 1.30pm | Society of Garden Designers: Making a splash – rain gardens, ponds and beyond
  • 2.30pm | Paul Jupp (Meadow in my Garden): Emulating the abundance of traditional
    meadows in a garden setting
  • 3.30pm | Jonathan Moseley: Fun floral creations to celebrate spring

Anya Lautenbach
Adam Alexander
Rachel de Thame

Saturday 10 May 2025

  • 10.30am | Eddie Bailey (Rhizophyllia): The power of microbes – putting the life back into your soil
  • 11.30am | Helen Cross: Grow cook inspire – growing and cooking for a healthier planet and mind (plus book signing)
  • 12.30pm | Adam Frost: For the love of plants, growing positivity – gardening for wellbeing (plus book signing)

  • 1.30pm | Society of Garden Designers: Creating privacy in a garden – planting and screening to improve your space
  • 2.30pm | Huw Richards: The permaculture garden – a practical approach to year-round harvests
  • 3.30pm | Jonathan Moseley: Fun floral creations to celebrate spring

Huw Richards
Helen Cross
Jon Wheatley

Sunday 11 May 2025

  • 10.30am | Paul Jupp (Meadow in my Garden): Emulating the abundance of traditional meadows in a garden setting
  • 11.30am | Society of Garden Designers: Lighting up your garden – extend your time outdoors
  • 12.30pm | Adam Frost: For the love of plants, growing positivity and gardening for wellbeing (plus book signing)

  • 1.30pm | Jonathan Moseley: Fun floral creations to celebrate spring
  • 2.30pm | Jon Wheatley: Perfecting propagation – plants for free
  • 3.30pm | Jonathan Moseley: Fun floral creations to celebrate spring

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911±¬ÁÏ is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.