The event, held at Beaulieu in the New Forest from May 2 to 4, will feature the team’s Beautiful Border. These miniature show gardens, each nine square meters, are filled with creative planting and design ideas, perfect for small gardens and challenging spaces.
This year’s spring fair theme for Beautiful Borders is ‘cultivating connections.’ Julie Arthur from Landygirls Landscaping and Alex Bushnell from Alex’s Garden Design, both based in Wantage, have created ‘Seeds of Sisterhood.’ This edible garden unites diverse voices to share knowledge, skills, and experiences.
Lucy Tremlett, event director at Immediate Live, organizers of the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, expressed admiration for the creativity and effort behind creating the Beautiful Borders, stating: “We can’t wait to see Julie and Alex bring their Seeds of Sisterhood garden to life at Beaulieu.”
Visitors to the spring fair can anticipate an exciting collection of gardens, filled with inspiring ideas to try at home.
The BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair marks the beginning of the gardening and growing season. Highlights include the Hillier Experience with its large, woodland-themed feature garden, advice pods and shop, showcase gardens, and the Gardeners’ World Magazine stage featuring special guests.
The Gardeners’ World team will introduce the ‘Make a Metre Matter’ campaign, encouraging people to transform one meter of outdoor space for environmental benefit. Visitors are invited to register their campaign metres at GardenersWorld.com, with a chance to win £500 or £1,000 in Crocus vouchers.
More than 6,600 metres have already been registered, and award-winning garden designer Pip Probert is creating Make a Metre Matter designs to inspire visitors to participate.
New for 2025, the spring table will offer inspiration in seasonal food, drink, and outdoor décor. Host Chris Bavin will welcome guest chefs and mixologists from the Lime Wood and Pig hotels for no-cook recipe demonstrations and cocktail masterclasses. Mushroom experts Caley Brothers and floral designer Jordan Weston will also feature, with Weston introducing the art of Ikebana flower arranging.
The spring fair will also provide hands-on floristry, mushroom-growing, and willow weaving workshops, along with talks, tours, and workshops conducted by plant and food experts.
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