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Gardening events and shows for 2024

All the big names in one place. Here's our guide to the gardening calendar's biggest and best gardening events for the year ahead

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Published: February 9, 2024 at 2:01 pm

From the glamour and excitement of the RHS Chelsea Flower Show to the laid-back charm of the Great Comp Summer Show, our round up of this year’s best flower shows, festivals and events. 

We'll be updating this article through the year so be sure to check back for what's new. Bookmark it for quick and easy re-finding!

So let's make some plans and make the most of what's going on. Here's what you've got to look forward to for 2024:

Gardens Illustrated events and show guide 2024

MARCH

5 March: Dan Pearson and Mary Duggan on Lambeth Green

Visit the Garden Museum for a talk by Dan Pearson and Mary Duggan to hear about plans for Lambeth Green, London's newest landmark public garden and green spaces.

Open 7pm
Tickets £15 (£10 live-streamed)
Location The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
Web thegardenmuseum.org.uk

5 March: A year full of flowers with Sarah Raven

Join Sarah to learn how have a garden filled with flowers from February to November.

Open 10.30am - 3.30pm
Tickets £195
Location Gate Street Barn, Bramley, Guildford, GU5 0LR
Web sarahraven.com

7 March: The Generous Gardener Lecture Day

Troy Scott Smith
© Rachel Warne

Join Troy Scott Smith for a lecture about roses including their history, care, cultivation, pruning and use in the garden. This will be followed by a talk from Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg of Harris Bugg Studio about respecting the spirit of a place. 

Open 10.30am-4pm
Tickets £135
Location Arts and Crafts Manor House, Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF
Web thegenerousgardener.co.uk

13 March - 24 April: Jean-Marie Toulgouat, Gardening Giverny

Born in Giverny in 1928, Jean-Marie Toulgouat grew up surrounded by Impressionist masterpieces and beautiful gardens. The great-grandson of Claude Monet (by marriage), he returned to Giverny in the 1960s, and was closely involved in the restoration of Monet’s gardens. He created his own distinctive oeuvre of vibrantly coloured oil paintings of the gardens at Giverny, capturing his personal relationship with the land.

Open TBC
Tickets TBC
Location The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
Web gardenmuseum.org.uk

16 March: Creating a Cutting Garden

Visit Damson Farm in Somerset for a masterclass in cut flower growing from Becky Crowley. Book early to avoid disappointment!

Open 9.30am-4pm
Tickets £120
Location Damson Farm, Northend, BA1 8ES
Web alisonjenkins.co.uk

19 March: A year full of flowers with Sarah Raven

Join Sarah to learn how have a garden filled with flowers from February to November.

Open 10.30am - 3.30pm
Tickets £195
Location Bix Manor Barn, Oxfordshire, RG9 4RS
Web sarahraven.com

19 - 21 March: Luxury Floral Masterclass

Floral artist Amie Bone is running a three day floral design masterclass. Fantasia 3 is an intensive course where guests will help to produce an awe-inspiring floral masterpiece. The work will be displayed at a VIP Gala dinner which guests will also attend.

Open 19-21 March
Tickets £4950
Location The Dairy, Waddesdon Manor, Queen Street, Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, HP18 OJW
Web amiebonefantasia.com

20 March - 30 June: Why Women Grow - Alice Vincent

Visit the Garden Museum for a free exhibition looking at the stories of the women featured in Alice Vincent's podcast Why Women Grow.

Open TBC
Tickets Free
Location The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
Web gardenmuseum.org.uk

APRIL

4 April: The Generous Gardener Lecture Day

Join Nick Macer and Marian Boswall for talks on trees, shrubs and the alcehmy of change at the beautiful Rodmarton Manor with tea, coffee and cake.

Open 10.30am-4pm
Tickets £135
Location Arts and Crafts Manor House, Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF
Web thegenerousgardener.co.uk

5 April: Korean Natural Farming

Visit Damson Farm to explore this method of regenerating soil by creating your own fertilisers and plant medicines with Joshua Sparkes.

Open 9.30am-4pm
Tickets £120
Location Damson Farm, Northend, BA1 8ES
Web alisonjenkins.co.uk

6-7 April: Cornwall Garden Society Spring Flower Show

© Charles Francis

An immersive Show Garden, a Grow Your Own space and Tipi Talks by local luminaries and national names are just some of the vibrant new features that will complement the dazzling displays and exquisite exhibits at the Cornwall Garden Society’s 2024 Spring Flower Show.

Open 10am-5pm Saturday, 10am - 4pm Sunday
Tickets £10 in advance, £12 on the gate
Location Royal Cornwall Show Ground
Web cornwallgardensociety.org.uk

6-7 April: Great Dixter Plant Fair

Shop from independent nurseries and explore the gardens at Great Dixter.

Open 11am-4pm
Tickets £16
Location Great Dixter House & Gardens, Northiam, Rye, East Sussex, TN31 6PH
Web greatdixter.co.uk

9 April: Polly Nicholson - The Tulip Garden

Organic flower grower and florist Polly Nicholson’s new book The Tulip Garden, is a lavishly illustrated tribute to tulips published by Phaidon. Visit the Garden Museum this spring to celebrate the launch with a talk from Polly sharing her unmatched tulip insight, as holder of the National Collection of Tulipa (Historic) with Plant Heritage.

Open 7pm
Tickets £15
Location The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
Web thegardenmuseum.co.uk

10 April: A year full of flowers with Sarah Raven

Join Sarah to learn how have a garden filled with flowers from January to December.

Open 10.30am - 4pm
Tickets £250
Location Perch Hill Farm, East Sussex, TN32 5HP
Web sarahraven.com

11 April: Sustainable Gardening

Visit West Green House for a sustainable gardening workshop. This is gardening working hand in hand with nature. It’s understanding your soil, rain fall and the climatically correct plants. We talk about collecting seeds, propagation, managing the landscape, in fact we are talking about nearly cost free gardening.

Open 11am-1pm
Tickets £62
Location West Green House Gardens, Thackham’s Lane, near Hartley Wintney, Hook, Hampshire, RG27 8JB
Web westgreenhouse.co.uk

13 April: Hanami Blossom Day

Celebrate the start of Spring at Brogdale. Discover Japanese art & culture amidst the breathtaking blossoming orchards.
Discover the traditions of Japan with a traditional tea ceremony demonstration, have a go at origami, learn about bonsai or try your hand at traditional calligraphy. Explore Japanese art & culture, learn to make sushi and watch the amazing Japanese drumming and sword displays or try on a kimono for a great selfie!

Open 10am-3pm
Tickets £15 (Under 16s go free)
Location Brogdale Collections, Brogdale Farm, Faversham, Kent, ME13 8XZ
Web brogdalecollections.org

14 April: Spring Plant Fair

Visit the Garden Museum for their Spring Plant Fair with nurseries including Beth Chatto's Plants and Great Dixter Nursery.

Open 10am-4pm
Tickets £5
Location The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
Web thegardenmuseum.co.uk

18 April: The Generous Gardener Lecture Day

Join Polly Nicholson for a lecture on growing tulips more sustainably followed by one from Jamie Butterworth on growing plants and designing gardens for RHS Chelsea Flower Show. Lunch and refreshments are included.

Open 10.30am-4pm
Tickets £135
Location Arts and Crafts Manor House, Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF
Web thegenerousgardener.co.uk

18 - 21 April: RHS Urban Show

RHS Urban Show, set in the heart of Manchester, celebrates your own oasis. Don’t miss the chance to be a part of this new immersive gardening experience. 

Open Thursday to Saturday 10am-2.30pm and 2.30pm-7pm, Sunday 10am-5.30pm
Tickets From £14.85
Location Depot Mayfield, Manchester
Web rhs.org.uk

21 April: Plant Fairs Roadshow at Arundel

Expert nurseries will be displaying their plants in the grounds of Arundel Castle as part of the Plant Fairs Roadshow.

Open 10am-5pm
Tickets £5
Location Arundel Castle, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9AB
Web plantfairsroadshow.co.uk

MAY

2 May: The Generous Gardener Lecture Day

Join Kate Stuart-Smith of Serge Hill Garden followed by Arthur Parkinson for a day of talks.

Open 10.30am-4pm
Tickets £135
Location Arts and Crafts Manor House, Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF
Web thegenerousgardener.co.uk

3-4 May: Toby's Garden Festival

Toby's Garden Festival returns this spring featuring nurseries from around the west country , arts, crafts and street food.

Open TBC
Tickets From £13.50
Location Powderham Castle, Powderham Estate, Exeter EX6 8JQ
Web tobygardenfest.co.uk

4 May: The Best of British Flowers Masterclass

Under the direction of Therese Johansson, our Head of Floristry, you will learn how to create a Petersham Nurseries’ style vase arrangement, celebrating the best of British flowers and colour that the season has to offer. As part of this masterclass, you will be introduced to how to condition garden flowers and branches for optimum vase life.

Open 9-11am
Tickets £150
Location The Petersham (Covent Garden), 2 Floral Court, London
Web petershamcoventgarden.com

9 May: The Generous Gardener Lecture Evening

Join Andy Sturgeon for an informative evening talk on making the modern garden.

Open 6-815pm
Tickets £135
Location Arts and Crafts Manor House, Rodmarton Manor, Rodmarton, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, GL7 6PF
Web thegenerousgardener.co.uk

9 - 12 May: RHS Malvern Spring Festival

RHS Malvern Spring Festival returns with inspiring gardens, spectacular blooms and plenty of ideas to try at home

Open Thursday to Sunday 9am - 6pm
Tickets From £15.85
Location Malvern Show Ground
Web rhs.org.uk

Buy tickets for Malvern Spring Festival here.

15 May - 29 September: Gardening Bohemia - Bloomsbury Women Outdoors

Centring on Vita Sackville West, Virginia Woolf, Vanessa Bell, and Lady Ottoline Morrell, this exhibition tells the story of the women of the Bloomsbury group and friends through their gardens.

Open 10am-5pm
Tickets TBC
Location The Garden Museum, Lambeth Palace Road, London, SE1 7LB
Web thegardenmuseum.org.uk

16 May - 13 October: Now you see us: Women artists in Britain 1520 - 1920

Coming up this spring is Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520 - 1920, an exhibition of professional women artists working through history. Told in the exhibition are the stories of botanical artists who (far from the 'lady amateurs' that women artists are often dismissed as) worked as leading professionals, making significant contributions to scientific study.

Open 10am-6pm
Tickets TBC
Location Tate Britain, Millbank, London, SW1P 4RG
Web tate.org.uk

19 May; 3, 14, 21 June: Beekeeping

Discover all you need to know about safe and successful beekeeping on this hands-on, one day course at River Cottage.

Open 10am-5pm
Tickets £245
Location River Cottage HQ, Trinity Hill Road, Axminster, EX13 8TB
Web rivercottage.net

21 - 25 May: RHS Chelsea Flower Show

Horatio's Garden. Designed by Charlotte Harris and Hugo Bugg. Sponsored by Horatio's Garden and Project Giving Back. Show Garden. RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2023. Stand no 321.
Harris Bugg Studio's Show Garden for Horatio's Garden, sponsored by Project Giving Back and Best in Show 2023. © Neil Hepworth

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2024 promises amazing garden designs, gorgeous floral displays and exclusive shopping.

Open Tuesday to Wednesday RHS Members' Days 8am-8pm, Thursday - Friday 8am-8pm, Friday Chelsea Late 5.30-10pm, Saturday 8am-5.30pm.
Tickets From £37.85
Location Royal Hospital Chelsea
Web rhs.org.uk

Buy tickets for Chelsea Flower Show here.

31 May - 1 June: Scone Palace Garden Festival

Scone Palace Garden Fair will be the perfect day out for gardening enthusiasts and their families. In the Gardens at Scone Palace, come and experience a line-up of top nurseries selling quality plants, gardening workshops, competitions, and more, with our Head Gardener, Brian Cunningham.

Open 10am-5pm
Tickets £14.50
Location Scone Palace, Perth, PH2 6BD
Web scone-palace.co.uk

JUNE

22 - 23 June: Borde Hill Garden Festival

Discover over 40 beautifully curated independent stalls with planters, garden furniture, lifestyle trends and artisan accessories, alongside rare and unusual plants from national specialist nurseries. Enjoy eclectic live music, explore curated talks from leading garden designers and experts and discover irresistible flavours from Sussex’s best pop-ups.

Open 10am - 5pm
Tickets From £5
Location Borde Hill
Web https://bordehill.co.uk/events/borde-hill-garden-festival/

Festival Tickets - Borde Hill

22 - 23 June: Garden Museum Literary Festival

Jinny Blom, Polly Nicholson and Rajat Jindal are among speakers at the Garden Museum's Literary Festival which will be hosted at Sezincote House.

Open 22-23 June
Tickets £240
Location Sezincote, Moreton-in-Marsh, GL56 9AW
Web gardenmuseum.org.uk

27 June: Botanical Painting Workshop with Katie Lenegan

Guided by experienced artist Katie Lenegan, you will learn how to explore expressive drawing techniques and use line, tone and colour to create experimental paintings. Katie will encourage you to respond to flowers and other cuttings with charcoal, ink, pencil and watercolour. The day includes a delicious organic lunch in The Trough, our restaurant just steps away from the Market Garden.

Open 10am-4pm
Tickets £155
Location Daylesford Farm, Daylesford near Kingham, Cotswolds, GL56 0YG
Web daylesford.com

JULY

2 - 7 July: RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

Visitors enter and exit the show ground via the Ditton Gate for the RHS Hampton Court Flowers After Hours event.
© Georgi Mabee

RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival is a bonanza of glorious gardens and fabulous flowers.

Open Tuesday to Saturday 10am - 6.30pm, Sunday 10am to 5.30pm.
Tickets From £25.85
Location Hampton Court Palace Gardens, Richmond
Web rhs.org.uk

Buy tickets for Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival here.

17 - 21 July: RHS Flower Show Tatton Park

RHS Flower Show Tatton Park, is a day out for all the family, with unique gardens, talks and tips, children’s activities, floral installations, markets, stalls and lots of tasty food and drink to enjoy.

Open Wednesday (Member's Day) 10am-5pm, Thursday to Sunday 10am - 5pm.
Tickets From £27.85
Location Tatton Park
Web rhs.org.uk

Buy tickets for RHS Flower Show Tatton Park here.

SEPTEMBER

26 September: Botanical Painting Workshop with Katie Lenegan

Guided by experienced artist Katie Lenegan, you will learn how to explore expressive drawing techniques and use line, tone and colour to create experimental paintings. Katie will encourage you to respond to flowers and other cuttings with charcoal, ink, pencil and watercolour. The day includes a delicious organic lunch in The Trough, our restaurant just steps away from the Market Garden.

Open 10am-1pm
Tickets £95
Location Daylesford Farm, Daylesford near Kingham, Cotswolds, GL56 0YG
Web daylesford.com

Dates and prices correct at time of publication. Please check details for each show prior to travelling.

 

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