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Hugely popular Michelin Star chef and TV personality John Burton-Race will get taste buds tingling with an array of fabulous recipes at The Edible Garden Show 2012. John will take to the stage in the cookery theatre at the show voted the Garden Event of the Year by the public after its launch in 2011. He will be conjuring up a host of mouth-watering treats on all three days of the event when it returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from March 16-18. The cookery theatre at The Edible Garden Show will be sponsored by Kerrygold Butter and Pilgrims Choice Cheese, and John is the Executive Development Chef and Brand Ambassador for both brands. On St Patrick’s Day, Saturday March 17,… Read More

It’s Chinese New Year on Monday (January 23) and we will be entering the Year of the Dragon – which as well as the fire breathing mythical creature brings images of the Dragon Fruit to mind. These particularly ugly fruit native to Central and South America are now cultivated in hot climates around the world. But along with other exotic fruit can be grown indoors even in Britain in a warm, airy room. Dragon Fruit, which are also known as strawberry pears are great to add to fruit salads or juiced, they are high in fibre, protein, calcium, iron and phosphorus and are said to be a great treat for diabetics as they help to control blood glucose levels. Why… Read More

The Edible Garden Show has been voted Most Popular Garden Event of the Year ahead of established fixtures such as The RHS Chelsea Flower Show and Gardeners World Live. More than 15,800 members of the public voted in the annual Horticultural Channel Awards and selected our launch show as the UK’s most popular gardening event. The Edible Garden Show’s Events Director Bev Channell said:  “It is fantastic to win this award ahead of such major shows such as The RHS Chelsea Flower Show which is famous around the world.  The Edible Garden Show was created to give the millions of grow your own enthusiasts their own dedicated national event and it has really caught the imagination of the public. “We… Read More

Growing your own fruit and vegetables could slash more than £1,300 off annual grocery bills, according to the National Society of Allotment & Leisure Gardeners. Figures compiled by the NSALG reveal allotment holders spend around £200 a year growing crops that would cost £1,564 in shops. The news comes just months after consumer watchdog Which? found one-in-four people were growing more edible crops to cope with rocketing food and fuel prices. The rising demand for plots has been triggered by enormous savings and health benefits of home grown veg. There are currently more than 100,000 people on waiting lists for plots. Donna McDaid, NSALG’s National Secretary, said: “Keeping an allotment has become very popular as more people realise how satisfying… Read More

We will be running competitions to win show tickets in the run up to the 2012 show – keep an eye out on our website for updates and new competitions. Our first competition ‘Is this you?’ is already running – win a pair of tickets to the show if you are the circled visitor in this months photo.

Poultry will be even higher up the pecking order at The Edible Garden Show next year as Britain is witnessing the biggest revival in hen-keeping since the Second World War with 700,000 people flocking to keep chickens to beat the recession. The British Hen Welfare Trust has reported an 80 per cent growth in people keeping poultry over the past three years. In the meantime chicken coop suppliers have seen sales rocket as more people go that ‘egg-stra’ mile to becoming more self-sufficient. As supermarkets roll-out their own-brand range of chicken coops for the general public, the  UK’s first-ever national show dedicated to the grow-your-own phenomenon is stepping up to meet the growing consumer demand for practical help on keeping… Read More

Just five months after the successful launch of The Edible Garden Show, the first-ever national event dedicated to grow-your-own fruit and vegetables, organisers are on course to deliver their promise that the 2012 exhibition will be bigger and even better! Almost the same number of exhibitors which attended the launch event in March have signed up for 2012 while The Edible Garden Show sales team is talking to numerous other exhibitors poised to join the three-day gardening extravaganza. This year’s event attracted nearly 11,000 visitors to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, packing out the exhibition hall with many trade stands needing to replenish stocks to keep pace with the demand for products. The Edible Garden Show’s Events Director Bev Channell says: “We… Read More

The word ‘espalier’ comes from the Italian word that means ‘shoulder’. It is difficult to really work out why a tree that is trained to grow against a wall should be called a shoulder. But perhaps it is because there are a lot of branches, there must be a lot of shoulders! Another way of looking at it is the word ‘espalier’ can also be translated as ‘shoulder support’. An espalier is a supported tree trained in order to fit it against a wall or support. Actually, it is a lot better to grow an espalier against a wire, set either a few inches away from a wall or on a specially set post. This way you can grow a… Read More

The Edible Garden Show has a fantastic line up of resident gardening experts – providing tried and tested advice and tips for you to get growing your own produce and ensure you get the best from your harvest. Our experts, James Wong, Pippa Greenwood, Rachel Green and Paul Peacock, will be keeping our website updated in the run up to the show in 2012, with recipes, tips and advice on gardening.

Consumer watchdog Which? has confirmed what The Edible Garden Show organisers have known for a long time – more people are joining the grow-your-own revolution to save money and lead healthier lives. A Which? report has revealed one in four people now grow edible crops to cope with rocketing food and fuel prices. Researchers also found consumers were turning to home-grown produce so they could eat healthily. In the consumer magazine’s online survey of over 1,000 people, 59 per cent said they had turned to growing their own because “increases in food prices mean I’m trying to be more economical”. A third said their main reason for becoming more self-sufficient was because they were “trying to eat more healthily”. Meanwhile… Read More