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Award-winning grow-your-own event, The Edible Garden Show, is putting down new roots at London’s Alexandra Palace in March 2014 in a move to bring the popular show to new audiences around the country. TV presenter James Wong, who has been a celebrity speaker at The Edible Garden Show since its launch at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire in 2011 is delighted that the event will be sowing seeds in the capital. James, who is on a mission to persuade the nation to plant exotic edibles, says: “It has been so wonderful to see the huge enthusiasm for the show, from both visitors and exhibitors, at Stoneleigh but with a move to London the show will go positively inter-stellar!” The Edible Garden Show was launched in… Read More

Rain and sleet failed to dampen spirits at The Edible Garden Show – staged for the third year running at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire at the weekend (March 15-17). The award-winning show – the only national event dedicated to grow-your-own is moving to Alexandra Palace in London for 2014 after three successful years at Stoneleigh Park. Celebrity botanist and TV presenter James Wong, who has been an expert speaker at the show since its launch in 2011, almost lost his voice at the event after visitors queued for hours to meet him and buy signed copies of his latest book “Homegrown Revolution”. Other celebrity speakers over the weekend included Gardeners’ Question Time panellist Bob Flowerdew; author and TV presenter Alys Fowler;… Read More

  The Edible Garden Show’s gardening guru Paul Peacock has had to pull out of this year’s event due to sudden illness. Paul and his wife Diana have been highly popular regulars since our show was launched in 2011 giving enlightening and entertaining demonstrations in our cookery and experts theatres and potting shed area. Their daughter Rebecca said:  “We’re really sad to say that Paul won’t be able to attend The Edible Garden Show this year after suffering a major heart attack on Wednesday.  He’s had emergency surgery and is now in a stable condition. He and all the family really appreciate the help, support and affection shown for Paul and are very sorry not to see you all this… Read More

    The Edible Garden Show, the UK’s award-winning national ‘Grow-Your-Own’ event, returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire from 15-17 March bursting with innovative products, top exhibitors, home-grown produce, food, livestock and a new celebrity line-up of experts. There are lots of great stories among the exhibitors – including a number of local ones. Please find attached our latest press release and a selections of images. The show is very topical especially with recent food scare stories such as the horsemeat scandal and the rising costs of food. More and more families are turning to grow-your-own in a bid to know what they are eating, save money and enjoy a healthier lifestyle. According to the latest government figures from DEFRA 5%… Read More

  The Edible Garden Show has been asked to unearth the UK’s best kitchen gardeners for an entertaining new prime time gardening programme for BBC2. Producers are looking for pairs of contestants who have the skills and the dedication to compete to be the nation’s best kitchen gardener. They are searching for duos who can cultivate the perfect carrot, make their green tomatoes into award winning chutney and turn their dahlias and sweet peas into floral arrangements fit for a Queen. The programme made by Silver River TV will be an exciting and stimulating series revealing all the wonderful possibilities that can be unlocked from one patch of earth. From vegetables to fruits and flowers, this programme will illustrate that… Read More

The Edible Garden Show is featured in Diarmuid Gavin’s Gardening column in the Daily Mirror on Saturday 2nd February. Click here to read the full article

  Growing your own fruit and veg feeds the body with healthy, nutritious food but planting crops at home can lift the spirits of an entire community too. Naomi Schillinger is one of the founder members of a community project on the streets of London that was tight on space but big on ambition. The aim wasn’t just to encourage neighbours to grow flowers, herbs, fruit and veg in tiny spaces on their streets and front gardens but also to sow the seeds of a close knit community that could grow and grow. A qualified horticulturalist and professional gardener, Naomi will be sharing the success story of her community with a talk ‘Dinner on Your Doorstep’ at The Edible Garden… Read More

One of the UK’s most popular gardening programmes, BBC Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time, is to be broadcast from The Edible Garden Show – and members of the public can apply for free tickets to be in the audience at this special recording. Gardeners’ Question Time (GQT) will be pre-recorded on the opening day of The Edible Garden Show which is being staged at Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from March 15-17. During the programme members of the audience have the chance to pose their gardening queries to a panel of experts who will include TV botanist James Wong and GQT stalwart Bob Flowerdew. James, a presenter for BBC’s Countryfile, and organic gardening guru Bob will also be appearing in The Edible… Read More

Saving money by growing your own food has never been a hotter topic as we count down to The Edible Garden Show – the UK’s award-winning national grow-your-own event. With soaring food prices and family budgets stretched, it’s the perfect time to think about digging for the dinner plate. Scheduled for the beginning of the growing season, The Edible Garden Show returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from 15-17 March bursting with innovative products, top exhibitors, home-grown produce, food, livestock and a new celebrity line-up of experts. The show harvests a huge crop of exciting exhibitors and brings inspirational celebrity chefs and gardeners together under one roof in a one-stop shop for anyone wanting a slice of the ‘Good Life’. Popular… Read More

Delicious meals using home-grown ingredients will be whipped into culinary masterpieces at The Edible Garden Show 2013 thanks to hot new sponsor The Co-operative Membership. The organisation, which represents millions of savvy shoppers, will be presenting The Cookery Theatre at the award-winning show when it returns to Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire, from 15-17 March. The link-up is part of The Co-operative’s huge “here for you for life” drive to encourage self-sufficiency and a sustainable lifestyle – a perfect fusion with The Edible Garden Show’s passionate grow-your-own ideals. The Co-operative Central & Eastern Region Membership is sponsoring The Cookery Theatre, where renowned TV chef Rachel Green will be among the talented cooks tantalising the taste buds with step-by-step guides to creating fabulous… Read More