Exhibitors

As the grow-your-own revolution gathers speed, gardeners keen to extend the growing season and ensure a steady supply of fresh home-grown produce for the family are snapping up polytunnels. The sturdy structures, once only used by commercial growers and farmers for soft fruits, weather-sensitive vegetables and plants, are now commonplace in back gardens and allotment plots across the UK. They come in different shapes and sizes and are proving invaluable to growers in exposed regions – from the Falkland Islands and remote Highlands down south to the Cornish Coast. Sara-Jane Berry from Hereford-based polytunnel experts Haygrove, who will be showcasing their structures at UK’s award-winning grow-your-own event The Edible Garden Show 2012, said: “More families are now opting for tunnels… Read More

Masters trained by the UK’s leading organic gardening charity will be on hand to answer visitors’ questions and get hands on at the show. Master Gardeners and Master Composters who volunteer on two of Garden Organic’s successful schemes to support people to grow food and compost, will share their expertise during the three day show. The Masters programmes are two projects led by Garden Organic, that train volunteers to go out into their communities to help other people grow food or compost. The Master Composter scheme has been running for over a decade, working with local authorities across the UK to reduce waste, whilst the Master Gardener scheme has mentored over 2000 people to grow their own food, in just… Read More

Marcus Eyles, owner and managing director of The Garden Store, has launched a new website, GardenGuru.me, that aims to answer all those gardening questions that you’ve always wanted to ask.  It’s like having your very own garden expert at your side all the time, just a couple of clicks and as soon as we can we’ll be back with the answer the same day*.  How great is that, no more worrying about doing the wrong thing and ruining your prized crops or waiting for a knowledgeable relative or neighbour to come round and tell you you’re doing it wrong.  You can email pictures to show us your problem, is it a pest, a disease a nutrient deficiency or just a… 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 Daily Mirror’s ever popular gardening expert Mr Digwell will be returning to the Edible Garden Show in 2012, showcasing his fantastic range of fruit and vegetable seeds – plus much more! Mr Digwell has been offering traditional and trusted gardening advice for over 50 years, guiding generations of gardeners to success by offering sound advice to both the beginner and the experienced gardener. Through his weekly feature in the Daily Mirror which was regularly followed and read by millions and now in his own handy books, the practical, timely and just plain down-to-earth advice is easy to follow in simple step-by-step guides; not just telling but also showing. For helpful advice and great offers on garden products from Mr… Read More

The Poultry Club of Great Britain and The Toggenburg Breeders Society, which is affiliated to The British Goat Society, are returning to The Edible Garden Show in March 2012 following the triumph of this year’s event which attracted nearly 11,000 visitors. Both have booked their plots at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire where they will showcase their livestock and give advice on keeping and breeding poultry and goats. And they are not alone. Organisers have seen 55 per cent of companies from The Edible Garden Show 2011 return to rebook for next year and the number of new exhibitors booking early to ensure they get a prime location to showcase their products is also on the rise. Britain’s leading seed suppliers… Read More