Show Experts

Author, gardener, speaker and BBC Gardeners’ Question Time panellist Bob Flowerdew will share his extensive experience and expertise with visitors to The Edible Garden Show 2013. As the UK’s foremost authority on productive gardening, the award-winning personality will entertain and enlighten visitors at the spectacular three-day ‘Grow Your Own’ event taking place at Stoneleigh Park in Warwickshire on March 15-17. Bob is a well-known face on television and is frequently heard sharing his knowledge and enthusiasm for fruits, vegetables, organic methods and scented plants on national and international radio. His broadcasting credits include being a panellist for nearly two decades on BBC Radio 4′s prestigious Gardeners’ Question Time and for three years on BBC 2 television’s Gardeners’ World. His columns… Read More

It’s just over a month to the show and there is lots to do in the garden. More importantly, there is lots to plan. An old Hebrew proverb says “ When God was making the garden of Eden, he started with a plan!” Good advice. At the show this year there are lots of exhibits and events to help these plans come into fruition. First of all there are seeds! It was a canny step, putting the show in the very early Spring, because it is just the time to start things off! At the show you will find lots of seed companies to talk to – especially when it comes to growing produce and varieties not known to you…. Read More

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

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.

BBC TV’s award-winning gardening presenter James Wong has signed up to The Edible Garden Show. The popular gardener who was a major success at this year’s launch event has signed a two-year deal with organisers to write an exclusive monthly column with gardening tips and recipes for The Edible Garden Show’s popular website and he will give a series of daily talks at the 2012 and 2013 shows. Bev Channell, Event Director for The Edible Garden Show, said:  “We are delighted that  James Wong has agreed to join our team.  He was a big hit at this year’s show where he packed out our Experts’ Theatre and we’ve had lots of requests from the public asking us to ensure James… Read More