Here you will find news from the 2011 show and updates for the 2012 show.
TV chef John Burton-Race on the menu at The Edible Garden Show
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- Posted 30th January 2012
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...Read More
Plant a Dragon Fruit to celebrate Chinese New Year
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- Posted 20th January 2012
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...Read More
The Edible Garden Show scoops top gardening award
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- Posted 1st December 2011
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...Read More
Save £1,300 on grocery bills by growing your own
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- Posted 25th October 2011
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...Read More
The Edible Garden Show 2012 to go ‘egg-stra’ mile for poultry lovers as cost-conscious consumers flock to keep chickens
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- Posted 15th August 2011
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...Read More
