Here you will find news from the 2013 show and updates for the 2014 show.
New London Venue for The Edible Garden Show 2014
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- Posted 25th March 2013
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,...Read More
An appetising hit for The Edible Garden Show
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- Posted 22nd March 2013
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...Read More
Could you shine on TV as the nation’s best kitchen gardener?
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- Posted 6th February 2013
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...Read More
Nurturing community spirit in a grow bag
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- Posted 30th January 2013
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...Read More
BBC Gardeners’ Question Time to be broadcast from The Edible Garden Show 2013
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- Posted 21st January 2013
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...Read More
