ADMISSION:
Adults £6.50, Senior Citizens £5.50. Children (5-15yrs)
£4.50, Under 5's FREE. 50% reduction for English Heritage
Members. Dogs welcome on leads.
10.00am
- 5.30pm each day
ADMISSION
PRICE INCLUDES ENTRY TO GARDEN SHOW, THE GARDENS, PARKLAND, and
TWO STATEROOMS.
LOAD
DIRECTLY INTO YOUR VEHICLE FROM THE PLANT AND HEAVY GOODS CRECHE
The
plant specialists - plants of distinction. Growers of top quality
garden plants. Also importers of the exotic & unusual. 'Champagne
plants at lemonade prices'
RUTH
ORPEN
Unique
birthstone jewellery made and designed by Ruth. Crystals and minerals
for health and well being
RUBEN
BEARS
Handcrafted
Teddy bears made and designed in Bedfordshire.
CROMWELL
COTTAGE COLLECTABLES
Shabby
chic furniture. Country cottage feel giftware. Unusual and affordable
quality products. Find that special present for someone. Delivery
service - Free delivery within 5 miles radius of Biggleswade.
Lightweight
pots that look like ceramics. Tools, shrubs and perennials &
other sundries as shown on website. www.gardenselect.co.uk
Questions
answered and demonstrations for the gardener throughout the weekend
with the gardening experts. Speakers vary each day.
Ray
Edwards is a former editor of ‘Garden Answers’
and ‘Plants and Gardens’. He now uses his wealth of
knowledge & experience to lecture extensively.
Stuart
Phillips is now a partner in OnSite UK, a company specialising
in horticultural training, assessment and consultancy. He is also
a contibutor to BBC local radio in the Eastern Counties and a Fellow
of the Linnean Society of London and a member of the Garden Writers
Guild.
Kathy
Brown is famous for her ‘recipe’ style container
gardening. She has written a number of books on the subject and
appears regularly on television and radio.
Graham
A Pavey is a garden designer, writer and
lecturer. He has featured on a number of local radio
stations including 3 Counties and has written 6 books.
Roger
Sweetinburgh
is a garden designer, horticulturalist, lecturer and writer. He
has designed gardens for Good Housekeeping and Homebase and won
a gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show. He has lectured at Kew and
the English Gardening School.
Keith
Lilley
is a professional floral designer. He has worked in many top London
hotels and Royal palaces. He specialises in both traditional and
contemporary designs.
Keith
Gubbins has been in horticulture for 35 years and specialises
in container gardening and flower arranging.
Pat
Davies MSF ICF has been in floristry for 25 years. She
has been a lecturer at Moulton college and is a well known show
judge.
Barry
Timms has been the gardening expert on BBC Three Counties
Radio. He is the parks manager in Luton.
Dave
Watkins is a gardening consultant and broadcaster for BBC
Radio Northampton and Ideal Home Satelite TV Channel. He is also
an international horticultural consultant.
Everett
Leeds
is a founder member of The British Clematis Society and four times
its president. He also is co-author of 'An Illustrated Encyclopaedia
of Clematis'
Corin
Tomlinson has been growing Bonsia for more than 20 years.
He has studied and taught the subject throughout the USA and England.
He is the curator of the National Bonsai Collection at the Royal
Botanical Gardens in Birmingham.
FLORAL
MARQUEE
Specialist
growers with outstanding displays. Chelsea medalists and top growers
compete for awards.
including
A1 Garden Plants, Allens Nurseries, Brookside Nurseries, Chiltern
Quality Plants, Edible Ornamentals, D K Plants, Diane Cole Hardy
Plants, Flit Bonsai, Graham’s Herbs, Herbal Haven, J Plants,
Little Heath Farm (UK), L Newberry & Son, Malins Nursery, Mill
Hill Nursery, Newbury Farm Plants, Olivers Plants, Palmers Nurseries
& Unstone Plant Centre
to
name but a few...
African
Creations, Anguilla Antiques, Anything Grows, Armor Shutters, BPS
Access Solutions, Benchmark Garden Furniture, Cotswold Garden Company,
Cromwell Cottage Collectables, Garden Classics, Garden Select, Jaccs
Coffee, Kitchen & Things, Leisureline, Leisuretime UK Ltd, Old
Hall Confectionery, Olivair Home Improvements Ltd, P & A Cakes,
Phileas Frog, Pottery World, Rosemary Whiteside, Ruben Bears, Shell
Dezigns, Skipperley Services, Sticks & Stones, The Rustic Rug
Company, The Wildlife Trusts, Traidcrafts, Windart Ltd, Woburn Country
Foods, Yummy Yogurts
and
more!
The
many attractions of Wrest Park provide hours of pleasure and interest
for all the family. See the 18th century Bowling Green house with
its' stucco decoration, the rustic bath house with pebble pavement
and knucklebone floor, the Chinese bridge, a pagan altar, lakes,
rivers, lawns...
There
is no end to the pleasures of Wrest Park.
Wrest
Park is situated midway between Bedford and Luton, on the A6. MK45
4HR