'A WONDERFUL DAY OUT - FOR ALL GARDENERS'

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Wrest Park Garden Show at Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire

24th, 25th & 26th May 2008

ON THE HUNTING PARTY LAWNS WITHIN THE GARDENS. By kind permission of the English Heritage.

Exhibitors from all over the country displaying and offering their specialist garden products for sale in the idyllic setting of Wrest Park Gardens.

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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

CRAFTS & GARDEN SUNDRIES MARQUEE

FEATURED EXHIBITORS:

OLIVAIR

PVCU & hardwood conservatories, doors, windows, porches, canopies etc, flat roof systems & roofline products, PVCU Fencing & decking. www.olivair.co.uk

UNSTONE PLANT CENTRE

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.

GARDEN SELECT LTD

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.

Exhibitors will include:

Little Heath Farm - Alpines & shrubs (many unusual & rare)

C Newberry & Son - Cut roses

Flit Bonsai - Bonsai

Garden exhibits will include

Alpines, Annuals, Architectural plants, Bamboos, Basket plants, Baskets, Bedding plants, Benches, Bird boxes & feeders, Bonsai, Bygones & rustic goods, Ceramics, Chillies, Clematis, Climbers, Cottage garden plants, Decorative garden antiques, Evergreens, Exotic plants, Ferns, Fuchsias, Garden design, Garden ornaments, Garden tools, Geraniums, Glazed pots, Gloves, Hanging baskets, Hardwood garden furniture, Hardy ferns, Hardy perennials, Herbaceous perennials, Herbs, Horticultural gifts, Kites, Landscaping, Lighting, Metal garden furniture, Metal sculptures, Ornamental grasses, Palms, Parasols, Patio plants, Pelargoniums, Penstemons, Perennnials, Plant supports, Planters, Roses, Shrubs, Speciman plants, Statuary, Stone sculptures, Terracotta pots, Trees, Tubs, Umbrellas, Urns, Water features, Willow-ware, Wind chimes, Wind socks, Wrought iron

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

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