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Questions
answered and demonstrations for the gardener throughout the weekend
with the gardening experts.
DEMONSTRATIONS / TALKS - DON'T MISS THEM!
SATURDAY
11.30 Graham A. Pavey - The perfect garden
12.15 Stuart Phillips - Pruning made simple
13.00 Everett Leeds - Selecting & growing clemaitis
13.45 Gardeners Question Time - with Jane Perrone
14.45 Stuart Phillips - Vegetables in small places & Containers
15.30 Everett Leeds - Practical Clematis
SUNDAY
11.30 Graham A. Pavey - The perfect garden
12.15 Keith Gubbins - Creative containers
13.00 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
13.45 Gardeners Question Time
14.45 Keith Gubbins - Colourful containers
15.30 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
MONDAY
11.30 Graham A. Pavey - The perfect garden
12.15 Stuart Phillips - Pruning made simple
13.00 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
13.45 Gardeners Question Time
14.45 Stuart Phillips - Vegetables in small spaces & Containers
15.30 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
Keith
Gubbins has been in horticulture for 35 years and specialises
in container gardening and flower arranging.
Barry
Timms has been the gardening expert on BBC Three Counties
Radio. He is the parks manager in Luton.
Stuart
Phillips is now a director of Gala 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.
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.
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'

including
A1 Garden Plants, Abbey Nursery, Badger Nurseries, Bee Fresh Nursery,
Cheddington Nursery, C.Newberry & Son, Diane Cole Hardy Plants, Dingley Dell Nursery, Direct Plants, Edible Ornamentals,
Flit Bonsai, Freeman Plants, Herbal Haven, Home Farm Plants, Malins Nursery,
Maulden Garden Centre, Mill Hill Nursery, Newbury Farm Plants, Nobottle Nursery, Palmers Nursery, Plantasia, Potash Plants, Sunnyside Nursery, Tim's Plants, Unstone
Plant Centre, Winslow Nursery & Woodland Nursery to
name but a few...
  
  
  
SPECIALIST FOOD PRODUCERS
Giggly Pig Company - 45 varieties of sausages handmade from our own outdoor reared Saddleback pigs. Humbers Homemade - jams & chutneys. Kernow Kreperie - mouth watering crepes with wonderful fillings. Lymn Bank Farm - smoked & flavoured cheeses. Natureworks / The Elderflower People - hand crafted sparkling & still elderflower presse. Old Hall Confectionery - fudge and coconut ice. Perfect Tipple - sparkling gold cuvee, bubbly infused with edible 23 carat gold flakes. The Chefs Pantry - jams, chutneys, marmalades and mustards. The Little Black Bear Cake Company - cakes fo all occasions. The Nut Roast - nuts and raisins covered in delicious chocolate & yoghurt. The Olive Stall - the finest olives, olive oils & anti-pasta
of the Mediterranean. The Truckle Cheese Company - finest vintage cheddar cheese truckles & more. Woburn Country Foods - speciality sausages, bacon, ham, pork pies and Woburn venison.
  
  

FLORAL
DISPLAYS
Specialist
growers with displays will include...
C.Newberry & Son - Roses
Flit Bonsai - Bonsai
to entertain you.....
Visitor Comments
"Congratulations on the show at Wrest Park - a very smoothly organised event."
"A superb show - excellent location - a beautiful venue."
"Having visited Wrest Park many times now, I would like to congratulate you on a wonderful show"
  
Exhibitor Comments
"Thank you for a lovely time at Wrest Park. Once again we felt spoilt by the wonderful settings, fantastic atmosphere and help and generosity of fellow exhibitors"
"Just like to say how well the show went - another excellent show"
"We enjoyed another weekend of good trade, great customers and as usual the whole feel of the weekend made it a joy to be part of"
"The organisation of the show was excellent, clean toilets, litter free show area, lovely exhibitors and customers and the trade marquee was to a high standard of quality"
"Thank you for a lovely setting. We've done well & appreciate the good organisation"
"Wonderful show! Great organisation! Thanks very much"
"Many thanks, I wish to secure my place at Wrest Park next year - we had a wonderful show"
"It was a pleasure working with you - I did well on Saturday and even better on the next two days"
"I would like to say how much we enjoy working at the shows organised by yourselves. We love the super setting and have thoroughly enjoyed the weekends. Your organisation of such large events is superb."
"Many thanks for all your help and another wonderful weekend"
"As first time exhibitors to the event we found it to be really well organised and run with plenty of help and advice when needed, with lots of friendly staff on hand - it really is a pleasure when an event runs as smoothly as this one"
"With fantastic weather, a stunning backdrop and good crowd attendance, we had a fantastic weekend"
"The entire weekend at Wrest Park was one of those stand out events"
  
  
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GARDEN EXHIBITS WILL INCLUDE
Alpines,
Annuals, Architectural plants, Bamboos, Basket plants, Baskets,
Bedding plants, Benches, Bird
boxes & feeders, Bygones & rustic goods, Ceramics, Clematis,
Climbers, Cottage garden plants, Decorative garden
antiques, Delphiniums, Evergreens, Exotic plants, Ferns, Fig trees, Fuchsias, Garden design, Garden
furniture, Garden ornaments, Garden tools, Geraniums, Glazed pots,
Gloves, Grasses, Hanging baskets, Hardwood garden furniture, Hardy
ferns, Hardy perennials, Herbaceous perennials, Herbs, Home Counties Solar Systems Ltd, Horticultural
gifts, Lilys, Hot tubs, Mediteranian plants, Metal garden
furniture, Oak barrel products, Obelisks, Ornamental grasses, Palms, Parasols, Patio plants, Pelargoniums, Penstemons, Perennnials, Plant supports, Planters, Salvias, Shrubs, Speciman plants,
Terracotta pots, Trees, Tubs, Umbrellas, Urns, Water butts,
Water features, Willow fencing and more.
  
  
  
 
OTHER EXHIBITS
will include lampshades, silk cushions, jewellery, ceramics, artwork, bags, pastille burners, photography, ladies fashions and more.
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FEATURED
EXHIBITORS:
WATER WILLOWS
Woven willow planters, living willow structures, cuttings, willow rods, patio planters, salad/pepper planters, fencing, obelisks, plant supports. www.waterwillows.com
NEWBURY FARM PLANTS LTD
Locally grown hardy perennials, shrubs & Japanese maples. www.newburyfarmplants.co.uk
YORKSHIRE
WATER FEATURES LTD
Oak
barrel products - water features, water butts, tubs, planters, dog
kennels. www.yorkshirewaterfeatures.co.uk
COTTAGE CHINA / RITA BECK
Fine English bone china individually decorated - ideal gifts for all occasions. www.cottagechina.co.uk
FURNITURE EMPORIUM / MARIA WILLIS (CRAFT & DESIGN MARQUEE)
Careful removal of old upholstery materials, restoration of chair frames, cleaning and polishing of show wood in preparation for reupholstering using traditional methods and techniques approved by the AMUSF.
CAROLE ALLEN JEWELLERY (CRAFT & DESIGN MARQUEE)
This contemporary colourful jewellery is mouthwateringly luscious and totally irresistable. It is handmade in Cornwall by Carole Allen who uses anodised aluminium, precious metals and enamels. www.caroleallenjewellery.co.uk
ERIC GODWARD (CRAFT & DESIGN MARQUEE)
Sculptures made using optical or amber ceramic glass utilising their reflective properties. Sculptures range from modern abstract art to spirals, pyramids, columns, bridges, animal art and machinery.www.ericgodward.com
GLASS ON GLASS / ELAINE MASON (CRAFT & DESIGN MARQUEE)
Unique and vibrant kiln-formed glassware and lighting made with reclaimed glass - recycling at its best.www.glassonglass.co.uk
RUBEN BEARS / BREN TILLEY (CRAFT & DESIGN MARQUEE)
Handcrafted mohair collector teddy bears designed and made in Bedfordshire./rubenbears.html

Alliance Foster Care, Amorosa Enterprises, Arctic Cabins Ltd, Artfence, Bakers, Brinsley Log Cabins, Bulb Garden, C F Garden Tools, Chook, Click On Nature, Crafted Pens, Dunstable Aquatics, Espadrille, Fairtrade, Free 2 Garden, Gardens Of Scotland, Garden Select, Garden Skill, Geckoman, Greenthumb, Guava Oriental Fashions & Accessories, Herbylicious, Hot Tubs At Home, It's A Gift, Kings of Bicester, Meikie Designs, Mercury Tools, Mollymay, Natural U, No Gnomes, Old Hall Confectionery, Penny Dudley, Perfect Lawn, Perfect Tipple, Piskeyled Ltd, Pottery World, Replicafungi, Rhino Three Counties, Riverford Organic Veg, Sarah Stoker, Set Connection, Shell Dezigns, Silver Needles,
Staffordshire Garden Furniture, The Natural Body Company, The Sure Foundation, The Wildlife Trusts, Traidcrafts, Water Willows, Works In Material, Yorkshire Water Features and
more
We will be supporting Craft & Design Month at this event with a dedicated Craft & Design marquee of specially selected exhibitors of hand crafted goods for sale.
A SELECTION OF EXHIBITORS in the
CRAFT & DESIGN MARQUEE...........
Katharine & Aleks Dille, Lisa & Colin Badger / Hawkhill Forge & Art Glass, Rebecca A Hill, Bea Brown / Hat Magik, Judith Swannell Ceramics, Eric Godward, Carole Allen, Maria Willis, Claire Fairall / Created & Felted, Diana Morrison, Sarah Rogers / Saramade, Bren Tilley / Ruben Bears, Christine Crane / Francoise Chantell......
  
  
  
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