| 'A
WONDERFUL DAY OUT - FOR ALL GARDENERS' |
PICNIC
AREAS / FREE CAR PARKING / QUALITY
REFRESHMENTS |
| Wrest
Park Garden Show
at
Wrest
Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire, MK45
4HR
This Bank Holiday Weekend,
29th,
30th & 31st May 2010
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.

Garden
Exhibits / The Gardeners Academy / Nurseries
/ Other Exhibitors /About Wrest
Park / How to Get There |
ADMISSION:
Adults £6.50, Senior Citizens £5.50. Children (5-15yrs)
£4.50, Under 5's FREE.
50%
reduction for English Heritage Members.
WIN FREE TICKETS - 10 pairs of tickets to give away. Send an email to: visit@romorexhibitions.co.uk - in the subject line type 'COMPETITION WP MAY'. Then in the body of the email enter your full name and address. Closing date for entries 19th May 2010. Please state if you do not wish to be kept informed of future Romor events. Thank you.
10.00am
- 5.30pm each day
Dogs
welcome on leads.
ADMISSION
PRICE INCLUDES ENTRY TO GARDEN SHOW, THE GARDENS, PARKLAND, and
TWO STATEROOMS.
CRAFTS
& GARDEN SUNDRIES MARQUEE
LOAD
DIRECTLY INTO YOUR VEHICLE FROM THE PLANT AND HEAVY GOODS CRECHE!
If you wish to exhibit please email us at exhibit@romorexhibitions.co.uk
or write to us at PO Box 448 Bedford MK40 2ZP including a description
of your product. Thank you. |
|     
|
| 
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 - Garden Design Techniques
12.15 Keith Gubbins - Colourful Containers
13.00 Stuart Phillips - Folklore
13.45 Gardeners Question Time
14.45 Keith Gubbins - Unusual Containers
15.30 Stuart Phillips - Growing vegetables in raised beds & containers
SUNDAY
11.30 Graham A. Pavey - Garden Design Techniques
12.15 Elizabeth Helliker - Birds From Paradise - floral arrangements
13.00 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
13.45 Gardeners Question Time
14.45 Elizabeth Helliker - Creative Lines - floral arrangements
15.30 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
MONDAY
11.30 Graham A. Pavey - Garden Design Techniques
12.15 Clare Allen - Inspirations - flower arranging
13.00 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
13.45 Gardeners Question Time
14.45 Clare Allen - On The Spot - flower arranging
15.30 Barry Timms - Guided Tour of Wrest Park Gardens
Elizabeth Helliker is a freelance florist who runs Junglebloom.com and is a qualified NAFAS Area Demonstrator who specialises in bespoke arrangements of exotic and tropical flowers.
Clare Allen, who has owned Skipps Florist in Biggleswade for the past six years, came second in the Royal Horticultural Florist of the Year competition 2009, winning a prestigious silver gilt medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for her stunning hat - made entirely of flowers.
Keith
Gubbins has been in horticulture for 35 years and specialises
in container gardening and flower arranging.
Ray Edwards is a former editor of ‘Garden
Answers’ and ‘Plants and Gardens’. He now uses
his wealth of knowledge & experience to lecture extensively.
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.
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.
Roger Sweetinburgh yis 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.
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.
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
DISPLAYS
Specialist
growers with displays.
Exhibitors
will include:
C.Newberry & Son - Roses
Flit Bonsai - Bonsai
|
| FEATURED
EXHIBITORS:
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.
PLANTS FOR PLANTS
Herbaceous, perennials, specialising in geums, digitalis, salvias and many unusual plants.www.plantsforplants.co.uk
DIRECT PLANTS / MILL HILL NURSERY
Mail order plant specialists delivering high quality plants and trees direct to your door.www.directplants.co.uk
KWIK KERB SOUTH
www.kwikkerb.uk.net/south
SHELL
DEZIGNS
Exclusive
hand made jewellery and gifts at unbeatable prices. www.shelldezignsjewellery.com
CLICK
ON NATURE
Nature
photographer specialising in a garden photography portfolio service. Products also include original image crafts - greeting cards, prints, canvases, puzzles, gift tags and
much more. www.clickonnature.co.uk
YORKSHIRE
WATER FEATURES LTD
Oak
barrel products - water features, water butts, tubs, planters, dog
kennels. www.yorkshirewaterfeatures.co.uk
HERITAGE ART GALLERY LTD
Heritage Art Gallery Ltd is proud to bring you unique, handmade contemporary stone sculpture, wood carvings and copper frames from Zimbabwe at affordable prices. www.heritageartgallery.co.uk

|

including
A1 Garden Plants, Abbey Nursery, Badger Nurseries, Beefresh Nursery,
C.Newberry & Son, Colin Carpenter, Diane Cole Hardy Plants, Direct Plants, Edible Ornamentals,
Freeman Plants, Graham’s Herbs, Herbal Haven, Home Farm Plants, Malins Nursery,
Mill Hill Nursery, Newbury Farm Plants, Palmers Nursery, Plantasia, Plants For Plants, Unstone
Plant Centre, Winslow Nursery & Woodland Nursery
to
name but a few...
  
  
  
  
  
  
Specialist
Food Producers
including
Bexton Cheese - Handmade farmhouse
cheeses individually waxed and in various flavours. Woburn Country Foods, Old Hall Confectionery, Humbers Homemade - Jams & chutneys. Just Strawberries - Delicious strawberries with cream or chocolate. Real Tea & Coffee Company - Speciality teas & coffee beans and luxury cookies.
  
 
|

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, Farmhouse cheeses,
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, Horticultural
gifts, Jewellery - both historical & modern, Lilys, Mediteranian plants, Metal garden
furniture, Oak barrel products, Ornamental grasses, Palms, Papavers,
Parasols, Patio plants, Pelargoniums, Penstemons, Perennnials, Plant supports, Planters, Salvias, Shrubs, Speciman plants,
Terracotta pots, Trees, Tubs, Umbrellas, Urns, Water butts,
Water features
and
much, much more.
  
 
 
 
  
 


|
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" |

Allsorts Of Liquorice, Anguilla Antiques, Bags Of Good Fun, Bakers,
Bamboozle Gazebos, Benchmark Garden Furniture, Bexton Cheese, C F Garden Tools, Click On Nature, Cotswold
Garden Company, Dunstable Aquatics Ltd, Eden Organik, Fairtrade, Flow Design, Free 2 Garden, Gardens Of Scotland, Gemmeus, Guava Fashions & Accessories, Jayne Anthony Garden Design, Kwik Kerb South, Made From Marble, Mercury Tools, Not Just Gardens, Old Hall Confectionery, Pottery World, Real Tea & Coffee Company, Replicafungi, Shell Dezigns, Silver Needles, Silver Viscount Sewing & Knitting Machines, Sticks & Stones,
The Kernow Kreperie, The Sure Foundation, The Wildlife Trusts, Traidcrafts, Transformed Driveways, Woburn Country Foods, Yorkshire Water Features
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
Click
here
for a map. |
|
|
Garden
Exhibits / The Gardeners Academy / Nurseries
/ Other Exhibitors /About Wrest
Park / How to Get There
Home
/ Exhibitor contact / Visitor
contact / Top of Page
ROMOR
EXHIBITIONS LIMITED, 2010 |
|