The BBC Gardeners’ World presenter, designer, plantsman and author, Nick Bailey will be creating a sustainable garden that’s bursting with colour. Bailey will host live, daily sessions from his show garden, sharing tips and advice on how to garden more sustainably. Hillier, the plant supplier for the headline garden will be on hand at the ‘Let’s Talk Plants’ stage in the Floral Marquee, providing tips for visitors to recreate the garden at home.
BBC Gardeners’ World events consist of three events; the flagship BBC Gardeners’ World Live and the two seasonal shows; BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair and BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair, held at heritage locations.
The BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair will be returning to Beaulieu, taking place from the 2nd to 4th of May. In addition to access to Beaulieu’s extensive grounds, gardens and attractions, the show features the headline sponsor’s woodland-inspired show garden, plant advice pods and extensive plant retail area. BBC Gardeners’ World presenters Adam Frost, Carol Klein and Arit Anderson will join the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage to chat topical gardening advice with the magazine’s editors. There will be Showcase Gardens, Beautiful Borders and College Competition gardens too.
New for 2025 at the Spring Fair is the ‘In Conversation Stage’, featuring a daily programme of informal chats with acclaimed horticulturalists and gardening personalities. Another new addition is The Spring Table, an eye-catching, ticketed space for seasonal food, drink and tablescaping demonstrations. The Spring Table features guest chefs and mixologists from the Lime Wood and Pig hotels, floral designer Jordan Weston and expert mushroom growers, Caley Brothers.
The Spring Fair’s floristry and mushroom workshops will be back, along with Plant Expert Tours of Beaulieu’s kitchen and ornamental gardens, and an array of specialist plant nurseries and garden retailers. The Good Food Market offers street food and artisan produce to taste, tipple and take home, with live music.
BBC Gardeners’ World Live will take place at the NEC in Birmingham, from the 12th – 15th of June. Headline designer Nick Bailey will lead a group of designers, all committed to inspiring the crowds with their impressive show gardens. The Association of Professional Landscapers returns to BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2025 with its showcase avenue of back gardens, created by a selection of member companies to demonstrate their technical excellence, attention to detail and creative use of materials. This year’s APL Avenue features a very special garden, celebrating the organisations 30th anniversary.
BBC Gardeners’ World presenters Monty Don, Adam Frost, Nick Bailey, Frances Tophill and Rachel De Thame will join Nicki Chapman and the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine editors for summer gardening chat and questions from the crowd. New for 2025 is The Tasting Table, an alfresco cooking workshop space hosted by Adam Frost with chefs from the Good Food Show Summer, bringing fresh, ‘plot to plate’ ideas to life.
Providing inspiration for smaller gardens and tricky spaces are the Beautiful Borders, showing creative design and planting. With a theme of ‘Cultivating Connections’, each will have a unique story to tell. The BBC Gardeners’ World Live Floral Marquee features specialist plant nurseries and growers, the orchid societies and groups of the International Orchid Show, and thousands of plants for sale. In the Hot Off the Potting Bench walk-through gallery, plant breeders will be unveiling new varieties, all competing for the Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant. There’s expert horticultural advice to be had throughout the Floral Marquee, from drop-in talks at the Let’s Talk Plants Stage, sponsored by Hillier, to the Plant Experts’ advice desk.
The Urban Garden space returns for 2025 with its showcase gardens, retail space and stage, all offering ready inspiration for town and city gardeners. Fans of indoor gardening can enjoy the Houseplant Market and stage for the best home greenery and top tips from house plant experts. The Plant Village, hundreds of garden retailers and exhibitors, guided Garden Walks and Plant Expert Tours, hands-on demonstrations and the Schools’ Wheelbarrow Competition, the show offers something for everyone.
The BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair, held in association with English Heritage, will take place on the 29th of August – 31st of September at Audley End House and Gardens in Saffron Walden, Essex. BBC Gardeners’ World presenters Adam Frost, Rachel De Thame and Frances Tophill will take to the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage for daily garden chat, seasonal gardening advice and visitors’ questions with the magazine’s editors.
Autumn Fair highlights include inspiring Showcase Gardens, Beautiful Borders, and the Association of Professional Landscapers’ Skills Competition, where local landscaping teams compete to build a show garden in just 16.5 hours. The new Autumn Table features seasonal food and drink workshops, and visitors can take in Audley End’s restored Parterre Gardens while enjoying ‘in conversation’ chats with horticultural personalities. There are Plant Expert Tours of the organic Kitchen Gardens, hands-on floristry, seed sowing and mushroom growing workshops, and a range of growers, nurseries and retailers selling plants, gardening equipment, accessories, furniture and more. The Good Food Market, offers visitors street eats, food and drink to taste and buy, and live music.
Lucy Tremlett, Event Director at Immediate Live, organisers of BBC Gardeners’ World events, said: “2025 is set to be another fantastic year of BBC Gardeners’ World events, with exciting new features across all locations. We’re particularly thrilled to have Nick Bailey joining us at BBC Gardeners’ World Live with his inspiring garden design that champions sustainable gardening practices. Whether you’re a seasoned regular at BBC Gardeners’ World Live or are joining us for the first time at the Spring or Autumn Fairs, you’ll be blown away by all the incredible show gardens, plants, friendly advice and more on offer.”