Gardenings potential to change lives, transform communities and combat the effects of climate change will be centre stage at this year’s RHS Malvern Spring Festival.
The spring event will be embracing the new wave of people getting into the world of horticulture, as well as welcoming back recognised TV gardening personalities, such as Alan Titchmarch MDE, Adam Frost and Frances Tophill.
Aligning with this year’s theme, there will be insights on the best techniques to increase garden resilience, such as improving soil, saving rainwater and planting for extreme weather conditions, along with advice for gardening on a budget.
The growth in green indoor spaces will be recognised with a new dedicated Festival of Houseplants, held in association with Green Rooms Market.
Featuring giant terrariums, each standing at more than four metres tall, providing botanical snap shots of different plantscapes from around the world.
Jacob James from Grow Tropical will be filing one with rare tropical houseplants, while Hayley Stephens from Mint Plants will be showcasing cacti and succulents.
Kate Dufton, RHS Malvern Spring Festival Show Lead at Three Counties Showground, comments: “Our 2024 Festival seeks to inspire a new wave of green-fingered individuals, equip visitors with a greater knowledge of resilient gardening techniques and generally celebrate gardening and community initiatives across the UK.
“We’ll have houseplants, an immersive feature garden, inspiring show gardens, many interactive demonstrations and plenty of insights into planting for the future. We’re hoping to do everything we can to spread the message about the benefits to wellbeing that gardening brings and show its vital role in fostering positive change in our lives and the world.”
Jonny Balchandani, also known as the Bearded Plantaholic, will be showing visitors how to increase their house plant collections for free, with tips and tricks of successfully propagating.
With sustainable and regenerative gardening increasing in popularity, visitors looking to boost their outdoor spaces will find a large collection of nurseries in the Floral Marquee.
Two pot-swapping stations, located next to the Floral Marquee’s Plant Crèche and within the Plant Village, will offer shoppers the opportunity to exchange plastic containers for plantable POSIpot transportation sleeves, which can be planted straight into the ground.
All the plastic pots collected during the festival will be recycled after the long weekend.
RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2024, takes place between 9 – 12 May 2024 at Three Counties Showground, Malvern. For more information, visit https://www.rhsmalvern.co.uk/