COVID update: We plan to operate ALL our Fairs in 2022. COVID-safe measures may include prebooking timed entry tickets. Please check our latest plans via this website, our social media accounts or by signing up to our event reminder service.
We are a collective of specialist nurseries who organise and promote Plant Fairs in the South East. We always offer a wide range of locally grown, garden worthy and often unusual plants.
As expert growers and associated organisations we aim to create memorable gardening events at some of the best gardens and venues in our region. This is a great opportunity to buy direct from our friendly and approachable growers and get free advice from our resident Plant Doctor. Refreshments are available at most venues making for a great trip out.
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Specialist Plant Fair
Sunday 22nd May | 11:00am - 3:00pm
£5 entry
Join us at the famous and historic gardens of E.A.Bowles. A beautiful 8 acre garden awaits us packed with an impressive range of unusual plants. The garden is also home to a Victorian glasshouse with four climatic zones, a carp lake, conservatory, newly restored Kitchen Garden and meadow areas. Teashop and museum. Please use public transport where possible.
Photo: Bennet Smithh
At our plant fairs we have a range of small, independent nurseries run by specialist growers who are passionate about the plants they produce. The nurseries provide a whole spectrum of plants including cottage-garden favourites, shade-loving plants, alpines, trees and shrubs, succulents and many more.
Horticultural groups and societies are the bedrock of the gardening community. The Plant Fairs Roadshow continues to be grateful for all the encouragement and custom that they bring to our events! Many of our nursery experts are keen to support groups by offering talks on a range of fascinating subjects.
Borde Hill - Plant Fairs Roadshow – 18th April 2021 The sun was shining, Spring was in the air, and the excitement was palpable – from both the nurseries & the plant hunters. The first Plant Fairs Roadshow of 2021...
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The late David Way’s snowdrop collection was ravaged by disease when moved from Kent to Hertfordshire. With no licensed fungicide to control snowdrop disease, he found another solution. Click on the link below to open the full article from The...
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Colin Moat, from Pineview Plants, on some more unusual shade-loving perennials. Podophyllum My initial attraction to this less than common, woodland perennial of the Berberidaceae family, was the handsome leaf, that emerges through the ground like an umbrella. The leaf unfurls to...
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Quentin Stark
Plant Fairs Roadshow
1 Beacon Hill Cottage
Rolvenden Road, Benenden
Cranbrook, Kent
TN17 4BU