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DIARY OF GARDEN EVENTS IN THE UK - 2009

All dates and times are to the best of our knowledge correct at the time of compiling this calendar of garden events. Always check with organisers before attending.

2009 Events
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

DATE EVENT VENUE

JANUARY 2009
21st January
11am - 3pm
Winter Garden Tour Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
25th January Potato Day
dozens of varieties of seed potatoes to buy
Garden Organic Ryton,Ryton on Dunsmore, nr. Coventry, Warwickshire   Telephone 02476 303517
30th & 31st January
9.30am - 4.30pm
Hellebore Open Days Harveys Garden Plants, Great Green, Thurston,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3SJ
31st January
From 1pm
Colesbourne Snowdrop Days Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
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FEBRUARY 2009
1st February
From 1pm
Colesbourne Snowdrop Days Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
7th & 8th February
From 1pm
Colesbourne Snowdrop Days Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
7th February
- 8th March
Tropical Extravaganza
orchids & other tropical plants
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Surrey
Telephone 020 8332 5655
11th February
10am - 4pm
Cyclamen Society Show RHS Garden Wisley, Woking, Surrey, GU23 6QB
14th & 15th February
From 1pm
Colesbourne Snowdrop Days Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
17th & 18th February RHS Plant & Design Show Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street & Vincent Square, London, SW1
20th & 21st February
9.30am - 4.30pm
Hellebore Open Days Harveys Garden Plants, Great Green, Thurston,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3SJ
21st February
11am - 3pm
Winter Garden Tour Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
21st & 22nd February
From 1pm
Colesbourne Snowdrop Days Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
22nd February
11am - 3pm
Fanfare for Spring
Plant Fair
Renishaw Hall Gardens, Derbyshire
28th February
From 1pm
Colesbourne Snowdrop Days Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
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MARCH 2009
1st March
From 1pm
Colesbourne Snowdrop Days Colesbourne Park, Colesbourne, Nr. Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL53 9NP
11th - 15th March Country Living Spring Fair Business Design Centre, 52 Upper Street, London,
N1 0QH
18th March
10am - 3pm
Alpine Garden Workshop Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
21st & 22nd March
10am - 5pm
RHS London Orchid Show Royal Lawrence Hall, Greycoat Street, London, SW1
22nd March
10am - 4pm
Plant Fair Four Oaks Wholesale Nursery, Lower Withington, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK11 9DX
29th March
10am - 4pm
Plant Fair Ness Botanic Gardens, Ness, Neston, South Wirral, Cheshire,CH64 4AY
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APRIL 2009
3rd - 5th April East of England Garden Show East of England Showground, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
4th & 5th April
10am - 5pm
Festival of Gardening Capel Manor College,Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield,
Middlesex, EN1 4RQ  Telephone 020 8366 4442
4th & 5th April Cornwall Garden Society's
Spring Flower Show
Boconnoc House, Middle Taphouse,
nr. Lostwithiel
5th April Spring Plant Fair Arley Hall and Gardens, Arley, nr. Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6NA Telephone 01565 777353
5th April
10am - 4pm
Newburgh Priory Spring Plant Fair Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, Nr Thirsk, North Yorkshire,
YO61 4AS
5th April
10am - 1.30pm
HPS Shropshire Plant Fair Bicton Village Hall, Church Lane, Bicton, Shrewsbury, Shropshire
10th & 11th April
9.30am - 4.30pm
Special Woodland & Shade Loving Plants
Open Days
Harveys Garden Plants, Great Green, Thurston,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3SJ
10th - 13th April Suffolk Spring Garden Show Suffolk Showground, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich
11th - 13th April Orchid Celebration Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Telephone 01707 287010
13th April
10am - 5.30pm
Plant Hunters Fair Dorothy Clive Garden, Willoughbridge, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4EU
14th April
10.30am - 4pm
Open Day
National Gardens Scheme
Renishaw Hall Gardens, Derbyshire
17th - 19th April RHS Show Cardiff Bute Park, Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
18th & 19th April
10am - 5pm
Spring Flower Celebration Borde Hill Garden, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath,
West Sussex RH16 1XP
19th April
10am - 4pm
Sutton Park Spring Plant Fair Sutton Park, Sutton-in-the-Forest, York, North Yorkshire,
YO61 1DP
22nd April
10am - 3pm
Garden Design School 'Taster Day' Painshill Park Training Centre, Painshill Park,
Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey.
24th April
10am - 3pm
Garden Design School 'Taster Day' Bristol Botanic Garden Training Centre,
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol.
23rd - 26th April North of England Horticultural Society
Harrogate Spring Flower Show
Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate, HG2 8PW
24th - 26th April Newark & Notts Garden Show Newark & Nottinghamshire Showground, Winthorpe, Newark, Notts.
24th - 26th April
Spring Gardening Weekend Loseley House, Guildford, Surrey
24th April - 4th May Tulip Festival with Bloms Bulbs Pashley Manor Gardens, Ticehurst,Nr. Wadhurst,
East Sussex   Telephone 01580 200888
26th April
11am - 5pm
Specialist Plant Fair Spetchley Park Gardens, Worcester, WR5 1RS
29th April
10am - 3pm
Alpine Garden Workshop Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
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MAY 2009
2nd - 4th May Southend Garden Show Garon Park, Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
2nd - 4th May
9.30am - 5pm
The Herts Garden Show Knebworth House, Knebworth, Hertfordshire, SG3 6PY
2nd - 4th May Annual Orchid Show Raby Castle, Staindrop, Darlington, County Durham,
DL2 3AH
3rd & 4th May
10am - 4pm
Flowers at the Castle
Gardening, Lifestyle & Food Show
Bodelwyddan Castle, Rhyl, Denbighshire, LL18 5YA
3rd May
11am - 5pm
Great Ouseburn Spring Festival
12 beautiful open gardens and more
Great Ouseburn, North Yorkshire
8th - 10th May Norfolk Garden Show Norfolk Showground, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk
9th May
10am - 4pm
Yorkshire Lavender Specialist Plant Fair Yorkshire Lavender, Terrington, York, North Yorkshire,
YO60 6PB
9th & 10th May
10am - 4pm
Plant Fair Weekend
National Trust
Marquee at The White Cliffs of Dover Visitor Centre,
Langdon Cliffs,Upper Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 1HJ
10th May
10am - 4pm
NCCPG Plant Fair Arley Hall and Gardens, Arley, nr. Northwich, Cheshire,
CW9 6NA
10th May
10.30am - 4.30pm
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Garden & Food Fair
Kentisbeare House, Cullompton, Kentisbeare, Devon,
EX15 2BR
10th May
10.30am - 4pm
Specialist Plant Fair Stable Block, Renishaw Hall Gardens, Derbyshire
10th May
10am - 4pm
Spring Plant Fair
'a day in a country garden'
Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 5AE
15th - 17th May Essex Garden Show The Brentwood Centre, Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood, Essex
16th May Plant Hunters' Fair Community Centre, High Street, Tarporley, Cheshire, CW6 0AY
17th May
10am - 4pm
NCCPG Plant Fair Tweedmill, Llannerch Park, St. Asaph, Denbighshire. LL17 OUY
17th May
10am - 4pm
Duncombe Park Specialist Plant Fair Duncombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, YO62 5EB
19th - 23rd May Chelsea Flower Show Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London, SW3
20th May
11am - 3pm
The Natural Gardener -
Spring Meadows
Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
24th May
10.30am - 4pm
Plant Hunters' Fair Adlington Hall, Mill Lane, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 4LF
24th & 25th May
10am - 4pm
Tavistock Garden Festival Pannier Market, Tavistock, Devon
25th May
10am - 4pm
Plant Hunters' Fair Stonyford Cottage Nursery, Stonyford Lane, Cuddington, Northwich, Cheshire, CW8 2TF
29th & 30th May Garden Lovers Fayre Rotherham Town Centre, South Yorkshire, S65 1EL
29th May - 31st May Cambridgeshire Garden Show Wood Green Animal Shelter, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
29th - 31st May Holker Garden Festival Holker Hall, Cark-in-Cartmel, Nr. Grange-Over-Sands, Cumbria
29th - 31st May Gardening Scotland 2009 The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, Edinburgh, Scotland
30th & 31st May
10am - 5pm
Bewl Water Garden Show & Craft Fair Bewl Water, Bewlbridge Lane, Lamberhurst, Kent, TN3 8JH
31st May
12 - 4pm
Plant Hunters' Fair Norton Priory Museum & Gardens, Tudor Road, Manor Park, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1SX
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JUNE 2009
5th - 7th June The Garden Show Stansted Park, Rowlands Castle, Hampshire.
6th - 7th June Gardening & Craft Fair Weekend Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
Telephone 01622 765400
7th June Plant, Food & Craft Fair Raby Castle, Staindrop, Darlington, County Durham,
DL2 3AH
10th June
10am - 3pm
Garden Design School 'Taster Day' Painshill Park Training Centre, Painshill Park,
Portsmouth Road, Cobham, Surrey.
12th June
10am - 3pm
Garden Design School 'Taster Day' Bristol Botanic Garden Training Centre,
University of Bristol Botanic Garden, The Holmes, Stoke Park Road, Stoke Bishop, Bristol.
12th - 14th June South East Essex Garden Show Barleylands, Barleylands Road, Billericay, Essex
12th - 14th June Special Rose Weekend - over 85 varieties displayed throughout the garden Pashley Manor Gardens, Ticehurst,Nr. Wadhurst,
East Sussex   Telephone 01580 200888
13th & 14th June
10am - 5pm
Enfield Rose & Horticultural Show Capel Manor College,Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield,
Middlesex, EN1 4RQ  Telephone 020 8366 4442
13th - 14th June
10am - 4pm
Skipton Castle Summer Specialist Plant Fair Skipton Castle, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 1AW
20th & 21st June
11am - 5pm
Rose Weekend & Summer Garden Show Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Telephone 01707 287010
20th & 21st June
10.30am - 5pm
Garden Event West Dean Gardens, West Dean, Nr. Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 OQX
21st June Summr Solstice Evening Garden Tour The Secret Gardens of Sandwich, The Salutation,
Knightrider Street, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EW
24th June
6.30pm - 10pm
The Natural Gardener - Ponds Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
26th - 28th June Dorset Garden Show Canford Park Arena, Poole, Dorset
26th - 28th June
10am - 5.30pm
Plant Finders Fair Cottesbrooke Hall, Northampton, NN6 8PF
27th & 28th June
10am - 5pm
Arley Garden Festival Arley Hall and Gardens, Arley, nr. Northwich, Cheshire,
CW9 6NA Telephone 01565 777353
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JULY 2009
3rd - 5th July Kitchen Garden Weekend Pashley Manor Gardens, Ticehurst,Nr. Wadhurst,
East Sussex   Telephone 01580 200888
4th & 5th July Stradsett Hall Garden Show Stradsett Hall, Stradsett, West Norfolk
5th July
10am - 4pm
Jodrell Bank Summer Plant Fair Jodrell Bank, Lower Withington, Macclesfield, Cheshire,
WA16 0HB
11th & 12th July
10.30am - 5pm
The 16th Annual Garden Weekend Parham House & Gardens,Storrington, Nr. Pulborough,
West Sussex, RH20 4HS
12th July
11am - 5pm
Plant Hunters' Fair Bramall Park, off Hall Road, Bramall, Stockport,
SK7 3NX
12th July Garden Gadabout
72 gardens open for charity
Brighton & surrounding Sussex
17th July
The West Garden Open
for National Gardening Scheme
Hatfield House, Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Telephone 01707 287010
17th - 19th July
The Great Gardening Show Loseley House, Guildford, Surrey
19th July
10am - 5pm
Plant and Garden Fair Chenies Manor, Chenies, Buckinghamshire, WD3 6ER
19th July Garden Gadabout
72 gardens open for charity
Brighton & surrounding Sussex
22nd - 26th July RHS Show Tatton Park Mereheath Lane, Knutsford, Cheshire
25th & 26th July
10am - 5pm
Fuchsia Festival Capel Manor College,Bullsmoor Lane, Enfield,
Middlesex, EN1 4RQ  Telephone 020 8366 4442
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AUGUST 2009
1st August Arley Gardens Open Day
National Gardens Scheme
Arley Hall and Gardens, Arley, nr. Northwich, Cheshire, CW9 6NA Telephone 01565 777353
4th August
10.30am - 3.30pm
Open Day
National Gardens Scheme
Renishaw Hall Gardens, Derbyshire
7th & 8th August Taunton Flower Show Vivary Park, in the centre of Taunton, Somerset
8th & 9th August Chilli Fiesta West Dean Gardens, West Dean, Nr. Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 OQX
14th & 15th August Shrewsbury Flower Show Quarry Park, Shrewsbury
16th August
10.30am - 4pm
Plant Fair Stable Block, Renishaw Hall Gardens, Derbyshire
16th August
10am - 4pm
Heaton Park Summer Plant Fair Heaton Park, Prestwich, Gtr Manchester, M25 2SW
20th - 23rd August Southport Flower Show Victoria Park, Rotten Row, Southport, Merseyside,
PR8 2BZ
21st August
7pm - 10pm
Fork to Fork Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
21st, 22nd & 23rd August Dusk Garden Tours The Secret Gardens of Sandwich, The Salutation,
Knightrider Street, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EW
21st - 23rd August Norfolk Summer Garden Show Norfolk Showground, New Costessey, Norwich, Norfolk Telephone 01702 549623
22nd - 24th August Southend Summer Garden Show Garon Park, Eastern Avenue, Southend-on-Sea, Essex
23rd August
10am - 4pm
Newburgh Priory Summer Plant Fair Newburgh Priory, Coxwold, Nr Thirsk, North Yorkshire,
YO61 4AS
28th August
7pm - 10pm
Fork to Fork Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
30th & 31st August
10am - 5pm
Chilli Festival Benington Lordship Gardens, Stevenage, Hertfordshire,
SG2 7BS
30th & 31st August
10am - 5.30pm
Plant Hunters' Fair Dorothy Clive Garden, Willoughbridge, Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4EU
31st August
10am - 4pm
Specialist Plant Fair Ripley Castle, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
HG3 3AY
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SEPTEMBER 2009
4th & 5th September
9.30am - 4.30pm
Special Autumn Open Days Harveys Garden Plants, Great Green, Thurston,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP31 3SJ
4th - 6th September Suffolk Autumn Garden Show Suffolk Showground, Felixstowe Road, Ipswich, Suffolk
5th & 6th September 'Plant to Plate' Food Festival Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
Telephone 01622 765400
5th & 6th September Totally Tomato Show West Dean Gardens, West Dean, Nr. Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 OQX
6th September
10am - 4pm
Autumn Plant Fair
'a day in a country garden'
Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, HG4 5AE
13th September Autumn Plant Fair Borde Hill Garden, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, West Sussex RH16 1XP  Telephone 01444 412151
13th September Garden Fair and Plant Show Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
20th September
10am - 4pm
Autumn Plant Fair Gawsworth Hall, Gawsworth, Macclesfield, Cheshire
SK11 9RN
26th & 27th September Malvern Autumn Show The Malvern Showground, Worcestershire, WR13 6NW
27th September
10am - 4pm
Duncombe Park Autumn Plant Hunters Fair Duncombe Park, Helmsley, North Yorkshire, YO62 5EB
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OCTOBER 2009
3rd & 4th October Apple Affair West Dean Gardens, West Dean, Nr. Chichester, West Sussex, PO18 OQX
7th - 11th October Tudor Flower Festival Leeds Castle, Maidstone, Kent
Telephone 01622 765400
14th October
11am - 3pm
Late Colour in the Garden Ragley Hall, Alcester, Warwickshire, B49 5NJ
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DECEMBER 2009
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