Once again I’m happy to pair up with the team at BBC Gardeners’ World Live for this competition where you can enter to win a pair of standard adult tickets to BBC Gardeners’ World Live at Birmingham NEC. The tickets offered as the prize for this competition are valid for Sunday 15 June, 9am entry with a RRP of £58.00. For details of how to enter please see the ‘How to enter’ section further on in this post. I also have a discount code which you can use when purchasing tickets, the code is shown in the ‘Use my discount code’ section also further on in this post.
What to see at this year’s show
In all honesty if it’s garden-related then it’ll probably be at Gardener’s World Live! As well as the Floral Marquee, inspiring Show Gardens, popular presenters and plant experts there’ll be a whole host of ideas and inspiration which you can replicate in your own gardens, or maybe just admire on the day!
But I recommend looking out for:
Nick Bailey’s headline Show Garden, The Plant-Based Garden which brings the Make a Metre Matter campaign to life. The garden has a homestead feel with a cluster of feature builds, meadow-like planting, an elegant dining space and a series of beds for cut flowers, veg, herbs and composting. A multi-occupancy birdhouse is designed to suit different bird species. Three ornamental Make a Metre Matter ponds will demonstrate how to attract a range of wildlife to a tiny space. Block planting metres will provide colour inspiration and attract pollinators, with raised bed metres proving that productive veg growing is possible in even the tightest spots.
New for this year is Adam Frost’s Tasting Table - an interactive and exclusive new gardening and gastronomy experience. The BBC Gardeners’ World presenter and keen veg grower welcomes culinary experts and guest chefs from sister event, Good Food Show Summer for live cooking demonstrations, kitchen gardening tips and inspiring conversations. Guests include Rachel Allen, Chris Bavin, Si King, James Martin, John Torode and Lisa Faulkner, plus Barney Desmazery and Cassie King from Good Food Magazine.
Also new is the ‘In Conversation With’ Stage where award-winning gardener, writer and presenter Ade Sellars (The Good Life Gardener) hosts a daily programme of relaxed garden and lifestyle chat with acclaimed horticulturalists and gardening personalities. Guests include BBC Gardeners’ World’s Sue Kent, Pip Probert and Jason Williams (Cloud Gardener UK).
This year’s Show Gardens include the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity Medicinal Garden designed by Rupert Keys as a space for healing. More than just a collection of plants, it is a living tribute to early medicine and second chances. Every bloom symbolises a life saved, every pathway a journey of recovery, and every tree a reminder of the Midlands Air Ambulance Charity’s role in giving people another opportunity to thrive. The garden will be relocated from BBC Gardeners’ World Live to the new Midlands Air Ambulance site at Shifnal in Shropshire.
In the Association of Professional Landscapers’ popular APL Avenue, three member companies will be showcasing their technical skills, attention to detail and creative use of materials with exciting back garden designs inspired by water. This year’s entries are The Watershed Garden by The Botanical Gardener, A Garden For All Weathers by August Ponds, and Wallace Line by Dave Hodson. The APL celebrates its 30th anniversary with a feature garden by designer Rachel Bailey, called Where There’s Water, There’s Life.
Plus in the Floral Marquee make sure you don’t miss the Hot Off The Potting Bench walk-through gallery for brand new plants and varieties, all entered for the coveted Peter Seabrook Award for Best New Plant, or the International Orchid Show, hosted by the British Orchid Council, which is returning to GWL this year.
The Health for Life Wheelbarrow Competition returns with the next generation of gardeners, designers and growers. Children from local schools and nurseries will be creating wheelbarrow planters with a ‘food and climate change’ theme - these are always brilliant to see.
And of course make sure you leave enough time to have a wander around Good Food Show Summer, featuring demonstrations and theatres, stages and talks, tastings and workshops, which is included with your Gardeners’ World Live entry.
It’s a really great day out, but one that can be full on at times - come prepared to be inspired!
How to enter
To enter to win a pair of standard adult tickets valid for Sunday 15 June 9am entry, you need to leave a comment on this blog post telling me why you want to attend Gardeners’ World Live, then click on the widget below and complete your entry - you can get more entries by interacting on social media.
A winner will be chosen and contacted by email on Tuesday 20 May.
Use my discount code
Use the discount code* SAVE15 for 15% off standard adult/concession entry tickets (excluding Saturday) - this code expires at 23:59 on 4 June 2025.
*Discounts valid on adult/concession standard entry tickets on standard entry tickets. Not valid on VIP, 2-day tickets, added extras or with any other offer. £3.95 transaction fee per e-ticket order. Details correct at time of publication.
