Every year at the Garden Museum Spring Plant Fair, we gather expert plant growers and specialist nurseries from around the country to sell some of the best garden plants you’ll find in London.
From shade specialists to plants for pollinators, meet the growers and pick their brains on what will flourish in your garden, balcony or allotment.
More stalls, talks and workshops to be announced soon!
Programme
Setting Up a Micro Nursery
Time TBD: tickets available soon
Hannah Fox worked at the esteemed Marchants Hardy Plants for 10 years, primarily as a propagator /gardener but ended up running the business. Hannah has now set up her own micro-nursery, Bright Green Fox, from her own garden, using every bit of space she has available. During this talk, Hannah will share her tips for making the most of a limited space, being choosy with plants, getting the right kit and keeping track of it all, with a few propagation techniques thrown in along the way.
Unlocking the Power of Youth-led Nature Recovery
Time TBD: tickets available soon
What this next decade of nature recovery presents, aside from an exhilarating explosion of life, is the largest nature engagement opportunity this country has ever seen. Across the UK, young people are refusing to accept a future where large-scale nature-loss remains unchecked. Now is our opportunity to learn from, be inspired by, and, most importantly, include young people in the drive towards a regenerative future. This session will talk you through the benefits of teaming up with young people for undertaking nature recovery work, how you can do it on sites you own or manage, and upcoming future opportunities. It is facilitated by Youngwilders – a youth-led non-profit accelerating UK nature recovery and involving young people in the process and movement.
Fruity Walks
12.15pm & 2.30pm: book tickets
Urban fruit tree forager Divya Hariramani will be taking small groups on a journey around Lambeth to showcase the urban fruit trees you might have missed and the stories behind how they arrived and the people who planted them.
Stalls include
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Great Dixter Nursery
Great Dixter Nursery
We are delighted to welcome Great Dixter Nursery to this year's Spring Plant Fair! The Nursery team will be bringing a selection of garden plants grown at Great Dixter's on-site nursery, a rare opportunity to buy these plants in London.
The Nursery was started by Christopher Lloyd in 1954, specialising in plants he deemed garden-worthy. We remain a small, personal and professional nursery. -
Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens
Beth Chatto's Plants & Gardens
Beth Chatto’s has been propagating plants since the 1960’s, from our garden and nursery in Essex. Now over 2,000 varieties of plants are available, spanning sunny to shady locations and dry to damp conditions, mainly herbaceous perennials, but with a selection of bulbs and shrubs.
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Vegelicious of Hadleigh & Benton Irises
Vegelicious of Hadleigh & Benton Irises
Herbaceous and Tender Perennials, Benton Irises and Cedric Morris Plants all grown in our Nursery in rural Suffolk.
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Moore & Moore
Moore & Moore
Specialising in choice, unusual, and rare plants for shady places, they also have an interesting and select collection of plants which will attract pollinators to your garden.
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Zophian
Zophian
Zophian Plants is a new nursery specialising in drought tolerant adaptable perennials, building up collection of low maintenance long flowering plants and experimenting with growing in sand based mediums and peat free compost
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Leahurst Nursery
Leahurst Nursery
Leahurst Nurseries is a 70-year-old local plant nursery, based in Barnet. We specialise in perennials, ground ferns and grasses, growing many plants from seeds and cuttings. For the last 25 years we have traded at Columbia Rd Flower Market.
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Bright Green Fox
Bright Green Fox
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Cally Gardens
Cally Gardens
Cally Gardens is a working nursery, specialising in unusual perennials.
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Edimentals
Edimentals
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Glendon Nursery
Glendon Nursery
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Hardy's Plants
Hardy's Plants
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Harts of Lee
Harts of Lee
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Garden & Wood
Garden & Wood
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Kew Plantsman
Kew Plantsman
Professional plantsman Matthew Spratt will be selling rare and unusual perennials, shrubs, grasses, bamboo, species fuchsia and potted herbs.
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Niwaki
Niwaki
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Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses
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Friends of Arnold Circus
Friends of Arnold Circus
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Plant Heritage
Plant Heritage
