We have a stage at Gardeners' World Live!
We're delighted to be hosting a 'Grow Your Own' stage at BBC Gardeners' World Live this summer at Birmingham NEC - with a fantastic line-up of gardeners, growers and foodies to help you get the most from your edible space.
Join us every day for talks and workshops from some familiar faces, including BBC Gardeners' World presenters Rekha Mistry, Sue Kent and Ashley Edwards, organic herb expert, Jekka McVicar, and garden presenter and educator August Beth, head of the Raymond Blanc Gardening School.*
You'll also be able to hear from our own experts, including the team behind the Heritage Seed Library and The Organic Gardening Podcast regulars, Chris Collins, Anton Rosenfeld and Fiona Taylor.
Topics already on the schedule include seed sowing workshops and talks on allotment gardening, seed saving, growing without pesticides, and community growing.
We're also excited to be launching a daily 'Big Seed Search Live' - where you can bring your interesting vegetable seeds for our Heritage Seed Library team to check out, and listen to talks about the important stories behind heritage seeds. This is part of our two-year Sowing Your Seeds project (#SeedSearch), funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, and thanks to players of the National Lottery.
Plus, we're offering a community mixer for our members at the end of each day, where you can get exclusive advice about organic gardening and mingle with other supporters.
We hope to see you there! Find out more about the show and book tickets here. And follow our social media feeds @gardenorganicuk for regular updates.
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*Subject to change
Weekday Schedule
| Thursday | |
|---|---|
| 10.00am - Big Seed Search Live | The Heritage Seed Library |
| 11.00am - Cultivate an abundant organic allotment | Rekha Mistry |
| 12noon - Getting started with an allotment | De-Graft Mensah & Chris Collins |
| 1.00pm - Food growing for wellbeing | Ashley Edwards in conversation with Chris Collins |
| 2.30pm Ask the experts - organic growing question time | Experts from Garden Organic, with Rekha Mistry |
| 3.30pm - Seed saving for the adventurous | The Heritage Seed Library |
| 4.30pm onwards - Member/community group mixer |
| Friday | Friday |
|---|---|
| 10.00am - Big Seed Search Live | The Heritage Seed Library |
| 11.00am - Getting started with an allotment | De-Graft Mensah & Chris Collins |
| 12noon - Garden to Plate - growing and cooking demonstration - August Beth & Mikey John | August Beth & Mikey John |
| 1.15pm - Seed saving & the history of vegetables | August Beth & Catrina Fenton |
| 2.30pm - Ask the experts - organic growing question time | Experts from Garden Organic with August Beth |
| 3.30pm - How to succeed with community growing | |
| 4.30pm - Heritage seed sowing workshop (ticketed) | August Beth & the Heritage Seed Library |
| 5.00pm onwards - Member/community group mixer |
Weekend Schedule
| Saturday | |
|---|---|
| 10.00am - Big Seed Search Live - | The Heritage Seed Library |
| 11.00am - Produce without pesticides - | Dr. Anton Rosenfeld |
| 12noon - Sue Kent in conversation with Fiona Taylor | |
| 1.15pm - Grow your own organic herbs - | Jekka McVicar |
| 2.30pm - Ask the experts - organic growing question time - | Experts from Garden Organic, with Jekka McVicar |
| 3.30pm - Seeds for free - beginners seed saving workshop - | The Heritage Seed Library |
| 4.30pm onwards - Member/community group mixer |
| Sunday | |
|---|---|
| 10.00am - Big Seed Search Live | The Heritage Seed Library |
| 11.00am - Seeds for free – beginners seed saving workshop | The Heritage Seed Library Team |
| 12noon - Sue Kent in conversation with Fiona Taylor | |
| 1.00pm - Getting started with an allotment | De-Graft Mensah & Chris Collins |
| 2.30pm - Produce without pesticides | Dr. Anton Rosenfeld |
| 3.30pm - onwards - Member/community group mixer |