2012 Results

Check out the fantastic results from the show.

The Graduate Gardeners Ltd team is celebrating success yet again at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show after winning the Best Show Garden award for the fourth year running.

The garden, A Place to Reflect, won the sole Gold medal awarded this year to the eight designs at the show.

In the Botanical Art competition Brigitte Daniel, from Witney, Oxfordshire, was named Best Botanical Artist for her depiction of Primula auricula.

A host of schools were vying for top prize in the School Garden competition with Burlish Park Primary School from Stourport-on-Severn clinching the top spot.

Southfields Nursery, MFM1, cacti specialists, are Best in Show for the second consecutive year. The deserved accolade is due not only to the abundance of dazzling cacti flowers but also to the brilliantly-engineered symmetry of the display.

Show Gardens

Botanical Art

School Gardens

Floral Marquee

Tradestands

Plant Pavilions

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Wander around Malvern’s inspirational show gardens including an interactive water garden, a peaceful public space, and a wildlife haven. 

Don’t miss this year’s urban oasis feature garden designed by Chris Beardshaw in celebration of Groundwork’s 30^th birthday.

This is always a great spot to talk to the garden designers and get design tips on how to transform your own garden.

Check out all the garden designs here

Show Garden Profile

Diapason of Colour
Designer: Caspian Robertson
Contractor: Surrey Gardens

This garden has been inspired by the pure and ideal harmonies described by the classical philosophers Pythagoras and Plato as embodying the perfect golden ratio.  This principle, evident throughout the natural world, is the foundation for Newton’s colour wheel, Goethe’s philosophy, modern chemistry’s law of the octave and aspects of string theory.

The garden displays the colour spectrum as an octave in a design drawn from Pythagorean geometric theory.  Pythagoras observed that all pleasing ratios correspond to the universal principle of the octave, reflecting naturally occurring proportions in mathematics, music, plant physiology and colours.  Tones of foliage and flowers progress across the visible light spectrum, with iron disks and bars denoting wavelength relationships.

After the show, the garden is being rebuilt at the Music Mind Spirit Trust and will open for charity as part of the NGS scheme.

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Surrounded by the show stopping Show Gardens, the Plants & People Arena will be a buzz of hot tips, new ideas and themes for gardeners of all levels. Look forward to some of the UK's top gardening experts holding talks and Q+A sessions including Carol Klein, Chris Beardshaw and Joe Swift!

The Arena inspired by our living landscape has been specially designed by award winning garden designer, Paul Hervey-Brookes.

"The Arena takes the core idea of the show – hands on gardening, along with the natural excitement and anticipation of a growing season to come.This is only found at Malvern and couples    those ideas with questions about traditional land use.Added to this are questions about the fragility of the natural world and the gardening life cycle all explored through a series of large scale visual images engaging with visitors to take them on a journey of discovery."

RHS Floral Marquee

Explore the most exquisite floral displays in this magnificent marquee. See 100 of the finest nurseries from around the UK and abroad.

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Keep your eyes peeled for some of the nation's favourite celebrity gardeners on hand with tips and advice on all your garden queries.

Carol Klein (11^th & 12^th), Chris Beardshaw (10^th & 11^th), and Joe Swift (12^th)

Don't miss the ever popular Terry Walton and Reg Moule in the new Allotment Theatre!

Thinking of using a landscaper? Or even looking to landscape your garden yourself? Find out all you need to know right here. One completed garden will be on display to offer creative and feasible ideas, with a working progress garden to show you how it’s done.

The Allotment Theatre hosted by Terry Walton and Reg Moule

Pop along to the NEW Allotment Theatre for daily talks, demos and Q+A sessions on everything from 'Grow Your Own' tips to specialist plants.

Vote for your favourite Painting with Plants Gallery display

Garden designer Chris Beardshaw wants to help forge links between our much loved flower shows and our local communities and good causes.

He is offering passionate plants-people a fabulous opportunity to showcase their artistic skills by combining plants in a small flower bed, border or planting scheme in an exciting new feature launching at the Malvern Spring Gardening Show 2012.

The new Painting with Plants Gallery will display the most creative planting schemes, and the 3 winning entries as voted by show visitors will receive a £1,000 for their nominated charity, local group, school or good cause – with a ‘green’ emphasis of course!

For more information on how you could be involved next year please download the Painting with Plants letter and application for more information or email nina@threecounties.co.uk or phone 01684 584919.

A superb children’s area with hands on activities to learn about gardening and nature.

School Garden Project Challenge

Don't miss the fabulous School Garden's created by over 15 schools from across the region!

2012 Theme: Sustainability for All

With over 500 tradestands at the show there will be something to suit all types of gardener
 

Elgar Arcade

An exclusive area of luxury stands including bags, scarves and gifts. 

Country Living  Pavilion

View a list of some of our fantastic tradestands

Tradestands (used our online tradestand booking system)

Gardeners Shopping Pavilion featuring The Allotment Theatre

The Best of the Best Gardening Gadgets Award

Looking for a new innovative product or perhaps the best environmental product? Then don't miss the Best of the Best Gardening Gadgets Awards in the Gardeners Shopping Pavilion

The Malvern Spring Gardening Show team have been on the hunt for the most innovative, popular and aestheitcally pleasing products from our great range of over 550 tradestands at the show. The 12 shortlisted products will be on show with daily demo's at the Allotment Theatre.

The 4 categories

• The best newcomer


• The best seller


• The best ECO product


• The best design

Open to exhibitors at the show.
For more information download the letter and application.
Contact Nina Acton - email or 01684 584919

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As one of the finest gardening events of the year the Malvern Spring Gardening Show provides a platform to showcase your work to a captive audience. Whether you are interested in producing a show garden or a floral display or displaying your gardening photography we promise to help you every step of the way.

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The Society continues to support quality food and drink producers, and is stepping up its endeavours to source more local and regional suppliers using mainly British produce, for its catering at Shows and events.

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