Specialist plant fair to return to Borde Hill - all you need to know

A line-up of leading UK plant nurseries will be at Borde Hill Garden for the Plant Fairs Roadshow on September 13, between 11am and 4pm.

Garden lovers will be able to select from a range of plants from Bob Brown’s nursery Cotswold Garden Flowers, which has one of the largest plant collections in Europe, and Copton Ash Nursery, an alpine specialist that also offers a wide range of Mediterranean, umbellifer and woodland plants.

RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s multi-award winning nurseries, Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants, Graham Blunt’s Plantbase, Phoenix Plants, Blackstem Plants and Beechbridge Plants will also be offering a range of plants.

Southon Plants, Usual & Unusual Plants, Charleshurst Farm Nursery, Pineview Nursery, Pelham Plants, Miles Japanese Maples, Little Omenden, Forget Me Not Plants and the There will be a range of garden sculptures from Five Two Designs too.

Free guided tours of the garden by Borde Hill’s gardening team will be available during the event.

Sedum ‘Marchants Best Red’ crocosmias as well as Physocarpus opulifolius ‘Diabolo’, while white Japanese anemones are taking over in the White Garden.

Josephine’s Way is the place to see selections of carex, pennisetum and panicum looking their best, interplanted with ‘Mystic Series’ dahlias.

Visitors will also be able to enjoy 40 sculptures being exhibited throughout the Garden until the end of September.

The Plant Fairs Roadshow will be open from 11am to 4pm on Sunday, September 13 – to find out more visit www.plant-fairs.co.uk.

Entry costs £8 per person, and is free to Friends of Borde Hill.

Due to Covid-19 restrictions tickets are limited and need to be pre-booked at www.bordehill.co.uk/bookyourvisit/.