RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

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Hosted by James Cannon, in partnership with Cunard, this is the place to find unmissable inspiration, entertainment and advice from some of the biggest names in gardening – located near the Go wild family area

Don’t miss: Advolly Richmond

Tuesday 2 July 2023, 1pm
Wednesday 3 July, 11am

Plants and gardens historian, author, podcaster and independent researcher in social history Advolly lectures on garden history and is a regular contributor on BBC Gardeners’ World and BBC Radio 4.

Tuesday 2 July 2024

  • 11am | Creating Flower Borders for Easy Management & Colour Joy with Sue Kent
  • 12noon | A Floral Feast with Carolyn Dunster and Mark Diacono
  • 12.30pm | A Feast of Fabulous Flowers with Jonathan Moseley
  • 1pm | A Short History of Flowers: The Stories That Make Our Gardens with Advolly Richmond

  • 2pm | Rekha’s Garden Path with Rekha Mistry
  • 2.30pm | Herbs to Flavour & Savour with Jekka McVicar
  • 3pm | Creating Flower Borders for Easy Management & Colour Joy with Sue Kent
  • 4pm |  Ask the Experts with  Jekka McVicar, Anya Lautenbach, Helen Elks-Smith fsgd, Association of Professional Landscapers & RHS Gardening Advice

Carol Klein
Rekha Mistry
Becky Searle

Wednesday 3 July 2024

  • 11am | A Short History of Flowers: the Stories That Make Our Gardens with Advolly Richmond
  • 12noon | Rekha’s Garden Path with Rekha Mistry
  • 1pm | Grow Your Own Show Garden with Carol Klein

  • 2pm | Save our Soils – How Your Soils Could Help Fight Climate Change with Becky Searle
  • 2.30pm | Rekha’s Garden Path with Rekha Mistry
  • 3pm | Grow Your Own Show Garden with Carol Klein
  • 4pm | Ask the Experts with Alan Heeks, Anya Lautenbach, Peter Donegan msgd, Association of Professional Landscapers & RHS Gardening Advice

Adam Frost
Kate Bradbury
Manoj Malde

Thursday4 July 2024

  • 11am | My Gardening Journey with Adam Frost
  • 12noon | In Conversation With Kate Bradbury
  • 12.30pm | Colour My World with Manoj Malde
  • 1pm | Cunard Presents: All at Sea in a Show Garden with Anthea Guthrie

  • 2pm | Paradise Gardens with Manoj Malde
  • 2.30pm | How to Feed Your Soil for Healthy Food & Flowers with The Land Gardeners
  • 3pm | My Gardening Journey with Adam Frost
  • 4pm | Ask the Experts with Kate Bradbury, Anya Lautenbach, Emma Plunket msgd, Association of Professional Landscapers & RHS Gardening Advice

Charles Dowding
Adam Alexander
Joe Swift

Friday 5 July 2024

  • 11am | No Dig – Why & How with Charles Dowding
  • 12noon | To Stand & Stare: a Slow Approach to Gardening with Andrew Timothy O’Brien
  • 12.30pm | Histories of Remarkable Vegetables with Adam Alexander
  • 1pm | Joe’s Garden Design Basics with Joe Swift

  • 2pm | You Can Compost Everything! with Charles Dowding
  • 3pm | Joe’s Garden Design Basics with Joe Swift
  • 4pm | Ask the Experts with Helena Dove, Adam Alexander The Seed Detective, Anya Lautenbach, Amanda Patton msgd, Association of Professional Landscapers & RHS Gardening Advice

Zoe Claymore
Arit Anderson
Caroline Quentin

Saturday 6 July 2023

  • 11am | Garden Deadly Sins & Heavenly Wins with Arit Anderson
  • 12noon | Gardening Whilst Renting with Zoe Claymore
  • 12.30pm | Money-Saving Gardening with Anya Lautenbach
  • 1pm | The Power of Pollinators with Drag Queen Gardener AKA Tom Leonard

  • 2pm | A Journey Into Horticulture with Caroline Quentin
  • 2.30pm | Garden Deadly Sins & Heavenly Wins with Arit Anderson
  • 3pm | The Power of Pollinators with Drag Queen Gardener AKA Tom Leonard
  • 4pm | Ask the Experts with Anya Lautenbach, Zoe Claymore, Sam Proctor msgd, Association of Professional Landscapers & RHS Gardening Advice

Eddie Bailey
Hamza Yassin
Jake Wicks

Sunday 7 July 2024

  • 11am | My Life Behind the Lens with Hamza Yassin
  • 12noon | How to Grow With The Soil Food Web with Eddie Bailey, RhizoPhyllia
  • 12.30pm | Celestial Gardening with Jane Hawley Stevens
  • 1pm | A Golden Era of English Wine & Viticulture – Talk & Tasting with Jake Wicks, Roebuck Estates

  • 2pm | Adventure Within: In Conversation with Freddie Strickland
  • 2.30pm | Building Resilience in the Vegetable Garden with Kim Stoddart
  • 3pm | Fireside Chat with Hamza Yassin
  • 4pm | Ask the experts, with Kim Stoddart, Jane Hawley Stevens, Anya Lautenbach, Jenie Herrington

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