RHS Hampton Court Palace Garden Festival

The Potting Shed

Joining host and renowned horticulturist Martin Fish on stage is a range of masterful plantspeople – including all your favourite Floral Marquee nursery growers and owners – on hand to generously impart their hardwon wisdom.

Don’t miss: Lorraine and Jodie Caley

Saturday 6 July, 11am

Sisters Lorraine and Jodie farm gourmet fungi and sell grow-at-home edible mushroom kits as the Caley Bros. They won Best New Design at RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2023 and Project Mushroom is their debut book.

Tuesday 2 July 2024

  • 11am | Master Grower with Jane Lindsay Tynings Climbers
  • 12noon | New Forest Hostas with Vicky Meads
  • 1pm | Gardening on the menu – grow and cook fresh produce, with Martin and Jill Fish

  • 2pm | Hampshire Carnivorous Plants with Matt Soper
  • 3pm | Top Tips for Healthy Houseplants with Martin Fish
  • 4pm | Q&A: Meet the growers from the Floral Marquee

Steve Hickman
She Grows Veg
Martin Fish

Wednesday 3 July 2024

  • 10.30am | She Grows Veg: Heirloom Vegetables with Kate Cotterill & Lucy Hutchings
  • 12noon | Hoyland Plant Centre: Agapanthus, Nerines & Dierama with Steven Hickman
  • 1pm | Gardening on the menu – grow and cook fresh produce, with Martin and Jill Fish

  • 2pm | Demystifying Floral Marquee Judging with the RHS Judging Team
  • 3pm | Top Tips for Healthy Houseplants with Martin Fish
  • 4pm | Q&A: Meet the growers from the Floral Marquee

Martin & Jill Fish
Vicky Fox
Cacti

Thursday 4 July 2024

  • 11am | Ottershaw Cacti: Cacti & Succulents with Jo Jackson
  • 12am | Plantagogo: Heucheras & Tiarella with Vicky Fox
  • 1pm | Gardening on the menu – grow and cook fresh produce, with Martin and Jill Fish

  • 2pm | Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants with Rob Hardy
  • 3pm | Top Tips for Healthy Houseplants with Martin Fish
  • 4pm | Q&A: Meet the growers from the Floral Marquee

Hare Spring Cottage Plants
Martin Fish
Penstemons

Friday 5 July 2024

  • 11am | Kitchen Garden Plants: Herbs with Neil Jones
  • 12am | Hare Spring Cottage Plants with Stella Exley
  • 1pm | Gardening on the menu – grow and cook fresh produce, with Martin and Jill Fish

  • 2pm | GreenJJam Nursery: Penstemons with Julia Mitchell
  • 3pm | Top Tips for Healthy Houseplants with Martin Fish
  • 4pm | Q&A: Meet the growers from the Floral Marquee

Laurence Hobbs Orchids
Vicky Mead
Don Billington

Saturday 6 July 2024

  • 11am | Mushroom Growing at Home with Caley Bros
  • 12 noon | Brighter Blooms: Zantedeschia with Matthew Smith
  • 12.30pm | Gardening on the menu – grow and cook fresh produce, with Martin and Jill Fish

  • 2pm | Growing Succulents with W&S Lockyer
  • 3pm | Top tips for Healthy Houseplants, with Martin Fish
  • 4pm | Q&A: Meet the growers from the Floral Marquee

Martin Fish
Agapanthus
Vicky Fox

Sunday 7 July 2024

  • 11am | Alchemy Ferns with Mark Taylor
  • 12noon | Lincolnshire Pond Plants with Dawn Fisher
  • 1pm | Gardening on the menu – grow and cook fresh produce, with Martin and Jill Fish

  • 2pm | Orchid Care with Laurence Hobbs
  • 3pm | Top tips for Healthy Houseplants with Martin Fish
  • 4pm | Q&A: Meet the growers from the Floral Marquee

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