BBC Gardeners' World Live - Show Interviews | 18-21 June 2026 | Birmingham NEC

Meet the Experts: Caley Brothers Learn about the fun of funghi from mushroom maestros, Caley Bros – whether it’s during a talk at the drop-in Get Growing Stage or during a hands-on Oyster Mushroom Workshop! Jodie and Lorraine of the Sussex-based Caley Brothers were raised in Surrey, with a childhood was enriched with home grown, nutritious and delicious food. From working on their folks and gramps...

Meet the experts - Arit Anderson See Arit at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair. Arit is a regular presenter on BBC2 Gardeners’ World.  Prior to this, she spent 25 years working in retail fashion and creative events, which she balanced with interests in well-being and holistic therapies, leading her to the world of gardening. Find out more about the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage at the Spring...

Chris Bavin at the Spring Table Chris will host the Spring Table ever day of the Spring Fair 2025. Drop by to hear from him and the experts who’ll be delivering masterclasses at this NEW demo area.

Meet the Experts: Kim O'Brien See Kim O’Brien live across both the BBC Gardeners’ World Stage, the NEW Get Growing Stage and hosting NEW Spring Floristry workshops at the Spring Fair!

Meet the experts - Carol Klein See Carol Klein at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair. Carol Klein is one of the most familiar gardening experts working in the media today, most famous for her role as regular presenter of BBC2 Gardeners’ World. Find out more about the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage at the Spring Fair, where you can see Carol on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2025, here.

See Adam Frost at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair. Adam Frost, presenter on BBC2s Gardeners’ World, is a regular at BBC Gardeners’ World events, sharing top tips and advice live on stage. In June 2024, Adam designed and built the hugely popular ‘Chef’s Table’ Show Garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live. Find out more about the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage at the Spring Fair, where you can see...

Hillier returns as the headline sponsor of the Spring Fair, which is now in its 5th year. Charles Carr is the Head of Wholesale Nurseries at Hillier Nurseries Ltd. The interview can cover the Hillier Experience the fair. One of the leading features is the Woodland themed garden feature. A colourful herbaceous display sets the scene, with stepping stones leading through soft pastel planting to a su...

See Kevin Smith on Friday 3 May at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair as he hosts the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage throughout the day! Kevin Smith is the Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and Head of Content for the Gardeners' World brand. He’s worked for  Gardeners' World for the past 18 years and is responsible for leading the magazine’s content in print and on GardenersWorl...

Beaulieu Head Gardener Kelvin Yapp is the head gardener at Beaulieu. As the head gardener, he’s been involved in every one of the Fair’s five years (fifth year in 2025). Kelvin leads the Plant Expert Tours of Beaulieu’s Victorian Walled Gardens with the Fair’s Plant Experts (Lucy Chamberlain and Saul Walker). Visitor to the Fair can pre-book these tours, as an added extra during their visit.

See Adam Frost at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Friday 20th August

Designer of the Showcase Garden 'summer's Last Hoorah'

A background in Medical Sciences and Mathematics may seem an unlikely starting point for a garden designer, but Kim‘s extensive knowledge of these subjects has proven invaluable when drawing inspiration for her design work.  Kim creatively translates sequences, patterns, and natural geometry to the drawing board, enabling her to build schemes that speak from the heart of nature itself; using the r...

Following a career change from social care in her mid 30’s, Louise studied horticulture at Brooksby Melton College in Leicestershire and gain practical paid experience at the same time by working for a local garden centre, a specialist plant nursery and a large scale bedding grower. Having successfully gained a place as a Historic and Botanic Garden Training Programme Trainee (HBGTP) at Audley End...

Marcus Bean is a chef, author, and presenter, who learned to cook by taking charge of the kitchen in his Shropshire pub. He got straight in the kitchen and taught himself to cook and then went on to win Iron chef UK on channel 4. Since then, Marcus has become a regular chef on ITV’s “This Morning”, wrote a cookery book all about Chicken, releases in July 2024. The Good Chicken Cookbook: Over 100 D...

Sara Ward has transformed her Victorian terraced house in London into an urban smallholding, ‘Hen Corner’, complete with chickens, honeybees, fruit trees and overflowing veg patches. Last year they harvested £4,000 worth of food from their back garden. Her recent book ‘Living the Good Life in the City’ shares some of the ways she and her family have brought city and country together, and shows tha...

Saul Walker fell in love with horticulture through his Grandparents passion for visiting historic houses and gardens, and after a brief spell as an Archaeologist, he went to train and work as a Gardener for the National Trust at Antony House in Cornwall. After many years there he was accepted to study on the prestigious 3-year Kew Diploma of Botanical Horticulture at RBG, Kew and was exposed to th...

The host of the chart topping podcast, Tales From The Potting Bench – Adam is a gardener, writer and public speaker not to mention an expert when it comes to all things DIY in the garden. When it comes to gardening, Adam tries to make and mend as much as he can, recycling thrown away items into unique garden projects and eye catching designs. Over the last few years, Adam has become a well-known f...

David Hurrion has spent more than 20 years writing for and editing the nation’s crop of garden magazines, and is now Associate Editor for BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine. David has also appeared both as a regular contributor and an horticultural commentator on a wide range of national and local radio programmes, as well as on television. David’s knowledge is based on more than 40 years of growing pl...

Emma Crawforth is the Horticultural Editor of BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine and responsible for shaping gardening content that’s horticulturally correct. Kew trained, she’s worked for the brand for over 10 years creating inspirational, problem-solving and thought-provoking features. At home she grows fruit, veg and flowers while tending her ornamental and productive gardens. Her book, Things to do...

Ade Sellars - The Good Life Gardener

Adam Kirtland -Tales From The Potting Bench

Find Glynn Purnell at BBC Gardeners’ World Live on all four days (13-16 June) at the Chef’s Table Show Garden. Often called the ‘Yummy Brummie’, Glynn Purnell started cooking professionally at the age of 14. After securing a work experience placement in a hotel kitchen, he spent the next two years catching the No 966 bus to the Metropole Hotel at the NEC where he was quickly promoted to making sal...

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