Andrea Childs - Beth's Garden - Community Endeavour Award - 16 June 2023

Kevin Smith - Editor, Gardeners World Magazine - 16 June 2023

Ellen Mary - Plant based living - 16 June 2023

Jason Williams - The Cloud Gardener - 15 June 2023 

Stephanie Hafferty - No dig gardening - 15 June 2023

David Stevens - Garden Walk Leader - 15 June 2023

David Hurrion - Show gardens and exotic plants -  15 June 2023

Darren Rudge - Local gardening talent at the Show - 15 June 2023

Michael Perry - The Plant Geek - BBC Gardeners' World Live 2023 Preview

Lucy Bravington is the award winning designer behind the Liz Earle Beauty Co.’s Botanical Show Garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023. The garden will harness the power of plants for feelings of wellbeing, featuring perennial plants to showcase the botanicals included in many Liz Earle Beauty Co. products, such as echinacea, rosemary and lavender. Every day, Liz Earle’s ethnobotanist, James Wong, will be on the garden to talk to visitors and share insights into the power of plants.  The...

The Show Gardens at BBC Gardeners’ World Live are known for their inspirational design and planting whilst being relatable and packed with practical ideas that visitors can recreate in their own gardens.  Visitors will enjoy the Show Gardens, feature gardens, APL Avenue, Showcase Gardens and Beautiful Borders in a relaxed and engaging atmosphere with picnics, bandstand entertainment and magic moments around every corner. A Garden Fit for a King, by Paul Stone   In this year of the...

Chris Collins is Head of Horticulture at Garden Organic .He’s also a gardening writer, TV broadcaster, lecturer and horticultural consultant. Chris’s books include ‘Grow Your Own For Kids’. Chris Graduated from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and has previously been Head Gardener Westminster Abbey. He’s done much TV work including This Morning and being a former Blue Peter gardener.

Nicki Chapman will be the host of ‘In Conversation’ talks at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2023, as well as hosting a unique series of talks on the headline show garden ‘A Garden Fit for a King’ and on the Let’s Talk Plants Stage. Nicki is an accomplished TV presenter and broadcaster known for her work including ‘Wanted Down Under’, the nation’s favourite ‘Escape To The Country’ and its spin-off, ‘I Escape To The Country’ for BBC1. She has become a mainstay of the BBC presenting team, being a...

Women’s health takes centre stage at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Live (NEC Birmingham, 15-18 June) as leading menopause expert, Dr. Louise Newson, joins forces with award-winning garden designer, Ruth Gwynn, to create the Newson Health Menopause Show Garden.  The walk-through Show Garden reflects Newson Health’s ethos of inclusive and accessible menopause support for everyone. It is designed to evoke feelings of community, creating a safe, tranquil and comfortable space for women to...

Adam Frost is an award-winning British garden designer, television presenter and motivational speaker. Best known for his successes at RHS Chelsea Flower Show, he is passionate about inspiring adults and children alike to create their own gardens and watch hedgerows spring to life appreciating each one of our distinct seasons as they unfold. Adam is a presenter on BBC’s Gardeners’ World (BBC Two) and also appears regularly on the BBC’s coverage of RHS Flower Show. He has also featured on The...

Sue Kent will be designing a Beautiful Border at BBC Gardeners’ World Live. She will be appearing on her Border daily as well as giving a talk each day on the Let’s Talk Plant Stage and in the BBC Gardeners’ World Subscribers’ Lounge. In 2020, Sue Kent launched her gardening career by sending a viewer’s home video to BBC2 Gardeners’ World; it was such a hit that she is now a regular presenter on the show, winning a Garden Media Award for her efforts. Born with an upper limb disability caused...

Joe Bagley is the creator of ukhouseplants.com which influences and teaches people about houseplant care in a simplistic, standardised way. You might have heard Joe on BBC Radio Leicester every Sunday and Tuesday where he shares ‘Joe’s Houseplant of the Week’ and discusses a whole range of easy-to-find plants and how to care for them.  Find Joe in daily sessions on the House Plant Hub stage at BBC Gardeners’ World Live where he will share his expertise on houseplant care every day of the Show! 

Alan Titchmarsh was born and brought up on the edge of Ilkley Moor.  He left school at fifteen and became an apprentice gardener in the local nursery, following this with full-time training at horticultural college and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Alan was the main presenter of Gardeners’ World and the hugely popular Ground Force, and has also presented How To Be A Gardener, British Isles – A Natural History, The Great British Village Show, The Nature of Britain.  His own daytime show on...

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 the fantastic plant collections in the gardens and glasshouses, as well as travelling to...

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 the fantastic plant collections in the gardens and glasshouses, as well as travelling to...

Lucy was raised at her parents’ market garden in Essex, before venturing to further her horticultural education at Writtle and Wye colleges.   With an Honours Degree in plant sciences she then worked at the Royal Horticultural Society Garden (RHS) Wisley. After six years she left to pursue a career as a garden writer – first, for four years at Amateur Gardening magazine and then for six years as Editor of Grow Your Own magazine. She is now Head Gardener at East Donyland Hall – a 100- acre...

Known as ‘The People’s Gardener’, Matt Biggs trained at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has presented a number of television programmes, written several books and undertake lectures and talks. He is best known for his regular appearances on Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time. 

Known as ‘The People’s Gardener’, Matt Biggs trained at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has presented a number of television programmes, written several books and undertake lectures and talks. He is best known for his regular appearances on Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time. 

Celebrate summer gardening with a great day out at BBC Gardeners’ World Live, taking place at Birmingham’s NEC, from 15 – 18 June 2023. The ultimate gardener’s day out includes inspirational Show Gardens and Beautiful Borders, vast Floral Marquee, top gardening experts including Frances Tophill, along with Monty Don, Carol Klein, Adam Frost and Alan Titchmarsh; great shopping, live entertainment and more.   Frances Tophill will be at the Show on Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 June. Visitors can...

Arit Anderson is a garden designer, writer and presenter on BBC Two’s Gardeners’ World. She spent 25 years working in the dynamic industries of retail fashion and creative events. She managed teams that delivered collections and events across the globe. She balanced this fast-paced career with interests in well-being, working as a therapist and teaching holistic therapies, which led her to travel extensively to the USA. It was the joy of having her own garden that enabled Arit to diversify...