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Weather looks fine for spring gardens show
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| Getting ready for the show: Worcestershire garden designers, left to right, Paul Graham, Mark Eveleigh and Sarah Kenyon. 18380602 |
WITH the weather set fine for the weekend, Malvern Spring Gardening Show opened today with every chance of being a blockbuster.
More than 90,000 visitors are expected to converge on the Three Counties Showground over the four days of what is officially billed as the first major outdoor event of the British horticultural year. Jointly organised by the Royal Horticultural Society and the Three Counties Agricultural Society, the show will be the subject of a special hour-long BBC 2 Gardeners' World Live TV programme tomorrow evening and will play host to some of the nation's favourite gardening celebrities.
"The weather forecast is a real bonus for us," said show press officer Sharon Gilbert. "Although ironically, of all the events we stage here, it is probably the one least affected by it.
"Gardeners don't seem to mind a bit of rain and they have turned up in all weathers in the past."
Worcester News weatherman Paul Damari said high pressure will dominate until at least Sunday with temperatures on Saturday possibly reaching the mid-20s C.
"It should be dry and there will be plenty of sunshine for everyone," he added. This year's Spring Gardening Show is the 23rd and what began as a small regional flower show has developed into one of the main dates in the British gardening calendar.
Billed as "30 acres of gardening under one roof" it is renowned for the quality of its exhibits and the centrepiece is the stunning RHS marquee, where more than 100 of the country's top nurseries vie to catch the judge's eye.
The interactive Design for Living Theatre, launched in 2005, has been completely revitalised this year and aims to create "a highly visual, sensory experience set to revolutionise the traditional gardening show format".
With plenty of emphasis on young gardeners, 16 show gardens, border gardens, a learning garden and even two skip gardens, the show promises something for everyone. There are also more than 500 tradestands.
Among the exhibits will be a police garden that has been designed by school students.
The garden contrasts the look and gardening styles of a police house during the 1960s with a house belonging to a present-day police officer.
The garden was designed by students from Adcote School in Shrewsbury and has been created to celebrate West Mercia Constabulary's 40th anniversary.
Malvern Spring Gardening Show runs until Sunday, May 11, open 9am until 6pm every day. Admission is £14 to £16.50.
8:31am Thursday 8th May 2008
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