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Welcome to the second edition of GROW London! We’re delighted to be back on Hampstead Heath after a successful launch last year. It was wonderful to see so many visitors at last year’s fair enthuse over the plants and products on offer, and I hope this year GROW London will inspire many more. GROW London is even bigger for 2015 and we’re very excited to welcome a host of new exhibitors to the fair. There’s a fantastically diverse mix of unique plants from Hortus Loci, Swallowfields Nursery and Lime Cross Nursery, plus contemporary and modern garden products from Harrogate Interiors, Adorn Homeware and Verdon Grey – all selected for their quality and design. And don’t miss our brand new feature, the artisan Gardenista Market, showcasing some wonderfully stylish-yetpractical designs for the home and urban garden.
I’m thrilled that this edition of GROW London is supporting The National Gardens Scheme. They’re a fantastic charity that open thousands of outstanding private gardens throughout England and Wales to raise money for nursing and caring charities. Do please show your support and visit their stand (G6). Cultivate your gardening know-how with this year’s bumper programme of talks and workshops – an excellent opportunity to glean knowledge from leading industry experts. The Society of Garden Designers are also on hand to advise and proffer ideas in their free garden design consultations. Thank you to our sponsor Nyetimber for providing delicious English sparkling wine and to Stephen Woodhams, who has dressed the GROW marquee so magnificently. I hope you all have an enriching, enjoyable day out and find something to encourage your GROWing passions. Will Ramsay, Fair Founder
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TALKS & WORKSHOPS Learn how to bring out the best in your garden and pick up pots of wisdom from some of the country’s best growers in our fun-packed programme
FRIDAY 19 JUNE THE CUTTING PATCH Talks Theatre, 11.30am – 12.30pm If you’ve been thinking about creating an intensive cutting patch, or just growing a few flowers to pick for the house, but are not sure where to start, awardwinning teacher, writer and presenter Sarah Raven will show you how. HERBS OF THE HEATH WALK The Nursery Workshop, 12 – 1pm Discover the different medicinal plants flourishing on the heath on a short walk with medicinal herbalists Kim Walker and Victoria Chown from Handmade Apothecary, as they discusses their uses, folklore and modern day applications. CREATE AN EDIBLE BOUQUET Talks Theatre, 12.45– 1.45pm Have you ever seen a bouquet that looks good enough to eat? Petersham Nurseries’ Thomas Broom shows you how to create a beautiful bouquet of British-grown edible flowers and foliage, including blooms you may not have thought were even edible!
SATURDAY 20 JUNE HEALING GARDENS Talks Theatre, 11.30am – 12.30pm
GARDEN DESIGN SOLUTIONS Talks Theatre, 2 – 3pm London can be a bit of a squeeze at times, especially if you’re attempting to nurture a blooming garden as well! Acclaimed garden designer Stephen Woodhams offers practical solutions and clever ideas for smaller outdoor spaces. ASK THE GARDNER GROW Potting Shed, 2.30 – 4.30pm Find our resident jolly Geordie gardener, Mark Gardner, on hand in the GROW potting shed to answer any and all garden queries. THE CONTEMPORARY COUNTRY HOUSE GARDEN Talks Theatre, 3.15 – 4.15pm Celebrating the English country garden in all it’s glory, The NGS’s George Plumptre extols upon the charms of the country’s best, taking highlights from his new book ‘The English Country House Garden’. BEES IN THE CITY Talks Theatre, 4.30 – 5.30pm Bees are vital pollinators for our trees and flowering plants, and they’re under threat. Urban Bees co-founder and journalist, Alison Benjamin, explains how we can all play a part in saving bees and other pollinators by providing plentiful forage in our urban gardens, on our rooftops and down our streets.
Award-winning garden designer Cleve West explains why gardening is good for the mind, body and soul. BRITISH BOUQUET MAKING The Nursery Workshop, 11.30am – 12.30pm Ellie and Anna of The Flower Appreciation Society will teach you how to make hand-tied bouquets using only British flowers. They will also have copies of their new book for sale ‘An A to Z of All Things Floral’. A WELL-TRODDEN GARDEN PATH Talks Theatre, 12.45 – 1.45pm The Telegraph’s Helen Yemm takes you on a theoretical trip down the garden path, answering all your gardening queries along the way. SMALL SPACE GARDENING Talks Theatre, 2 – 3pm How do you make the most of a hankysized garden, balcony, basement or patio? The Evening Standard Homes & Property’s Pattie Barron gives you the lowdown on the plants, materials and designer tricks that will transform the smallest and most awkward of spaces.
THE KITCHEN GARDEN MEDICINE CHEST The Nursery Workshop, 2 – 3pm Learn how to concoct some simple and effective home remedies with herbalists Victoria Chown and Kim Walker from Handmade Apothecary, using easily grown herbs and kitchen cupboard staples. ASK THE GARDNER GROW Potting Shed, 12 – 2pm and 3 – 4pm Find our resident jolly Geordie gardener, Mark Gardner, on hand in the GROW potting shed to answer any and all garden queries. DESIGNING WITH PLANTS Talks Theatre, 3.15 – 4.15pm Fergus Garrett, Head Gardener at Great Dixter, advises on planting combinations and mixing shape, colour and texture to achieve stunning borders. SWEET PEAS FOR SUMMER Talks Theatre, 4.30 – 5.30pm Get your garden blooming in no time as gardener and author, Laetitia Maklouf, shows you how to turn a bit of nothing into lots of something – and quickly.
GARDEN DESIGN CONSULTATIONS Stand D6, all day Friday–Sunday
transformation of your garden? Then our free garden design consultations, run by the Society of Garden Designers, are for you!
Need some advice on planting combinations for a tricky spot? Or are you looking for ideas for a complete
Bring along a plan and pictures of your garden, visit stand D6 and put your name down for a private 20 minute consultation.
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SUNDAY 21 JUNE GARDENS FOR LONDONERS Talks Theatre, 11.30am – 12.30pm
THE NEW KITCHEN GARDEN Talks Theatre, 2 – 3pm
St. John Stephen, from BBC London, and Catherine Miller, facilitator of City Harvest, the London Farms and Gardens Show, discuss the ways in which communities have come together to develop innovative green spaces and what the future holds for them.
Otter Farm’s Mark Diacono returns to GROW London to demonstrate how you can grow some of what you eat, no matter where you live. Mark unearths a few incredible edible plants you can grow for yourself, even in the city, and shares ideas from some amazing kitchen gardens, large and small.
WILDLIFE-FRIENDLY WINDOW BOXES The Nursery Workshop, 11.30am – 12.30pm The Wild Flowers Company, in collaboration with RHS Gold Medal winner Elaine Hughes, will show you how to plant beautiful, functional and wildlife friendly containers. If you’d like to bring your own container to plant up and take away, you are more than welcome to, otherwise there will be some super seeds for you to take home, as well as lots of marvellous ideas! SECRETS OF A BALCONY GARDENER Talks Theatre, 12.45 – 1.45pm
THROUGHOUT THE FAIR PETERSHAM NURSERIES Feature Area 1, 12 – 4pm, Friday – Sunday The Petersham Nurseries School of Garden Inspiration, will be offering rolling gardening demonstrations throughout the duration of the fair.
What are the most productive and delicious crops that can be grown in containers? What are the secrets to container growing success? Mark Ridsdill Smith from The Vertical Veg Club reveals all this and more as he shows you just how productive container growing in tiny spaces can be.
THE RISE OF ENGLISH WINE Talks Theatre, 3.15 – 4.15pm Aimee Hartley and Charlotte SagerWilde of wine consultancy 125 have curated a talk with a panel of leading English wine experts, who will explore what makes England a special place to grow and make wine, and the ways in which you can get involved yourself. Panelists include Cherie Spriggs, Head Winemaker at Nyetimber, Gavin Monery, Winemaker at London’s first urban winery, London Cru, and Sarah Vaughan-Roberts, the woman behind London’s first vineyard and community project since medieval times. GROW IT, COOK IT, LOVE IT Talks Theatre, 4.30 – 5.30pm Jamie Oliver’s Kitchen Garden Project empowers primary school teachers to help children learn how to grow food from seed and to cook nutritious meals from scratch. Juliane Caillouette Noble, from Jamie Oliver’s Food Foundation, provides simple tips and tricks for getting your children cooking and growing both at home and at school.
KIDS WORKSHOPS
SATURDAY 20 JUNE BOTANICAL MONOPRINTING 3.30–4.30pm
Encourage and inspire budding horticulturalists in our fun, friendly and hands-on children’s workshops in The Nursey Workshop.
Learn how to create simple yet striking monoprints inspired by photographer Karl Blossfeldt. Working from life, kids can enjoy taking a closer look at natural forms to create detailed prints. Suitable for all ages and all materials provided.
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MAKE A SCENTED HERB BAG 11–11.45am and 2–2.45pm
GRIMM TALES IN THE GARDEN 1.30–2.30pm (3–7 years) 3.30–4.30pm (8–12 years)
Everyone enjoys the scent of beautiful flowers, but what if you could bag it up and infuse your wardrobes, baths and bedtimes? Well, you can! Join the Chelsea Physic Garden’s Education and Outreach Officer, Liv Paterson, and make your own relaxing lavender and chamomile bag to take home. You may also discover some surprising facts about how these amazing herbs have been used over centuries for their medicinal properties. NATURE INSPIRED ART 12.15–1pm and 3–3.45pm How much attention have you given to the natural world today? Have you noticed the patterns, textures, colours, creatures, shapes, sounds and smells? What would happen if you used the natural world to inspire your drawing, painting, printing and making? Come along and get creative with the Chelsea Physic Garden’s Education and Outreach Officer, Liv Paterson.
Adapting several classic Grimm tales, retold by renowned author Philip Pullman, Sarah Butcher, Assistant Director of Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales, an immersive theatre production for all ages – will embark upon a magical journey by way of interactive storytelling and planting exercises, using fun costumes and props. Expect to hear from Rapunzel and Little Red Riding Hood, as well as some lesser known fairytales. MAKE YOUR OWN FLOWER Throughout the day Kids can pick up a special ‘summer flowers’ activity sheet from the Info Desk to colour in at The Nursery Workshop between programmed activities. What’s more if you take your completed work to Hampstead Summer Festival art village at Whitestone Pond on Sunday 21 June, you will receive a special prize!
WHAT’S GROWING ON… Cultivate your creative urges as you wander around the fair and take inspiration from all the exciting features springing to life at GROW London this year.
FEATURE AREAS A big thanks to the creators of our stunning feature areas. These comprise Petersham Nurseries’ bold sensory garden, replete with verdant seasonal foliage and flora; Francesca Murrell’s ‘Stitcher’s Retreat’ which makes use of plants real and stitched to explore the relationship between plants and botanical art; Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants’ classical English garden; and The Green Wood Guild’s interactive feature area where they will be demonstrating traditional craft making practices.
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Specially hand-picked for GROW London, visit the Gardenista Market to discover and buy from a curated selection of fabulous designer-makers. Bringing together the Gardenista team’s favourite artisan products, you’ll be spoilt for choice in this stylish edit of practical and beautifully crafted wares for the home and garden on stand C14.
Stop by stand G6 to find out more about this year’s charity beneficiary, The National Gardens Scheme. The NGS opens thousands of outstanding private gardens throughout England and Wales to raise money for nursing and caring charities. The head of the NGS, George Plumptre, is leading a talk on Friday on the Contemporary Country House Garden.
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Potting Shed, Friday 19 June 2.30pm, Saturday 20 June 12pm & 3pm GROW London’s resident jolly Geordie gardener, Mark Gardner (by name and nature!), will be on hand in the GROW Potting Shed to answer any gardening questions you may have – from what to plant where and when to plant, to how much water your cactus needs and tips on how to get the best from your roses. When not at GROW, Mark is Head Gardener at Bughtrig House in the Scottish Borders.
On Sunday, Sarah Butcher, Assistant Director of Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales (an immersive theatre production for all ages), will run children’s workshops for 3-7 and 8-12 year olds. Adapting several classic Grimm tales, retold by renowned author Philip Pullman, Sarah will embark upon a magical journey by way of interactive storytelling and planting exercises, using fun costumes and props.
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LOOKING FOR A PROFESSIONAL GARDEN DESIGNER? Whether you want to create a brand new garden or are simply looking for an inspired planting plan, the Society of Garden Designers is here to help. Our members are some of the leading names in the industry, working across a range of projects from small courtyards and roof terraces to family gardens and country estates. As an organisation with hundreds of creative minds we are never short of ideas Visit our new website to find the perfect designer for you. www.sgd.org.uk
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As if you needed any more convincing, a few of our gardening gurus tell you why their talks and workshops are going to be worth hearing!
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MARK DIACONO
Why should we be excited about your GROW talk? I will be taking you on a world tour of various garden projects we have been fortunate to have completed, sharing the ideas behind the designs, and offering inspiration on a whole selection of different gardening styles.
Why should we be excited about your GROW talk? It’s a window into unique gardens you won’t have seen, and will introduce you to some delicious and beautiful plants you may not have heard of.
Next big gardening trend? I think we are going back to craft in the garden. People are currently really interested in handmade objects like split hazel fence panels, willow-weave sculptures, blacksmith-forged ironwork gates and making use of traditional skills such as hedge laying. Gardening hero and why? I think my gardening hero is Geoffrey Jellicoe. His gardens at Sutton Place, Surrey were a true inspiration to me when I first visited them in 1980 whilst still a student at RHS Wisley. Favourite app? Slightly embarrassed to admit it, but I don’t really use apps yet…!
Next big gardening trend? More perennial edibles in with ornamentals. Gardening hero and why? Monty. Back in the day, he made gardening seem interesting to someone who wasn’t hooked at the time, and his early books were especially inspiring. Favourite app? Into Gardens
ALISON BENJAMIN
THOMAS BROOM
Why should we be excited about your GROW talk? Lots of people want to help save bees and my talk will show them how they can play their part by turning their urban gardens, roof terraces, or balconies into an oasis for bees by creating bee-friendly habitats.
Why should we be excited about your GROW talk? Creating a bouquet from the garden is satisfying – but, creating a home-grown edible bouquet is a really fun challenge! There are so many edible plants and flowers growing in our back gardens that many people may not realise are edible. It’s a fascinating subject.
Next big gardening trend? Pollinator-friendly gardens. Gardening hero and why? Nigel Dunnett for promoting and popularising beautiful non-native wildflower meadows. Non-natives flower later in the summer so they provide much needed boosts of nectar for bees, especially honeybees going into winter, and they look stunning. Favourite app? Bugs Count – a bugs ID guide.
Next big gardening trend? There is an increasing amount of interest in growing flowers for cutting and edible flower varieties too! Gardening hero and why? Vita Sackville-West – I adore the garden she created with Harold Nicholson at Sissinghurst and it has influenced my gardening style since I was a teenager. Favourite app? Instagram!
CLEVE WEST
KIM WALKER
Why should we be excited about your GROW talk? I’ll reveal why gardens are essential for your health and well-being.
Why should we be excited about your GROW talk? You can discover the stories and traditional uses behind plants that you thought were ‘just weeds’.
Next big gardening trend? The next trend is for people to ignore trends and do their own thing – whatever is best for their garden and immediate environment. Gardening hero and why? John Brookes – for his teaching and saving me from a lifetime working in a gym. Favourite app? Talking Tom
Next big gardening trend? We would like to see even more community gardens, so that everyone can access growing something for themselves. Favourite app? Leafs Snap – you take a picture of a leaf and it helps you identify them.
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saying. And now we’re seeing the evolution of that idea in exciting, untamed gardens that make conventional flower borders look utterly artificial.
The most interesting trend in gardening today? To replicate a natural landscape to such a degree that it doesn’t even look like a garden.
When designer Dan Pearson rolled out turf to create an instant wildflower-andweeds garden that won a gold medal at last month’s Chelsea Flower Show, he sent a signal: it’s impossible to improve upon nature. Call it the triumph of guerrilla gardening (which may have to find a new name for itself now – “mainstream gardening,” perhaps?), which for years has been spreading, along with seed bombs in vacant lots, a simple idea that natural surroundings deserve an opportunity to be natural. Throw it, grow it, the guerrillas have been
At Chelsea, Pearson’s Chatsworth garden (inspired by the wilder parts of the 105 acres surrounding England’s favourite country house) was a triangular patch of boulders, meadow flowers, and meandering streams. His partner, Huw Morgan, made us laugh when he said that a triangle of land was now missing from Chatsworth. The garden was in fact such a perfect replication of unspoiled nature that after the show ended it was transported to Derbyshire for re-assembly alongside Chatsworth’s famous trout stream. If you dug up a piece of Dan Pearson’s garden at Chelsea this year and examined the crosssection you would see (along with strategic exotics): daisies and buttercups, some red campion and grass. They are the same sorts of butterfly and bee-friendly flowers in the seed bomb mixes that companies such as Kabloom (stand H5) have been formulating for years. And they are
the same sorts of hardy bloomers that guerrilla gardening’s dean, Richard Reynolds, used to refer to as “illicit cultivation” as he tossed seeds into public roundabouts under cover of night. A piece of England. The movement doesn’t belong solely to us, of course. When I spied the Dutch master plantsman Piet Oudolf in London during Chelsea week, I asked him to explain the naturalistic phenomenon: “We accept more wildness in our gardens right now. This sort of garden is more about habitats and plant formations,” he suggested. “When people see this, they get other ideas about gardens.” What could be better than getting other ideas about gardens? As James Alexander-Sinclair, the designer and Chelsea show judge, summarised it: “Weeds are a state of mind.”
The message: let the grass grow longer; see what’s in there. Don’t worry about successional planting; enjoy every stage of your plants. Don’t worry. This also has been key to the work of Sarah Price, who made herself known one summer a couple of years ago, winning a gold medal at Chelsea at the beginning and unveiling her design work on the Olympic meadows at the end. She uses humble plants mixed with “vivid versions” of their cousins in the wild.
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PARTICULARLY PRECISE Perhaps the single most important design decision in the garden is the paving. Whatever you do – whether pave, lay to lawn, gravel, timber deck or flood – it must always possess the qualities of particularity and precision. Not only must the material be right for the site, but it must also be used in the correct way.
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NO RESPECT FOR REPRO Personally I tend to prefer natural stone paving, but there are some excellent concrete pavers available. I would always select an honest concrete paver over reproduction stone, even plain grey ‘pimple’ concrete pavers can look good when set in the right scheme, like we’ve used in one of our inspiration sets at the entrance to the fair.
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INSIDE OUTSIDE Acclaimed garden designer Stephen Woodhams, who has dressed the GROW London marquee, has a penchant for incorporating sensitive patio paving into his designs. Here are some of his top tips for perfect paving.
Choosing paving which blends well with your interior flooring strengthens the link between your interior and exterior spaces. If you have glazed doors opening from your kitchen or living room, using identical paving both sides of the doors will make the space seem much bigger. Likewise using the same colour and size of flooring inside and outside, such as a wooden floor inside and decking outside, means that the visual connection is constant.
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STEPPING STONES I particularly like the contrast of cream travertine stepping-stones through grass, as well as the use of the darker travertine as a detail within the paving. Here we also used travertine for the pool edging and lining, and then found a lovely rough natural piece to contrast with the wall to make the fountainhead. Water flows from a stainless steel slot set within the wall and down the rough texture of the stone, which shimmers in the sunlight.
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RUG AND ROLL With the development of high performance acrylic yarns, it is now also possible to have a real rug outside. They can be left outside permanently, although in the UK it would probably be better to roll them up and store under cover in the winter. These rugs are highly durable, and can be swept and jet-washed to keep them clean. Combine with a comfy sofa made from ‘hydro’ upholstery (which can also be left outside and dries very quickly after it’s rained) and you can truly have your own outdoor living room.
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FABRIC TASTIC Choose fabric colours and patterns that coordinate with your interiors to once again make that seamless connection between your inside and outside spaces. You can apply similar rules to your selection of plants. Choose flowers and foliage from a colour palette that works with your interior scheme to create a truly ensemble home and garden.
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DEFINING ALFRESCO DINING I often like to define an area within a terrace as a dining or lounging space. To place an inlay of timber decking for the table to sit on, makes it look like a timber rug within the stonework. Alternatively, reverse the concept to have a ‘stone rug’ by placing stone slab paving within timber decking. It really does set the table off well and gives the area a sense of place within the overall landscape. This idea can also be achieved by simply changing the directions of the decking boards within a larger decked area.
Stephen’s GROW marquee design includes the outside entrance and decking, the entrance marquee and the champagne bar. He shows how rustic elements can be used to great effect in the garden when contrasted with urban materials such as raw concrete and rusted metal. Examples of paving, outdoor rugs and upholstered furniture can be seen in the design pods at the show entrance. Garden Design Solutions by Stephen Woodhams is published by Jacqui Small and released in September for £25.
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FEATURE AREAS Be sure to stop and admire our four beautiful feature areas, bursting with inspiration and ideas to steal for your gardens at home and an interactive crafts retreat where you can get a little handy, too.
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HARDY’S COTTAGE GARDEN PLANTS
Garden designer Francesca Murrell transforms this shepherd’s hut into a ‘Stitcher’s Retreat,’ complete with embroidered chair, plants both real and stitched, an antique sewing box, sewing machine, books and wall hangings. A visually exciting garden, the Stitcher’s Retreat explores the relationship between plants, gardening and floral-inspired works of art.
This London centre for traditional woodwork offers an interactive feature area where they will be demonstrating traditional craft making practices. Try your hand at using a shaving horse to create chestnut plant labels, or a pirograph machine to burn plant and herb names onto wooden plant tags!
Discover a quintessentially English garden with a postcard-perfect white picket fence and bordered pathway abounding with a vibrant array of plants and flowers, including Nepeta Summer Magic, Verbascum Firedance and Anemone Ruffled Swan. Don’t forget to stop by stand J8, to see and buy more of their plants.
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PETERSHAM NURSERIES Expect a sensory garden filled with bold influences of colour and scent, interspersed with spectacular seasonal displays and an abundance of verdant foliage and flora. The garden will also celebrate the launch of the Petersham Nurseries School of Garden Inspiration, offering rolling gardening demonstrations from 12-4pm throughout the duration of the show. petershamnurseries.com
UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN BEAUTY OF PRIVATE GARDENS George Plumptre reveals more about the brilliant work of the NGS and the causes they support. The National Gardens Scheme is delighted to be the charity beneficiary of this year’s GROW London. The NGS story started in 1927, when the first private gardens were opened to the public to raise money for the Queen’s Nursing Institute, who managed district nurses. In those days, before the National Health Service, district nurses were a vital part of national healthcare, but were only supported by charitable fundraising. In that first year 600 gardens opened, all charging one shilling entrance and raised an incredible £8,000 (more than £436,000 in today’s money). Last year, 3,800 gardens opened and we raised £3.3 million. Owners of private gardens all over England and Wales join the NGS because they are proud of their gardens and want to share their beauty with visitors, whilst raising funds for nursing charities.
Nearly 90 years later, the NGS remains true to its founding values and continues to give to a group of national nursing and caring charities. These include some of the country’s best known and most loved charities, such as Macmillan Cancer Support, Marie Curie and Hospice UK. As a result of consecutive donations, the NGS is the largest single funder of these and all its beneficiaries – something we are very proud of.
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of plants and home-made teas for sale. Some people would say that the NGS is as famous for its teas as for its gardens! And certainly many visitors find that it is a uniquely friendly and hospitable event which they are only too happy to support. We are equally proud of the quality and variety of our gardens, and we never cease to be bowled over by the hard work and generosity of their owners - many of whom have opened in support of the NGS for many years. The details of their gardens are listed annually in our famous guide The Yellow Book, available to buy on our stand here at GROW London. In many cases the enjoyment of the open days is enhanced by the offer
Do come and see us on stand G6 where we can tell you more about the NGS, our gardens and our support for nursing and caring charities. There are several stunning open gardens neighbouring the Heath which are well worth a visit after you’ve enjoyed the fair, so do come and see us to find out more! Join George Plumptre’s talk on Friday 19 June at 3.15pm: The Contemporary Country House Garden
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Fenton Garden
Free entry offer over GROW London weekend
Š National Trust Images/Amhel de Serra. Registered Charity Number 205846.
With your GROW brochure or ticket, visit this inspiring and timeless garden for free from 19-21 June. Also 50% off entry to Fenton House. Just 5 mins from Hampstead tube. 02074353471 nationaltrust.org.uk/fenton-house
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