Salisbury garden designer to create stunning mini show garden at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair

Thursday, 4 April 2024 01:00

Salisbury-based garden designer, David Long, is set to inspire thousands of visitors at this year’s BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair at Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire with a stunning Beautiful Border.

Always popular at BBC Gardeners’ World Events, the small but perfectly formed Beautiful Borders are 9m2 miniature show gardens packed with creative planting and design inspiration for small gardens and difficult spaces.

This year’s Spring Fair’s Beautiful Borders theme is ’Share My Space’, and designers have quickly taken up the challenge.

The local designer’s Border, Memory Lane – Grandfather’s Garden, is inspired by his earliest gardening memory at his great grandfather’s cottage garden, a small space bursting with flowers, vegetables and character deep in rural Wiltshire.

David Long said: “The cottage and garden were a hive of activity, both with wildlife and people. To me, it was such a fun and interesting place to spend time, not highly manicured but managed. To me, it was garden perfection - not immaculate by any means, but packed with flowers, planted by hand and by the wind, a feast for the eyes and insects!”

Lucy Tremlett, Head of Horticultural Division at Immediate Live, organisers of the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, said: “No matter what size garden or level of gardening experience you have, it’s impossible to spend a day at the Spring Fair without feeling inspired. We can’t wait to see David’s Border in situ at Beaulieu in May, and know that it will give visitors some wonderful ideas to take home. With gorgeous spring plants, garden inspiration, expert tips and advice, and more to offer, the Spring Fair really is the perfect place for a great day out.”

The BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair at Beaulieu is a celebration of the start of the spring gardening and growing season with its bulbs, blossoms and blooms. With inspiring showcase gardens and floral displays, achievable ideas to try at home, hands-on workshops and kitchen demonstrations.

The BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair takes place at Beaulieu in the New Forest, Hampshire from 3-5 May.

Tickets for are on sale now with a wide range of options available at www.bbcgardenersworldfair.com.

Tickets include full access to all of Beaulieu’s gardens, grounds and attractions, including Palace House and the National Motor Museum.

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