TV star Charlie Dimmock to headline National Amateur Gardening Show’s summer gardening spectacular

The National Amateur Gardening Show returns this July with a weekend of interactive gardening fun at the South of England showground in Sussex. It’s an opportunity for AG magazine readers and gardeners of all ages to come and meet gardening celebrities, browse lots of plants and products and learn useful hands-on skills.

On the 12th and 13th July visitors will be able to enjoy a day out for all the family and meet many familiar faces within the world of gardening and from the pages of the much-loved Amateur Gardening magazine.

As well as TV star Charlie Dimmock, the line-up of expert speakers across the weekend includes:


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  • TV presenter and award-winning designer Manoj Malde,
  • AG’s gardening columnist of the year, and BBC presenter Toby Buckland
  • BBC Radio 4 Question Time’s Anne Swithinbank
  • YouTube sensation and best-selling Sunday Times author, Huw Richards.
  • Multi award winning journalist, AG editor and climate change gardening expert Kim Stoddart
  • Plus, AG favourites Lucy Chamberlain, Ruth Hayes, Michael Perry, Mike Palmer, Adam Kirtland, Stephanie Hafferty and Liz Zorab.

Tickets cost from just £12.50 for this fantastic family-friendly weekend of talks, expert Q&As, demonstrations and lots more interactive elements besides. From nature-friendly gardening, money and time saving inspiration, climate change resilient gardening, no-dig and natural pest control methods, to garden design, water saving and the latest plants to get excited about, there is something for everyone at the show.

As well as plants and gardening products you can shop our arts & craft hall, enjoy fabulous locally produced food, learn more about English Wines with a wine tasting experience with Elizabeth and Wine , health and wellbeing and a pets area.

The show is designed to appeal to gardeners everywhere at all levels of experience, in celebration of the world’s oldest and much-loved gardening magazine.

AG mag editor Kim Stoddart said; ”We are so excited to be bringing the National Amateur Gardening Show back to life following the successful relaunch of the magazine and to meet so many of our lovely readers in person over the weekend.”

Ticket price is £12.50 in advance, £15 on the day with a weekend ticket option of £20 in advance and £30 at the gate. Details and tickets are available at www. amateurgardening.com/nags


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