March 25th 2022
For the first time this spring - RHS Garden Wisley will host both the Spring Plant Fair and the Orchid Show:
25 – 27 March 2022
Friday to Sunday
10:00am - 5:00pm
Spring Plant Fair
With 30 specialist growers and nurseries in attendance, including dozens of RHS award-winning medalists on hand throughout the day to offer advice, shoppers will be spoilt for choice.
Visitors will have the chance to browse and buy from exhibitors including; Alchemy Ferns, Hare Spring Cottage Plants, Driftwood Bonsai, The Culinary Herb Company, New Forest Hostas and Hemerocallis, Johnson’s Sweet Peas, W & S Lockyer, Priorswood Clematis, C. Newberry & Son, Plant-Base and many more.
From dahlias, hostas and ferns, to camassias, clematis and wisteria, the Spring Plant Fair has everything you need to get your garden ready for summer.
Orchid Show
Taking place at RHS Garden Wisley for the first time is the Orchid Show where growers from across the country will be exhibiting their finest orchids and providing expert advice.
Visitors will have the chance to meet 11 exhibitors from across the UK displaying and selling a wide variety of species, plus browse and purchase orchid sundries and art.
Other highlights from the weekend include an orchid-themed library tour, which will showcase some of the Royal Horticultural Society’s spectacular collection of orchid-inspired art.
On Friday 25 March, the RHS’ Charlotte Brooks will be holding a book signing of her latest publication, RHS Orchids, a guide to the stunning collection of Orchid Award Portraits from the Lindley Collection at RHS Hilltop in the Garden Room.
On Saturday 26 March, RHS orchid artist Deborah Lambkin will paint an orchid portrait, live, followed by a question and answer session. Deborah will also be appearing as part of the Hilltop Live programme, a recent addition to RHS Wisley where an eclectic range of experts provide a daily programme.
RHS Garden Wisley’s own stunning orchid collection including Zygopetalum and Australian Dendrobium is also currently on display at the Glasshouse to view.
Entry to RHS Wisley Spring Plant Fair and Orchid Show is free. Normal garden admission applies. For further information, please visit: https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardens/wisley/spring-and-orchid-show
Source: RHS Press Release