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Located on the Festival Green

Festival Theatre

Supported by My Pension Expert

This jam-packed timetable featured gardening glitterati and celebrity favourites. Visitors were inspired by lively talks, fun and informative demonstrations and, of course, the much-loved Gardeners’ Question Time.

Host James Alexander-Sinclair welcomed guests Monty Don OBE, Arit Anderson, Frances Tophill and more.

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Located in front of the Floral Marquee

Bloom Theatre

Supported by Flowers From The Farm

Visitors enjoyed a programme of demonstrations and talks from Jonathan Moseley, Fiona Haser Bizony, Arthur Parkinson and others, championing seasonal British floristry and the British cut flower industry.

The theatre featured a sustainable oversized floral crown created by Fiona of Electric Daisy Flower Farm and was surrounded by several smaller crowns created by local florists.

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Located between Avon and Wye halls

Nourish Theatre

With a new name and location for the food and drink area, the Nourish area featured a traditional-style farmers’ market alongside artisan, independent and local producers as well as world foods.

Mark Diacono hosted the Nourish Theatre, where a full line-up of celebrity chefs including Raymond Blanc OBE, Sabrina Ghayour and Jeremy Pang cooked foods from around the globe.

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Located adjacent to the Floral Green

Nurture Theatre

Supporting Perennial

New for 2022, the Nurture area explored how horticulture can positively affect mental, physical and social wellbeing. The area demonstrated ways in which visitors can incorporate gardening into their lives.

The Nurture Theatre offered a full timetable of talks and demonstrations from practitioners, nutritionists, authors and experts. Hosted by podcaster Ellen Mary from Plant-Based Podcast, it featured Mr Plant Geek Michael Perry, Sue Kent, Jon Wheatley, Arit Anderson and more.