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Specialist Plant Fair

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Saturday 4th September
10am to 5pm
£1 Entry (Some lectures at extra cost)
Our annual Specialist Plant Fair attracts visitors from across the region , this years attractions include:
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20 specialist nurseries and growers, offering a range of shrubs, ferns, grasses, perennials, herbs and carnivorous plants.
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Local food producers including Samphire and Grahams Hog Roast,
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Arts and Crafts including pottery, wood turning and spinning.
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Visitors can also meet some of the animals that live on site or just listen to the Folk Band.

Lecture Marquee Timetable























For more details or to book tickets for the lectures
Then please contact the nursery
11 - 12pm
‘A Rusty Bucket Filled with Thistles’
Join Ben Potterton and Guy Barker for an entertaining look at the range of perennial plants and grass that can be used for cutting.
Producing a large floral arrangement useing Miscanthus, Aster, Ecinacea, Echinops and other flowers cut from the garden. We can guarantee inspiration and some horticultural humour.
Tickets in aid of the Childrens Hospice.
£4 RHS/£4.50 non RHS (includes Plant Fair Entry)
**Limited Availability. Contact Nursery to Book**
TIME CHANGE
2-3pm
Adrian Bloom
Plantsman Adrian Bloom will be talking about some of his favourite perennials and grasses, many having been grown by the Bloom Family at Bressingham. Following the lecture Adrian will be signing copies of his new book and a selection of ‘Bressingham’ perennial plants will be for sale.
£4 per ticket
**Limited Availability. Contact Nursery to Book**
3 - 4pm
BBC Radio Norfolk Gardeners Question Time
Join Alan Gray, Richard Hobbs, Ian Roofe and Ben Potterton for some gardening advice and a large helping of innuendo.
Free. No need to book just come along with your questions.