BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair - 11-13 September 2026

Known as ‘The People’s Gardener’, Matt Biggs trained at The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and has presented a number of television programmes, written several books and undertake lectures and talks.

He is best known for his regular appearances on Radio 4 Gardeners’ Question Time. 

Start the gardening season in style at the BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair, taking place at Beaulieu in the New Forest, from 28-30 April 2023.

Get your garden ready for the year ahead with inspiration from Showcase Gardens and Beautiful Borders; the Hillier Experience; expertise on tap at the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage and Theatre of Greens; shopping from over 100 exhibitors of plants and gardening kit; hands on workshops and exclusive tours; plus street food, BBC Good Food Market, bandstand entertainment and access to all the Beaulieu attractions.

 Frances Tophill will be at the Spring Fair on Friday 28 April. Visitors can see Frances sharing practical advice about ‘what to do now’ in your garden on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage along with the magazine editors. Arit Anderson heads to the Fair on Saturday and Adam Frost on Sunday.

Find out more and book tickets at bbcgardenersworldfair.com

Chris Collins - Garden Organic - 2022 Show Preview

Visit Audley Ends attractions and gardens

Enjoy a day out exploring the spacious grounds and estate of one of England’s grandest mansions, Audley End.  Whether you’re exploring the servant’s wing, state rooms, stables, kitchen garden or beautiful grounds, you’ll discover what life was like at a Victorian country house.

Whether you’re exploring the servant’s wing, state rooms, stables, kitchen garden or beautiful grounds, you’ll discover how a what life was like above and below stairs at a Victorian country house.

Wander the glorious state rooms, reflecting the taste of the third Lord Braybrooke, who redecorated many of its rooms in the Jacobean style in the 1820s. Make yourself at home and feel free to play the piano, play with the toys in the nursery or step into Lady Braybrooke’s private apartments, lit for her return from an evening party. Explore the Service Wing including historic kitchens, a dairy and laundry rooms to see what life would have been like for the Victorian servants that worked there. Take a stroll over to the stable yard to meet the horses and find out the story of the estate at work and play.

Wander the award-winning gardens, remodelled by Capability Brown. Marvel at the formal, beautifully restored parterre and cloud hedge before admiring the organic kitchen garden. Wander through the acres of parkland to discover the peaceful Elysian Garden, Temple of Concord and memorial to the Second World War Polish resistance soldiers.

Arit will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Saturday 3 September.

Joe will also be at BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair on Sunday 4 September.

Plant Expert Tour

Autumn garden inspiration will be in abundance as you join a Plant Expert Tour at the BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair.

Emma O'Neil - Garden Organic - 2022 Show Preview

Feature Garden Platinum Award Winner

This year marks the BBCs 100th year and, to celebrate, a host of displays in the Floral Marquee will be inspired by popular BBC programmes. Find out more about Alexandra Froggatts’ feature, inspired by the Peaky Blinders.

Find out when she’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage here.

Frances Tophill will be at BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2022 on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Find out when she’s on the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Theatre here.

In 2016 Frances joined BBC’s Gardeners’ World doing a few strands for the programme, one on vegetable seed trials which she worked on from her local RHS garden, RHS Rosemoor and another on gardens situated in extreme locations.

Frances is involved with the RHS campaign for school gardening and is passionate about enthusing young people to get into horticulture.  She is working on a number of community gardening projects in the South West and is also helping the redevelopment of some costal gardens that were damaged by the 2014 storms.  This is a particular passion of hers having grown up by the sea and was also part of her degree specialisation.

Frances is a popular choice for gardening talks and has appeared at Blenheim Palace Flower Show, Hampton Court Flower Show and the Eden Project Green Fingers Festival to name a few.  Hailing from Deal in Kent, Frances now lives in Exeter having completed her BSc in Horticulture with Plantmanship at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in 2013.  Frances got into gardening from an early age, helping out around the garden at home and after overly ambitiously designing a terraced landscape in a planter, given to her by her mum, age 7, she was hooked.  As well as all things gardening Frances is a budding crafter and currently doing a pottery course.

Frances’ first book, First Time Gardener, was published in 2015 and her 2nd book, Container Gardening will be published in April this year.  She has also written a column for Coast magazine on highs and lows of coastal gardening.