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

Rachel de Thame will share gardening advice at BBC Gardeners’ World Live.
We’re delighted to announce that BBC2 Gardeners’ World presenter, Rachel de Thame, will join the expert line-up at the BBC Gardeners’ World Live 2025.

Rachel is a broadcaster, writer and passionate gardener.  Trained at The English Gardening School, she has been a regular presenter on BBC2’s Gardeners’ World since 1999. Rachel is also a long-term member of the team providing coverage of all the major RHS Flower Shows, for which she co-anchored several episodes in 2021. Rachel’s other television series include Small Town Gardens and Gardening with the Experts for the BBC and Countrywise for ITV. A Good Read for BBC Radio 4 and Essential Classics for BBC Radio 3 are among her radio appearances.

Nicki Chapman is an accomplished TV presenter and broadcaster known for her work including the nation’s favourite Escape To The Country and for BBC1.

Nicki has been host of the BBC Gardeners’ World Live Theatre since 2022, chatting frankly with gardening heroes including Monty Don, Adam Frost, Frances Tophill and Carol Klein amongst many more.

Sue Kent is a much-loved gardening expert who takes to the stage at BBC Gardeners’ World Live to share her insight and experience with visitors. In 2025, she will be at the show on Thursday 12 June.

Adam Frost, presenter on BBC2s Gardeners’ World, is a regular at BBC Gardeners’ World Live and the Fairs, sharing top tips and advice live on stage.

Four Acre Farm Young Veg salad with Luke Holder, Lime Wood Hotel

Join Luke Holder for an engaging and hands-on culinary workshop where you’ll explore the vibrant flavours of his Four Acre Young Veg salad for spring! Taste the freshness of spring, see Luke in action with a demo and then make your very own salad with fresh ingredients brought especially by the team. 

Kicking off with an exciting demo where Luke will create a fresh, seasonal dish right before your eyes. From there you’ll have the chance to join in, adding your own personal touch to the dish by selecting fresh vegetables from our spring-inspired table.

Jordan is particularly passionate about planting combinations and how to create year-round interest and depth in the garden using a range of different textures, foliage shapes and colours and flowers. Year round interest in the garden is so important and Jordan will talk through ways you can do this at home in your very own garden. 

Meet the Experts: Caley Brothers

Learn about the fun of funghi from mushroom maestros, Caley Bros – whether it’s during a talk at the drop-in Get Growing Stage or during a hands-on Oyster Mushroom Workshop!

Jodie and Lorraine of the Sussex-based Caley Brothers were raised in Surrey, with a childhood was enriched with home grown, nutritious and delicious food. From working on their folks and gramps allotments to holiday cover on a livestock farm in the New Forest that included tractor driving, sheep herding, vineyard planting, hay bailing, egg collecting and lambing to prepping geese for the festive season and so much more.

It is these experiences that gave them a deep-rooted respect for good quality food, how to appreciate it, and what is just as important – how to source and support it. Within a year of growing their own mushrooms the curiosity surrounding our change in careers and the story behind why they were now ‘mushroom farmers’ had them making simple, small-scale kits for our family, our friends and friend of friends so they too could get growing their own mushrooms.

Meet the experts - Arit Anderson

See Arit at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair.
Arit is a regular presenter on BBC2 Gardeners’ World. 
Prior to this, she spent 25 years working in retail fashion and creative events, which she balanced with interests in well-being and holistic therapies, leading her to the world of gardening.
Find out more about the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage at the Spring Fair, where you can see Arit on Saturday 3 May 2025.

Meet the experts - Carol Klein
See Carol Klein at BBC Gardeners’ World Spring Fair.
Carol Klein is one of the most familiar gardening experts working in the media today, most famous for her role as regular presenter of BBC2 Gardeners’ World.
Find out more about the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine Stage at the Spring Fair, where you can see Carol on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2025, here.

Meet the Experts: Kim O'Brien
See Kim O’Brien live across both the BBC Gardeners’ World Stage, the NEW Get Growing Stage and hosting NEW Spring Floristry workshops at the Spring Fair!