Developing Business In The Garden Industry
Stop Press – BBC Gardeners World Special Tonight (15 June) – 8pm
Tonight’s BBC Gardeners World special which airs at 8pm on BBC2 will feature BBC Gardeners World Live which is currently taking place at the NEC.
One of the real eye catching features at this year's event is the Gardeners World Living Wall.
Constructed using Woolly Pockets this amazing interactive feature showcases three vertical gardening ideas for different plant types using 100% British plants. Shade loving plants, including hostas, ferns and fuchsias adorn one side, whilst sun lovers like trailing geranium and nasturtium display their beauty on the other. The third living wall highlights bee, bug and butterfly friendly plants that attract pollinators to the garden.
Half of each wall has been left available for visitors to bring along their own plants and help plant it up, so they can experience for themselves just how easy and fun it is to create a living wall. BBC Gardeners World presenters, Joe Swift, Rachel de Thame, Carol Klein and Monty Don will be on hand by the living wall this weekend to offer advice and get the public learning all about "growing up!"
John Connel from The Garden Works, who helped to set up the display explains "There has been so much interest in the living walls and the feature at the show real shows people connecting with plants. With tonight's programme highlighting vertical gardening there is a great opportunity here for the industry as consumers are genuinely enthused by innovative ways of planting."
For more information see:- http://www.gardenbeet.com/garden_design_blog/2012/06/14/living-walls-gardeners-world-live/
Last updated: 15/06/2012 12:33