Summer Garden and Outdoor Living Fair

Garden and Outdoor Living Fair

New for 2024, we will be hosting our Garden and Outdoor Living Fair in summer too!

This June, a wide range of stallholders will bring plants galore, crafts and decorative items, and other gardening goodies to help you create that ideal outdoor space and get your garden looking gorgeous this summer.

With exhibitors displaying a wide range of plants from bulbs to begonias, hostas to hydrangeas, gardening essentials and ideas on how to create that ideal outdoor space.

Join our walk and talk tours, at 11.30am and 2pm, around the beautiful setting of the walled garden including tours of the Samuel Wyatt vinery.

You will also have the chance to quiz the gardeners between 11-11.30am and 1.30-2pm, so get your questions ready!

Book ahead to get your adult ticket for £5.50, or pay £7 on the day. Children £1.

Plant Bug Clinic with Dr Ian Bedford

Visitors will also be able to pop along to the ‘Plant Bug Clinic’ marquee to chat about their garden plant bug issues with local entomologist Dr Ian Bedford. Sessions will run from 10-11am, 11.30am-1.30pm, and 2-4pm.

Dr Ian (aka the Norfolk Bug Man), is regularly seen and heard talking about bug-related topics through the media and at garden clubs throughout East Anglia, and, hosting Holkham’s Plant Bug Clinic, he’ll happily examine any specimens that you wish to bring along for him to identify.

Dr Ian will also be explaining the most environmentally-friendly ways to control problematic garden bugs and, how to encourage the beneficial ones into our gardens.

Also, we will all be aware that Britain’s native butterflies are currently in serious decline, so Dr Ian will explain how our home gardens, no matter what size they are, could provide perfect places for butterflies to visit and safely feed on nectar-rich plants on their journey to find a mate and lay eggs.

Using environmentally friendly products that protect plants from damage without harming the garden’s wildlife, is also an important aspect of trying to help butterfly numbers to recover, so Dr Ian will be showcasing some of the products that he’s tried and tested in his own wildlife-friendly garden.

Stall holders and exhibitors

Acre Meadow Plants – Canna and aeonium and exotic plants

Apple Blossom Thyme – Vintage gardenalia

Bay Tree Interiors – Decorative antiques for the garden and outdoors

Black Shuck – Spirits, fruit liqueurs and schnapps using lots of botanicals

Cockle Bay Outdoor Stove Co – Outdoor stoves

Cottage Memories –  Rose collection selected for both its fragrance and flowering quality

Dean Price Horticulture – Design, creation and planning of outdoor spaces

Dutch Garden Bulbs – Exotic and tropical plants and bulbs

Freckles of Hannah – Planters and plants and natural decorative items

Greenacre Plants – Sempervivum succulents in pots and planters

Hetty’s Herbs and Plants – Herbs, lavenders, strawberries and wild flowers grown by our family nursery

Ilex-alba houseplants.

John Cullen Gardens – Culinary and medicinal herbs, plants for pollinators National collection of Achillea Millefolium

Karen Bek Willow – Willow baskets, Garden sculptures, bird feeders, platters and bowls

Kev Colbear Design – Bespoke handmade metal garden and outdoor art

Leigh’s Bees – Natural English honeys, honeycomb , hand and lip salves and other hive products

Micklefield Hostas – Hostas

Norfolk Gardens Trust – Charity

Norfolk Mushroomery – Fresh, dried mushrooms and mushroom growing kits and mushroom supplements

Norfolk Wildlife Trust – Local wildlife charity

Palmers Nursery – Ornamental grasses and sedge

Perfect Planting – Ornamental grasses, perennials, ferns, shade loving plants and climbers

Plant Lovers Garden – Quality garden plants including shrubs, perennials and climbers

Predator Plants – Carnivorous plants

Richard Rood – Bygones and pole lathe demonstration

Rusty Creations – Handmade and unique metal sculptures for your garden or outdoor space

Seagate Nurseries – Bearded irises and peat free perennials

Soap Nut Store – Locally made artisan soaps containing lots of botanicals

Songbird Survival – Independent charity helping to solving the ecological crisis for songbirds through scientific research

Stubby Shrubs – Perennials, ferns and small shrubs

Studio 59 Ceramics – Handmade stoneware for garden and homes

Tambrath Welding – Metal arches, obelisks, plant supports and much more for your garden

The Little Blue Pupcakery – Natural and handmade dog treats suitable for all dogs and those with allergies

The Norfolk Bug Man – Range of environmentally friendly garden products

The Traditional Rope Company – Natural fibre rope and twines items for your home, garden and dog all, made from rope

Tinker and Fix – Tools and kit for makers, menders and gardeners

Westfield Metal Crafts – Metal wall plaques for your home and garden

Wood’n Tu – Artisan woodcraft for your garden and home

Food and drink

Green Wave Coffee – Coffee

Smash and Dash – Smash tacos and loaded fries

Solar Scoops ice cream – Ice cream

The Norfolk Crepe Company – Sweet and savoury freshly made crepes

Well-behaved dogs on leads are very welcome to come and have a sniff at what’s on offer.

Parking is complimentary at the Walled Garden and exit is via the west gates. If reentering the park to enjoy the attractions a parking charge will apply in the car park. However, you’re more than welcome to leave your car parked at the Walled Garden and take the scenic route via the lake by foot back to the Holkham Stories Experience, café, gift shop, cycle hire and ropes course.