Great Dixter Summer Plant Fair Sat 20th & Sun 21st July

Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 July 2024, 11am to 4pm

The entrance fee is £16 and includes garden entry (Friends & Annual Ticket holders: free). Tickets are on sale on the gate on the day (no advance booking).

A small plant fair which has become a date-to-save for plantsmen from near and far. There will be approximately 30 stalls of nurseries including:

Beth Chatto Gardens : Binny Plants : Cally Gardens : CB Plants of Lower Severalls : Copton Ash : Daisy Roots : Edulis : Hardys Cottage Plants : Hare Spring Cottage Plants : Kent Wildflower Seed : King Johns : Laurels : Longacre Plants : Madrona : Moore and Moore : No Name Nursery : Pelham Plants : Phoenix Perennial Plants : Plantbase : Plantsman’s Preference : Potterton : Rapkyns : Rotherview : Special Plants : Wildegoose Nursery : Zophian

Short talks by nurserymen will be given at their stalls over both days

The famous cake stall, the sausage and soup stall will be there to give inner sustenance.

Dogs allowed on the Plant Fair field.

If you have any enquiries about this event, please email: [email protected] or tel: 01797 254048

Image credit: Will Larson, Woodcut of Arch in Long Border

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