Plant
Hunters'
Fairs

Looking for that special, hard to find plant and honest, expert advice?

Want to Find a Real Specialist Plant Fair?

Searching for a real rare plant fair where you can buy plants you won't see at a Garden Centre?

Want a day out at a great garden plus great value, quality plants direct from the growers?

Then Plant Hunters' Fairs are what you've been searching for.

We are a group of like-minded specialist nurseries who share a passion for high quality plants and honest, expert advice. Our 2009 plant fairs include venues in Cheshire, The Wirral, Shropshire, Staffordshire, South Manchester and  Flintshire. Many are free or the small entry fee is deductible from entry to the hosting garden, leaving you with more to spend on plants.  

Plant Hunters' Fairs offer something truly different for the discerning plant lover be it rare plants or those old garden favourites no longer found at garden centres.

Click here to see the expert nurseries we have lined up.

Click here to find information about, and get directions to, the great venues we have selected 

Prospective nurseries click here.

Our 2009 Plant Fair Programme:

All our plant fairs feature selected nurseries that offer: rare plants, specialist plant collections, expert advice.

Firstly a big thank you to all visitors, venues and nurseries who made 2008 so enjoyable. Click here for pictures from the 2008 Dorothy Clive Event.

Spurred on by the very positive comments from all we have put together a larger programme for 2009 with more garden venues but still the same focus on quality events featuring real expert growers who actually grow their own plants, collect and propagate unusual species and varieties and give honest, expert advice based on years of experience. Plant Hunters' Fairs can truly claim to offer rare plants, desirable plants and well-grown plants - something for every plant lover.

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Date Venue Times Details
29th March Ness Botanic Gardens, Wirral, Cheshire 10am - 4pm £1 Fair entry.
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5th April  HPS Shropshire Plant Fair, Bicton Village Hall, nr Shrewsbury Shropshire 10am - 1.30pm Free Entry to Fair Click here for full details.
13th April (Easter Monday) Dorothy Clive Gardens, Willoughbridge, Staffordshire  10am - 5.30pm Special Offer Half Price Entry to Gardens and Fair for this event only. Click here for full details.
10th May NCCPG Cheshire Rare Plant Fair, Arley Hall, Cheshire. 10am - 4pm £2 Fair Entry (Adults) Click Here for full details
16th May Tarporley Community Centre - Local Plant Fair tbc Free entry to fair. Click here for full details.
17th May NCCPG North Wales, Plant Hunters' Fair, St. Asaph Denbighshire 10am - 4pm Free entry to fair. Click here for full details.
24th May Adlington Hall, Macclesfield, Cheshire 10.30am - 4pm Half price entry to Gardens and Fair.
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25th 
May (Whit Monday)
Stonyford Cottage Nursery and Gardens, Cuddington, near Northwich, Cheshire 10am - 4pm Free entry to fair
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31st May Norton Priory, Runcorn Cheshire 12pm - 4pm Free entry to fair. Click here for full details.
12th July Bramall Hall, Bramhall, Stockport, Cheshire 11am - 5pm £1 entry to fair. Click here for full details
23rd August Bodnant Gardens (NCCPG North Wales Plant Hunters' Fair) 10am - 4pm Free entry to fair. Click here for full details.
30th August & 31st August Dorothy Clive Gardens, Willoughbridge, Staffordshire  10am - 5.30pm Special Offer Half Price Entry to Gardens and Fair for this event only. Click here for full details.
6th September Ness Botanic Gardens Wirral, Cheshire 10am - 4pm £1 Fair entry
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All details are subject to change. Please check with the venue before travelling.

 

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