Ripley Castle, North Yorkshire, has a Summer Plant Fair taking place on Bank Holiday Monday, 31st August. The fair will feature some of the very best plant nurseries in the North as well as Gardenalia, with its unusual collection of old plant memorabilia, tools and antique garden furniture. Entry is £2 – keep hold of your tickets as they include free entry to the delightful Castle Gardens and arboretum (normally £5.00). Full details at Flower Power Fairs.
A bit further south, in north Staffordshire, a Planthunters’ Fair will be held at the Dorothy Clive Garden on the 30th August & 31st August (Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday) from 10am – 5.30pm. This 12-acre garden is surprisingly intimate and informal with a variety of landscape features, including a superb woodland garden, an alpine scree, a damp garden and spectacular summer flower borders. Admission to the Garden and Fair is £2.50 (half normal price) and ‘RHS partnership garden’ free entry terms also apply. The Fair will feature 13 specially selected nurseries including RHS Gold Medallists and a daily programme of free talks by expert Nurserymen. Details on Plant Hunters Fair.
