Floral Marquee
The 2024 Festival celebrated over 55 carefully selected, exemplary exhibitors that all hope to be awarded a converted RHS Medal in the ginormous 190m long Floral Marquee, supported by OMODA .
Filled with stunning displays of spring bulbs, tactile foliage and all manner of every day and unusual plants and flowers, it is a true feast for the eyes. See below for exhibitor list.
Shop for Plants
There are opportunities to buy choice plants and rare gems directly from these expert nurseries to fill your garden and home. The nursery owners are also on hand throughout the show to answer questions, provide advice and share with visitors their floral passion.
Potting Shed Theatre
The Floral Marquee is also home to the Plant Societies and the Potting Shed Theatre. The sessions in the Theatre provide the perfect opportunity to ask questions and gain specialist gardening knowledge. Find out more here.
Giant Welly
The Giant Welly was the Floral Marquee centre piece after finishing it’s tour of garden centres across the three counties, at the showground. It was decorated by local artist, Amanda Steer with a climate and biodiversity focused design to complement this year’s Festival theme of ‘Gardening for Change’. The welly was nestled under a downpour of beautiful blooms suspended from the rafters, created by design supremo Jonathan Moseley. Find out more about the Giant Welly here.
Plant Societies
The National Plant Societies who joined us in 2024 were:
- National Vegetable Society, Midlands Branch
- British Fuchsia Society
- Rose Society UK
- The Cottage Garden Society
- West & Midlands Iris Group
- National Dahlia Society
- National Allotment Society
Master Grower
Each year, the RHS Master Grower exhibits within the Floral Marquee. Find out more about the 2024 Master Grower here.
RHS Advisory Stand
Speak to the experts about all things gardening, from plant health issues, to planting in shady gardens and advice on propagation at the RHS Advisory Stand in the Floral Marquee. Find out more about this and the other locations you can get gardening help and advice across the Festival here.
Prestigious Awards
Along with RHS Gold, Silver-Gilt, Silver, and Bronze Medals, there are two other RHS awards that horticultural exhibitors at RHS Malvern Spring Festival hope to win. These are:
- The Lyn Downes Award for the Best in the Floral Marquee 2024: Dibleys Nurseries with their Streptocarpus, foliage begonias and other unusual houseplants
- Best National Plant Societies Exhibit
Click here for the full list of 2024 Floral Marquee Medals and Awards
Exhibitors
See which exhibitors joined us in the Floral Marquee in 2024 below:
| Floral Marquee Exhibitors | Plants / Display description |
| Alchemy Ferns | A display of hardy ferns and tree ferns |
| Ashcroft’s Perennials | A display of ormnamental grasses and perennials |
| Bluebell Cottage Gardens | A display of hardy perennials with spring interest |
| Brighter Blooms | A display of container grown Zantedeschia (Calla) |
| Brogues Gate Nursery | Japanese maples |
| Brookfield Plants | A display of Hostas |
| Calamazag Plant Nursery | A large display of Dianthus and complementary plants |
| C & K Jones | A display of Roses |
| Celtic Wildflowers | Locally sourced native wildflowers, shrubs and trees, for large and small scale projects and pollinator-friendly gardens. |
| Chrysanthemums Direct | A traditional display of cut flower bloom and spray Chrysanthemums |
| Craig House Cacti | A selection of of cacti and other succulent plants |
| D’Arcy & Everest | A display of alpines, succulents and perennials |
| CDS Plants | Phalanopsis orchids, Dendrobiums and Oncidiums |
| Derbyshire Bonsai | A display of bonsai trees of different species, colour age and form |
| Dibleys Nurseries | A wide range of Streptocarpus and foliage Begonias and other unusual houseplants |
| Driftwood Bonsai | A mixture of native and semi tropical bonsai trees including pines, junipers, maples, metasequoia, azalea and larch |
| East Of Eden | A display of nursery bred Geum varieties |
| Floyds Climbers & Clemitis | A display of spring flowering Clematis and climbers |
| Gardeners Delight Nursery | A selection of seasonal perennials and shrubs for pollinators |
| Garth Cottage | An educational display about the uses of Menthas |
| G & K Carnations | A display of cut flower Dianthus |
| Grafton Nursery MASTER GROWER | A display of hardy Eucalyptus |
| Green Jjam Nurseries | A spring garden of Penstemon and perennials |
| Hampshire Carnivorous Plants | A display of hardy carnivorous plants |
| Hardy’s Cottage Garden Plants | A display of cottage garden herbaceous spring perennials |
| Hare Spring Cottage Plants | An educational display of Camassia |
| Harts Nursery | A display of Lilies and summer flowering bulbs |
| Hedgehog Plants | Epimediums and a select range of other woodland perennials |
| Hewett-Cooper Carnivorous Plants | A display of carnivorous plants |
| Home Farm Plants | An educational display demonstrating propagation techniques for delphiniums |
| Hoyland Plant Centre | An educational display of Agapanthus, Amarine and Nerine |
| H.W. Hyde & Sons | A display of spring flowering bulbs, Alstroemeria and Dahlias |
| Jurassic Plants | Unusual and exotic edible trees and shrubs |
| Kitchen Garden Plant Centre | Herbs and edible plants |
| Laurence Hobbs Orchids | A display of exotic orchids in containers |
| Lincolnshire Pond Plants Ltd | A wildlife friendly, colour themed pond |
| Mandy Plants | Colourful and fragrent bowls of the latest varieties of Nemesia |
| New Forest Hostas | A display of Hostas PLUS a display of ferns and other foliage plants |
| Norfield Nurseries Ltd | Acers/Japanese maples |
| Ottershaw Catci | Rare and unusual cacti and other succulents |
| Pheasant Acre Plants | A display of spring flowering bulbs and plants |
| Plantagogo | Heuchera, Heucherella and Tiarella in a garden setting |
| Potash Nursery | A colourful mix of Pelargoniums |
| Primal Plants | Succulents, palms and drought resistant planting |
| Primrose Hall Peonies | Peonies |
| Priorswood Clematis | Seasonal flowering Clematis and decorative climbers |
| Roualeyn | A display of Fuchsias including hardy, basket and bush varieties |
| Skerne Alpines Nursery | Alpine plants, predominantly sedums and Sempervivum |
| Staddon Farm Nurseries | National Collection Primula sieboldi and Epimedium |
| Strete Gate Camellias | Showing a wide range of Camellias and their care |
| Thorncroft Clematis & Climbers | A selection of clematis and climbers |
| Tynings Climbers | A selection of hardy and tender climbers |
| Wack’s Wicked Plants | Carnivorous plants |
| W&S Lockyer | Succulents with spring flowering perennials. Auricula |
| Westdale Nurseries | Bougainvillea and rose bud Pelargonium |
