Festival of Houseplants with Green Rooms Market
This vibrant, horticultural haven, brought to the Festival in collaboration with Green Rooms Market, will be back at the 2025 Festival with a exciting brand-new features!
NEW for 2025 – RHS judged Indoor Gardens
RHS Malvern Spring Festival will host the very first RHS judged Indoor Gardens. This brand-new feature, never before seen at Malvern, leads the way in recognising the versatility of plants and ways we can incorporate them into our lives, even when outdoor green space may not be available.
These pioneering Indoor Gardens will showcase creative ways of using indoor plants, encouraging visitors to consider the various ways horticulture can be enjoyed indoors. Click here to find out more.
Shopping and Knowledge Exchange Opportunities
Don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity to dive into the world of houseplants at RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2025. Whether you’re seeking inspiration, looking to expand your collection, or simply want to immerse yourself in the beauty of indoor gardening, the Festival of Houseplants with Green Rooms Market is a must-visit destination for all plant enthusiasts.
Indoor oasis in the new Kildare Hall
The Festival of Houseplants is a world of indoor greenery and contemporary horticultural wonders. This dedicated space is a treasure trove of house plant delight, featuring workshops hosted by industry experts, an abundance of shopping opportunities, vibrant botanical displays, and engaging learning experiences.
This year, cacti and succulents will form the focal point of The Plant Rescuer, Sarah Gerrard-Jones’s spectacular 12 foot long, turquoise-framed, Victorian style greenhouse, on display in the Festival of Houseplants. This immersive exhibition will be created in collaboration with Ottershaw Cacti, showcasing extraordinary specimens cultivated by Daniel Jackson, whose passion for succulents spans over 45 years and has earned him more than 30 RHS Gold Medals.
Explore premium quality houseplants
There will be over 50 top-quality independent house plant shops, growers, and innovative botanical designer-makers, offering visitors access to premium and diverse products. From sought-after specimen plants to beautiful pots, self-watering planters, peat-free growing mediums and grow lights, there is something for everyone.
The Festival of Houseplants with Green Rooms Market brings together some of the country’s finest botanical businesses for an immersive experience like no other.
A botanical wonderland
The Festival of Houseplants is not just a marketplace; it is a botanical wonderland where visitors could find everything from rare and exotic specimens to the latest trends in indoor gardening.
Whether you’re seeking inspiration, looking to expand your collection, or simply want to immerse yourself in the beauty of indoor gardening, the Festival is the place for seasoned enthusiasts through to novice plant parents.
Houseplant Social Media Special Guests On Stage
Engaging experiences
There are plenty of interactive experiences designed to captivate and educate.
Visitors have the unique opportunity to engage with Instagram’s key houseplant influencers, who share their tried-and-tested tips on cultivating and sustaining a thriving indoor paradise. Here visitors can gain insights from experts and elevate indoor gardening skills to new heights.Highlights from the Festival of Houseplants Theatre include helpful tips and practical advice for introducing greenery into small spaces with indoor gardening experts.
Highlights of experts who will appear over the weekend in 2025 will include:
- Ben Newell (Worcester Terrariums), Claire Lowrie (The Jungle Haven) & Grow Tropicals on Friday 9 May.
- YouTube content creator Memo C (Houseplanty Goodness) will help visitors learn how to decode their houseplants’ signals, from yellowing leaves and wilting to slow growth, on both Friday 9 and Saturday 10 May.
- Tessa Cobley of Ladybird Plant Care will discuss plant pest identification and share tips on how best to manage them sustainably with biological pest control on Thursday 8, Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May
- Indoor Plant Garden designers Jonny Balchandani (The Bearded Plantaholic) and Mo Bhula (The Botanical Archive) will inspire visitors on how to create their very own indoor jungle at home on Saturday 10 and Sunday 11 May.
The full timetable is as follows (please note this is subject to change):
| Thurs 8 May | Friday 9 May | Sat 10 May | Sunday 11 May | |
| 10.30am | Ottershaw Cacti How to make a Summer Succulent Patio Display | Memo C Houseplanty Goodness Understanding your Houseplants | Marcin Marty Ruta Moss Clerks Mastering Moss: Essential Tips for Growing and Maintaining Moss in Any Setting | Ottershaw Cacti How to make a Summer Succulent Patio Display |
| 11.30am | Dr Paul Dibley Dibleys Nurseries A Guide to Growing Up with Colourful Houseplants | Megan Warren-Davis & Gemma Haigh Forest Interior & The Plant Parlour The Ultimate Houseplant Care Quiz: Find out if you are a houseplant hero with our interactive quiz. | Memo C Houseplanty Goodness Understanding your Houseplants | Jonny Balchandani & Mo Bhula The Bearded Plantaholic & The Botanical Archive How to Create an Indoor Jungle |
| 12.30pm | Graham Charles President of The British Cacti & Succulent Society Successfully Growing Cacti & Succulents | Dom Cleverdon CDS Plants Petal to the Metal: Orchid Top Tips | Sarah Gerrard – Jones & Hayley Stephens The Plant Rescuer & Mint Plants How Not to Kill your Cacti & Succulents | Tessa Cobley Ladybird Plant Care Plant Pest Identification and Management using ‘Good Bugs’ |
| 1.30pm | Claire Lowrie & Emma Angold The Jungle Haven & Good Growing Houseplant Secrets: What we wish we’d known | Tom Cranham How to Create a Beautiful Begonia Terrarium Display | Jonny Balchandani & Mo Bhula The Bearded Plantaholic & The Botanical Archive How to create an Indoor Jungle | Dr Paul Dibley Dibleys Nurseries A Guide to Growing Up with Colourful Houseplants |
| 2:30pm | Tessa Cobley Ladybird Plant Care Plant Pest Identification and Management using ‘Good Bugs’ | Ben Newell, Claire Lowrie & Grow Tropicals Worcester Terrariums &The Jungle Haven Greening Small Spaces with the Indoor Gardening Experts | Tessa Cobley Ladybird Plant Care Plant Pest Identification and Management using ‘Good Bugs’ | Dom Cleverdon CDS Plants Petal to the Metal: Orchid Top Tips |
Workshops
There will be three workshops held at RHS Malvern 2025.
Sustainable Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop
Run by: Hot Pink Hangers
Cost of the Workshop: £25
Duration: 1.5 hours
What’s included: Bright Sustainable T shirt yarn (Pre-cut) and ring for hanging
What they can expect to learn: Learn a brief history of Macrame and be introduced to three knots to complete a plant hanger.
How to pay: Click here to buy your ticket. Scannable tickets will be sent to customer. Please note, attendees will need to purchase tickets to the Festival as well as workshop tickets.
Times:
Friday 2pm
Saturday 12.30pm
Sunday 2pm
Mounted Plant Workshop – Create Your Own Living Wall Art
Run by: Memo from Houseplanty Goodness – Instagram and Youtube
Cost of the Workshop: £35 per person
Duration: 1 hour
What’s Included: All materials provided, including a small tropical plant (probably staghorn fern), mounting board 3D Printed, moss, and twine/wire. Each participant will take home their own mounted plant, ready to display
What They Can Expect to Learn: The basics of epiphytic plants and why they thrive when mounted. Step-by-step guidance on how to mount a plant securel. Care tips for maintaining mounted plants at home
How to Pay: Click here. Please note, attendees will need to purchase tickets to the Festival as well as workshop tickets.
Workshop Schedule:
Friday 11am
Saturday 11am
Pot-along with Hayley: Cacti & Succulents
Run by: Hayley from Mint Plants
Cost of the Workshop: £30
Duration: 1 hour
What They Can Expect to Learn: Choose a cactus or succulent plus matching pot, then pot it while learning all about these fascinating plants with Hayley. She will cover propagation, soil, light, watering, repotting, pests, temperatures, and placement inside the home. All types of cacti and succulents will be available including lower light tolerant varieties. Terracotta pots will be used of varying shapes & sizes. Pot & plant included in the price
How to Pay: Booking on website Mint Plants – link not live yet. Please note, attendees will need to purchase tickets to the Festival as well as workshop tickets.
Times:
Saturday 2.30pm
Sunday 11am
About Green Rooms Market
Green Rooms Market is a one-of-a-kind shopping event that brings together the top houseplants, garden plants, and plant accessory retailers from throughout the country. The markets’ team and carefully curated botanical stalls, workshops, and guest speakers turn nationwide venues into lush indoor jungles for plant enthusiasts to shop, learn, and create.
Green Rooms Market’s ethos has always been ‘community over competition.’ It has established an excellent reputation amongst retailers in the houseplant sector and venues where events have taken place, such as the Turner Contemporary in Margate and Spitalfields Market London.
Green Rooms believes in the need for change within the sector and works with leading organisations, such as the RHS, to help raise awareness of plant waste and to convey positive environmental messages via science-based education.
Green Rooms Market, headed by Sarah Gerrard-Jones @theplantrescuer and the RHS Chelsea gold-winning team, aims to elevate the status of houseplants to bring indoor gardening in line with traditional outdoor gardening.
