BBC Gardeners’ World Live and Good Food Show Summer 2025 at Birmingham NEC: What’s on each day

Birmingham is getting ready to welcome green-fingered gardening fans and foodies at one of the popular events of the summer.

The best things? Both events can be found under one roof at Birmingham NEC.

BBC Gardeners’ World Live and BBC Good Food will take place from Thursday June 12, to Sunday June 15, 2025.

When you buy a ticket to the BBC Good Food Show, you will automatically gain entry to BBC Gardeners’s World Live which takes place in an adjacent hall at the NEC.

Foodies can look forward to celeb chef demos by the likes of James Martin Rachel Allen and more.

There will also be hands-on workshops and tastings, fabulous dining experiences and a huge variety of producers and brands sharing best product knowledge and ingredients advice.

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Gardening fans will no doubt be making notes as they hear from experts such as Monty Don and Nick Bailey.

You can also get inspired by exploring a vast array of plants, seeds, containers and accessories so you can grow your own tasty produce at home.

Add in live music at the bandstand and you’ve got an exciting day out.

With numerous events going on throughout the day, we have curated a line-up so you can plan your day accordingly.

BBC Gardeners’ World Live at Birmingham NEC 2025

Thursday June 12

Gardeners’ World Live Theatre

• 11:30am (BSL) Nick Bailey & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 12:30pm Pip Probert, British Garden Centres & Nicki Chapman

• 1:30pm Adam Frost & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 2:30pm (BSL) Monty Don & Nicki Chapman

• 3:30pm (BSL)Adam Frost & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 4:30pm (BSL)Monty Don & Gardeners' World Magazine

Let’s Talk Plants Stage

• 10.30am (BSL): Sue Kent – Bomb-Proof Plants For Your Garden
• 11.30am Hot Off the Potting Bench – New Plant Releases with Neil Gow
• 12.30pm (BSL): Hillier Nurseries Charles Carr – New Plants and More!
• 1.30pm Sue Kent – Making Raised Beds That Are Good for You and Good for Growing
• 2.30pm Philip Seaton – Saving Orchids
• 3.30pm Monty Don – How My Gardening Has Changed in the Face of Weather Extremes

In Conversation With Stage

• 11am Mike Palmer – The Secrets to Successful Propagation
• 12pm Sue Kent
• 1pm The Beardy Gardener – Designing Gardens for Wellbeing: Creating Spaces that Heal
• 2pm Pip Probert with ‘Make a Metre Matter’
• 3pm Noel Frognal – Love Bugs – The Art of Wildlife Gardening
• 4pm The Cloud Gardener – From Balconies to Alleys: How do we make our towns & cities greener

Friday June 13

Gardeners’ World Live Theatre

• 10:30am (BSL)Adam Frost & Nicki Chapman

• 11:30am (BSL)Monty Don & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 12:30pm Nick Bailey & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 1:30pm Pip Probert, British Garden Centres & Nicki Chapman

• 2:30pmMonty Don & Nicki Chapman

• 3:30pm (BSL)Adam Frost & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 4:30pm Monty Don & Gardeners' World Magazine

Let’s Talk Plants

• 10.30am Nick Bailey – Bomb-Proof Plants For Your Garden
• 11.30am Hot off the Potting Bench – New Plant Releases with Neil Gow
• 12.30pm Sara Rittershausen – Orchids as Houseplants
• 1.30pm (BSL) Hillier Nurseries Charles Carr – New Plants and More!
• 2.30pm (BSL) Nick Bailey – Designing Your Garden With Plants in Mind
• 3.30pm Monty Don – How My Gardening Has Changed in the Face of Weather Extremes

In Conversation

• 11am Adam Kirtland (View from the Potting Bench) – 5 Secrets For Saving Money In The Garden
• 12pm Pip Probert with ‘Make a Metre Matter’
• 1pm The Beardy Gardener – Designing Gardens for Wellbeing: Creating Spaces that Heal
• 2pm Association of Professional Landscapers
• 3pm Noel Frognal – Love Bugs – The Art of Wildlife Gardening
• 4pm The Cloud Gardener – From Balconies to Alleys: How do we make our towns & cities greener

Saturday June 14

Gardeners’ World Live Theatre

• 10:30am Monty Don & Nicki Chapman

• 11:30am (BSL) Monty Don & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 12:30pm (BSL) Nick Bailey & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 1:30pmFrances Tophill & Nicki Chapman

• 2:30pm (BSL) Michael Perry, British Garden Centres & Nicki Chapman

• 3:30pm (BSL) Frances Tophill & Gardeners' World Magazine

• 4:30pm (BSL) Adam Frost & Nicki Chapman

Let’s Talk Plants Stage

• 10.30am (BSL) Nick Bailey – Designing Your Garden With Plants in Mind
• 11.30am Frances Tophill – How to Get the Best Results from Your Garden
• 12.30pm Hillier Nurseries Charles Carr – New Plants and More!
• 1.30pm Nick Bailey – Bomb-Proof Plants For Your Garden
• 2.30pm Frances Tophill – How Herbs Can Be Good for You, for Wildlife, and the Planet
• 3.30pm Simon Pugh-Jones: Orchids: Learning from Nature

In Conversation Stage

• 11am Adam Kirtland (View from the Potting Bench) – 5 Secrets For Saving Money In The Garden
• 12pm Pip Probert with ‘Make a Metre Matter’
• 1pm The Beardy Gardener – Designing Gardens for Wellbeing: Creating Spaces that Heal
• 2pm Mark Ridsdill Smith – Changing How You Eat Starts With Growing Food On Your Balcony or Patio
• 3pm Garden with Jonny – My Personal Gardening Journey
• 4pm Mark Ridsdill Smith – Small Space Worm Composting: How to transform kitchen scraps into black gold!

Sunday June 15

Gardener’s World Live Theatre

• 10:30am Adam Frost & Nicki Chapman

• 11:30am Rachel de Thame & Gardeners' World Mag

• 1:30pm Michael Perry, British Garden Centres & Nicki Chapman

• 3:30pm Adam Frost, Rachel de Thame & Nicki Chapman

Let’s Talk Plants

• 10.30am Nick Bailey – Bomb-Proof Plants For Your Garden
• 11.30am Chris and Jean Barker: Weird and Wonderful Orchids
• 12.30pm Nick Bailey – Designing Your Garden With Plants in Mind
• 1.30pm Hillier Nurseries Charles Carr – New Plants and More!
• 2.30pm Rachel de Thame – How Herbs Can Be Good for You, for Wildlife, and the Planet
• 3.30pm Hot off the Potting Bench – New Plant Releases with Neil Gow

In Conversation With

• 11am Adam Kirtland (View from the Potting Bench) – 5 Secrets For Saving Money In The Garden
• 12pm Big Veg with Gerald Stratford
• 1pm The Beardy Gardener – Designing Gardens for Wellbeing: Creating Spaces that Heal
• 2pm Pip Probert with ‘Make a Metre Matter’
• 3pm Noel Frognal – Love Bugs – The Art of Wildlife Gardening
• 4pm TBC

BBC Good Food Show at Birmingham NEC 2025

Thursday June 12

Big Kitchen

• 11.45amChef challenge with David Taylor and Thom Bateman
• 1pm Rachel Allen
• 2.15pm Matt Tebutt
• 4.30pm Matt Tebutt

Summer Kitchen

• 10.30am Sam Goldsmith
• 11.30am Renu Bhardwaj
• 2.30pm Claire Thomson
• 3.30pm Cassie Best
• 4.30pm Claire Thomson

Let’s Talk Good Food

• 11.00am Love Your Leftovers with Claire Thomson, Renu Bhardwaj and Barney Desmazery
• 12.30 Let’s Talk Inventing New Dishes with Thom Bateman
• 1.00pm Let’s Talk Seasonal Cooking with David Taylor
• 2.00pm Good Food Podcast Live with Rachel Allen
• 2.30pm Let’s Talk Cooking with pulses/vegetarian Indian with Renu Bhardwaj
• 3.00pm Let’s Talk Summer Sunday Roasts with Matt Tebbutt
• 3.30pm Good Food Podcast Live with Claire Thomson
• 4.30pm Let’s Talk Summer Baking with Cassie Best

Friday June 13

Big Kitchen

• 10am Si King
• 11am Rachel Allen
• 12.45pm Si King
• 1.45pm Gennaro Contaldo
• 3pm Si King

Summer Kitchen

• 10am Sam Goldsmith
• 11am Brin Pirathapan
• 1pm Jeremy Pang
• 2pm Brin Pirathapan
• 3pm Sam Goldsmith
• 4pm Jeremy Pang

Let’s Talk Good Food

• 10.45am Good Food’s Barney Desmazery in conversation with BBC Gardeners’ World Live’s Kevin Smith
• 11.45am Good Food Podcast Live
• 12.30pm Good Food’s Editor Keith Kendrick in conversation with Philip Stansfield, Cornish Cheese
• 1.30pm Good Food Podcast Live with Si King (S)
• 1.45pm Good Food Podcast Live with Jeremy Pang
• 2.15pm Good Food’s Editor Keith Kendrick in conversation with Perry Wakeman, Rennit and Rind
• 2.45pm Let’s Talk weeknight cooking with Brin Pirathapan
• 3.15pm Let’s Talk Summer Pasta Dishes & Cooking with Lemons with Gennaro Contaldo
• 3.40pm Love Your Leftovers with Brin Pirathapan and Jeremy Pang

Saturday June 14

Big Kitchen

• 10.30am John Torode and Lisa Faulkner
• 11.30am Jane Dunn of Jane’s Patisserie
• 12.45pm John Torode and Lisa Faulkner
• 1.45pm Jane Dunn of Jane’s Patisserie
• 3pm John Torode and Lisa Faulkner

Summer Kitchen

• 10am Sam Goldsmith
• 11am Becky Excell
• 1pm The Happy Pear
• 2pm Becky Excell
• 3pm Sam Goldsmith
• 4pm The Happy Pear

Let’s talk good food

• 11.15am Meet the Good Food Producers with Barney Desmazery
• 11.45am Good Food Podcast Live with Becky Excell
• 1.30pm Good Food Podcast Live with John Torode & Lisa Faulkner
• 2.00pm Let’s Talk Plant based cooking with The Happy Pear
• 2.30pm Let’s Talk Summer Baking with Jane Dunn
• 4.00pm Let’s Talk Wild Food with Craig Evans
• 4.30pm Good Food Podcast with Bite Back Charity

Sunday June 15

Big Kitchen

• 10.30am James Martin
• 11.45am Cyrus Todiwala & Tony Singh
• 1pm James Martin
• 2.15pm James Martin
• 3.30pmJames Martin

Summer Kitchen

• 10am Sam Goldsmith
• 11.30amThe Flygerians
• 12.20pm Georgia Hughes, Good Food Rising Star Award Winner
• 3.30pm The Flygerians
• 3pm Sam Goldsmith

Let’s Talk Good Food

• 11.15am Let’s Talk Food for Fitness with Chris Baber
• 12.15pm Let’s Talk Cheese with James Martin
• 12.30pm Good Food Podcast Live with Tony Singh
• 1.00pm Good Food Podcast Live with The Flygerians
• 1.30pm Let’s Talk Picnics & Barbecues with Good Food’s Rising Star Georgia Hughes
• 2.30pm Good Food Podcast live with Cyrus Todiwala
• 3.15pm Love Your Leftovers with Georgia Hughes, Samuel Goldsmith and Barney Desmazery

Location: NEC Birmingham, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1NT

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