Green-fingered stars part of an annual celebration of spring

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A LINE-UP of gardening and food heroes have been unveiled as guest experts at this year’s RHS Malvern Spring Festival, in association with Great Little Breaks.

They include green-fingered DJ Jo Whiley.

She will be talking openly about her love of gardening and music during the festival at the Three Counties Showground.

Gardeners’ World favourite Monty Don will be returning to the event together with some of his famous co-presenters from the hit BBC show including Joe Swift and plantswoman par-excellence Carol Klein.

Cooking up a storm will be celebrity chef Raymond Blanc while Masterchef host John Torode will be back for his second visit.

Other well-known faces include TV presenter Chris Beardshaw, The Big Allotment Challenge’s Jonathan Moseley and leading plantswoman and author Sarah Raven.

Frances Tophill is an exciting new addition to the show this year as she creates a stir in the world of horticulture.

Head of shows Diana Walton said: “The RHS Malvern Spring Festival is a hugely popular event on the gardening calendar having a particularly engaging character all of its own,” she added.

“We are thrilled that it attracts the big names and that this list reflects those popular regulars that love being at Malvern and the new faces that everyone is eager to get to see and meet.”

The RHS Malvern Spring Festival, sponsored by UK short breaks experts Great Little Breaks, runs from May 9-12 with top show garden designers, award-winning exhibitors and worldclass nurseries already lined up to take part.

It celebrates the finest in both gardening and food with shopping also offered in abundance across leading lifestyle brands.

For more, visit rhsmalvern.co.uk or call 01684 584924.