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RHS Malvern Spring Festival

Festival of Houseplants Theatre

Bring your indoor garden to life at the Festival of Houseplants Theatre. Join leading houseplant experts and host Claire Lowrie for practical tips, lively talks and plant-care advice – look out for hands-on workshops

Memo C (Houseplanty Goodness) in among plants

Don’t miss: Memo C (Houseplanty Goodness)

Friday and Saturday

Memo C (Houseplanty Goodness) has been passionate about houseplants since childhood, growing a collection of over 600 tropical varieties. Through Houseplanty Goodness, he shares his expertise to inspire and educate fellow plant lovers. Make sure not to miss his talk where Memo will reveal how to read your plants’ signals and care for them with confidence.

Thursday 8 May 2025

  • 10.30am | 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
  • 12.30pm | Graham Charles (President, The British Cacti & Succulent Society): Successfully growing cacti and succulents

  • 1.30pm | Claire Lowrie and Emma Angold: The jungle haven and good growing houseplant secrets – what we wish we’d known
  • 2.30pm | Tessa Cobley (Ladybird Plant Care): Plant pest identification and management using ‘Good Bugs’

Ottershaw Cacti
Tessa Cobley
Paul Dibley

Friday 9 May 2025

  • 10.30am | Dom Cleverdon (CDS Plants): Petal to the metal – orchid top tips
  • 11.30am | Megan Warren-Davis and Gemma Haigh (Forest Interior and The Plant Parlour): The ultimate houseplant care quiz – find out if you are a houseplant hero with our interactive quiz
  • 12.30pm | Memo C (Houseplanty Goodness): Plant whispering – understanding your houseplants

  • 1.30pm | Tom Cranham: How to create a beautiful begonia terrarium display
  • 2.30pm | Ben Newell, Claire Lowrie and GrowTropicals (Worcester Terrariums and The Jungle Haven): Greening small spaces with the indoor gardening experts

Meg Warren-Davis
Ben Newell
Claire Lowrie

Saturday 10 May 2025

  • 10.30am | Marcin Marty Ruta (Moss Clerks): Mastering moss – essential tips for growing and maintaining moss in any setting
  • 11.30am | Tessa Cobley (Ladybird Plant Care): Plant pest identification and management using ‘Good Bugs’
  • 12.30pm | Sarah Gerrard-Jones and Hayley Stephens (The Plant Rescuer and Mint Plants): How not to kill your cacti and succulents

  • 1.30pm | Jonny Balchandani and Mo Bhula (The Bearded Plantaholic and The Botanical Archive): How to create an indoor jungle
  • 2.30pm | Memo C (Houseplanty Goodness): Plant whispering – understanding your houseplants

Sarah Gerrard-Jones
Jonny Balchandani
Watering houseplants

Sunday 11 May 2025

  • 10.30am | Ottershaw Cacti: How to make a summer succulent patio display
  • 11.30am | Jonny Balchandani and Mo Bhula (The Bearded Plantaholic and The Botanical Archive): How to create an indoor jungle
  • 12.30pm | Imogen Bell: Greenhouse, warehouse, your house – the story behind every houseplant you buy

  • 1.30pm | Dr. Paul Dibley (Dibleys Nurseries): A guide to growing up with colourful houseplants
  • 2.30pm | Dom Cleverdon (CDS Plants): Petal to the metal – orchid top tips

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91ÇÑ×Ó is the UK’s leading gardening charity. We aim to enrich everyone’s life through plants, and make the UK a greener and more beautiful place.