Southport Flower Show 2024 preparations underway .

Preparations for the 2024 Southport Flower Show are well underway.

Southport Flower Show, sponsored by The Seventy Ninth Group, is the UK’s largest independent flower show and attracts over 55,000 visitors across 4 days.

Visitors to this year’s show can enjoy inspirational show gardens, spectacular floral displays, gardening advice, show jumping, pop-up shopping village, cookery demonstrations, live music, arena entertainment and so much more!

Opening this year’s show is BBC Broadcaster, TV personality, DJ and Southport’s own Adele Roberts on Thursday 15th at 11am in the Garden Theatre. She will join other celebrities including TV Presenter Michaela Strachan who is also attending the opening day.

Celebrity guests include David Domoney, from Love Your Garden and resident gardener on ITV1’s This Morning and also Adam Frost from BBC Gardeners’ World.

Carole Baxter and George Anderson, who present the long-running BBC Two show Beechgrove Garden, will also be sharing their tips on growing beautiful flowers and plants in a Northern climate.

Southport also welcomes the UK’s leading young garden expert - Lee Connelly, who is well known to viewers of CBBC and Blue Peter as the Skinny Jean Gardener.

Kids under 16 go free to Southport Flower Show, when they are accompanied by a paying adult and there is plenty for younger visitors to see and do.

The centenary event sees the return of Children’s TV favourite Justin Fletcher, who has entertained an entire generation of kids with his hit shows including Justin’s House and Something Special on CBeebies.

We will also see the return of Janette Manrara and Aljaž Skorjanec from Strictly Come Dancing on Saturday 17th due to their popularity at the show in 2022.

Every day of the show there is a programme of family entertainment in the arena including live music, show jumping with champion Geoff Billington and performances by the West Lancs Dog display team, birds of prey, plus the chance to browse through everything you could want for your home and garden in the Shopping Village.

In the demonstration kitchen, guests can savour live master classes by chef Matt Tebbutt, from the BBC’s Saturday Kitchen, Simmon Rimmer from Sunday Brunch, Nisha Katona MBE, founder of Mowgli and Phil Vickery from ITV’s This Morning.

There will also be a special 100th anniversary dessert to sample, designed by Southport baker Jemma Melvin, who created the Platinum Pudding, the official dish for the late Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee.

So why not join us Thursday 15th - Sunday 18th August 2024 to celebrate 100 years of Southport Flower Show.

Early bird tickets are available until Wednesday 14th August. Buy your tickets early and save. Tickets are flexible and can be used on any one of the show days. Children under 16 go free with a paying adult. Well behaved dogs are allowed on leads.