BBC Gardeners' World Autum Fair 2026

11–13 Sept 2026 Essex, United Kingdom
16
Gardens
18
Designers

About

The BBC Gardeners’ World Autumn Fair will return to Audley End in September. Get hands on in workshops, explore the gardens, enjoy live entertainment, and buy food and drink at the BBC Good Food Market. Tickets include full access to Audley End House and Gardens.
Gardens

16 gardens catalogued

Showcase Gardens 3

  • A naturalistic wildlife garden features a small wooden bird hide nestled among tall deciduous trees, a pond with aquatic plants, and lush green foliage.
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    For the love of Birds
    Daisy Fenton
  • A colourful children's garden with a purple play tunnel, a wooden structure and green slide, a vertical garden, and stepping stones.
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    Little Explorers Garden
    Pip Probert
  • A contemporary elevated showcase garden features a light wood deck with yellow seating, concrete steps, and a slatted timber screen, surrounded by lush perennial borders.
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    The Association of Professional Landscapers Elevated Garden Living

Beautiful Borders 13

  • A whimsical miniature garden features a blue Adirondack chair, a mushroom house, ornate lamps, and a winding path through pink, orange, yellow, and blue blooms.
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    Andrea's Wonderland Border
    Andrea Connor
  • A playful beautiful border garden features a dead tree branch with hanging objects, a straw den, a sand mound, and wooden stepping stones amidst wild, colourful planting.
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    Childhood Rediscovered
    James Miller, Marko Yau, Saachi Parasrampuria
  • A whimsical garden border featuring tall grasses and colourful perennials, with conical structures, a string of bunting, and a metal wheel holding watering can planters.
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    Echoes of a Fairground
    Victoria North, Charlie White
  • A romantic border garden featuring a winding wooden path leading to a wood arbour with a bench, densely planted with orange, white, blue, and pink perennials.
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    Finding Me
    Stacey Margaret
  • A whimsical garden border features a bright blue door set in a low wall with circular cutouts, surrounded by sunflowers, lavender, and a variety of trees and grasses, with a paved path on the left.
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    New Beginnings
    Suzie Nicholson
  • A whimsical border garden featuring a central tomato plant, diverse colourful container plantings, a paved path, and a small pond with a wooden trellis.
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    Once upon a time...There was a tomato in a drain.
  • A whimsical raised border garden features a black archway, a grassy path, stylized trees, a tree stump, and vibrant red and pink flowers.
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    Once upon a time... Where Imagination Lived
    Paul Nicholson
  • A rectangular border garden with tall white posts, a wooden bench, stepping stones, and informal planting of purple, blue, pink, and yellow flowers.
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    Once Upon a Time Between Two Shores
    Zoe Kilbride
  • A naturalistic Beautiful Border garden features a wooden bug hotel, a brick path, and yellow, pink, blue flowers, with a hedgehog sculpture.
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    Reflection
    Edward Doherty
  • A garden border in a wooden planter box features varied green and purple foliage, a curved orange bridge, and a small bare brown tree.
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    Summer holiday train adventures...
    Julian Pennant
  • A compact garden border featuring a tall, curved white wall with a colourful mosaic of butterflies and flowers, backed by a tree with orange foliage, and a winding path through green planting.
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    The Ophelia Survival Garden
    Leanne Werner, Alexandra Freeman
  • A beautiful border garden sketch with a winding path, wooden bench, gardening tools, silver birch trees, and lush green and purple plants.
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    The Volunteer's Garden
    Garima Chandra
  • A raised wooden planter showcases a red-leaved tree, a weathered grey tree stump, open books, and a mix of green plants with white and red flowers.
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    Where Did Your Love of Nature Begin?
    Belinda Buckley