Textile practitioner Isobel Denton will share details of plants that can be grown for their natural dyeing properties and provide advice on planting and growing a dye garden.

Jacob Davies of Green Estate will encourage us to stop viewing large, vigorous perennials as thugs and to include them in low maintenance plantings

Nursery owner and gardener Neil Timm will talk about growing wild flowers in the garden, garden escapees in the wild, and some that belong to both worlds.

Senior Gardener Natasha Johnson will describe how her team keep, maintain and manage eight acres of garden at National Trust, Gunby Estate, Hall and other Gardens in Lincolnshire.

Rob King will share how he has not only created a beautiful garden for adults, but for children to enjoy too! He will speak about his gardening influences, how he created this garden from scratch on a shoestring budget, and how he manages to have colour all year round.

Houseplants are a great way of bringing joy to you and colour to your home; they help lift the spirits – as well as helping to create a healthier environment, but they don’t always live up to our expectations. Garden writer Geoff Hodge will provide hints and tips to keep your plants in very good health.

Dr Michael Klemperer will focus on the gradual restoration of certain key elements within the Brodsworth site, making it one of the most unique Victorian Gardens in the country and the challenges of undertaking accurate restoration and interpretation as fashions change in horticulture.

Textile practitioner Isobel Denton will share details of plants that can be grown for their natural dyeing properties and provide advice on planting and growing a dye garden.

Fran Halsall will look at 30+ trees and plants that are easy to grow in UK gardens and provide details about their traditional and contemporary uses and their wildlife benefit.

A chance to hear all about Sheffield’s urban fruit tree nursery workers co-op, Sheffield Trees, and tips on what to think about when planting trees including rootstocks, staking, mulching and more

In this talk, horticultural lecturer Richard Brown will aim to explain why horticulture is good for our physical and mental health. He will provide all the information needed to propagate, germinate and grow melons and cucumbers and other members of the curcurbit family.

A public tour of the Gardens including an overview of the development of the Gardens through history. Meet at the top of the Thompson Road Drive, near the Dorothy Fox Education Centre.

Not all Himalayan blue poppies are blue! By drawing on the wealth of information available, Professor David Rankin will help us to understand the wonderful yellow Meconopsis - and to explain how relationships between different kinds emerge, and sometimes names have to change.

One-hour long public guided tour at 1pm. Meet at the entrance to the Dorothy Fox Education Centre, at the top of the slope from the Thompson Road gates, off Ecclesall Road. There’s no need to book. You can just turn up.

Master Composter, Rod Weston, will discuss the range of composting methods used to improve our soil.

Professional Garden Designer, Linda Heywood, shares her knowledge and passion for a plant which all of us can grow in our gardens.