17-18 februari: RHS London Plant & Design Show. Royal Horticultural Halls, Greycoat Street, London.

4-5 april: Cornwall Garden Society's Spring Flower Show: Boconnoc House, Middle Taphouse, nr. Lostwithiel.

6 april: Spring Plant Fair: Arley Hall & Gardens, Nortwich, Cheshire.

17-19 april: RHS Spring Flower Show: Bute Park, Cardiff.

23-26 april: 2009 Harrogate Spring Flower Show: Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate.

2-4 maj: Annual Orchid Show: Raby Castle, Staindrop, Darlington, County Durham.

6-10 maj: Festival of Flowers: Westminster Abbey, London.

7-10 maj: Malvern Spring Gardening Show: The Showroom, Malvern, Worchestershire.

10 maj: Spring Plant Fair: Newby Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire.

29-23 maj: CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW, Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London.

29-31 maj: Gardening Scotland 2009: The Royal Highland Centre, Ingliston, near Edinburgh, Scotland.

10-14 juni: BBC Gardener's World Live: NEC, Birmingham.

27-28 juni: Arley Garden Festival: Arley Hall and Gardens, Northwich, Cheshire.

7-12 juli: Hampton Court Palace Flower Show: Hampton Court Palace, East Molesley, Surrey.

22-26 juli: RHS Flower Show: Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire.

augusti: Shrewsbury Flower Show: Quarry Park, Shrewsbury.

20-23 augusti: Southport Flower Show: Victoria Park, Rotten Row, Southport, Merseyside.

september: Harrogate Autumn Flower Show: Great Yorkshire Showground, Harrogate.

11-13 september: Wisley Flower Show: Wisley gardens.