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Gardening experts revealed for Shrewsbury Flower Show

Two well-known gardeners have been announced as experts for this year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show.

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Joe Swift and Penny Meadmore will be the gardening experts at this year's Shrewsbury Flower Show

Joe Swift and Penny Meadmore will be on hand at the show on August 11 and 12 to answer any questions visitors have.

Mr Swift has been gardening since he left school and is a fully trained garden designer.

He has been one of the main presenters on BBC2's flagship gardening show 'Gardeners World' since 1998 and also regularly appears in the BBC's coverage of RHS Chelsea, Hampton Court, Gardeners World Live and Tatton Park Flower shows.

Over the years he has fronted many gardening related TV shows and has even appeared as a competitor on Celebrity Masterchef.

Mr Swift has designed numerous gardens for television, including one for Comic Relief, lots for Gardeners World and all of the Alan Titchmarsh's 'How to be a Gardener 2'.

Penny is a Royal Horticultural Society award winning garden designer with a degree in Botany.

As a qualified Agronomist and member of the BASIS Professional Register, she works with farmers and growers on a diverse range of crops, advising on pests, diseases and crop production.

With a design practice based in Lincolnshire Penny works across the country on gardens ranging from roof terraces in London to the private grounds of a new rural hospice.

For more information and tickets visit www.shrewsburyflowershow.org.uk or call 01743 234050.