Without drawing breath we packed all the furniture into the vans and headed north to the Malvern Spring Flower show. Set in a stunning location at the foot of the beautiful Malvern Hills near the village of Hanbury Swan this RHS show is a regular Spring diary date for keen gardeners.  We met visitors from all over the Midlands, Wales, the South west and some who had ventured from as far afield as North Yorkshire and Exeter such is the draw of the show.

Victoria Park Gazebo detail

Our wrought iron furniture and garden structures were very well received, with the gazebo earning high praise, and the braziers particularly popular again, partially thanks to the chilly north wind and rain which persisted during the show.

Wrought iron fluted brazier

  The RHS judges at Malvern were impressed with Andy’s new screen and the presentation and planting on the stand and we were awarded a bronze medal for our efforts. Special thanks go to Judith and Francis Green at Somerset Lavender Farm in Faulkland near Bath, and Lorraine Young at Downside Nursery in Westwood for the generous loan of the stunning flowers and shrubs. We would have been stuck without them! 

Rosemary, catmint and lavender from Somerset Lavender Farm, Faulkland, Nr Bath

Rich red acer with hebe from Downside Nursery, Westwood, Nr Bradford on Avon

Malvern Spring Flower show is well worth visiting if you have never been, the organization is superb and there was a lot to see and do. We’re all relieved it went well and the shows are behind us for the summer as the workshop is really busy at the moment and there is a lot to do!

May was an exciting month at Ironart – after weeks of planning and preparation (and a few heated debates) we set up our ‘new look’ stand at the Bath Spring Flower Show in Victoria Park. The show ran over the early May bank holiday weekend and it gave us a valuable chance to meet existing and new customers and show off our full range of wrought iron garden furniture and garden structures at the start of the gardening season. We exhibited a wide range of products including wrought iron garden chairs, benches and tables, painted in a range of colours from the Ironart collection. 

Martin and Andy setting up the beautiful new screen!

Andy and Martin erecting the gazebo on site

 Our pretty gazebo was a real talking point on the stand, as were the two brazier designs on display, and many keen gardeners snapped up obelisk plant supports to add height and structure to their herbaceous borders. Andy had designed three new hanging basket brackets this spring which really finished the stand off.  The weather wasn’t brilliant, but the show was great fun and gave us a chance to give Andy’s ingenious new backdrop screens an outing before exhibiting at our first ever RHS show at Malvern the following week.

Finished result! The Ironart stand at the Bath Spring Flower Show

And we were absolutely delighted to win a cup for the presentation of our stand this year. Thanks go to everyone at Ironart for all their hard work and patience getting everything ready for the show, this one is for you guys!

A large silver cup for our stand at the show!