Popular gardening writer and podcaster Adam Kirtland will be bringing his ‘View From The Potting Bench’ to this year’s Shrewsbury Flower Show. 

Just over four years ago, Adam, from Birmingham, turned his passion for gardening into something more and at the start of the Covid pandemiche decided to create an Instagram account to talk all things gardening. 

His popular podcast is now available on platforms such as Apple, Google and Spotify. 

He said: “Little did I know that doing that would unlock a world of gardening that I hadn’t even thought about – I haven’t looked back since.” 

“This is a passion beyond anything you could imagine, and I am absolutely thrilled to be at the Shrewsbury Flower Show this year,” he said. 

“I love any opportunity to talk about and look at plants, so I hope people will come and join me so I can show them a few garden projects that they can create themselves, with just some simple tools that they’ve probably already got at home!’ 

In addition to his podcast, Adam writes for several top gardening magazines, as well as delivering talks, events and workshops, and is currently working on his first book too. 

“Sharing the knowledge that I’ve gained over the last four years as well as the passion I have for gardening, is just the best part of all of this. Being able to take this to Shrewsbury is going to a real highlight of my gardening year,” he said. 

Shrewsbury Flower Show will take place in The Quarry on Friday 11 and Saturday 12 August, with early bird tickets for the show, which cost £17.50, available online until 21 March at shrewsburyflowershow.org.uk.