30,000 visitors for garden festival
Last year, around 30,000 people attended Mallow Home and Garden Festival and numbers are expected to be just as big this year.
More than 200 exhibitors will display a wide range of the latest household and gardening items. Gardening experts, including Peter Dowdall and Dominick Cullinane, will be on hand to give tips.
Free seminars on all sorts of topics, from renewable energy to gardening to flower arranging, will be held during the three-day festival.
Event organiser Alan Collins said people would also have the opportunity to purchase all kinds of products at very reasonable and discounted prices.
“The landscaped gardens at the racecourse will be an attraction in themselves. Staff have been working on the gardens for the last four months and they make a fine spectacle at this stage,” he said.
The festival will run from 2pm to 8pm on Friday, and from 11am to 6pm on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are €10 per person with free admission for children.
As part of the family-friendly atmosphere, there will be plenty of entertainment and games on offer for children, including a children’s playground, bouncing castles and face painting.
Homeowners will have a large selection of products and services from which to choose and there will be expert advice for amateur gardeners.
