Picnics, parties and open-air shows a-plenty this weekend

It’s all about the great outdoors this weekend — with picnics, garden parties and plenty of open-air shows.

There are 25 landscaped gardens visitors can stroll through at Mallow Home and Garden Festival, and anyone who goes green with envy while viewing the lush lawns and bounteous blooms can get plenty tips from the green-fingered experts — with Peter Dowdall, Darren Drummond and Charlie Wilkins all on hand for seminars and guided walks.

Budding garden heroes can literally take some of the outdoors home with them, with more than five million plants on sale too.