A NEW event for gardeners, featuring presenters from TV garden shows, begins this weekend.

The Garden Roadshow has been organised by Bexley Heritage Trust and will be held at Hall Place, Bourne Road, Bexley, this Saturday and Sunday.

The event will be opened on Saturday at 10.45am by Tom Hart Dyke whose attempts to create a world garden at Lullingstone Castle featured on television.

Other ITV and BBC presenters will host a series of question time shows, an hour-long event when people can listen to and quiz the experts and win prizes and other goodies.

There will also be craft marquees, live music, including the Crystal Palace Band on Sunday, refreshments, nurseries and garden suppliers.

Visitors will also get free entry from 12.15pm on Saturday and 11am on Sunday to see the Flowers at Hall Place, a floral and art competition.

The show runs from 10am to 5pm daily. Entry is £4 adults, £3 concessions, children under 15 go free and there is free parking.