The new look RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2025 Giant Welly has planted itself at Dobbies flagship store at Tewkesbury in North Gloucestershire, for shoppers and visitors to enjoy.
The annual tour is taking root across the South West this year, with pitstops at the leading regional shopping destinations; Southgate Centre in Bath followed by its final display at the horticultural mecca Webbs of Wychbold, all in support of the prestigious annual gardening event held at Three Counties Showground in Malvern.
A selfie magnet for visitors, the welly measures 10ft in height and weighs in at 100 kilos and has already been providing visitors to Dobbies Tewkesbury with lots of photo opportunities since it arrived earlier this week, and making Dobbies it’s home until Monday 27th March.
Head of Shows & Marketing at Three Counties, Jane Edwards, said: “The new look RHS Malvern Spring Festival 2025 Giant Welly has been beautifully decorated to celebrate houseplants this year, as we launch the first Royal Horticultural Society judged Indoor Plant Gardens!”
“Huge thanks to Dobbies Tewkesbury for hosting the now iconic RHS boot, with a stunning new hand-painted design by Anna Best. It promotes the festival and opens the door to the summer season and provides the perfect backdrop to a plethora of plants and gardens.”
The RHS Malvern Spring Festival, afour-day gardening extravaganza held at the Three Counties Showground, is set to launch the exciting new RHS 2025 show season from 8 – 11 May 2025, with a whole host of celebrity speakers, entertaining theatres, immersive experiences and interactive demonstrations.
The RHS Malvern Spring Festival features an unmissable line-up showcasing the country’s best-known expert horticulturalists and TV gardening personalities, the crowning of the very first RHS award-winning gardens of the year, plus a showcase of new talent and the latest in horticultural trends and innovation.
The theme for 2025’s Festival ‘Plants & People’, invites both new and returning visitors to explore the myriad of ways in which plants impact our lives – from the food we eat and the air we breathe, to the fascinating benefits they have on our mental and physical wellbeing.
 | Next on the tour itinerary is Southgate Bath with the giant welly arriving on 28th March until Monday 17th April before it heads straight to Webbs in Wychbold until 6th May. |
