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Gold, silver and bronze medals and cash prizes ranging from £75 up to £350 each will be on offer to nurseries and plantsmen in the competitive trade stand section at this year's Royal Welsh Garden Festival in May. Last year £5250 was paid out in prize money at the event.

More than 20 trade stands from across England and Wales have already entered the competition section and visitors can look forward to some brilliant displays of flowers, foliage, trees, and specialist plants ranging from insect-eating species from different parts of the world, to cacti and other exotic succulents, Japanese Bonsai, and more traditional garden, patio and conservatory varieties.

Vegetables chosen for their quality and flavour, including some in containers, will also feature in the competitive trade stands and a herb garden, created by Neath Port Talbot College at Margam, will be another interesting attraction for gardeners.

The Garden Festival is being supported this year by a large number and wide range of trade stands, among them the Brecon & Radnor Beekeepers' Association whose stand will have an observation hive and where demonstrations will be given on constructing a beehive from its parts. There will be photographs, information and a DVD on beekeeping.

Other stands will include those of local artists, wood turners, potters, leather workers and jewellery makers, and prints, photographs and drawings, including some of garden designs, will also be available for purchase.

The Welsh Historic Gardens Trust, based at the famously-restored Aberglasney Gardens at Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, a charity devoted to promoting the gardens and parks of Wales and encouraging interest in their care and preservation, will also have a stand at the event.

Cardiff University's Llysdinam Field Centre at Newbridge on Wye will be staging a display of willow and willow products and the Welsh branch of the National Vegetable Society will provide advice on growing and displaying vegetables.

Sunday visitors to the Festival can enjoy the Gardening Question Time' featuring BBC, ITV, radio and television presenters, with major prizes to be won.

There's nothing more relaxing than a nice cup of tea in the Floral Hall and Louise Gough and her team will be providing freshly prepared meals and snacks for visitors from the finest local ingredients and will serve them in a convivial atmosphere.

The Garden Festival is part of the two-day Royal Welsh Smallholder and Garden Festival which last year attracted a record attendance of 25,558. It will take place in the Floral Hall (Royal Welsh Exhibition Hall 1) on the showground at Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19.

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