Beautiful new signs have appeared in Southport town centre promoting this year’s Southport Flower Show – and the many great events happening at Victoria Park this year.
The colourful large posters on Lord Street and Eastbank Street are thanks to Southport Flower Show, a local charity that organises the biggest independent flower show in the UK as well as managing the 34 acre Victoria Park without any public subsidy for the people of the town to enjoy.
One side of the bright new artwork promotes this year’s Show, which takes place from Thursday 14th August – 17th August 2025.
The other celebrates some unmissable events coming up from the end of May onwards.
Southport Flower Show has collaborated on the artwork and design with local artist Emmy Oranges (Emmeline McLoughlin) and with local graphic designer Liam Jackson.
Banners promoting the events have also been placed on the railings alongside Victoria Park.
It’s a long list! They include:
- 30th May – 1st June – Southport Food and Drink Festival
- 21st June – Summer Soiree Music Event
- 12th July – Extreme BHP Car Show
- 19th July – ‘Conquer The Coast’ Crossfit
- 2nd – 3rd August – Antiques Fair
- 14th -17th August – Southport Flower Show
- 14th September – Great British Motor Show
- 27th – 28th September – British Musical Fireworks Championship
- 3rd – 19th October – Southport Comedy Festival
- 24th – 25th October – Oktoberfest
- 4th December – 4th January – Winter Ice Skating
Southport Flower Show and Victoria Park Events General Manager Alan Adams said:
“I asked Liam and Emmy to create something not only to promote the park but to inform our visitors, and local residents, what’s going on in our wonderful town.
“Social media is great to an extent, but posters and banners in visible high street locations such as Lord Street and Eastbank Street are still vital to help promote events.
“We’ve got a very busy year at the park this year resulting in more visitors to the town which will in turn boost the local visitor economy.
“We were delighted with Liam and Emmy’s design which really encapsulates the atmosphere we are trying to create at Victoria Park.
“It’s one of the North West’s premier event spaces, but it’s also a park where all the community can enjoy.
“Southport Flower Show is a registered charity which solely relies on profits from the flower show and other park bookings to organise the show and manage the 34-acre estate all year round.”
Artist Emmy Oranges said:
“We really enjoyed creating the new design! We had actually planned to do something a lot more simple for this poster but wanted to really grab people’s attention and showcase the amazing events the town has to offer.
“I started by working in my sketchbook, planning ideas and then working with Liam to come up with a layout for the text that I could work around. I picked a colour palette with the help of Victoria Park events (spring green was in there!) and set about illustrating some of the different events.
“I went for a night and day theme and hopefully this worked in conveying the variety of activities on offer. Then was the job of converting this to a banner format using the same components. “Overall we wanted it to be fresh, inviting and gettig people’s attention.
“I’m really pleased with how it came out and it was great working with another Southport creative, Liam, on this project.”
Graphic designer Liam Jackson said:
“I moved back to Southport recently from London and I was really keen to work on this project.
“I have known Emmy for a long time, and I thought she was perfect for this, her art is amazing.
“We pitched ideas and Alan and Lisa said they loved the work we did to promote Victoria Park events.
“Alan and Lisa and the team feel they need to shout many more about the events happening at Victoria Park. There is a lot happening!
“The idea was to promote those amazing events they have there, with Emmy’s amazing illustration bringing it to life with colour. It was my job to provide the typography and layout.
“It’s really about trying to create something that is impactful on the high street that people will notice and to promote the superb things that families can enjoy at the park.
“It has been brilliant working with Alan and Lisa at Southport Flower Show.”
This year’s Southport Flower Show has a stellar line-up of special guests.
They include chil;dren’s entertainer Justin Fletcher; Kelvin and Liz Fletcher from ITV’s Fletchers’ Family Farm; gardening experts David Domoney, Carole and George from Beechgrove Garden and Nick Bailey; TV chefs and presenters Rosemary Shrager, Phil Vickery and Cherish Finden; Zack George aka Steel from Gladiators; and more to be announced.
This year the Show is enhancing the children’s activities at the show and will have a children’s trail.
Don’t forget – children under 16 go FREE with a paying adult.
Southport adults can also enjoy an impressive £11 off the price of a gate ticket.
People living in the PR8 and PR9 postcodes can pay for their tickets for just £19 each – a substantial saving on the £30 gate price once the event starts.
With Southport Flower Show once again running their generous offer of all children under 16 able to go free when accompanied by a paying adult, it represents a great saving for families this summer to enjoy the biggest independent flower show in the UK.
You can buy your discount tickets in advance from:
The Atkinson, Lord Street, Southport town centre
The Engine Room, Wayfarers Arcade, Lord Street, Southport town centre
Waterstones, Chapel Street, Southport
Southport Flower Show office, Victoria Park, Southport
Checkers DIY, Botanic Road, Churchtown Village
Lions shop, Liverpool Road, Ainsdale Village
BusyBody’s, Liverpool Road, Birkdale Village
Residents must be able to show proof of address. Tickets are available until Wednesday 13th August 2025.
From show-stopping gardens and celebrity chef demos to live arena entertainment, shopping galore, and fun for all the family – there’s something for everyone at the Southport Flower Show, returning to Victoria Park from 14th –17th August 2025.
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