September 22 - October 5, 2012: This week's gardening events - Telegraph September 22 Growing, Harvesting and Preserving with Paolo Arrigo, 10.30am-12pm, Petersham Nurseries, Church Lane, Richmond, Surrey. Talk on how to grow vegetables. Entry £5 (020 8940 5230; petershamnurseries.com). September 28 Veg Out at Urban Veg, 2-9pm, Winterbourne House and Garden, University of Brimingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham. Veg growing tips, with sales, food and drink. Adults £4, concs £3 (0121 414 3003; winterbourne.org.uk). September 28-30 Harvest Flower Festival, 11am-5pm, St David's Church, Wettenhall, nr Winsford, Cheshire. Plant sales, refreshments. Admission £5 (wettenhallchurch.org.uk). September 29 Alpine Garden Society autumn south show, 12-4pm. Rainham Girls School, Derwent Way, Rainham, Kent. Adults £2.50, children free (01303 862913; alpinegardensociety.net/shows). From September 29 Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition, 1pm (11am weekends) -5pm, The Vyne, Sherborne St John, Basingstoke, Hants. National Trust competition finalists. Adults £9, children £4.50 (01256 883858; nationaltrust.org.uk/vyne). October 5 Horatio's Garden talk, 7.30pm, Glebe Hall, Winterbourne Earls, Salisbury, Wilts. Cleve West discusses his new rehabilitation garden for people with spinal injuries. Tickets £12, proceeds to charity (01980 611183). October 5 Wild Food Foraging and Feasts, Heligan Gardens, Pentwan, St Austell, Cornwall. Foraging course and meal with Thom Hunt. Course £20, meal £18.50 for two courses, £22.50 for three (01726 845100; heligan.com).