This will be a radical change in how speakers lists function. Coming soon, full public launch during 2026, but speaker registration is now live and open (March 2026).
— Speaker registration LIVE NOW ā
— Short notice service COMING VERY SOON
— Speakers list COMING SOON
1) Are you a speaker? – REGISTRATION IS NOW LIVE & OPEN ā
Do you give talks to garden clubs, if so then please click the button below to register your details on our speaker system. It will also give you the option to join our short notice service so clubs can automatically contact you for last minute bookings. (If you find that you yourself have to unfortunately cancel/change a booking, then you could also use the short notice service on behalf of the garden club to help them find a last minute replacement.) If you are also a nursery or garden owner, then afterwards please consider adding your business onto our maps system .
Short notice process explanation
When a club has a last minute cancellation, they will contact TS who in turn will contact ONLY the speakers via this system who have agreed to be on the short notice service and who have ticked the relevant counties to which they can get to at short notice. You will be sent the date, time, location, contact details etc for the club that needs a speaker. You can then choose to respond directly to them if you are available. If not then you can either ignore the message, or send your apologies so they know you have acknowledged their request. For any speakers who do respond, the club will then reply to you directly to discuss details further. TS will not be providing speakers contact details to the clubs, it will be up to the speaker to get in touch after receiving a short notice message request from TS.
I would like to ask clubs to give me a testimonial
If you wish to ask clubs who you’ve visited previously to provide you a written testimonial to appear on your speakers list, then please copy this link www.tendershoots.uk/testimonial-request/ and send it to your clubs and ask them to fill it in. If you would like a draft email to send them for a testimonial request, please click this the button below to download a draft example email that that briefly explains about the list, which you can edit as you wish. The testimonial link is already in the drafted email for you.
2) Are you a garden club or program organiser?
This is a brand new speaker list system. It will serve two purposes, firstly it will ultimately produce a list of several hundred national gardening speakers that clubs can utilise for booking talks. Secondly and very uniquely it will also serve as a short notice last minute booking service. We’ve all unfortunately had those moments where a speaker is unable to attend on the day, so very last minute you’re busy calling everyone you know to get a replacement for tonight. Well that is no longer the case. With our emergency short notice speaker system, you will just need to fill in the form below and we will do the hard work for you and contact all the registered speakers we have who can get to your location. The speakers will then contact you directly to confirm if they can attend as a stand in. Then you choose which speaker to book with. The two part video below has a brief 60 second introduction and then second a full detailed explanation. Ensure you have joined our newsletter to be informed of when the final system goes live.
How to make a short notice request? – COMING SOON, GOING LIVE SHORTLY
Click the button below and fill in the form with your requirements as soon as you can (the quicker the better so we have more notice). That’s it !! Tender Shoots will then do the rest and process your request to all available speakers.
It will take some time to build up the database (expected to go live end of 2026), but that is where you can help contribute, we’ll need clubs to recommend speakers to join the new speakers list. It only works if we help each other, so your access to the speaker system will be based on credits, ie. if you help to build our database then you get access, the more credits the more access. Credits can be earned by submitting speakers on the submission form, and for providing testimonials for speakers you recommend and for getting them to register on our new list. You just need to click the ‘Speaker submission form’ button below to provide us your speaker recommendation, but be quick, first come first served for earning your clubs credits.
I prefer to submit via Excel spreadsheet
In which case then click this link to download an excel version of the speaker submission form. Fill in details and email it back to us.
If you would like a draft email to send to your speakers that explains the speaker list process, click the button below to download a drafted note which you can edit as you wish and send to your speakers.
FAQ Answers
Yes you can add a testimonial even if a speaker is NOT yet registered
Yes you can submit the submission form as many times as you like
Yes you should try use the same email address for yourself or your club so we can allocate your credits to your club
Yes the speaker list system is open to any club, you do not need to be affiliated to use it.
You do not have to provide a testimonial or feedback if you simply just want to submit the speakers name and email address.
If a speaker is already registered, you do NOT need to contact them to register, but you can still submit the form if you would like to add a testimonial or feedback. This will still give your club credits.
Yes you can just add one sentence testimonials, but a more thorough description will earn your club more credits.
Yes the access to the list will only be available to the clubs who have actually submitted the speaker submission form, either with new speaker recommendations or by adding a testimonial or feedback. You will get back what ever you put in. This is to encourage clubs to work together to help each other out on an equal basis.
Yes if you have seen a speaker give a talk at a different club or venue you can still submit them onto the list and/or add testimonial/feedback. You just need to decide which club you want to earn the credits for, so enter this clubs name at the top of the form.
Yes if you have had multiple talks from the same speaker, you CAN add separate submissions for each, or include both in one submission. They will still earn extra credits either way.
3) Speakers list – COMING SOON GOING LIVE DURING 2026
Once the database is built up, a speakers list will be made available here via a password for those who’ve helped us by contributing to the list. Below you will find an EXAMPLE of the list with a few speakers. You can type a keyword search into the yellow box and/or select a county via the blue box dropdown. (If the list does NOT display after several seconds, then please try refreshing the page.)
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