A PRICKLY spring show will be on offer during the Malvern Spring Garden Show at the Three Counties Showground.

Hugh Warwick, author of A Prickly Affair, will talk about his life with hedgehogs, including radio-tracking them around Devon, rescuing them from the Outer Hebrides or puzzling over the rules governing the International Olympic Games.

He will be talking and signing books at the show as part of Hedgehog Awareness Week in the Green Theatre at the showground at 11am, 1pm and 3pm on Saturday, May 9.

Entry costs £15.50 and tickets can be bought on the day, on 01684 584924 or by e-mailing tickets@threecounties.co.uk The ever popular Spring Garden Show, with all its special attractions – including its first Fashion Day – runs from tomorrow (Thursday) through to Sunday, May 10.