Gardening fans show off their giant produce including a giant marrow and a pumpkin carried by a forklift ahead of fruit and vegetable autumn show

Garden experts have put their colossal fruit and vegetables on display ahead of this year’s Malvern Autumn Show.

Thousands of people are expected to flock to the Worcestershire city from Friday and over the weekend to catch a glimpse of the giant greens.

Expert growers have showcased all their prized fruit and vegetables today as judging for the UK Giant Vegetable Championships begins.

They have put their oversized vegetables on display – from giant pumpkins to cucumbers over 100cm long – at the Three Counties Showground.

Records are expected to be broken every year, with this year being no exception as judges from the National Vegetable Association inspect each offering.

A man has to use a forklift to lift his giant pumpkin. Many world records are about to be broken

Expert growers have already put their prized fruits and vegetables on display

Records are expected to be broken every year, and this year is no exception

Eleven new Guinness World Records were set during last year’s show, including the heaviest eggplant

This year, 32-year-old Tom Bailey hopes to have achieved the giant cucumber record, saying he narrowly beat last year’s record by 600 grams (1.3 lbs).

Eleven new Guinness World Records were set at last year’s show, including the heaviest eggplant weighing 3.362 kg (7.4 lb) and the longest leek at 1.43 m (4.6 ft) in length.

32-year-old Tom Bailey hopes to have achieved the gigantic cucumber record this year. He says he narrowly beat last year’s record by 600 grams.

Tom, from Barry, South Wales, said his cucumber weighed a whopping 13.52kg and measured a huge 41 inches (3.4ft) in length.

The event from September 22 to 24 is the biggest celebration of the harvest season in Britain

Thousands of people are expected to flock to the Worcestershire city to catch a glimpse of giant green spaces

Gardeners have put their oversized vegetables on display – from giant pumpkins to cucumbers over 100cm long – at the Three Counties Showground

Several people have to help lift the huge pumpkin. Expert growers showed their vegetables on Thursday prior to the festival

Many of the vegetables are the size of a child, measuring just over a meter in size and weighing several kilos

He added: ‘It’s a 13.52kg cucumber, it was a bit of a surprise. It’s my first year participating.

‘It is a good seed and good soil that make it. I use alpaca manure. That helped, and a bit of luck.

‘It’s my first match. I’ve already tried pumpkins. But I got some cucumber seeds and I thought I’d throw them in. I managed to grow a record.

‘Mine is above average for this year, I think the previous record was 12.9kg.

‘As long as life doesn’t take over with the baby, I want to try to beat my own record. I want to try cucumbers again.’