We were delighted to welcome 268 visitors to our Open Gardens weekend, raising £1340 in programme sales, which will be shared between the Village Hall and the Gardening Club as usual, a real success in stiflingly hot weather. Everybody enjoyed the range of styles and sizes in the 12 gardens as well as some excellent views, with one commenting: “every garden had some take-home inspiration for our own plot”. Our oldest visitor was a sprightly 102, and some had travelled quite a distance.
There was a wonderful atmosphere, with refreshments at several gardens and the village hall where there was also a popular plant stall. Craft stalls in some of the gardens and the wider village were busy too, with some making kind additional donations to the club and hall.
Thank you to everybody involved in achieving this result: the garden owners without whose generosity this event couldn’t happen, the village hall volunteers, all who donated plants and cakes, behind-the-scenes helpers, and all who supported the event by buying programmes. Please do look at our Gallery page where are there are wonderful photos of all the gardens taken by visitor Rob Clayton, a keen amateur photographer, who has kindly shared them with us.
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