Woodingdean Open Gardens 2014

The gardeners of Woodingdean are opening their front gates to the public once more! Come and be inspired by Woodingdean’s Open Gardens, which are yours to explore throughout July. The gardeners will make you feel at home with a variety of refreshments and activities, and you can leave with plenty of ideas for your own garden.

Woodingdean’s Open Gardens is raising money for the Church of the Holy Cross. They suggest a £1 donation per person as an entrance fee to the gardens.

Here is a list of Woodingdean’s Open Gardens 2014:

  1. 1 Merston Close
    Saturday 12th July 10.30 a.m – 1.00 p.m.
    Light refreshments available to purchase
    A warm welcome awaits you in this very ordinary family garden. Parking can be tight in the Close but you can use our drive if there is room (not as grand as it sounds!). There is a novelty tea pot collection for you to look at if you are interested (so you can still come even if it is raining!). Apart from a raffle and a bring-and-buy stall, there will be a sale of scones, sponges, lemon drizzle and Dundee cakes (if we run out orders can be taken!)

  2. 57 Farm Hill
    Saturday 12th July 10.30am – 1.00 p.m.
    Light refreshments available to purchase
    Come and enjoy our comfortable and relaxing garden whilst looking at the flowers and wonderful views – just ignore the weeds!

  3. 36 Warren Avenue
    Saturday 12th July 2.00pm – 4.30 p.m
    Light refreshments available to purchase
    This garden is well used and far from a horticultural dream! However, you will be warmly welcomed and may be able to admire some work from a local artist, watch chickens and enjoy a garden railway.

  4. 114 The Brow
    Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th July 2.00pm – 4.30pm
    Light refreshments available
    No front garden! Our rear garden is laid out in raised terraces with lawns, roses and flower beds and a vegetable plot.

  5. 86 The Brow
    Saturday 19th July 10.30 a.m – 4.30 p.m
    Light refreshments available to purchase
    Lovely, unfussy family garden, with gentle steps to entrance and some uneven ground. Ploughman’s lunches, cakes (including gluten free) and drinks available, please come and visit us

  6. 78 Farm Hill
    Saturday 19th 10.30 a.m. – 1.00 p.m. and Sunday 20th 2.00pm – 4.30pm
    Light refreshments available
    Family garden, fairly flat and wheelchair friendly. There will be books, bric-a-brac and a raffle. A very special feature is two dolls houses – one with a shop and the other built by ‘my Dad’ in the 1930’s. Also a collection of traction engines – some made with matchsticks!

  7. 558 Falmer Road
    Saturday 19th 2.00pm – 4.30 p.m
    A well-kept garden with vegetables, flowers and fruit trees. Why not come and see our mature Koi pond with about 18 Koi in it – No fishing rods allowed!

  8. 31 The Ridgway
    Sunday 20th July 2.00pm – 4.30 p.m
    Light refreshments available to purchase
    Walk through conservatory to pretty garden full of colour. Then walk on to work garden to see Mike’s exhibition chrysanths growing for flowering in Autumn (earlies) and November (lates)

30 June 2014