Diary Dates

  • Experience dawn with live music as daylight sweeps across the UK

    Experience dawn with live music as daylight sweeps across the UK

    Public asked to sign up to greet the dawn together on 16 May as part of National Trust campaign to connect people with nature The National Trust has teamed up with artists’ group non zero one, composer James Bulley, and…

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  • Covid-19 thwarts NGS garden visits

    Covid-19 thwarts NGS garden visits

    Plans by the National Garden Scheme to launch the 2020 garden visiting season with 585 new gardens have been put on hold Plans by the National Garden Scheme to launch the 2020 garden visiting season with 585 new gardens and…

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  • Plant your mum a beautiful basket

    Plant your mum a beautiful basket

    Spend time with your little ones this Mother’s Day weekend at Squire’s Garden Centres ‘Create & Grow’ event Event: Mother’s Day Planting Weekend Dates: Friday 20th – Sunday 22nd March 2020 Times: 9.30am-3.30pm (Fri & Sat) & 10.30am-3.30pm (Sun) Locations:…

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  • Celebrate magnificent magnolia month in Cornwall

    Celebrate magnificent magnolia month in Cornwall

    Take a spring selfie among the blooms and you could win a two-night stay at a country house hotel in this ruggedly beautiful county Garden lovers across the UK are being invited to be part of Cornwall’s Spring Story 2020,…

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  • March at the Garden Museum

    March at the Garden Museum

    There are some tasty and tantalising treats on offer at the Garden Museum at Lambeth, London, in March. Here are some dates for your diary. As part of its winter events programme the Garden Museum in Lambeth, London has a…

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  • WEST DEAN GARDENS TO OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND!

    WEST DEAN GARDENS TO OPEN ALL YEAR ROUND!

    Award-winning West Dean Gardens near Chichester, West Sussex has announced that it will be open all year round The only exceptions to this will be December 23-26, 2019 and January 1, 2020. The Gardens, which provide the inspirational setting for…

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  • Borde Hill Garden launches programme of events for 2019

    Borde Hill Garden launches programme of events for 2019

    The West Sussex Garden is a festival of colour in spring and is looking to welcoming everyone to their events this year Borde Hill Garden is home to one of the largest private collections of champion trees, including rare flowering…

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  • APPLE DAY EAST MARKHAM (NORTH NOTTS), 2017

    APPLE DAY EAST MARKHAM (NORTH NOTTS), 2017

    An all day event in and around the Village Hall and adjacent Heritage Orchard 300+ varieties of Apples. FREE Apple Tasting. New Apple Recipe Book. Cider Bar featuring Scrumpy Wasp Cider produced in the village, Apple Recipes including FREE tasting…

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  • The Open Garden Squares Weekend is back, and bigger than ever

    The Open Garden Squares Weekend is back, and bigger than ever

    By Andrew ShawLondon’s biggest garden visiting weekend will return for its 20th year on June 17-18, 2017. A record 230 London gardens will be open to the public this June, giving visitors the unique opportunity to discover some of the…

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  • Diary dates for May

    Diary dates for May

    Shows & Festivals | Talks, Tours & Open Days | Apple Events | Fruit & Veg Growing Courses | & more…. PLEASE NOTE We have made every effort to ensure these details were correct at the time of going to…

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  • Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

    Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day

    Wednesday 12th April is ‘Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day’ (what a day!!) – it just so happens we have the perfect recipe for this… Franco-Welsh rarebit with Comté A classic, made all the more delicious by using Comté. Serves 4 •…

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  • Snowdrop Festival at Pinetum Park

    Snowdrop Festival at Pinetum Park

    The humble snowdrop also has some fascinating properties, such as improving sleep and treating those with Alzheimer’s disease. Galanthophiles and ‘Snowdrop Fanciers’ will love a visit to Pinetum Gardens to discover around 60 different types of Snowdrop, a winter flower…

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