If you are an artist or designer (professional, student or amateur enthusiast) and you can spare some time this month to design the front cover of the Open Gardens programme, we would love to hear from you! As the small selection in the photo illustrates, we have had some wonderful and varied designs over the…
Without more gardens, we will unfortunately have to cancel HI Open Gardens on 16th June 2024. If you could open your garden, please get in touch as soon as possible. Open Gardens is a community event, raising money for charities. Last time, we had 17 gardens open, of all shapes and sizes, and raised £11,000,…
Could your garden be part of Open Gardens 2024? Contact us now. Open Gardens will be back on Sunday 16th June 2024, but we can’t do it without the generous help of village gardeners. Could your garden be part of it? As any visitor to previous events will tell you, it doesn’t matter how big…
Two changes from the previously advertised (in green)
We will be selling plants on the Green on Saturday 11th, 9-11am (during programme sales) and for the duration of the event on Sunday 12th (while stocks last). So make sure you pop by for a bargain or ten! If you have been growing plants to donate to our plant stall, please bring them along…
We have plenty to keep your little ones busy during this year’s Open Gardens, this Sunday, 12th June, giving you the chance to sneak a quick look at the gardens 😊 You can pick up your free Children’s Trail on the Green or at your first garden. Each garden has an object for you to…
As promised, here is the live music programme in full. Please see the Open Gardens programme for garden addresses. For a printable version, please see the foot of the page. You can also find the music listings on the all-new Open Gardens App! See your copy of the programme for information on how to access…
You can buy your programme now from Topiary Tree, Station Stores, Saint Andrews Centre, Histon Post Office, and Gin House Flowers (cash only). Or from our stall on Histon Green, Saturdays 28th May, 4th and 11th June, 9 – 11 am (contactless and card payment accepted). On the day, you can buy them from the…
We have an amazing lineup of local musicians for you to enjoy as you soak up the beauty of the gardens. You can find out where your favourite musicians are performing in your copy of the program. Performance times will be released via social media, the website and our new app a day or two…
As natural habitats in the wider countryside shrink and become fragmented, gardens have an increasingly important role to play in sustaining wildlife. Even in cities, they can offer a patchwork of green spaces, providing a link between parks and countryside. Many of us try to garden with wildlife in mind, whether by planting native trees,…