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A diverse selection of 12 gardens will open during the Milton Open Gardens event this year. Gardens will be open on 2 June in the afternoon between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm in the normally quiet hamlet of Milton, South Derbyshire. There will be 9 along Main Street and 3 at The Waterworks. This year there are 3 gardens new to the event and one that has been ‘resting’ for a few years.
Sizes vary from a small courtyard to extensive gardens with styles ranging from cottage garden, low maintenance and some with more formal features.
There will be free parking in the centre of Milton and at The Waterworks. Admission is £5.00 for adults, and accompanied children under 16 are free. (Some gardens do not allow dogs). Tickets are available on the day adjacent to the car park.
Expect to find trees, shrubs, lawns, flowers, vegetables and ponds – something for everyone, and all the gardens, in Milton and at The Waterworks, are within easy walking distance of each other.
There will be live music courtesy of Boss&CO with refreshments including homemade cakes available in the Village Hall, with Tombola, stalls and plants for sale on the grass opposite.
Profits are in aid of the local Air Ambulance and Milton Community Lunch Club.
A warm Milton welcome awaits visitors old and new.
Growing Flowers & Floristry (with a demonstration); with Marie of The Flower Patch, member of ‘Flowers From The Farm’.
The Dower House garden has been actively developed over recent years and looks better each season.
Admission is £8, children are free, and the doors open at 10:00 am and close at 4:30 pm. There is no need to book in advance although if you wish you can do so by going to the NGS website.
The National Gardens Scheme receive all the proceeds from admissions and teas to support their charitable giving to (mainly) Macmillan, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, The Queen’s Nursing Institute, the Carers Trust and Parkinson’s UK.
The Dower House garden has been actively developed over recent years and looks better each season.
Admission is £8, children are free, and the doors open at 10:00 am and close at 4:30 pm. There is no need to book in advance although if you wish you can do so by going to the NGS website.
The National Gardens Scheme receive all the proceeds from admissions and teas to support their charitable giving to (mainly) Macmillan, Marie Curie, Hospice UK, The Queen’s Nursing Institute, the Carers Trust and Parkinson’s UK.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
The Worlds Largest gardening Project; with returning favourite, Doug Stewart, Horticulturist and Professional Speaker.
This week’s get-together is High Tea and you are asked to assemble at 3:30 pm for a 4:00 pm start. More details later.
Monies raised from this event will go to The Alzheimer’s Society.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
A concert of popular, well-loved music, given by the music group from the Swadlincote Oasis.
A Bulb for Every Month of The Year; with Adam Kirtland, Garden Writer & Podcaster – @viewfromthepottingbench.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
Tips For a Bountiful Garden; with Toby Buckland, gardener, author and presenter on BBC2’s Gardeners World. TICKETED EVENT.
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.
At a slightly later time than usual, we will be serving
Pork and Stuffing Rolls with apple and chutneys, followed by Treacle Tart or Parkin.
A Hardy Planters Winter Survival Kit; with Don Whitton, National Collection Holder of Hardy Euphorbia. Sales at this meeting
Coffee Club meets regularly on the first and third Tuesday of the month but please check the calendar for any variations.