Last year’s Open Gardens event was very successful. We had more than 700 people come round 33 lovely gardens, big and small, but all very lovely in their own way.
A small team of people are planning to do it again this year, over the weekend of 16th & 17th May, which is the weekend before the bank holiday weekend.
Will you consider opening your garden?
We need to know if you are willing to open your garden on Saturday 16th May or Sunday 17th May, and, ideally both days, between 11am and 5pm. Please let us know by the end of March, at the very latest, and preferably well before then as we will be printing the programmes at the beginning of April.
Open Gardens was started in 1987 by Len Horner, a former Chairman of The Wivenhoe Society and his wife, Anne, who was very involved with St Mary’s Church. Over the years, Open Gardens has raised a tremendous amount of money for St Mary’s Church and for many local causes.
Last year. £5,000 was raised, which was split half for the St Mary’s Church Fabric Fund and half for The Wivenhoe Society which chose to share its £2,500 amongst local organisations. They ended up sharing it between 25 local organisations.
Above: Some of the recipients of last year’s awards
So not only is the Open Gardens weekend a great social occasion, it does a whole lot of good too. Let us know if you are willing to be part of it.
Please let Karl Douzier (tel 01206 823164 & e: karlhelen104@gmail.com) or
Dave Harrison (tel 01206 827250 or e: ndharrison@btinternet.com) know if you are willing to open your garden.
Peter Hill, Chairman, Wivenhoe Open Gardens Team (tel: 01206 823073 Email: peter@toadhall2.co.uk)
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