Can’t Make the Chelsea Flower Show?
Posted on 27/05/10
You’re still in for a treat. There’s plenty going on in the glorious gardens of South East England between now and 13th June.
Penshurst Place, Kent
The COUNTRYSIDE 2011 Event Directory features details of garden openings, activities and shows all around the region. Start browsing here ….
It’s Plant Hunters Family Activity Week at Nymans in West Sussex from now until 30th May. The Sculpture Garden at Birtley House in Surrey is open until 31st May and you can visit Enid Blyton’s cottage garden in Buckinghamshire on 30th May and 6th & 13th June.
Enid Blyton’s garden at The Old Thatch, Buckinghamshire.
Enjoy an evening walk with gardener at Greys Court in Oxfordshire on 4th June, a tour with the head gardener of Penshurst Place in Kent on 4th & 5th June or with the gardener at Buckinghamshire’s Hughenden Manor on 10th June.
The Kent Garden Show takes place at Maidstone from 29th May – 31st June, and The Garden Show at Stanstead Park runs from 11th – 13th June.
For spectacular colour and delicious fragrance, don’t miss Petal Fall Weekend at Exbury Gardens in the New Forest on 12th June or Special Rose Weekend at Pashley Manor Gardens in East Sussex from 11th – 13th June.
There are also lots of secret, private gardens open for charity throughout South East England as part of the National Gardens Scheme. The COUNTRYSIDE 2011 Event Directory presents details of selected gardens in particularly lovely rural locations and villages where several gardens are open on the same day.
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Mondraker comes to Bedgebury
Quench Cycles has joined forces with distributor Silverfish to sell Mondraker bikes through its Forestry Commission outlets at Bedgebury and Alice Holt. There will be a Demo Day on 23 and 24 July! Read more
Missing all those outdoor activities offered for Countryside2011? Get out and about with National Bike Week @TGBBikeWeek http://bit.ly/Hb38D
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