“Thank you for your support for the National Garden Scheme, visiting gardens, buying plants and making donations. In Warwickshire last year your visits raised over £50,000 for our nursing and health charities.” Liz Watson, County Organiser for Warwickshire.                                                                         

In 2022, this well-loved charity donated £3.11 million to its nursing beneficiaries.

Please refer to our website at ngs.org.uk for updates, tickets and information before visiting gardens listed below. Thank you.

APRIL

Every Saturday and Sunday from Saturday 7th
Bridge Nursery, Southam, CV47 8HX
Admission £3.50, children free
Christine Martin & Philip Martino T: 01926 812737
Peaceful wildlife garden with an exciting range of plants thriving in clay soil.

Sunday 16^th April
Broadacre, Grange Road, Dorridge, Solihull, B93 8QA
2-6pm, admission £5 (includes cost of homemade tea), children free
John Woolman T: 07818 082885  www.broadacregarden.org /new-for-2023
Imposing Edwardian gentleman’s estate of gently landscaped grounds and nature reserve with venerable oaks where barn owls’ nest, 600 year-old hedges, indigenous woodland, blossoming fruit trees, two wildflower meadows. Giant blackthorn hedge whose young growth attracts the brown hairstreak butterfly. Bring sensible footwear to manage the Nature Trail. Delicious home baking by the ladies of Bentley Heath Country Market will be served at the Wisteria Wall, stall selling home-produced foods, jam, crafts. Plant sale.

MAY

Every Saturday and Sunday
Bridge Nursery, Southam, CV47 8HX
Admission £3.50, children free
Christine Martin & Philip Martino T: 01926 812737
Peaceful wildlife garden with an exciting range of plants thriving in clay soil.

Saturday 13^th & Sunday 14^th May
6 Canon Price Road, Nursery Meadow, Barford, CV35 8EQ 
Mrs Marie-Jane Roberts T: 07775 584336
Mature garden with separate area for cut flowers, dahlias, herbs, vegetables and 19 types of fruit. Hardy perennials for sale – please bring cash. Light refreshments in the garden room. No WC access.

Saturday 27^th & Sunday 28^th May
Ilmington Gardens, CV36 4LA
12.30-6pm, combined admission £10, children free, homemade teas
Ten enchanting gardens within this picturesque hillside Cotswold village.

Sunday 28^th & Monday 29^th May
Pebworth Gardens, CV37 8XZ
Combined admission £7, children free
A delightful afternoon exploring the rich variety of 8 walled, modern, cottaged and terraced gardens.
Open by Arrangement

A number of Warwickshire’s Garden Owners take pleasure in welcoming visitors by special arrangement on a pre-arranged date.

Avening, Oldwich Lane East, Kenilworth, CV8 1NR
www.mygardenoasis.co.uk T: 07894 321919
¾ acre oasis with ponds and waterfall, cottage garden style, wildlife friendly.

Oak House, Waverley Edge, Bubbenhall, Coventry, CV8 3LW
Helena Grant T: 07731 419685 helena.grant@btinternet.com
Walled garden 30 years in the making with many peaceful places to sit, ponder and enjoy. Summerhouse, arbour, curved borders.

Springfield House, Warmington, Banbury, OX17 1BU
Jenny & Roger Handscombe T: 01295 690286
Springfield House was the first inn behind the lines at the back of Edgehill and used, more than likely, by Royalist officers. Luxuriant abundance of plants including rare tree peonies, gunnera and copious wild strawberry grown for ground cover, all fed by underwater stream. A greenhouse pane remains cracked from a game of schoolboy cricket decades ago.

© NGS / Lily Farrah / Warwickshire NGS

Photo credits: Lily Farrah