Key to Wheelchair access Wheelchair access (partial) Parking in surrounding roads Specific parking information Raffle or tombola Visit www.stchristophers.org.uk/event/open-gardens-festival-2018/ the events: Refreshments Supervised children free Plant sale Must book in advance No dogs (except guide) for more information about the beautiful gardens open this year.

prairie planting and a watery fern garden. steps lead to area with a rose arbour and very different and attractive gardens are shady bed, a shaped lawn and meandering working telephone exchanges. Arts and Wander in an eclectic country style garden crisscross triangular beds, offering a little open and many of the front gardens on the path set into deep well stocked borders and crafts and refreshments will be on sale. Side with a small meadow. Delight in an artist’s more shade and mainly planted with Cornus, estate are also very pretty and interesting. raised flower beds teeming with herbaceous entrance, look for a sign saying “to the trains”. studio in an C18th courtyard filled with Helleborus, Euphorbias, and Hucheras. Those open include a flower and sculpture perennials giving year round interest. Look Sunday 29 July 2-5pm sculptures and plants. Unwind with delicious garden, some backing onto National Trust out for the “pond in a pot” and the water Sunday 10 June 1-5pm Open cakes and listen to live music amid the land and gardens with terraces and ponds feature as well as hot colour and alpine beds. Open Garden at the Allotments 19-21 drifting pastel hues of the tea lady’s garden Open Garden at White Cottage, built on sloping sites. Others host teas, There are seating areas, including a pretty Homesdale Road, BR5 1JS Crockenhill Road, Kevington, BR5 4ER TM inspired by Beth Chatto – and Mary Berry! cakes, strawberries and Pimms. and musical arbour, and some shady spots to enjoy with Gardens Sunday 3 June 11am-5.30pm entertainment, as well as a tombola, plant tea or cake in this peaceful setting. You will sale and stalls selling books and toys. Further be able to purchase plants from the well- Train: Petts Wood Bus: R4 or 353 Open Garden at 12 The Meadows, Train: / Bus: 477 (stops festival details and a map of each open garden will stocked plant stall in the front garden. Entrance £3; children free. The allotments , BR6 6HS outside) be provided on entry. Please adhere to the Sunday 8 July 2-5pm are a hive of activity producing a variety of Friday 11 May 11am-2pm Entrance: £5; children free. Open for NGS No Parking signs in Cricket Ground Road. fruits and vegetables. Some of the tenants Open Garden at Howletts Meade, Open Garden Launch, St Christopher’s with a share to St Christopher’s. Parking is in will be available to chat about the finer Hospice, Caritas House, Tregony Road, Train: Chelsfield Sunday 24 June 2-5pm 48 College Road, Dulwich SE21 7BA an adjacent field and will be signposted. points of horticulture. There will be a Orpington, BR6 9XA Open Gardens at 103 & 105 Dulwich Village, Entrance £4; children free. Open for NGS, produce stall, plant sale and the ever popular This beautiful informal garden surrounds a Dulwich, SE21 7BJ cakes and refreshments in aid of scarecrow competition. Tea and homemade Victorian gardener’s cottage. The tranquil Train: West Dulwich Bus: P4 St Christopher’s. cakes can be enjoyed in an adjacent garden Train: Orpington Buses: R5, R8, R10, R11, 358, 654. pond attracts newts, dragonflies and frogs. Entrance £5; children free. with an accompanying pianist. This large garden has been designed and There is a beehive and a fantastic flock of Train: North & West Dulwich Bus: P4 Entrance £2; children free. lovingly maintained by the current owners NEW GARDEN Enjoy a magical afternoon “Buff Orpington” chickens. Colour themed Combined Entrance: £7; children free. Sunday 29 July 2-5pm over 22 years, and is in two parts: a semi- exploring one of the most beautiful and largest NEW GARDEN We are delighted to launch beds contain grasses, perennials, shrubs and Open Garden at 52 Goodhart Way, West formal area with Japanese seating area, two Two Georgian Houses with large gardens gardens in Dulwich Village. Set over two acres, our Open Garden season by proudly mature trees. The garden offers plenty of Wickham BR4 0ES showcasing our hospice garden. The pretty ponds and a semi wooded area with mature places to sit to enjoy tea and delicious cakes. backing onto Dulwich Park. Homemade cakes with a wonderful fresh water pool and lovely volunteer-led garden is a peaceful and calm bamboos, acers and grasses and also includes Plants, honey and homemade produce are and teas on the lawn with music provided by Monet-style bridge. Vast swathes of seasonal a designated children’s path with 13ft high an orchestral wind band. as well as plants for flowers, bulbs and shrubs give a sensational space for patients and visitors to enjoy. The also available. Train: Bus: 352 pond is teeming with fish and flower beds giraffe and Sumatran tigers. sale from both gardens. palette of colour. Large trees shade you as Sunday 10 June 1-5pm Entrance £3.50; children free. are planted at wheelchair height so they can Sunday 3 June 2:30-5:30pm 103 Dulwich Village Beautiful garden you wander round the garden where you can be enjoyed by all. Plants will be available Open Garden, Largan, 281 Leesons Hill, sit and have enjoy tea and cakes also find Open Garden at 174 Peckham Rye, East featuring plants and shrubs chosen for NEW GARDEN This charming suburban for sale and volunteers will be on hand to BR7 6QH stalls selling beautiful cards and sensational Dulwich, SE22 9QA colour and shape throughout the year. A garden is full of colour, shape and interest. A answer questions. Join us for refreshments long, mixed border containing a wide range cashmere from Nepal. previous winner of the “ in Bloom” and delicious homemade cakes. of herbaceous plants in front of a south- Premier Back Garden award it has a large Train: St Mary Cray Buses: R1, 661 or 273 Sunday 22 July 2-5pm facing wall decorated with varied climbers. variety of flowering and foliage plants which Sunday 20 May 1-5pm Train: Peckham Rye or East Dulwich, Open Garden at 47 St John’s Road, Entrance: £4; children free. Spacious child/picnic-friendly lawn. Steps continue the colour into late autumn. The Plant Sale – 7 Langland Gardens, Shirley Buses: 12, 63, 363, 197 Petts Wood, BR5 1HT up to a formal lily pond teeming with fish main garden has an informal pond area with CR0 8DY Entrance: £3.50; children free. Open for NEW GARDEN This quirky garden is a past winner of a Bromley Environment Award. (rudd), newts, frogs, dragonflies and other steps to a courtyard garden with rose- NGS with St Christopher’s as the chosen wildlife. Victorian-style greenhouse with covered arch, box edged central beds and The owner uses every opportunity to reuse Train: Petts Wood Bus: R3 or R7 charity. vegetable and soft fruit area beyond with borders crammed with perennials, shrubs, Train: West Wickham Buses: 119, 198 and upcycle everyday items into pot plants This tranquil garden is an “oasis of calm and create interesting displays. One side has gate to 105 next door. Entrance £3.50; children free. A charming climbing roses and clematis. Golden bamboo This established plant sale offers a variety garden featuring a variety of acers, shrubs hides the compost heaps! There are plenty of in Peckham”, orginally designed by Judy a small water feature, composting area and 105 Dulwich Village A very pretty garden of reasonably priced plants and is the and herbaceous perennials. After exploring seating areas to relax and enjoy some of the Sharpe, and is planted with a variety of rich bee hotel. The other is a more formal layout with blue and white planting around a formal perfect opportunity to stock your garden the garden there are plenty of seating areas, refreshments on offer in this plant filled oasis. contrasting foliage which evolves every year. with a small lawn, flower beds and roses. goldfish pond. Glorious colours elsewhere for summer. Refreshments and homemade some shaded, to relax and enjoy some of the Enjoy this peaceful garden while sampling The garden owner will be on hand to answer to attract bees and butterflies. Lots of old- Saturday 18th August 10am-2pm cakes are also available to enjoy in the pretty available refreshments and homemade cakes. some homemade cakes and refreshments. questions about giving your garden a “green” fashioned roses, fine delphiniums, many Saturday 8th September 12am-4pm garden, with all proceeds to St Christopher’s. You can also purchase plants from the well- makeover unusual perennials and planters full of jolly Sunday 3 June 2-5.30pm stocked plant stall. Open Gardens at the Selhurst and South Sunday 20 May 1-6pm annuals. Waterfall and pond with newts and Open Garden at 47 Brabourne Rise, Note: No hot refreshments here, entrance Norwood Allotment, Alvestone Gardens other wildlife including leeches (children Sunday 22 July 2-8pm Open Gardens in Forest Hill SE23 3BP: , BR3 6SD fee includes a cold drink and biscuit. No Selhurst Road, SE25 6LR Hilltop 28 Horniman Drive, 27 Horniman parking in Leesons Hill, parking available in St need to be supervised). Saturday 1st September 2-8pm

Drive, 53 Ringmore Rise, 7 Canonbie Road, Pauls Wood Hill. Sunday 8 July 1-5pm Open Garden with curios at 36 George and The Coach House 3 The Hermitage. Lane, Hayes, BR2 7LQ Train: Norwood Junction or Selhurst Train: West Wickham Sunday 10 June 2-5pm Open Garden at 28 Ridgeway, Hayes, Buses: 352 Bus: 75 or 157 The Norlands Community Open Gardens BR2 7DE Entrance: £3; children free. Festival, Norlands Crescent, Chislehurst NEW GARDEN Two chances to visit this Train: Forest Hill Buses: 176, 185, 197, 356, P4. Train: Hayes, Bus: 119 or 146 BR7 5RN close knit community of growers who Combined Entrance £7; children free NEW GARDEN Enter into this garden via the Train: Hayes Bus: 119, 138, 246, 314, or 353 Suggested Donation £2; children free. welcome you to explore their 160 plot

(central paypoint at 28 Horniman Drive). side entrance, opening up to a small patio Two opportunities to visit this unique allotment. There will be an opportunity to Entrance £3; children free. Open for National Garden Scheme (NGS), which, in the summer is transformed into a Train: Chislehurst Buses: 162, 269 or R7 suburban garden featuring a miniature Tardis, chat to the owners as well as buy home with a share to St Christopher’s. Mediterranean area filled with Aloes, Agaves, NEW GARDEN Step into this attractive a G scale American garden railway including grown produce, preserves, and cakes. Combined Entrance: £6; children free. Succulents and Pelargoniums. Three small garden and plant lovers paradise; packed a bubble-blowing circus train and fire train. For more information see their website: Five very different gardens within a short steps up to a larger patio, lawn and borders full of vibrant blooms it is a haven for bees Visit the fascinating vintage telephone www.ssnallotments.wordpress.com walk of each other; help available (for a A chance to explore The Norlands Estate filled with a variety of perennials, fragrant and pollinators. The garden was redesigned museum with over 90 old phones dating donation) for those with mobility problems. which sits on the former site of the famous shrubs, roses and various bulbs. Rose swags by the current owners four years ago and back to the early 1900s, switchboards and See an evolving plantswoman’s garden, with Norland Institute for Nursery Nurses. Seven border one side of the garden. Another three features a patio area, a small veg area and