Author: Sal
Bonchurch Gardens Open This Weekend
Wednesday, 5th July, 2006 at 11:39 pm, Isle of Wight
We promised you the inside on the “Beautiful Gardens of Bonchurch” and I’ve finally managed to get it all online.
We hope that you like the fact that you can preview the list of gardens open and plan your route before heading to Bonchurch. We’ve added links to Google Maps, so you can see (almost) where each property is.
Why not stop off along the way at St Boniface Church for a cream tea - open between 2.30pm and 5.30pm. They also have a local arts and crafts exhibition and sale so don’t forget your cheque books.
Just to be clear, please be aware that we’re jesting with these titles below. We think it’s great that people are prepared to go to the effort of opening their gardens for all to enjoy and will definitely be supporting it ourselves this weekend. Don’t forget all money raised goes to the care of the beautiful Bonchurch village. As our old favourite Rob Brydon would say “It’s just a bit of fun”.
Titles we discarded:
Posh gits show off
People with too much time on their hands open their gardens
Look at us, bet you’re jealous
Hosepipe ban, what are you talking about?
Bushes of Bonchurch go Brazilian
Job Centre alert: gardeners required 3 to 7 July
Come over to the forum and give us your alternative titles.
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July 5th, 2006 at 11:40 pm
July 6th, 2006 at 8:04 am
Sal, any chance of putting up the link?
Thinking of a title.
If Torwood is open this year (in the Pitts)which I went to last year (Graham and Airienne are friends). They included a free cream tea in their garden and access to their stunning swimming pool. So if that be the case, you might want to go quietly prepared (just in case). The Gardens at Torwood are amazing and stretch right down to the Pond
July 6th, 2006 at 8:14 am
July 6th, 2006 at 8:32 am
I’d heard good things about Torwood from other too. It’s one we didn’t go to last year.
July 7th, 2006 at 5:38 pm
Hi Sal,
We were one of those gardens on display ( for the first time) last year ( neatly cropped but not brazilian
) but this year there are restricted entries. What the criteria is or how the choice is made, is a puzzle and not very transparent, but we are not included. A free weekend it is for us 