Open Gardens & Garden Visits
One of the best ways to get great ideas for your Patcham garden is to visit other fabulous gardens and steal theirs! We organise visits to local(ish) gardens and generous PGN members open up their gardens for all to see. Please see below for details of past and future events.
Open Garden 22nd June 2025
On Sunday 22nd June, PGN member Fiona will be opening her garden on Stoneleigh Avenue from 11am - 5pm. Fiona has taken her garden from a monoculture of lawns to a wildlife friendly garden in the past four years. Entrance is £4 per person which includes tea and a slice of cake. All money raised will be going to Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Giant Cell Arteritis UK and BREMF Community Choir.
Open Garden 20th July 2025
On Sunday 20th July PGN member Sara is opening her garden for the NGS Great British Garden Party from 1pm - 5pm. You may remember Sara's open garden from last year - come and see how the garden is doing in only its second year, and how she is developing the wildlife area.
PGN Goes to Wisley
In May 2025 we took our annual trip to RHS Wisley. This fabulous garden is just one hour away from Patcham. As an affiliated society of the RHS we are entitled to a free trip to one of their gardens every year. We opted for an early summer visit this time and enjoyed the paeonies and wisteria in bloom. Wisley is far too big to see in one day - if you would like to go and are not an RHS member we have a group membership card that you can borrow.
The Garden House visit April 2025
We visited The Garden House in Warley Road for its NGS open day in the April sunshine. Originally a market garden it has year-round interest with trees, shrubs, herbaceous borders and annuals, fruit and vegetables, two glasshouses, a pond and rockery. They also run courses and do great cake!