Open Gardens 2025

A look back at the 2025 Open Gardens day
Visitors gathered under bunting at the entrance to one of the gardens

Bunting up and ready for visitors

The village's gardens opened once again for the 2025 Open Gardens day, raising funds for the upkeep of St. Mary's Church. Bunting went up, the tea urn went on, and visitors from near and far spent the day wandering between gardens in the summer sunshine.

The full write-up is on its way — in the meantime, enjoy this selection of photos from the day.

Around the Gardens

A formal garden with drifts of heleniums and echinacea in front of clipped hedges

Drifts of colour against clipped hedges

Two visitors walking beneath a vine-covered pergola walkway

A shady walk beneath the vines

A table and chairs beneath a vine-covered pergola

A cool spot under the pergola

Visitors gathered beneath a large clipped tree

Gathering around Keith the Moth Man, like moths to the flame...

White tree poppies beside a flint wall and gravel path

Flint, gravel and white poppies

An archway clipped into a tall garden hedge

Through the hedge archway

From formal borders and clipped hedges to shady pergola walks, the gardens showed just how varied the village's plots can be.

In Bloom

A terracotta pot of deep red pelargoniums

Pelargoniums in a terracotta pot

Pink hydrangea flowers in close-up

Hydrangea in full flower

Pink lacecap hydrangea flowers

A lacecap hydrangea

Yellow and red gaillardia blanket flowers

Gaillardias catching the sun

July put on its usual show — hydrangeas, gaillardias and pots overflowing with pelargoniums.

Smaller Visitors

A moth resting on the tip of a finger

A close encounter at the moth trap

A small butterfly resting on a purple flower

A butterfly stops by

A West Highland terrier standing beside its owner on the grass

Four-legged visitors welcome

The moth trap was a favourite again this year — and the gardens had plenty of other visitors on four legs and six.

Teas and Cakes

Jackie and Pauline in their aprons, waving beside the hollyhocks

Jackie and Pauline ready for service

Volunteers serving from a table laden with cakes in the Village Hall

The cake table in full swing

Visitors enjoying tea and cake at tables in the Village Hall

Tea and cake in the Village Hall

Smiling volunteers serving cakes in the Village Hall

Smiles with the service

Visitors passing under bunting outside a brick and carrstone barn

Bunting over the way in

As ever, the Village Hall team kept everyone fed and watered — the cake table barely stood still all day.