The 2012 Didsbury Open Gardens charity event will take place on Sunday, June
17th, 2012, from 12 noon until 5.30pm (gates close).
The event will be offering another chance for gardening enthusiasts to view the creativity of some of the best private gardens in Manchester with over twenty gardens, normally lying tantalizingly unseen, expected to throw their gates open for charity. We hope you can make it to enjoy the gardens, live music and artist emonstrations, teas and cakes and not least the wonderful people you will meet on the day!
This will be a last chance to see some of the gardens for a couple of years, as the event will not be taking place in 2013, to give the gardeners a well earned rest! We would therefore love to see a bumper number of visitors in June and will keep our fingers crossed for a warm sunny day for everyone to enjoy.
The organizers are keen to encourage new gardens to take part and to welcome even more visitors this year. We try to include a real variety of gardens in the programme everything from formal courtyard to Japanese, with several gardens also offering refreshments and plant sales as well as entertainment. Gardens with something a bit different, whether its the design or the plants, and whether small or large, are welcome. The range of styles, the novel designs and ideas and most of all the welcome from the garden hosts, together make the event such a success. Some of the gardens also open for the National Gardens Scheme.
All proceeds will go to both local and national Charities and good causes,
including St Anns Hospice, and the Alzheimers Society. The programme price
will remain at £5 for another year and will allow entry to all of the
gardens. Programmes will go on sale in mid May at local shops and will be
available on request by post.
See you in June 2012!