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Southill Park - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Southill Park first opened its gates to NGS visitors in 1927. A large garden with mature trees and flowering shrubs, herbaceous borders, a formal rose garden, sunken garden, ponds and kitchen garden.
Southill Park, nr Biggleswade SG18 9LL
Today
Cublington Gardens - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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A group of diverse gardens in this attractive Buckinghamshire village listed as a conservation area. Cherry Cottage is adapted for wheelchair gardening with raised beds and artificial grass.
Cublington Gardens, Leighton Buzzard LU7 0LF
Today
Stevington Village Open Gardens Afternoon - Cancelled
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The friendly community of Stevington, a North Bedfordshire village, invites you to visit for the afternoon when some of our residents will open their gardens to the public.
Entrance at St Mary’s Church Room, Church Road, Stevington, Bedfordshire MK43 7QB
Today
22 Elmsdale Road - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Topiary garden greets visitors before they enter a genuine Japanese Feng Shui garden including bonsai. Large collection of Japanese plants, Koi pond, lily pond and a Japanese Tea House.
22 Elmsdale Road, Bedford MK43 9JN
Today, Sat 4 Jul, Sun 5 Jul
Hollington Farm - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Two acre country garden. Semi formal near house with small parterre, pergola, pond and borders. Planting is massed perennials, shrubs and roses. Outer areas are wilder with mature trees.
Hollington Farm, Bedford MK45 2BE
Sat 13 Jun and Sun 14 Jun
Bedford Heights - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Originally built by Texas Instruments, Texan theme runs throughout the building and the gardens. The entrance simulates an arroyo or dry river bed, and is filled with succulents and cacti, mixture of...
Bedford Heights, Bedford MK41 7PH
Sat 13 Jun
The Hyde Walled Garden - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Walled garden adjoins the grounds of The Hyde (not open). Extends to approx 1 acre and features rose garden, seasonal beds and herbaceous borders, imaginatively interspersed with hidden areas of...
The Hyde Walled Garden, Luton LU2 9PS
Sun 14 Jun, Sun 5 Jul
Howbury Hall Garden - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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A late Victorian garden designed with mature trees, sweeping lawns and herbaceous borders. The large walled garden is a working garden, where one half is dedicated to growing a large variety of...
Howbury Hall Garden, Bedford MK41 0JB
Sat 20 Jun
Lindy Lea - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Set within an acre, this garden is a haven for wildlife with two water features, cottage garden style perennial plantings, variety of shrubs and mature trees.
Lindy Lea, Bedford MK45 1AB
Sun 21 Jun
Royal Oak Cottage - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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¾ acre garden created on the land of an old beer house, with wildlife in mind. There are old orchard trees, herbaceous beds, small oriental garden and a vegetable plot.
Royal Oak Cottage, Bedford MK43 9BB
Sun 21 Jun, Sun 2 Aug
Stotfold Mill Summer Art Exhibition - Cancelled
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Come and join us for our fifth annual Summer Art Exhibition. All the work on display is original and created by local artists and painters.
Stotfold Watermill & Nature Reserve, Mill Lane, Stotfold SG5 4NU
Fri 26 Jun to Sun 28 Jun
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South Beds Country Show
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Back for a 4th year at New Manor Farm, Harlington, the South Beds Country Show just gets bigger and better.
New Manor Farm, Harlington LU5 6LA
Sat 27 Jun and Sun 28 Jun
Woburn Abbey Garden Show is back for 2020
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Celebrating the intrinsic relationship between humans and horticulture, the theme for this year’s Woburn Abbey Garden Show is The Plant Connection.
Woburn Abbey and Gardens MK17 9WA
Sat 27 Jun and Sun 28 Jun
Dragons Glen - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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This contemporary garden takes full advantage of the sloped landscape and dry conditions of its Greensand Ridge location to great effect.
Dragons Glen, Bedford MK45 4BQ
Sun 28 Jun
Mill Lane Gardens - Open Garden for NGS - Cancelled
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Greenfield is an attractive and varied Bedfordshire village close to Flitwick and Ampthill. The village has houses of many different characteristics including several thatches and a recently...
Mill Lane Gardens, Bedford MK45 5DG
Sun 28 Jun
Brewery Comedy
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Proper Beer, Proper Comedy.
Comedy in the Brewery.
Leighton Buzzard Brewering Co opens it’s doors to it’s unique comedy club. Live on the factory floor.
Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co
23 Harmill Industrial Estate
Leighton Buzzard LU7 4FF
Wed 1 Jul
The Old Rectory, Westoning - Open Garden for NGS
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Ancient box and yew hedges surround the colour co-ordinated beds of this 2 acre garden. Spring is greeted by hellebores and daffodils with magnolias blooming in profusion.
The Old Rectory, Westoning, Westoning MK45 5JW
Sun 5 Jul
Walnut Cottage - Open Garden for NGS
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Once a land settlement and a 4 acre smallholding. This one acre cottage garden is an oasis of rare, unusual and exotic plants.
Walnut Cottage, Chawston MK44 3BD
Sat 18 Jul and Sun 19 Jul
Dunton Community Garden Coffee Morning
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Come and enjoy a drink & fresh bake at our coffee morning. Chat, play or wander round the garden. The event will go ahead in all weathers, in the polytunnel or covered barn.
Dunton Community Garden, Great Close, Church Farm, Church Street, Dunton near Biggleswade SG18 8RR
Sat 25 Jul
Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa - Open Garden for NGS
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The gardens and parkland designed by Capability Brown are of national historic significance and lie in a conservation area.
Luton Hoo Hotel Golf & Spa, Luton LU1 3TQ
Sun 26 Jul
111 Cutenhoe Road - Open Garden for NGS
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Set into a steep slope, our contemporary tropical garden is divided into 6 levels, each planted with a luscious tropical scheme.
111 Cutenhoe Road, Luton LU1 3NG
Sun 26 Jul
Brewery Comedy
Details
Proper Beer, Proper Comedy.
Comedy in the Brewery.
Leighton Buzzard Brewering Co opens it’s doors to it’s unique comedy club. Live on the factory floor.
Leighton Buzzard Brewing Co
23 Harmill Industrial Estate
Leighton Buzzard LU7 4FF
Wed 5 Aug
1a St Augustine’s Road - Open Garden for NGS
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A colourful town garden with herbaceous borders, climbers, a green house and pond. Planted in cottage garden style with traditional flowers, the borders overflow with late summer annuals and...
1a St Augustine’s Road, Bedford MK40 2NB
Sat 8 Aug
4 St Andrews Road - Open Garden for NGS
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An elegant, multi-functional urban garden set within a semi-formal layout featuring clipped beech hedges softened by colourful shrubs and perennials and a rose pergola.
4 St Andrews Road, Bedford MK40 2LJ
Sat 8 Aug
100 High Street - Open Garden for NGS
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This multi-level garden is set in about one and a half acres with hard landscaping that creates a variety of viewing levels.
100 High Street, Bedford MK43 7AS
Sun 9 Aug