Britain's What's On Event Guide
What's on around Derby
Today to Sun 9 May, closest first.
Coronavirus: Do check with venue for Cancellations
Weekend Make: Miniature garden
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Celebrate National Garden Week by creating your own miniature garden – plant seeds, press flowers, and let your garden grow!
Derby Museum and Art Gallery The Strand Derby DE1 1BS
Sat 24 Apr
Ashbourne Road and District Allotments Ltd - Open Garden for NGS
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This beautiful allotment site is nestled quietly between two main roads leading into Derby city. It boasts of being over 100 years old with plots of all differing shapes and sizes.
Ashbourne Road and District Allotments Ltd, Derby DE22 3BL
Sat 1 May
Littleover Lane Allotments - Open Garden for NGS
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A large private allotment site in SW Derby. About 170 plots, many cultivated to a high standard. If you are interested in growing your own you should find help, advice and inspiration.
Littleover Lane Allotments, Derby DE23 6JF
Sun 9 May, Sun 4 Jul
334 Belper Road - Open Garden for NGS
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Beautiful country garden with many attractive features incl a laburnum tunnel, rose and wisteria domes, old workmen’s hut, wildlife pond and much more.
334 Belper Road, Stanley Common DE7 6FY
Today
Bluebell wood land walk
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A small walk up the hill to an amazing 5 acre Bluebell wood
PLEASE CALL BEFORE YOU COME TO CONFIRM DATES AS THESES MAY CHANGE DUE TO THE WEATHER.
Felley Priory Gardens , Underwood NG16 5HJ
Sun 18 Apr, Tue 20 Apr, and more dates until Sat 22 May
1 Highfield Road - Open Garden for NGS
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Offers a large variety of plants, shrubs, rhodos, azaleas, bulbs and alpines. Large heuchera collection gives colour and texture all year. Espaliered archway, with apples, plums & pears.
1 Highfield Road, Nottingham NG16 1BQ
Sun 25 Apr
New Life & Critter Village
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The New Life and Critter Village event sees the National Forest Adventure Farm welcome new life into the farm this spring with baby chicks, piglets and kid goats joining the animal zone.
National Forest Adventure Farm Postern Road, Tatenhill, Burton on Trent DE13 9SJ
Mon 12 Apr to Sun 18 Apr, Sat 24 Apr, Sun 25 Apr, Sat 1 May to Mon 3 May
Daffodil Sunday In aid of the NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME
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A garden for all seasons
Felley Priory has one of the country`s finest Daffodil orchards
the collection dates back to 1920s
Tel 01773 810230
Felley Priory Gardens , Underwood NG16 5FJ
Sun 18 Apr
Felley Priory - Open Garden for NGS
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Garden for all seasons with yew hedges and topiary, snowdrops, hellebores, herbaceous borders and rose garden.
Felley Priory, Underwood NG16 5FJ
Sun 18 Apr
15 Windmill Lane - Open Garden for NGS
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Landscaped and densely-planted town garden providing ideas others may wish to develop. Using a limited palette (mainly white, pink, mauve & burgundy) and emphasising leaf shape and colour, the key...
15 Windmill Lane, Ashbourne DE6 1EY
Sun 25 Apr
Cascades Gardens - Open Garden for NGS
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The Meditation Garden: Fascinating 4 acre peaceful garden in spectacular natural surroundings with woodland, cliffs, stream, pond and ruined corn mill.
Cascades Gardens, Matlock DE4 2AH
Sun 25 Apr
The Beeches - Open Garden for NGS
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A stunning plant lovers large garden with countryside views, box garden, shrubs, rhododendrons and azaleas, vibrant colour-themed herbaceous borders, scented roses, clematis and vegetable garden,
The Beeches, Rocester ST14 5JX
Today
Capability Barn - Open Garden for NGS
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Imaginatively planted large country garden with something new each year. April brings displays of Daffodils, Hyacinths and Tulips along with erythroniums, brunneras and primulas.
Capability Barn, Hoveringham NG14 7JH
Sat 24 Apr and Sun 25 Apr
Millennium Garden - Open Garden for NGS
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2-acre garden with mixed spring bulbs in the woodland garden and host of golden daffodils fade slowly into the summer borders in this English country garden.
Millennium Garden, Lichfield WS14 9RB
Sun 25 Apr
The Old Vicarage - Open Garden for NGS
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Single handed labour of love has grown out of 2 acre hillside pony paddocks into much admired landscape gardens.
The Old Vicarage, Halam NG22 8AX
Sun 9 May
The Paddock - Open Garden for NGS
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½ acre garden incorporating small formal garden, stream and koi filled pond. Stone path over bridge, up some steps, past small copse, across the stream at the top and back down again.
The Paddock, Chesterfield S41 8LZ
Sun 25 Apr
Atlas Explorers
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Let’s play outside! Using the Atlas Explorers Map will take little explorers aged 0-4 years on an adventure around Castle Gardens.
Please email Morgan took your space.
Leicester Gallery De Montfort University Leicester LE1 9BH
Tue 13 Apr
Barlborough Gardens - Open Garden for NGS
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Barlborough is an attractive historic village and a range of interesting buildings can be seen all around the village centre.
Barlborough Gardens, Chesterfield S43 4TR
Sun 2 May
You Can’t Lockdown Nature!
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Open Exhibition on Atkins Gallery Online
The ongoing impact of COVID-19 and the Lockdown measures has made us re-evaluate our
relationships with our outdoor spaces.
Virtual Event
Mon 12 Apr to Wed 12 May
Tresillian House - Open Garden for NGS
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¾ acre garden re-established by current owner. Beautiful blue cedar trees, specimen tulip tree. Variety of trees, plants and bushes reinstated. Original bog garden and natural pond.
Tresillian House, Melton Mowbray LE13 0BQ
Sun 25 Apr, Sun 20 Jun