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Lymington Open Gardens 2022
Sunday 29 May 2 pm – 6 pm
Lymington Open Gardens is a popular event in the Lymington social calendar. It returns this year
on Sunday 29 May from 2-6pm, and features fifteen gardens, including four new ones. The event
is organised by the Friends of St Barbe Museum + Art Gallery, with all profits helping the museum
care for and display its unique collection, mount exciting art exhibitions and further the museum’s
extensive outreach programme - putting the community at the heart of everything we do.
The gardens vary in size from small, urban, courtyards to more expansive lawned gardens,
featuring long established gardens as well as those newly planted. On the High Street there is one
of Lymington’s original town gardens while, nearby, another offers an oasis of calm. Some
gardens have been specifically designed, one as a sensory garden, another featuring gravel to
counter a high water table. Other gardens feature raised beds and themed fairy gardens for the
grandchildren, vegetable plots, experiments in advanced composting techniques, chickens, as well
as ponds, pergolas and patios in varying styles. In one garden you can see what may be the oldest
plane tree in England, whilst another features a magnificent Scarlet Oak. Whether you are a plants
-person or are interested in garden design and layout, or you just enjoy the beauty of the garden,
you are bound to find a garden to suit your tastes. And the garden owners will be on hand to
answer your questions.
Admission to the gardens is by programme,
costing £7.50 per adult. These will be available
throughout May from the St Barbe Museum
shop in New Street and, from 2.00pm on 29
May at any one of the participating gardens.
The programme includes a map to help you
plan your afternoon. Teas with home-made
cakes will be available at the United Reformed
Church on the High Street and the Old School
Cafe at the museum will also be open for teas,
coffees, light lunches and cake. There will be
several plants stalls, including outside the
museum. While many gardens are within
walking distance of each other, a bicycle might enable you to visit all fifteen. Parking details are
also given on the programme. Nearly all gardens are accessible by wheelchair, at least in part.
website: https://www.stbarbe-museum.org.uk/whats-on/events/community-events/
The Board of Lymington &
District Chamber of
Commerce is really pleased to announce that
we are fully operational again and started this off
with a very successful networking breakfast at St
Barbe's Museum and Art Gallery in
February. We had a wonderful turn out,
welcoming about 30 local businesses. It really
was lovely to meet up again after such a long
period of time, catching up with our members
and welcoming new ones.
If you are not already a member of the Chamber
then please have a look at our website for more
details and of future events, www.lymington.biz,
or email us at admin@lymington.biz.
Our upcoming Networking Breakfasts are due to
take place at St Barbe's 21 April. We would love
to welcome you either as a new member or a
guest.
Inner Wheel Club of Lymington
We are a small Club, but part of the largest
Women’s Voluntary Service Organisation in
the world dedicated to helping people live
better lives. We support local, national and
international charities.
Local charities we have supported have
included Honeypot House young carers
organisation, Women’s Refuge, and Hampshire
& Isle of Wight Air Ambulance. This year our
chosen charity is Oakhaven Hospice Trust.
We hold monthly dinner meetings with a
speaker on the fourth Monday of the month at
the Lymington Centre. If you would be
interested in joining this friendly group, please
contact Alisson Smith on 01590 380327 for
further information.
Please mention The Lymington Directory when responding to advertisements
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