Another Open Garden Scheme Visit - Sunday 10th May 2026

On Sunday this last weekend, OH and I ventured to the car boot sale and on the way back we decided to go to another Open Garden. This garden was a private garden, located on the Northern edge of London. It was close to where I studied horticulture at a local horticultural college. It had once been a chicken farm, but the current owners had created a beautiful garden with a woodland area and vegetable patch.

We began by wandering around the garden. It had some amazing mature trees. Here are a few photos:

This was one of several large oak trees. Absolutely magestic.

A beautiful willow tree.

A huge eucalyptus.

A pine tree with beautiful cones.

In amongst some of the trees grew beautiful flowers such as this climbing rose 

and some beautiful clematis.

There was a lovely little woodland walk too, complete with a slightly overgrown tree house.

In other areas of the garden were this beautiful wisteria, lovely peonies and roses and other bushes that caught my eye.

You could tell that this garden belonged to a real plantswoman. It was the kind of garden that I love. 

There were also chickens 

an orchard, a greenhouse and a vegetable garden, which I didn't photograph, as it was sadly a bit overgrown. I guess with a garden this size, you can't always get everything done in time for an open day, it's such a huge undertaking and it's still early in the gardening year. 

We stopped off in the barn for a cup of tea and cake.  There was plenty to choose from on this occasion. We also stopped off at the plant stall where we went a bit mad and bought around 7 plants for £12. 

Here's a picture of the ones we came away with, some of which were in very big pots and were a complete bargain:

There was a large white anenome, a large pot of acanthus, a valerian plant, feverfew, a couple of daisies and a new to me small blue geranium. I also met the lady who owned the garden and she was lovely and told  me a bit more about the plants and what they needed. I'm hoping that I can get them to thrive in my garden. 

It was a lovely visit and we enjoyed wandering through the garden. Very inspiring.

Do you ever visit any Open Garden events? I'm hoping to get to more yet, before the end of the summer.