At the Watermill. Photo: Jo Powell
On Sunday 25th June, seven Sulgrave gardens were open to the public in aid of charity, under the National Gardens Scheme. Nationally, over the last 90 years this scheme has raised more than £50m for nursing, caring and gardening charities The gardens open to visitors were: The Chestnuts, Hanglands, Mill Hollow, Rectory Farm, Vinecroft, The Watermill and Wootton House.
I apologise for the fact that, owing to a “gammy” leg, I only managed to visit three of the gardens and so for the first time not every open garden features in the photographs on the following pages. In fact, without Jo Powell’s excellent contributions there would have been little to show and I am, not for the first time, indebted to her. The few photos not credited to her were taken by myself.
Colin Wootton
Photographs on the next page
THE CHESTNUTS
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
MILL HOLLOW
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
The Wild Area (1) Photograph: Jo Powell
The Wild Area (2) Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
RECTORY FARM
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
THE WATERMILL
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
WOOTTON HOUSE
Photograph: Jo Powell
Photograph: Jo Powell
See Sulgrave Gardens Open in 2019
Sulgrave Gardens Open Day 2017
Sulgrave Gardens Open Day 2015
Sulgrave Gardens Open Day 2013
Sulgrave Gardens Open Day 2011
Sulgrave Gardens Open Day in 2009.
Photo galleries are also available for the following gardens which took part in the scheme in 2007:
Church Cottage, Church Street (Hywel and Ingram Lloyd)
Ferns, Helmdon Road (George and Julie Metcalfe)
Mill Hollow Barn (David Thompson)
The Old Stocks (Mr and Mrs Robin Prior)
Sulgrave Manor Herb Garden (The Herb Society as Sulgrave Manor)
The Old Farmhouse (Peter and Moo Mordaunt)
Threeways (Dr and Mrs D Lewis)
Greenfields (Mrs S Harding)