Discover the hidden gardens of Flowton
12.00 noon to 5.00 pm both days (Sat & Jun 17 & 18th June)
Many country gardens will be open

Entry to gardens and flower festival £4 (accompanied children free) for both days (To include a lucky programme prize)

Available within them:
Cream teas 3.00 to 5.00 pm
Other refreshments, a bookstall, croquet
Stalls for plants, jams & preserves & much more!

For further information ring 01473 658522 or 658335 or email carters@flowton.fsnet.co.uk

Garden 1

An extensive and delightful garden which has evolved over the last fourteen years from an overgrown hayfield. As well as a small vegetable and soft fruit garden there is a large herbaceous bed complete with flower clad arbour, two ponds which are home to ducks and moorhens, an orchard with old style apple trees, many and varied hedges, and myriad roses and honeysuckle climbing up trees and telegraph poles and rambling over buildings. Within this setting there are numerous hidden corners and long distance vistas.

Why not stop here for an afternoon cream tea (3.00 to 5.00pm)
and/or perhaps a game of croquet? There are also a wide variety of herbaceous and other plants on sale here.

Garden 2

A quiet sheltered garden on two levels mostly laid to lawn, but featuring herbaceous borders, a small pond, orchard and swimming pool enclosed by a box hedge.

Garden 3

You are welcome to eat your lunch in this garden, over the road from the churchyard.

Garden 4

In a lovely position, next to the church with views over the Suffolk countryside. Added to that, a fun garden for children to enjoy as they grow up and for grown ups to sit and relax.

Garden 5

This garden continues to be developed as a garden for retirement, with new beds of shrubs and an extensive area for vegetables. The most recent addition has been a Mediterranean gravel garden at the entrance, together with more hard landscaping. Will it ever be finished - we hope not!

Garden 6

Undergoing extension. Against a backdrop of mature trees and bushes is a large, quiet garden, ideal for a young family and an enthusiastic dog. Next to the abundant fruit cage is a vegetable patch that is very popular with the local fraternity of roaming rabbits.

Find out here if your programme carries the lucky number.

Garden 7

This is a spring garden and is not open but there is a bookstall in the garage.

Garden 8

Peter and Mary took over a good basic garden some years ago and have incorporated their own favourite specimens, being always on the lookout for different and unusual plants and shrubs.

Tea, coffee and squash available here.

Garden 9

Over 34 years a green-fingered gardener has changed this garden to suit his circumstances. Here is a garden that can be maintained and enjoyed by an older gentleman.

Here is an excellent selection of herbaceous plants for sale and ice-creams are also available.

Garden 10

This garden has evolved through the "swings and sandpits" stage to become a tranquil area where wildlife is encouraged with ponds and bird-nest boxes. A small vegetable plot and fruit trees and bushes provide fresh produce for most of the year. The garden is organically managed.

This garden also hosts a stall for the jams and pickles and the cake stall.

Garden 11

This is a garden for family and wildlife. The lady of the house writes: “When we arrived 3 years ago there was an established shrubbery at the front and a back lawn. The first thing we did was to coppice the hedge at the bottom of the garden and remove 3 sycamores – the weeds of the tree world. We then had lovely views of the meadow beyond. We have also removed lots of concrete and planted lots of evergreens – to make the house a part of the garden. We have made the garden more interesting by breaking up the rectangular shape and creating separate areas. I am interested in ironwork and we have had the front gates, espalier supports and clothes prop made by a local blacksmith. The rest has been rescued from the dump!! The area between the house and the garage is my ‘garden room'. I am not allowed to dig up the concrete – yet! (Husband has put his foot down!) But I can't wait. I have planted a vine and hope to sit under a canopy of grapes in years to come. The yew hedges will enclose the area and provide a lovely green backdrop. We have also planted three cherries, a crab apple, and three birch to give some height in the garden. The aim is to have a garden that looks good all year round, is welcoming to wildlife (not too tidy) and family friendly.”

Garden 12

Garden 13

A mini arboretum. People are welcome to drive in and wander around. It has been planted over the last 40 years and contains many unusual species.