LITTLE GARDENS OF SANDWICH

Sunday 19th June 2022 - 2:00 to 5:00pm

The annual ‘Little Gardens of Sandwich’ returns after a two-year hiatus but promises to be as well-received and inspirational as ever when it takes place this year in the medieval east Kent town on Sunday, June 19.

Indeed this year’s showing will include a stunning cottage garden that was featured in the popular national magazine, Period Living, just a couple of years ago.
The culmination of nearly three decades of commitment and care, Tessa Sale’s garden is described by the publication, recognised as Britain’s best-selling period homes magazine, as a ‘floriferous delight, brimming with a multitude of scents and colours’.

Tessa Sale’s cottage garden will be on show at the ‘Little Gardens of Sandwich’ in June 2022

Tessa’s creation is indeed an alluring oasis of calm bursting with colour and texture that evokes a secret garden feel thanks to the way she has divided it into contrasting areas of light and shade whilst a wide mix of flamboyant, wild planting set alongside formal areas of box hedge and topiaried trees adds elements of interest and surprise.

In addition to her garden at St Clement’s House, a number of hidden, private gardens as well as the allotments alongside St Clement’s Church in the south east of Sandwich will be on open including:

• Melbourne House, 6 Upper Strand Street
• 27 Upper Strand Street
• 28 Upper Strand Street
• Crosskeys - 5 Fisher Street (entrance in Upper Strand Street)
• St. Clement’s House - 14 Knightrider Stree
• The Allotments - Knightrider Street
• 1 The Gatehouse, Sandown Road

This year’s eclectic group of gardens is sure to provide all sorts of inspiration to garden-lovers looking for novel and different ideas to try out in their own gardens – or on their vegetable patch.

After taking in the gardens, visitors can make their way to the nearby St Clement’s Church Hall for a traditional cream tea and wander around the churchyard where a number of local nurseries will be offering a variety of specialist plants and shrubs and, no doubt, all manner of secret tips and garden advice.

There will also be a garden-themed raffle and for the first time this year, a second-hand garden book stall where all sorts of plant and botanical books can be picked up at bargain prices.

The ‘Little Gardens of Sandwich’ is once again supported by local estate agents Colebrook Sturrock, SPC Print and The Co-Op Sandwich.

The gardens will be open from 2.00 pm to 5.00 pm and entry tickets for all locations are priced at £7.50 per person whilst children under 16 are welcome to come along at no extra cost as long as they are accompanied by an adult.
Cream teas will be priced at £3.50 each.

Tickets can be bought in advance from the Sandwich Tourist Office at the Guildhall and will also be available on the day at each garden
All proceeds from the event go to the upkeep of St Clement’s Church in Sandwich.

Little Gardens of Sandwich Photos from past events