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Stony Open Gardens is back this year!
Saturday 22nd June to Sunday 23rd June 2024.
Open from 11am to 4pm each day
We look forward to welcoming everyone to this event - newcomers, and seasoned visitors alike.
Full details of how to buy ticket/maps will be available in early May 2024.
Keep an eye on this website, and on our Facebook page StonyOpenGardens for details.
ALL PROCEEDS ARE IN AID OF WILLEN HOSPICE. £120,000 HAS BEEN RAISED SINCE THE EVENT STARTED IN 2003.
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2024 Open Gardens returns
2024 marks the return of Stony Open Gardens with a wide a range of gardens
for you to discover and enjoy.
Stony Open Gardens will take place on Saturday 22nd June and Sunday 23rd June 2024, opening at 11am each day, and closing at 4pm giving you a full weekend to enjoy the gardens, the town and the arts and crafts
on display.
We have more than 20 gardens for you to visit with several new and intriguing gardens added to the mix.
Additionally you can visit two large allotments on the London Road and the Wolverton Road, and the Memorial Gardens on Horsefair Green.
There have been exciting new developments in The Community Gardens, behind York House,which now supports a wide variety of community projects. Similarly the award-winning North End nature conservation area, is at the top of the town, and the orchard beyond, have moved on in leaps and bound.
The opening time of 11am
makes for a more relaxed day and the owners of display gardens appreciated the slightly earlier finish time of 4pm.
All proceeds from this event go
to Willen Hospice to support
their essential care work.
This will be the eleventh time the event has been staged since it was started in 2003, and
since then the event has raised over £120,000 for Willen Hospice.
Stony Stratford Open Gardens was started in 2003 by Sheila Plater in memory of her gardening friend who had died of cancer. The original start-up team were Sheila Plater, Sheila Pack, Anne Moseley, Jayne DaSilva, Sally Plater, Ray Moseley and Karen Parker.
Just so you know.... the £7 entry fee*, per person,
includes a map to show you the location of each garden,
so you can plan your route. It also acts as a guide
to refreshment stops, toilets, and places to park.
*Ticket price covers Saturday and Sunday
Under 16s are Free
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York House will be the hub of events as it was in 2022.
You can buy admission ticket/maps there as well as
raffle tickets.
Many of the music and dance. events will take place there and there are plenty of places outside
to sit and picnic. - or rest!
At York House, Made in Stony
hope to display a wide range of locally made, handcrafted art, crafts and produce. A percentage of sales will go to Willen Hospice.
Knitters for Willen
Janice Kraft
As in previous years arts, music and dance events will be a feature of the 2024 event.
Music and dance performances will take place at the front of York House and there will be a rolling programme of performances throughout the two days of
the event.
Your ticket/map will have a insert showing full details so you can plan your day.
Many of the gardens will have music performances too, as well as displays of art and sculpture.
Milton Keynes Society of Artists (MKSA) will have an exhibition of their latest work at Swinfen Hall - just down the road from
York House.
Doug Fisher
Refreshments and snacks will be on offer at York House. Seating will be available inside on the ground floor, with some outside seating as well. The community garden and lawn will offer spaces to sit and enjoy the garden.
We expect there will be other open gardens where refreshments and snacks will be available. We will publicise these nearer the time of the event.
