Back for 2024 is The East Anglian Job weekend!

We are delighted that a percentage of the proceeds from this event are being donated to the Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity.

On the Saturday there will be a treasure hunt, scavenger hunt, pub golf, Show and Shine, and an evening glow show.

On Sunday there will be a Mini Run leaving at 10:00am, with a stop at the Thursford Collection, plus a raffle, and awards for Car of the Show, Furthest Travelled, and Spirit of the Show.

Purchase your camping or day tickets at the link below.

Remember the life of someone special at this new event, whilst supporting the Priscilla Bacon Hospice Charity to enhance the care for patients and their loved ones at Priscilla Bacon Lodge.

Walk a 5K or 10K route through the surrounding countryside, to finish at Priscilla Bacon Lodge.

10K Walk

10.45 arrival for 11am set off.

5K Walk

11.45 arrival for 12pm set off.

The Friends Café at The Lodge will be open for a BBQ and other refreshments after the walk.

Ticket prices

• Adult ticket (18yrs+) – £12.50
• Child ticket (5-17yrs) – £7.50
• Under 5s – Free
• Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children) £35.00

Closer to the event, we will send you an information pack by email, including a printable sheet on which you can write a message to wear whilst you walk, if you wish to.

On the day, we will provide paper hearts on which messages can also be written. These will be hung in the garden for temporary display, and then buried in the gardens at Priscilla Bacon Lodge after the event.

The exact starting location and parking information will be shared with you closer to the event date.

The registration fee helps to cover the cost of the event, so we encourage all adults who sign up to help raise funds by pledging to raise £75.00 in sponsorship. Participants who raise over £100.00 will receive a branded t-shirt, and those who raise over £200.00 will be entered into a draw to receive Afternoon Tea for two at The Friends Café.

We are delighted to have been chosen to benefit from funds raised with the sale of refreshments on the green next to 1 Woodside Cottages at this NGS open gardens event. We will be there selling teas, coffees and a selection of delicious homemade cakes.

Entry to the gardens costs £7.00 for adults and children are free.

1 Woodside Cottages is a small white painted Victorian cottage and its garden is packed with colourful cottage garden plants which grow side by side with fruit and vegetables. A pond fits neatly into the design and supports many frogs each spring. Even the resident chickens are decorative!

18 Conesford Drive This garden lies behind a 1960s architect designed modernist house and is an oasis of calm and tranquility. A pool with white water lilies, herbaceous plants, climbers, shrubs and trees have been chosen to give the space a Japanese feel.

14 Conesford Drive Cottage garden style borders with plants specifically chosen for dry shade (under silver birch trees) and dry sun on the steeply sloping banks. Terraced vegetable borders constructed from sleepers. Drifts of plants to create interest and contrast.

• Newly opened this year.
• Cashless payment available.
• Town garden.
• Wildlife garden.

Book ahead at the link below, or just turn up on the day.

We are delighted to have been chosen to benefit from funds raised with the sale of refreshments at this NGS open garden event. We will be there selling teas, coffees and a selection of delicious homemade cakes.

Entry to the garden costs £6.00 for adults and children are free.

A two acre tranquil garden surrounding Manor House (not open) that has been developed by the owners for over 30 years. Mature trees, colourful herbaceous borders, dell garden, potager style vegetable plot, pond, a 15 acre wild meadow walk and wonderful thatched C18 barn.

Wheelchair access to teas and terrace overlooking garden.

Book ahead at the link below, or just turn up on the day.

We are delighted to be returning to the beautiful Stody Lodge Gardens for a second year to raise funds by selling teas, coffees and a selection of delicious homemade cakes at their open garden event.

This year, Stody Lodge Gardens has teamed up with local auction house and antique valuers, Bishop & Miller, to host an “Antiques Roadshow” style affair. The team of specialists will offer free valuations of small, portable items such as paintings, jewellery, watches, silverware, medals, coins, ceramics and textiles. Anyone curious for a valuation is encouraged to bring portable items to see what they might be worth – treasures are sure to be discovered!

Entry to the garden costs £9.00 for adults and children under 12 are free. Advance tickets can be purchased at the link below, or you can pay on the gate by cash or card.

The full 14-acres of Stody Lodge’s renowned rhododendron gardens are at visitors’ disposal, alongside admiring the wonderful antiques that are being valued on the main lawn.

• Free car park
• Dogs on leads welcome
• Plants for sale (cash only)
• Toilets on-site

We are delighted to have been chosen to benefit from funds raised with the sale of refreshments at this NGS open garden event. We will be there selling teas, coffees and a selection of delicious homemade cakes.

Entry to the garden costs £5.00 for adults and children are free.

The garden at Bishop’s House is a four acre walled garden dating back to the 12th Century. Extensive lawns with specimen trees. Borders with many rare and unusual shrubs. Spectacular herbaceous borders flanked by yew hedges. Rose beds underplanted with hosts, meadow labyrinth, organic kitchen garden, herb garden and bamboo walk.

• Plants for sale.
• Cashless payment available.
• Wheelchair accessible over gravel paths and some slopes.

Book ahead at the link below, or just turn up on the day.