Go on safari in Horsell

Karen Neville

David Bromley tells us how Horsell is once again looking forward to welcoming visitors to its annual garden safari on June 14th & 15th

Celebrate the British love of gardens and gardening, meet up with friends and enjoy tea and cake too at this year’s Horsell Garden Safari. 

Opening this year are some new gardens, some that have been missed as they haven’t opened for a few years and some old favourites. The gardens offer a lovely mix of the new and familiar, the small and the large in a variety of styles.  

If you haven’t been to the allotments, visit them on Sunday, 15th June and enjoy the amazing range of flowers, fruit and vegetables – you might well be inspired to grow your own if you haven’t done so before. Visit the new gardens to support their efforts and have them open again in future.  

Brochures, costing only £10 for entry to all gardens on both days will be on sale from the usual local Horsell High Street shops and businesses, namely Seymours, Premier Store Horsell, Lisa Jones and the Horsell Framing Company. They are also available from participating gardens on the day. 

There are over 25 different gardens to view, 16 open on Saturday and 16 on Sunday so get your walking shoes on or pump up the bicycle tyres in readiness and join Horsell for a wonderful outdoor weekend!  

All proceeds to local charities and thanks, as always, go to those super folks who open their gardens, sponsors Seymours, Hamlyns and Victoria Clinic, the shops who sell the brochures and the visitors who make the efforts so worthwhile. The safari has raised around £80,000 for local charities over the years.