Bookham Open Gardens

27/05/2026

Thanks to Surrey Live for the plug :)

More than a dozen gardens will be open soon for the public to explore

22/05/2026

BOOKHAM OPEN GARDENS 2026
Sunday 14th June - 10am to 5pm

This year we are featuring around 14 varied and attractive private gardens to share with you, including 4 which have never opened before. We welcome back 10 other gardens and also Fetcham Village Infants School who are opening for the first time. Our garden owners will give you a warm welcome and provide you with the opportunity to pick up ideas for your own garden, answer your questions or you can simply enjoy the beautiful surroundings. The gardens come in all shapes and sizes, from the formal to more laid-back planting, some with wildlife friendly planting and habitats, and some with quirky features.

Find out more about individual gardens in the programme which will be available at our ticket outlets or can be downloaded NOW at ww.bookhamopengardens.co.uk.

We will be serving our normal delicious home-baked cakes, rolls and drinks throughout the day at the Hall. The Village Day Booksale will also be there offering a selection of books in new or nearly new condition, including recent titles; also jigsaws. Plants should be available to buy at some of the gardens.

Tickets on sale NOW: £8 from
• Online at www.bookhamopengardens.co.uk
• The Vineries Garden Centre, Lower Rd, Effingham (event sponsors)
• Brackenburys, 17a High Street
• Bookham Mini Mart, 111 Little Bookham Street
• Old Barn Hall office, Church Rd, KT23 3PQ. Tel: 01372 456307 (open Mon, Wed, Fri 9:30 - noon)

On the day you can buy tickets (£9) at the Old Barn Hall or from the gardens themselves.

Children under 16 are free, as are carers of wheelchair users (who pay a reduced rate of £5).

Contactless payment available at the Old Barn Hall. Regret no dogs, other than assistance dogs.
For more information visit www.bookhamopengardens.co.uk, look for ‘Bookham Open Gardens’ on Facebook, or contact Tina Hutton on 01372 457598, email [email protected] or Diane Poole on [email protected]

12/05/2026

Tickets go on sale on the 22nd May - if you're paying with cash, please try and bring the right change. £8 in advance, £9 on the day. Contactless payment available at some outlets and gardens. Busy getting details on our website. Programmes are at the printers and will be available when you buy your tickets or you can download from the website.

20/04/2026

We've been busy distributing the fliers and posters to local businesses and shops. Many thanks to them for their help in this - most seem so willing to be involved in our lovely community event.

Let us know if you have a group who might be interested in seeing our publicity and we'll try to help you.

Whilst our tickets don't go on sale for a month, we hope to have our website up and running in the next week or two. It's taken a while to finalise our offering but I think we're now there.

27/03/2026

As you start to get your gardens ready for the summer months, please remember that you can reduce the amount of single use plastic by following some simple tips . We believe recycling of non-black plant pots in council recycling schemes may be more widespread than Surrey as it's to do with national legislation, but haven't checked.

20/03/2026

Just about to go to the printers - our posters and fliers for the 2026 event. Thanks for https://www.susiesoo.com/ for again doing our artwork!

16/07/2025

Plenty of tempting stuff still available and usually some veg grown by their clients.