Brightlingsea Open Gardens

13/10/2026

Calling all little ghosts and grown-up ghouls!

Come along for fang-tastic family fun in Springmead Garden. Follow the ghost hunt, put your guessing skills under a spell, and enjoy wickedly good refreshments and a host of boo-tiful stalls!

📅 25th October
🕙 10 am to 1 pm
📍 Springmead Garden, Spring Chase, Brightlingsea, CO7 0JR

Raise some spirits—and some funds for our community garden! 👻🌱

29/07/2026

🌳🌻🪷🥀🪴🌺🏵
SATURDAY 12th and SUNDAY 13th JUNE 2027
🌳🌻🪷🥀🪴🌺🏵

Save the date!

18/06/2026

Thanks to everyone who supported the Open Gardens weekend this year, we have raised the magnificent sum of

🌳🌺🌻£11,213 🌻🌺🌳

which is already winging its way to St Helena Hospice
😁👍😁👍

16/06/2026

What an amazing Open Gardens weekend! A record total of 46 gardens open over 2 days and the weather was perfect. Thank you so much to everyone who opened their gardens and everyone who visited, we hope you all had a wonderful time ☀️🌳🌺🌻.
Thanks too to the beautiful Springmead Garden for hosting us, Ørsted for kind programme sponsorship, Lucas Estate Agents, Spirals, Little Boat Gifts , Spar, Tesco and Co-op, and all our programme advertisers, please support your local businesses.
Finally a huge shout-out to the ladies of Brightlingsea Hospice Support Group who work so hard to make the event enjoyable and successful for all. Fundraising total coming shortly, all proceeds go to St Helena Hospice. Xx

14/06/2026

Another lovely day ☀️ Gardens are open 10am to 5pm 🌳🌺🌻
Please note garden no. 44 is unable to open today. The beautiful
Springmead Garden is open, please visit us for refreshments.
Photo below from garden no. 7, Sue also has her art studio open.

12/06/2026

It's here! 🌳🌻🌺
Open Gardens weekend starts at 10am tomorrow. Additional garden open on Sat at 4, Seaview Road. Springmead Garden ready and waiting to serve you refreshments. The sun is going to shine ☀️😁

10/06/2026

Weather warming up nicely for the weekend ☀️! Get your programmes now and start planning, or from any garden on the day, look for the colourful windmills 🌈
🌻🌳🌹

03/06/2026

03/06/2026

Less than 2 weeks to open gardens weekend 13th & 14th June - get your programmes in advance from Little Boat Gifts, Spirals and Spar, or any garden on the day ☀️🌺

23/05/2026

Come and join us for lunch🥪, home-made cakes🍰, tea/coffee☕️ and maybe a cocktail 🍸 or Pimms 🍹
https://www.facebook.com/share/1CAksUVT5o/