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# City gardens open for the Sussex Beacon
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/city-gardens-open-for-the-sussex-beacon/
- Published: 2013-06-26T06:36:35.000Z
- Updated: 2013-06-26T06:37:38.000Z
- Description: Dates for the annual Brighton & Hove Open Gardens in aid of the Sussex Beacon have been announced.This year’s event, taking place during the weekend of June 29-30, is to be in celebration of the Beacon’s 21st anniversary, with all money raised going to the charity. More than 70 private gardens and c
- Author: Kat Pope
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**Dates for the annual Brighton & Hove Open Gardens** in aid of the Sussex Beacon have been announced.This year’s event, taking place during the weekend of June 29-30, is to be in celebration of the Beacon’s 21st anniversary, with all money raised going to the charity.

More than 70 private gardens and community spaces will be letting you through their rose-covered gates to have a nose at their begonias, and there are some exciting new editions to the repertoire this year.

The Grace Eyre Foundation garden in Montpelier is a therapeutic disabled-friendly garden which is maintained by the service users, or at Moulsecoomb Primary School you can pretend to be at a Saxon moot as they have some roundhouses on the menu.

There are two small community gardens to explore near London Road Station where you’ll find a mini orchard full of pears and old Sussex varieties of apples grown on cordons. The volunteers will be available for a chat over the weekend.

The Sussex Beacon’s own beautiful hill-top garden is included of course, as is a large and productive garden in Wilbury Gardens, Hove which includes a croquet lawn, raised beds, and a wrought iron gazebo.

Many of the gardens will be serving tea and cakes, and you’ll also find the odd art exhibition and beehive as you make your way around.

**Gardens Coordinator Bridgette Saunders, says:**

> *“Almost 18 years ago the seed for this event was sown with a small number of local gardens opening to raise funds for the Sussex Beacon. It’s blossomed into one of the largest open gardens scheme in Sussex.”*

**To plan your visit online: [CLICK HERE: ](http://www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/opengardens?ref=scenemag.co.uk)**and it’s worth popping back there every now and again as new gardens are being added all the time.

**Event:** Brighton & Hove open gardens

**Where:** All around Brighton & Hove and as far away as Newhaven  
When: Saturday, June 29 and Sunday, June 30  
**Tickets:** £10 in advance and £12 during the weekend. Under 12s go free

**To buy tickets, [CLICK HERE:](http:// www.sussexbeacon.org.uk/opengardens)**

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