Lindfield Front Garden Festival winners

With some 46 gardens to view from the pavement, hundreds of visitors enjoyed walks around the village through the summer and helped raise £2,300 valuable funds for local hospice, St Peter & St James.

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The winner of the People’s Choice prize for the best garden was ‘Edenmore’, Lewes Road, owned by Ron Harris, while the prize for the best planter went to 33 Barncroft Drive, owned by Vera Stevens. One lucky person also won a prize when their vote was the first name draw from a hat.

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The organisers, Sue and Jim Stockwell, said: “We are delighted with the feedback from visitors and much appreciate the support from the sponsors, Pots and Pithoi, Jackson Stops, and Heather Martin Garden Design. Covid regulations permitting, we hope to organise an Open Garden event on Sunday 30th May next year.”

Don't forget to Vote in our Front Garden Festival!

By Jim Stockwell

The Lindfield Front Garden Festival has been running for more than six weeks and continues until 12th September. We’ve been delighted with feedback from visitors: ‘The garden is a riot of colour that demands attention as it dances in the wind’ ‘Thank you for organising the front gardens walk around Lindfield. I enjoyed it so much I did it twice!’ ‘… I have enjoyed being able to take a virtual stroll round the village and admire the gardens’ ‘I am sure it has given many people much pleasure’ ‘They are all really lovely with lots of different styles’ ‘I’m helping to support an amazing charity. Best wishes to all those taking part.’ So, don’t miss this wonderful opportunity to view Lindfield’s delightful front gardens. We hope to raise as much as possible so, please, make a donation to the Hospice via this JustGiving page: https://rb.gy/bknfpw You can vote for your favourite front garden – all votes received by 11th September will be entered into a prize draw. The most popular garden and the first name drawn from votes submitted will both win a beautiful pot donated by Pots and Pithoi (see above). There will also be a prize for the best pot/planter/window box. Details of all 46 gardens participating, including a map guide, are available now from the Festival website (https://lindfield-gardens.co.uk) and are also shown on the notice board outside the King Edward Hall.

Lindfield Front Garden Festival launched

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Last year the Lindfield Open Garden event attracted more than 800 visitors and raised over £9,000 for St Peter and St James Hospice. The event has been cancelled this year, but to raise much needed funds for the Hospice, Lindfield gardening groups have teamed up to arrange a ‘Front Garden Festival’ through the summer. Full details are shown on our advertisement on page 57 and on our website at: https://lindfield-gardens.co.uk

The idea is for lots of the beautiful front gardens around the village to join in the Festival and for the whole community to view these from the pavement at a safe distance. A map of those selected for the ‘People’s Choice’ stage will be made available in mid-July and the public will make a People’s Choice for their favourite garden in each part of the village - and there will be a special prize for the best planter/window box/hanging basket. So, owners of all front gardens - large or tiny - are invited to join by sending an email with your name and address to fg@lindfieldhorts.org.uk (or phone Sue and Jim Stockwell on 01444 459363).

We hope to raise as much as possible, so please make a donation to the Hospice via this Just Giving page www.justgiving.com/fundraising/lindfieldfrontgardenfestival2020