The North West view of the Cathedral during the Open Gardens event in 2013.
When: 27th & 28th May 2017
Where: Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, Kent
£: Admission to the cathedral costs £12 for adults, £10.50 for concessions and £8 for children. There is an additional £5 entry fee to the gardens which will go to charity.
What is it?
The historic and private gardens of Canterbury Cathedral will be open to all this bank holiday weekend.
This popular annual event, which has been held for more than 10 years and run in connection with the National Garden Scheme (NGS), unlocks several private and secret gardens within the Cathedral grounds.
This year’s event will be raising money for the Meru Women’s Garden Project in Kenya and KRAN, the Kent Refugee Action Network.
Classic Cars on the Green Court at the Open Gardens event in 2013.
Visitors will have the opportunity to wander around the Precincts, and to wonder and enjoy the fragrance and beauty of the gardens. The cathedral gardeners will be on hand all weekend to answer visitors questions. There will also be homemade cake to enjoy and plants for sale.
The National Garden Scheme has donated over £50 million to good causes since 1927, £25 million of this has been donated within the last ten years.
More info: www.canterbury-cathedral.org
£17 to see the gardens is extortionate. £5 is reasonable. Forced to pay to go into the cathedral on the Saturday just to see the gardens. We left as did dozens more people very disappointed including a lot of elderly people and feeling upset to have travelled to Canterbury for nothing. Was working the Sunday so unable to go after 2 for the £5 price promised. Glad to see their website has been changed now to make it clearer but no good for me.