NEWS 2010

This page contains all the details you need to plan your visit plus news of our 11th Year, plans and events leading up to the 2010 Festival.

  •  The 2010 Festival dates are:-

        Saturday 17th July and Sunday 18th July.

  • This year's theme is:-
                  "HEROES"
  • Admission costs:-

 £2.50 per person (accompanied children FREE) available from 11.00am on Saturday and Sunday.    (also the week before from  Westshores Nurseries, West Street and Pete & Gail Plants, 70 North Street).

Entrance Guides are on sale a little earlier than the gardens actually open (see below) to enable visitors to plan their visit and enjoy the refreshments, exhibitions and facilities at the The Winterton Rangers FC, West Street before starting out.

  • Gardens opening hours

Saturday  11.30am - 5.30pm

Sunday  11.30am - 5.30pm

  • Free Shuttle Service

Roughly every 20 minutes on each day of the Festival a free shuttle bus makes a circuit of the town.  You may get on and off at any point convenient to the driver and couriers.  The bus has a low floor and is accessible to less agile and disabled passengers.  Couriers will be on board to provide information and assistance.

  • Free Parking

Ample free parking has been kindly provided at Chidwick's Visitor Centre, just outside Winterton on North Street (Postcode DN15 9QW).  Entrance Guides will be available for purchase here.  There is also a cafe, plant centre, toilets and a range of goods for sale.

Parking is limited within Winterton itself so please use this parking area and the free shuttle bus to reduce congestion within the town and ensure access for emergency services.

  • Other Information

The centre of operations is The Old School Hall on West Street.  

In addition to Entrance Guides, other items of interest will be available to visitors over the course of the Garden Festival Weekend.

These include:-

  • Refreshments (served 12 noon until 5.00pm)
  • Toilets
  • Plant Sale (Winterton & District Gardeners' Club)
  • Themed Art & Crafts by local schoolchildren
  • Lincolnshire Wildlife publicity, sales and information
  • North Lincolnshire Beekeepers Association (Demonstrations and Displays)
  • Others (to be confirmed)
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All Saints Church, Winterton will also be open and will have:-

  • Family Service 10:30-11:05 (Sunday only) Coffee afterwards
  • Tea and Coffee
  • Art Work by local painters
  • Photographs by local photographers
  • Others (to be confirmed)
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Westshores Nursery at West Street will be demonstrating "propagation techniques" at 12pm, 2pm and 4pm on both days (each demonstration will be about 30 minutes.

 

As you can see we hope to have something for everyone of all ages.