Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th June: LONDON OPEN GARDEN SQUARES WEEKEND 
One ticket for £7.50 (or £6 in advance from www.capitalgardens.co.uk or 020 8347 3230) gives access to over 140 gardens over 2 days.  www.opensquares.org has the complete list.

Wednesday 11th June: BEVERLEY MULLEN’S GARDEN
42 Belvedere Road, SE19 2HW 11.00 – 14.00
Not far from Crystal Palace, this is a morning visit followed by lunch in this private garden, where borders surrounding a velvet lawn are aesthetically and generously planted with cottage garden plants in a formal structure.   The backdrop is a very old pear tree and a magnificent magnolia. Beyond is a potager with fruit trees and rows of asparagus, broad beans, artichokes, raspberries.    There is also a conservatory and seats outside for relaxation. Cost £20.  To book, please ring Mandy Yates on 020 7381 0286 or email Mandy.Yates@harbord141.demon.co.uk and complete the booking form.

20th – 24th June: THE SCOTTISH TOUR 
A spectacular trip with 2 nights on Deeside in house parties and 2 on Tayside in a 4 star hotel and visits to 9 gardens, some very private and some open to the public. £550 per single room and £600 per twin/double including 4 dinners and 2 lunches.  4 places left. Full details from Sally Tamplin, 020 8785 9355 or sally@sallytamplin.co.uk

Thursday 18th September: GARDENS IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE
Set in a dreamy 18th-century landscaped park owned by the McDonalds, Cottesbrooke Hall has 25 acres of gardens within, which include exuberant herbaceous borders, formal parterres, a rose and a pool garden, plus a separate wild garden across immaculate lawns dotted with cedars. Coffee on arrival will be followed by a guided tour. After lunch at a private house in nearby Haselbech, we are shown round Coton Manor garden, which has the special aura of a hands-on family affair; its owners Ian and Susie Pasley-Tyler, not only tend to every corner of its glorious borders and water, herb and woodland gardens, but run a nursery, café (for a cup of tea, if time, not included) – and garden school. The coach will leave Parsons Green at 8am and return to London by about 7pm. Cost £67. To book, please ring Joanna Willcox on 020 7736 5305 or email willcoxjoanna@hotmail.com and complete the booking form.

May 2009: GARDENS IN TUSCANY. 
If you would like to be kept informed of dates and costs for this trip, please contact Dinah Roberton on 020 8563 9697. (Email currently out of action and address may change.)  If you have already expressed an interest, please confirm this again with her.

All our trips are carefully planned but may be subject to last minute change due to  events beyond our control.

It is essential that, first, you book your place for the event and give your name and phone number. Then after confirmation that you have a place, complete the booking form, available from Fulham Palace Garden centre, and send it with a cheque made out to the Faribridge Garden Society to Neil Crichton-Miller, 32 Gordon Place, London W8 4JE (020 7937 1290). Please include an s.a.e if you would like a receipt. Tickets are not issued.

Pick up a form from the Garden Centre or ring the Membership Secretary on 020 7736 7854.
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