Private or secret gardens connected with Beverley Minster will be open to the public on Sunday 16 June for a two-hour journey of discovery, followed by cream tea in the churchyard.
The gardens, all owned or maintained by members of the congregation and located near the church, are being opened to visitors between 2pm and 4pm (this/next) Sunday to raise money for Minster funds.
Beverley Minster vicar Jeremy Fletcher said: “Some of the best views of the Minster are from the gardens which surround it. I am pleased that some of the Minster’s neighbours have offered to open their gardens on Sunday June 16, and hope that people enjoy the beauty of the gardens and the views from them. One the gardens is at the Vicarage. I wonder if the other ‘open gardeners’ are working as frantically as we are!”
Tickets to view all 20 gardens cost £3 per person and include a map showing where to find each one. Included on the trail is the ‘Secret’ or ‘Vicar’s’ garden off Moorgate and the Minster’s own Quiet Garden off Highgate. Tickets can be bought at all gardens and newcomers may pick up the trail by following posters in Highgate and Railway Street.