Open Gardens

Throughout the year visitors will have the opportunity to get behind the gates of some of the very best private gardens in Jersey, rarely accessible to the public. All proceeds raised are donated to charity.

 

For other Floral events, please use our Events calendar.

 

Confirmed Open Gardens for 2010 include:

April

'Le Coin’, Le Mont du Coin, St Brelade

This 18th Century house boasts some 5 acres of gardens and is modelled on those of Monserrate in Portugal, once part of the late Sir Francis Cook’s family estate.  The Avenue with its magnificent collection of magnolias leads to the lawned forecourt with a granite cider crusher fountain and sundial. Varied walkways wind alongside lawns and herbaceous borders to the lower garden with its lily ponds and woodland areas.

‘Le Coin’ opens on the afternoon of Sunday 11th April between 14:00 – 17:00 with all proceeds donated to JAYF (Jersey Association of Youth & Friendship). Admission: £3.00.

‘Domaine des Vaux’, La Rue de Bas, St Lawrence

Extended and developed by the present owner Marcus Binney CBE and his wife Anne, there are now some 20 vergees of gardens and woodland.  The main tiered garden beyond the terrace has a fountain with a boy on a dolphin and is planted with silver plants facing golf. The valley contains native and specie trees including Magnolias, Cercis, Parrotia persica, Eucalyptus and Cornus Kousa.

’Domaine des Vaux’ will be open on the afternoon of Sunday 18th April between 14:00 - 17:00, with all proceeds donated to JAYF Jersey Association of Youth & Friendship). Admission: £3.00.

'Rosel Manor', La Grande Route de Rozel, St Martin

There has been a garden at Rosel Manor since the 12th century when the Lemprière family bought the property in 1367. Apart from a small break the same family have continued to care for the garden and although many subsequent changes have taken place the original garden foundations remain. The garden was originally planned around the old Manor House and Chapel. In 1770 Charles Lemprière moved the house to a higher slope but left the garden, where it remains today. It is divided into three parts – the Chapel garden upper pond, the Palm garden and the lower pond and wild garden.

‘Rosel Manor’ opens on the afternoon of Sunday 25th April between 14:00 – 17:00 hrs, with all proceeds donated to St John’s Ambulance.  Admission: £3.00.

 

May

'Les Jardins', La Rue de la Haie du Puits, Grouville

An informal family garden which last opened over ten years ago , Les Jardins was laid out in the 1930s and benefits today from many mature trees and shrubs . Camellias, rhododendrons and magnolias flourish in natural and wild-life friendly woodland planting.

 

‘Les Jardin’ is open on the afternoon of Sunday 2nd May between 14:00-17:00 with all proceeds donated to JAYF (Jersey Association of Youth & Friendship).  Admission: £3.00.

Seafield House, La Route de St Aubin, Millbrook, St Lawrence

A large secluded garden with the original landscaped island flowerbeds, complimenting the formal Greek revival Regency villa, complete with rotunda, constructed in 1808 for Francis Giffard, a leading merchant, banker and smuggler, who bought up his children in fear of God and of the Customs man! Originally, the garden stretched down to the beach and the area was formerly sand dunes. Other interesting features are the use of Brazillian gneiss, brought back perhaps by ships engaged in the cod trade, for much of the flowerbed edging.  All in all, an intriguing hidden garden and house.

 

'Seafield House' is open on Sunday 9th May from 14:00 - 17:00 hrs with all proceeds donated to Autism Jersey.  Admission: £3.00

'Le Clos du Chemin’, Les Grupieaux, St Peter

This medium sized garden is situated on a windswept hillside overlooking St Aubin’s Bay. The present owner inherited a neglected garden in 1990 and together with her late husband set about re-designing and planting. There are approximately 20 different Magnolia trees, including two yellow ones and a mixture of both mature and young magnolias. A Beehive is situated in the middle of a small ‘wild’ patch where daffodils, bluebells and various wild flowers bloom in succession. The formal Italian Garden is designed for minimum upkeep.

‘Le Clos du Chemin’ is open on the afternoon of Sunday 16th May between 14:00 – 17:00, with all proceeds donated to Jersey Hospice Care. Admission: £3.00.

‘St Etienne’, Rue des Haies, Trinity

This garden is a natural garden with a valley, designed in keeping with the surrounding countryside.  It has been developed in part from an old trout farm so the ponds encourage indigenous wildlife, and shrubs and specimen trees are planted in beds in the meandering lawns.

‘St Etienne’ is open on the afternoon of Sunday 23rd May between 14:00-17:00 with all proceeds donated to JAYF (Jersey Association of Youth & Friendship).  Admission: £3.00.

June

'Les Aix’, La Rue des Aix, St Peter

A medium to large garden surrounding a Jersey granite house of sufficient age to have 13th Century features.  The garden includes a cider orchard of 58 trees, 10 varieties; a maze of Yew and Box, symbolising an artist’s palette; an avenue of Hellebores and nut trees and then various ‘room’ type gardens planted with shrubs, herbaceous planting including old roses, Camellias, Penstermons, etc.  There is also a vegetable garden and newly planted sunken garden (completed in 2004).

‘Les Aix’ is open on the afternoon of Sunday 6th June between 14:00-17:00 hrs with all proceeds donated to Autism Jersey.  Admission: £3.00.

'Beau Desert’, Rue de la Garenne, Trinity

‘Beau Desert’ is set in parkland with extensive herbaceous borders and island beds. Most varieties of perennials are used in informal drifts with shrubs and trees giving long-term structure. Woodland walks surround the gardens with early bulbs, wild flowers and azaleas for mid season interest.

‘Beau Desert’ is open on the afternoon of Sunday 13th June between 14:00-17:00 with all proceeds donated to JAYF (Jersey Association of Youth & Friendship). Admission: £3.00.

'The Grove', Le Mont Cambrai, St Lawrence

The Grove is an exceptional and imposing mansion standing in a beautiful elevated position with spectacular views across its formal gardens to St Aubin and Les Minquiers Reef. The gardens are the most stunning feature of this magnificent property. Pathways and terraces lead to Mediterranean, Magnolia, Chinese and Japanese Water Gardens. With mature parkland trees, banks of rhododendrons and subtle planting this is a truly memorable garden to view.

'The Grove' is open on the afternoon of Sunday 20th June between 14:00-17:00 with all proceeds donated to JAYF (Jersey Association of Youth & Friendship).  Admission: £3.00.

‘Lande A Geon’, Le Vieux Beaumont, St Peter

Facing south, the garden at ‘Lande A Geon’ has been landscaped with a series of Terraces and overlooks the magnificent St Aubin’s Bay. There are many fine mature trees to admire including oaks, firs, acacias, a cercis siliquestrum (Judas tree) as well as a cornus macrophylla. In addition, there are also a large number of camellias, rhododendrons and azaleas. The most recently developed area has a Mediterranean theme and contains a dry garden and bananas, gingers and a collection of assorted bamboos.

‘Lande a Geon’ is open on the afternoon of Sunday 27th June between 14:00 – 17:00, with all proceeds donated to Jersey Hospice Care.  Admission: £3.00.

 

July

 

'Villa Devereux', La Route Orange, St Brelade

This four-acre garden, with a wonderful view over St Brelade’s Bay, consists mainly of undulating lawns interspersed with specimen trees such as Hornbeam, Metasequoia, Cherries, Ginko and Magnolias.  A large tree sculpture is a remnant from the Great Storm of 1987, whilst other sculptures have been created by Walenty Pytel, John Skelton and George Kowzan. To either side of the house are Japanese style gardens featuring Acers, Azaleas and a “Dear Scarer” over a water trough. There are also many other interesting plants to be seen including many varieties of Camellias and Heathers.

'Villa Deveraux' is open on the afternoon of Sunday 25th July between 14:00-17:00, with all proceeds donated to JAYF. Admission: £3.00

 

August

‘St John’s Manor’, La Neuf Chemin, St John

This imposing Manor with its own consecrated chapel stands in 10 acres of carefully tended gardens, 40 acres of farmland and surrounding woodlands. The present owner, has carried out extensive landscaping to best show the main features; the lake, the Japanese garden, stream and walkways.

'St John’s Manor’ is open on the afternoon of Sunday 8th August between 14:00-17:00, with all proceeds donated to JAYF (Jersey Association of Youth & Friendship). Admission: £3.00.

 

Gardens Open Regularly to the Public

 

1. Eric Young Orchid Foundation
2. Jersey Lavender Farm
3. Judith Quérée's Garden
4. Reg's Garden
5. Shell Garden
6. Samarès Manor

Howard Davis Park, St Helier and Coronation (Millbrook) Park, on the western edge of St Helier in the middle of St Aubin's Bay are two public parks well worth a visit for any garden lover.

See Public Parks for further details.