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Fun at Wild Flower Sowing

Harvest season

We enjoyed an exceptionally successful harvest this year. Our visitors were delighted by the abundance of produce, including cabbages, garlic, onions, potatoes, and beans from many different countries. The tomatoes were particularly impressive—thriving beautifully and reaching a remarkable size we have never seen before.

We are also incredibly proud of our flower beds and herb garden, which are vibrant, eye-catching, and lovingly maintained.

Most of all, we truly appreciate your visit and your generous support through donations. We hope you discover even more of your favourite vegetables at our next harvest.

Thank you for joining us at our juicing event. We hope you enjoyed the lively atmosphere and activities in the Walled Garden. Our organic produce and plants were especially popular this year. If you didn’t manage to get any, be sure to visit the garden next year to select your favourite vegetables. Keep an eye on our website and Instagram for details of all our upcoming events in 2026.

The display showcases events over the past 25 years

There were many posters on display showcasing events held by the Allesley Park Walled Garden Group over the past 25 years in the Pavilion. Special thanks go to our dedicated member and former chairman, Keith Draper, for his excellent work in preserving this wonderful history.

Did you miss any of our past events? If so, don’t worry—we have many more planned for the coming year. Keep an eye on our website and Instagram so you don’t miss your favourites.

🌿✨ Heritage Open Day – 21st Sept, 11–4, Walled Garden ✨🌿

We’re turning 25! 🎉 Join us for a special celebration featuring:
🌱 Cherokee Nation Living Beans
🍏 Heritage Orchard Adventure
♻️ Composting made simple

Guided tours, hands-on activities & plenty to explore. Bring your family and friends — see you there! 💚

#HeritageOpenDay #WalledGarden #25YearsGrowing

25th Anniversary Picnic Event

Thank you for the wonderful band – Ukulele band, your participation, and your generous donations. We were delighted to see such a great turnout, and with your support, the anniversary picnic was delightful. We hope you had a wonderful time with your loved ones, and we look forward to seeing you again at our next event—Heritage Week.

Walled Garden history posts and tambola sale

Picnic event volunteers

Refreshment team

Thank you for participating in our first family picnic event on June 7th. We would also like to thank “ukulele” band for providing lovely songs at the entrance. The event was successful, despite the rain on the day.

This is our 25th anniversary, and we are planning more celebrations with you in the coming months. We appreciate your participation, donation, and support of the Allesley Park Walled Garden Group.

We are happy to announce that our Instagram has been created. Our Instagram handle is @Allesleyparkwalledgarden. Please follow us to see our latest news, our work and stories. Click here to be directed to the page

Celebrating 25 Years of the Allesley Park Walled Garden

We are delighted to mark the 25th anniversary—our silver jubilee—of the Allesley Park Walled Garden! To celebrate this special milestone and to kick off our first picnic event of the year, we invite you to join us for a Jubilee Picnic between 11 am – 3 pm on 7 June.

Our special picnic event will include:

A Fun Trail
Name the Scarecrow competition
A Plant Stall
Traditional Lawn Games
Light Entertainment for all ages

Everyone is welcome to celebrate with us, the event is free. Bring your family, friends, and loved ones to enjoy a day in our beautiful garden and orchards.

As usual, our popular refreshment with home-baked cakes and bread will be served in case you and the family run short on food and drinks.

Please note: Both the refreshments stall and the plant stall accept cash only.

We’re excited to announce that the brand-new circular bench has been installed!
A huge thank you to everyone who contributed and donated—your support made this possible.

A display board will soon be in place to recognize and celebrate all those who helped bring this milestone to life.

If you haven’t seen the new bench yet, come by and take a look—we’d love for you to enjoy this beautiful new addition to our space!

Refurbishment Compost Bins, Bug Hotel, Wormery and Shed

The beloved Bug Hotels have been relocated to the opposite site, and we are currently working on their redesign. Additionally, new compost bins have been built and are already in use. The wormery has been upgraded to a stronger foundation.

Our old shed at the nursing home grounds no longer became accessible to us as of December 2024. When we built it years ago, a great deal of effort went into its construction. It was spacious enough to store our tools and equipment, providing essential storage that we truly valued. Letting it go has been difficult for all of us.

After receiving council approval for the new site, our carpenter, Chris, constructed a new shed in February.

Happy Christmas and Best Wishes!

We are excited to remind you about one of our favourite events—Wassail, taking place on Saturday, January 4th, at 10:30 am in the Allesley Park Walled Garden.

Bring your loved ones to join in the festivities! This year, we are thrilled to welcome the Charterhouse Volunteers Choir for the first time, alongside our favourite Coventry Morris Dance Group.

Please dress warmly and bring pots and pans to participate in our traditional activities. A gentle reminder: the event can be quite noisy, so take care with young babies.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Peter Rabbit Family Picnic

Thanks to everyone who attended the family picnic and your kind donations. We hope will see you again very soon.

Employee Volunteer Project

Employee Volunteer project with the energy company, Shell, which is helping the Walled Garden with scything, orchard maintenance and weeding at our vegetable garden on the day. All the volunteers were working hard and we all enjoyed the day of having the group with us. Thank you for all of you attending.

Tree Adoption

The Walled Garden Group introduce a new lifetime tree adoption sponsorship only for £10. You can choose one of your favourite trees in the orchard and pay annually or as a lifetime sponsor. The details of the tree’s name and location are provided for your reference. Just pop in and ask one of our members to get the information. Contact one of our members to discuss your choice, once you have decided to join. Confirmation of joining the tree adoption and further information about the orchard will be sent to you through emails.