The Old Rectory 'Secret Garden' Open Garden

Sunday 22nd June 2025
11am - 5pm

Syderstone's ‘secret garden' at The Old Rectory will open its gates as part of the National Gardens Scheme (NGS)

The Old Rectory 'Secret Garden' Open Garden, The Old Rectory, Creake Road, Syderstone, Norfolk, PE31 8SF | Syderstone's ‘secret garden' at The Old Rectory will open its gates as part of the National Gardens Scheme (NGS) | Garden Open Plants Secret Garden Roses

Behind a white gate in an ancient red brick wall, visitors will find a charming old style rectory garden which was designed in 1999 by RHS award winning medallist Arne Maynard. It has a parterre of English shrub roses, herbaceous beds, shrubbery and orchard as well as lawns, box, yew, beech and hornbeam hedging, pleached crab apple, wisteria, a vegetable garden and a riot of climbing roses.

Keen plantsman Tom White has been working for the last few months alongside his local team, Eddie and Matthew, to get the garden into tip top condition. He explains - ‘We've been opening the garden on and off since 2006, when we moved in. We're very lucky to live here in Syderstone and happy to share our garden for the benefit of the whole community as well as other NGS visitors who travel to see it. The refreshments team from St Mary's church will be here with teas, coffees, cakes and rolls'.

The money raised from admission fees will go to NGS charities; refreshments proceeds will go to St Mary's church, Syderstone.

Price: Admission £5 each, children free. Cash only.

Location: The Old Rectory, Creake Road, Syderstone, Norfolk, PE31 8SF