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Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Open Weekend in Hebden Bridge

The Open Gardens is back after a year off on Saturday 8 and 9 July as gardeners open their gates to show their gardens of various sizes, but lovingly created by months of hard, back breaking work.

Hope Baptist Church will be showing off their work in progress and there is a circular route round a cluster of hillside gardens in Birchcliffe. Steep Fields allotments are also opening their 22 plots and 6 communal raised beds to showcase how shared community space works.

Bowling Club

This year there is also a specially created riverside walk from Salem Gardens with a chance to see art in a shed before walking along to the Bowling Club for some Edwardian tea and cakes before the stroll finishes at The Blue Pig pub for poetry readings. Local poet Winston Plowes will be performing there on 9 July and there'll be the chance to buy his Hebden's Bridges book.

Blue Pig

Back at the Town Hall junior horticulturists can join CBBC star gardener Mr Bloom for a free fun packed show on Sunday 9 July at 2pm, and afterwards Her Indoors will hosting a welly plating workshop.

Arts Festival Artistic Director Helen Meller said, “When we sat down with the Open Studios team to plan this weekend of free events I don’t think either of us thought it would grow to be this big, varied and exciting.

“All the gardeners and artists are experts in their own fields who are really keen to meet people to talk about what they do, and we are proud to be showcasing the huge amount of talent in our small town.”