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From The Sunday Times
June 14, 2009

Garden cuttings

Caroline Donald

Avon calling

The gardens of West Littleton, a village near Bath, will be open today from 2.30pm to 5.30pm. Entry £4. westlittleton.com

Fresh art

Fresh Air, a biennial sculpture exhibition, starts today and runs daily, 10am-5pm, until July 5 at Quenington Old Rectory, near Cirencester, in Gloucestershire. Work by more than 90 artists is on sale, with prices from £50 to £50,000. Entry £2.50.

01285 750358, freshair2009.com

Garden fever

Fifteen gardens in Burwash, East Sussex, are open to visitors today from 2pm to 6pm. Entry £5.

01435 882497

Westbourne groves

Westbourne, a village near Emsworth, West Sussex, is holding an open gardens day today from 10.30am to 5pm. Entry £6.

westbournevillage.org

Snap it up

The International Garden Photographer of the Year exhibition is at Kew Gardens, in southwest London, until September 13. The entry deadline for next year’s early competition is June 30.

www.igpoty.com

Herts and minds

The villages of Gosmore and St Ippolyts, in Hertfordshire, host an open gardens event next Sunday from 11.30am to 6pm. Entry £4.

01462 421647

Get in the swing of things

This jolly horse-shaped eco-swing, above, can stay outside in the garden all year. Made from recycled car and aeroplane tyres, it can support weights of up to 14st and is weatherproof.

£79.95; johnlewis.com

cuttings@sunday-times.co.uk

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