Garden news and events for July
04.07.2023 - 12:09
/ theenglishgarden.co.uk
/ Niamh Collins
All the latest garden news and the best UK garden events to look out for in July.
Credit: Niamh Collins
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1 July – 22 August 2023, Lewes
The Glyndbourne festival is a theatrical summer highlight. A revival of Peter Hall’s 1981 lavish production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream will grace the opera stage. The musical production explores four lovers who find themselves lost in a magical wood on an intoxicating summer night, and Glyndebourne’s gardens that can be explored by theatregoers before the curtain rises are a similarly stunning spectacle. A charming rose garden, dye garden where natural dyes are created for use by the costume department, lakes, and croquet green are a splendid pre-theatre sight to be enjoyed with one of Glyndebourne’s famous picnics. Tickets from £18. glyndebourne.com
RHS Iconic Horticultural Hero Garden by Carol Klein. Credit: Niamh Collins
RHS Hampton Court Garden Festival
4 – 9 July 2023, East Molesey
Set in the grounds of the historic Hampton Court palace, 15 beautiful Show and Get Started gardens will be on display for visitors, along with talks, demos, and workshops from horticultural experts who are on hand to offer expert advice and help you translate the inspiration into your green space. Particular highlights include a feature garden by this year’s Iconic Horticultural Hero Carol Klein, whose design boasts six different habitats, and Jo Thompson will be creating a wildlife garden which showcases ‘accidental’ landscapes that can be utilised to create green corridors in our urban spaces. Adult all-day ticket: £36.85. rhs.org.uk
Chorely Flower Show. Credit: Shutterstock
Chorley Flower Show
28 – 30 July, Lancashire
Now in its eighth year, the