FCG News

The summer might be over, but the garden still looks stunning! As Summer gives way to Autumn, the garden has remained as beautiful as ever, with the sensory garden seemingly to have an unending flowering season, set against the wonderful backdrop of tall, swaying grasses. Every time I visit the garden, something has changed, with not just the way the established plants have filled out and grown, but also the new projects that we have embarked upon and new areas we have develo

With the garden so established now, it has been exciting to see the impact of the growing season on so many aspects of the garden -...

With less than a week to go before our Open Day (next Saturday, 22nd March from 10am - 12noon) we are delighted to announce that we have...

Open Day 22nd March January may have seemed long, wet, and cold, but the days have gradually been getting longer, despite it all; and...

Wishing you all a very Happy Christmas! First and foremost, please note that the garden will be closed from Sunday 22nd December and will...

What a year we have had in the garden! We have enjoyed the first full year of being able to plant and grow with accessible paths in...

Our hugely popular Christmas wreath-making workshop is back for its third year! Our garden designer, Karen Blight, kindly donates her...

It has been fantastic to have so much going on at the garden this summer, but before we give a general update, we are excited to tell you...

After the huge success of the Open Day in March, we are delighted that we have more people coming to the garden, and will be able to open...

The garden is coming on really well - we are keen to show it off to the community and so we're holding an Open Day on Saturday 23rd...

Firstly, a huge thank you to everyone who has commented on our Your Fund Surrey application! We now have 220 positive comments supporting...

Now that we have secured planning permission, we have been able to put together our most important grant application to Your Fund Surrey,...

A very Happy Christmas to you all! What a year it has been in the garden! This time last year we were still awaiitng the lease and the...

Now that the fence is in place we have hundreds of saplings to plant along the fence line in order to create a hedgerow. The saplings are...

Following our hugely popular wreath making workshop last year we will be running another workshop on Saturday 2nd December. Bookings are...

We have so many exciting updates to give you! The biggest of all is that we now have planning permission! This means we can put in all...

Starting on Wednesday 4th October we will have a regular open session at the garden every Wednesday from 1pm-3pm. This is in addition to...

We have some more dates for August and September when the garden will be open for anyone to come along to look around the garden, see...

It has been great to be able to start with midweek volunteer sessions at the garden in the last month, and we have some more dates for...

We had a great night on Friday at the fundraising quiz! Over 100 people made up 14 quizzing teams who pitted their wits against each...