Category: Wimborne

Over 350 people enjoyed this year’s Open Gardens Day held in aid of Wimborne in Bloom on 19 June. A total of 19 gardens were open with tea available and also at some venues there were plant stalls.

Some of the original volunteers who helped save the miniature buildings of Wimborne Model Town 25 years ago and move them to their existing King Street location, gathered for a special celebration tea. Friends, visitors and current volunteers enjoyed a silver celebration evening, with a barbecue, music from the Skittle Alley Strummers and the illumination of the model town as dusk approached.

Come and enjoy a drop-in family workshop making up simple poems and stories inspired by Roman objects provided by the Priest’s House Museum & Garden. There will also be the opportunity to get hands on with paper making using a papyrus technique of weaving and pressing plant materials.

Over the last few days, 150 hanging baskets and 40 window boxes full of flowers have been put up around Wimborne ahead of this year’s competitions. These augment the summer planting, which took place at the end of May when over 80 wooden barrel planters and flower towers were filled, all ahead of the local and regional ‘in Bloom’ judging.

An authentic replica of 1950s Wimborne, with its diminutive buildings and tiny shop window displays, Wimborne Model Town has been attracting and charming visitors for decades.

The National Trust team at Kingston Lacy, near Wimborne have welcomed some new arrivals.