Open Gardens
March to September 2024
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2024 Open Gardens season. A diverse selection of beautiful gardens were chosen to inspire and delight, many of which are not normally open to the public. With your support this year’s events has raised £50,000 for our patient care, which is truly incredible.
To all our visitors, garden owners and volunteers we would like to a say a big thank you for making our Open Gardens scheme so popular and successful. Together, over the last 14 years the scheme has been running, you have raised more than £590,000 to help local families receive our charity’s compassionate care, and we couldn’t be more grateful!
A big thank you to NFU Mutual Plymouth for sponsoring this year’s scheme.
Our raffle winners are:
Brian Pollard painting – S Monk
Turtley Corn Mill voucher – Anne
Welbeck Manor voucher – N Turner
Tudor Rose voucher – A Seymour
Otter Nurseries voucher – Mrs Hearn
Brian Pollard
We are honoured and delighted that highly successful local artist and St Luke’s Patron Brian Pollard – whose work has garnered a global following – has once again kindly created such an enchanting image for the cover of our Open Gardens brochure.
Excitingly, Brian has generously donated to St Luke’s the framed original acrylic painting displayed on the brochure cover – and it could be yours! We are including it as an amazing prize in the Open Gardens raffle, the results of which will be announced soon.
For more information about Brian and his work, visit www.brianpollard.co.uk.
Drake’s Island Tours
Once again we are working in partnership with the wonderful team at Drake’s Island to provide historical guided tours of this fantastic piece of local history. Set in the beautiful surroundings of Plymouth Sound, Drake’s Island boasts unique views across Cornwall, the city and beyond. Guests will be transported by boat to the island where you will enjoy exclusive access to the hidden network of underground tunnels and chambers and learn about the amazing history of the ‘Jewel in the Sound’.
Unfortunately tickets to the St Luke’s Drake’s Island tours are now SOLD OUT. However you can still book a tour of Drake’s Island by clicking here, with £1 from these ticket sales being kindly donated to St Luke’s.
