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Many of Brighton’s beautiful private gardens will be open to the public this July in aid of The Sussex Beacon. Brighton’s largest open garden scheme, Garden Gadabout, will feature 70 private gardens, divided into 16 easy-to-manage trails all shown in the Gadabout guide. Patron of the Garden Gadabout, Carol Klein of Gardeners World, has helped turn this into a major community calendar event for Brighton.

This is a wonderful opportunity to visit some beautiful, inspiring and unique private gardens, as well as helping to raise essential funds for the Beacon. Many gardens offer the opportunity to enjoy a delicious array of homemade cakes and teas in beautiful surroundings, as well as buy plants and see exhibitions of art. The Garden Gadabout is a celebration of diversity and creativity, from small gardens bursting with colour to a fern-filled chalk garden, from the atmospheric beauty of Monks House to a garden planted with dustbins!

Organised by a small team of volunteers, the 2009 Garden Gadabout will, it is hoped, raise more than £25,000 for The Sussex Beacon. Entrance is £1 donation per garden on the door, or newly launched this year are the one- and two-day passes for access to all gardens on the trail, at £6 for one day and £10 for two.

Passes can be purchased in advance from the Sussex Beacon Shop in St James’s Street or the Brighton Dome on 01273 709709

www.gardengadabout.org.uk