Open Gardens 2025
Open Gardens will be on Sunday 29th June 2025 from 11am to 5pm. We have 18 gardens open to the public – small and large, traditional and modern, perfectly manicured and wilder in approach. We have some regular favourite gardens that have opened before (some last year, and some from before), one garden that last opened 8 years ago, and two First-Time openers!
Tickets
Your ticket consists of a wristband which gives you access to all 18 gardens and unlimited travel on our free bus service. You will also get a 12-page garden guide booklet, containing descriptions of all the gardens, a detailed map, and the timetable for the bus.
Early-bird tickets are £8.50 and can be purchased up until Sunday 15th June. The price then becomes £10 from Monday 16th June. It is free for accompanied under-16s. A registered disabled person and their full-time carer only need to pay for one ticket between them.
Online store – Tickets can be purchased via our online store from 29th May. These are for pick-up on the day – see map your choice of the five ticket gardens.
Moseley Exchange – Buy your tickets in person at Moseley Exchange from 29th May. The Exchange office is open Monday – Friday, 8.30am – 3pm
Moseley Farmers Market – Find us on our stall at Moseley Farmers Market on Saturday 31st May and Saturday 28th June, 9am – 2pm
On the day – Sunday 29th June – from 11am at any of these five ticket gardens:
- 52-54 Russell Road, B13 8RF (mobility-friendly)
- 45 Trafalgar Road, B13 8BJ
- The Coach House, 6D Oakland Road, B13 9DN (mobility-friendly)
- 117 Oxford Road, B13 9SG (mobility-friendly)
- 121 Swanshurst Lane, B13 0AS
If you have not bought your tickets in advance then please go to a ticket garden first. They are also the pick-up points for tickets bought online – please go to the specific garden that you selected when purchasing, because your individually numbered order will be there ready for collection.
Pay by cash or QR and card on smartphone
You can buy with cash or by card directly on your smartphone by scanning a QR code. The QR payment will also accept ApplePay and GooglePay if you have set this up on your phone. These methods of payment can be used at every garden selling tickets and refreshments, and for the Prize Draw.
It is very straightforward to pay by card using your smartphone and the QR code provided at every selling point. Just scan the code which will take you immediately to a SumUp page showing a customised description of what you are buying and the garden address. Enter the amount you need to pay, enter your credit card details and click ‘pay’. Then show the confirmation screen to the volunteer to prove that it worked. These instructions are repeated on every QR sheet at each place where a payment is needed. You can even have a practice now by scanning the code below:
You can optionally download the SumUp Pay Consumer App (google/android or apple/iOs) and pre-save your credit card ready for use later.
Pre-order a picnic box for Open Gardens
ChangeKitchen, a local social enterprise that we are proud to partner with, are putting together delicious, climate-friendly picnic boxes full of Summer treats. Check out their tasty snack and lunch options, including tapas and salad boxes, and order online for easy pickup on the day!
ChangeKitchen CIC is an award-winning social enterprise event caterer, specialising in climate-friendly menus prepared with passion and care. Their positive social impact comes from supporting people back to work, and cooking healthy meals for free for people in need, using surplus food.
Mobility-friendly gardens
Many of the gardens have step-free access and have patios and flat areas which give a good view of the rest of the garden and allow someone in a wheelchair, mobility scooter or who has restricted mobility, to enjoy the garden. These are indicated with a yellow ‘M’ symbol in the garden guide and, whilst this is not a strictly scientific method, we are sharing the information to help you plan your visits.
Garden guide key to symbols
Refreshments
As you wander around the gardens you will be able to enjoy refreshments, music and arts at different venues. Three gardens will have a Prosecco bar also selling samosas and soft drinks. Two gardens will be selling tea, coffee and our famous home-baked cakes and biscuits.
Artists will be creating/drawing/painting live in several gardens, and we also have musicians in at least two other gardens.
Free Bus
We are very pleased to again offer an exclusive free bus service which comes as part of your ticket. The bus will run an hourly circuit covering all open garden locations, with stops either directly by the garden or at most only a few minutes walk away. The service will run from Billesley Lane Allotments at 12am, on the hour every hour, with the last circuit starting at 4pm. The back cover of your garden guide has full details of the timetable. We are also trialing a live bus tracker so you will be able to see where the bus is and that it is on its way. Go to moseleyinbloom.org.uk/updates (this is experimental, no promises!)
Prize Draw
We’ll be running a prize draw and have a fabulous list of prizes donated by local and city-centre businesses. Roving sellers will be visiting all the gardens throughout the day.
Thank you to all our Prize Draw donors: York Supplies, Maison Mayci, Moseley Park and Pool, Farmers’ Market, Harvest Skincare, Kings Heath, Artist Kevin Thomas,Amore, Moseley, I Am Yogi, Moseley Park, Winterbourne Gardens, La Plancha, Moseley Haven, Aiden McDonnell Hairdressing, The Yard, Moseley, Foot Clinic Moseley, The Fighting Cocks, Robert Geoghegan, The Heath Bookshop, Kings Heath
Musicians and Artists
It’s not just gardens, we have artists and musicians too! We are looking forward to welcoming Joe Edwards, Paul Bora, Roger Meredith and Brian Prangle. They will be in various gardens – so look out for them, say hello and enjoy their work. The Sheila Fawkes Cafe Orchestra will be playing at The Coach House, Oakland Road.
Flyer
https://moseleyinbloom.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/MiB-Open-Gardens-2025-flyer.pdf