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For further information visit www.jersey.com Jersey Tourism, Liberation Place, St Helier, JE1 1BB Tel: +44 (0)1534 448877 Fax: +44 (0)1534 448899 Email: info@jersey.com Details correct at time of print – March 2015
www.jersey.com Blooming brilliant Don’t miss our beautifully-scented attractions
Jersey in Bloom Floral Festival Join us to enjoy Jersey at its floral best with a programme of demonstrations, talks, tours and environmental walks. www.jersey.com/floral
Park Life Enjoy the Island’s stunning public parks
Friday 26th - Monday 29th June
Autumn Fair The Royal Jersey Horticultural Society invites you to experience the shades of autumn with creative floral, fruit and vegetable displays of all kinds. The show features the Island Autumn Cattle Show as well as afternoon tea with home made cakes. www.royaljersey.co.uk
How does your garden grow? Take a look into some breath-taking private gardens
Saturday 3rd – Sunday 4th October
Summer Flower and Produce Show The Royal Jersey Horticultural Society hosts this colourful show full of dahlias, roses and vegetable displays, with marvellous floral displays and exhibits. www.royaljersey.co.uk
Saturday 22nd – Sunday 23rd August
Battle of Flowers Moonlight Parade The Moonlight Parade is an amazing evening parade of the flower covered floats that are festooned with thousands of illuminated lights to give a truly magical appearance and a fitting finale to the Battle of Flowers floral extravaganza. www.battleofflowers.com
Friday 14th August
floralJersey A green-fingered guide to Jersey
Jersey is an island of flowers – the temperate climate, long hours of sunshine and rich soil make it a gardener’s paradise. Enjoy Jersey at its floral best with a programme of open gardens, demonstrations, flower shows and environmental walks.
Floral Attractions 1 Jersey Lavender Farm La Rue du Pont Marquet, St Brelade. Tel: 01534 742933 Open: March 31st – September 20th / Tuesday – Sunday / 10:00 – 17:00 (closed Mondays) Harvest Season: June 2nd – August 16th Admission: £3.00 (during Harvest Season: £5.50, £5.00 seniors citizens), under 14s free Discover a working farm where lavender, rosemary, eucalyptus, bay laurel and cypress are grown, harvested and distilled to produce therapeutic essential oils which are the key ingredients in their range of toiletry and perfume products. Picturesque gardens, lavender fields, distillery demonstrations, delicious home-made food and a well-stocked shop ensure a delightful experience. Distillery talks daily at 11:30 and 15:00. www.jerseylavender.co.uk
Battle of Flowers Grand Day Parade Enjoy the spectacle of flower festooned floats, musicians, dancers and entertainers providing a tremendous atmosphere for one of the highlights in our summer events calendar. www.battleofflowers.com
Thursday 13th August
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2 The Gardens of Samarès Manor La Grande Route de St Clement, St Clement. Tel: 01534 870551 Open: April 4th – October 10th / Daily / 09:30 – 17:00 Admission: £8.35 adults, £7.35 senior citizens, £2.75 children Dating in part to Norman times, this beautiful manor house is surrounded by exceptional gardens originally constructed in the 1920s by Sir James Knott who recognised that the environmental conditions of the grounds offered potential for growing plants from all over the world. In recent years, the grounds have undergone a massive programme of restoration, development and diversification, including the creation of John Brookes’ internationally renowned herb garden. Explore the Mediterranean and Japanese gardens, wildflower field walks, the Jersey Rural Life and Carriage Museum, plant trails and even the Manor itself. www.samaresmanor.com
RJA&HS Summer Fair All you’d expect from a traditional country fair, packed with family entertainment, flower displays, demonstrations, animals and much more. The annual Jersey Rosarians Rose Show will be the highlight of this year’s fair. www.royaljersey.co.uk
Saturday 13th & Sunday 14th June
Spring Flower Show The Royal Jersey Agricultural and Horticultural Society invite you to their springtime show, featuring the Narcissus sections and other spring bulbs with a wealth of displays and demonstrations. www.royaljersey.co.uk
Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th March
Floral Events for your Calendar 3 Judith Quérée’s Garden Creux Baillot Cottage, Le Chemin des Garennes, Leoville, St Ouen. Tel: 01534 482191 Open: 5th May – 30th September / Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday / 11:00 or 14:00 / by appointment only Admission: £7.00, £3.50 children 7-15 (includes a personal tour of the garden) A warm Jersey welcome awaits you as Judith hosts a personal guided tour of her award5 Eric Young Orchid Foundation winning garden. Set into the side of a valley, La Rue Du Moulin Du Ponterrin, and encircling a 350-year-old traditional Jersey Victoria Village, Trinity. granite cottage, this garden is home to some Tel: 01534 861963 2500 fascinating plants, a large bog garden Open: January 21st – December 19th traversed by an elevated wooden boardwalk / Wednesday – Saturday / 10:00 – 16:00 and an abundance of wildlife in the surrounding Admission: £4.50 adults, £4.00 senior meadow. Both garden and gardener have citizens, £1.50 children appeared in magazines and on television around The late Eric Young’s enthusiasm for orchids the world. Group visits can be arranged. knew no bounds and his foundation’s dedication www.judithqueree.com to breeding and exhibiting orchids has resulted in gold medals at prestigious shows around the 4 Reg’s Garden world. Nestled within a wonderful landscaped Badger’s Holt, La Route des Genets, garden, this exciting display complex is home to St Brelade. Tel: 01534 743756 a series of breathtaking vistas showcasing one Open: January 1st – September 27th of the world’s finest collections of orchids. These / 10:00 – 17:00 landscapes create an exotic, yet naturalistic, Admission: Free entry, donations appreciated, environment in which the orchids display their all funds go to charity extravagant and compelling beauty. Relax and while away a few hours in this awardwww.ericyoungorchidfoundation.co.uk winning oasis. Within the carefully landscaped grounds you’ll discover a large Koi pond, giant 6 Durrell Wildlife Park tortoises, a fairy garden, an aviary and an Les Augrès Manor, Trinity. amphitheatre where events are held from time Tel: 01534 860035 to time throughout the summer. Perfect for Open: All year / From April 1st – 31st adults and children alike, the many thousands of October 09:30 – 18:00 / other dates plants have been carefully chosen for their scent, 09:30 – 17:00 appearance and attraction to wildlife. Admission: £14.50 adults, £12.50 senior www.reg-garden.com citizens, £12.00 students, £10.00 children (4 – 16 yrs) No visit to Jersey is complete without a day at Durrell Wildlife Park, where you can see over 130 endangered species of mammals, birds, reptiles and amphibians. Founded over fifty years ago by the late author and naturalist Gerald Durrell, the Trust is an international charity working globally towards saving species from extinction. This inspirational sanctuary is set in 32 acres of stunning gardens and parkland. www.durrell.org