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The Plantation Garden

The Plantation Garden, 4 Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3DB

  • 08 Sep 2024
  • In person
  • Pre-booking not required

A restored Victorian garden in the centre of Norwich with a Gothic fountain and Italianate terrace, formal planting and woodland walks.

The Plantation Garden welcomes you to visit on Sunday 8th September as part of the Heritage Open Day Festival. The Garden will be open to visitors free of charge throughout the day - 0900 to 1700 - with afternoon tea refreshments and music from local musicians from 1400.

The music programme is as follows:
1300: Clarinet Cascade - clarinet-sax
1400: Headstock - Ukulele Trio
1500: Colegate Broken Consort – early music
1600: Rick Stuart-Sheppard – guitar

Information boards placed around the Garden tell the history of the making of the Garden, its decline in the mid-20th century, and its re-discovery and restoration from 1980 onwards.

In addition, led by our head gardener, The Plantation Garden will be selling a range of exotic and herbaceous plants for visitors to take home and enjoy in their own gardens.

Timings & Tours

Sunday 08 September:
0900 to 1700; teas and refreshments 1400 to 1700

Location & directions

The Plantation Garden, 4 Earlham Road, Norwich, Norfolk, NR2 3DB

Directions:
The Plantation Garden is located next to the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St John the Baptist, on Earlham Road, NR2 3DB. What3words location reference: keeps.skills.sank
Contact on day:
Maresa Padmore
Telephone number:
+447791508310

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

Accessibility details

There is no parking at The Plantation Garden but there is a pay and display car park next door (payment by app) on Earlham Road. Please note: the entry pathway into The Plantation Garden is steep. The Garden is a no smoking area, and only assistance dogs can be brought into the Garden.

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:
400

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