East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens

East Ruston Old Vicarage Gardens is a notable privately owned garden in the county of Norfolk

OPENING DATES 2020

The garden will open on Saturday 7th March and close on Saturday 24th October.

The garden and tea room is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & Bank Holidays  12.00 to 5.30pm.  

The Tea Room opens at 12pm - please see Tea Room page for details.  

ADMISSION

Adult £10. Children £1.00 (3-14 years).
Season Ticket £33. Private Visit £25.00 (minimum 20 people)

GARDEN TOURS

Guided tours by Alan Gray (including lunch) take place on the following dates:
Dates:  9th April, 7th  May, 4thJune, 11th June,  9th July, 6th August, 3rd September.
£45.00 per person.
Limited places available, please book early.
Alan Gray also gives guided tours to private groups with a minimum of 15 people.

Events

GARDEN EVENT   Saturday 13th June 10am

AUTUMN GARDEN EVENT Saturday 5th September 10am

The Garden can be hired as a wedding reception venue,  please contact us if you would like to discuss this.

FLOWERS FOR CHRISTMAS 2020

Call for details

About Us

When we first came to the Old Vicarage there was no garden whatsoever and all of the current gardens were designed ourselves.

One of our great joys is to see the pleasure the garden brings to visitors, everybody seems to find some part of it that is special to them.

Throughout the garden you will see many rare and unusual plants growing. We endeavour to propagate from these in small numbers so that they may be purchased from the plant sales area. Many of these rare varieties are difficult or slow to increase, so if you see a plant growing in the garden that you would like, do ask, we may have some tucked away.

Our garden lies 1½ miles from the North Sea in an exposed prairie landscape containing large arable fields. Many of the wildlife habitats have long been swept away and we have endeavoured throughout the garden to replace these by the planting of mixed hedgerows, banks, wildflower areas and ponds.

The soil here is of excellent quality, a light sandy loam with a neutral pH. With very rare frosts due to being close to the coast and careful planting to provide shelter, we have created a micro climate allowing us to plant a wide variety of plants.

We have two Tearooms both with fabulous Firestorm wood burning stoves for when it’s chilly outside, when the weather decides to co-operate there is a Tea Garden with ample seating in both sun and shade.

We look forward to welcoming you to our gardens soon.